Unit1TeenageLife主講人：張春霞PeriodⅡ

ReadingandThinkingTheFreshmanChallengeTeachingObjectives1.Tounderstandthemainideaandanswerquestionsbyusingthereadingstrategiesandimprovetheirreadingabilities.2.Toimprovetheirabilitiesofsolvingproblemsandexpressingbysortingthroughthechallengestheyfaceandfindingsolutions.Pre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingSummary01020304Lead-inWhatdoyouthinkofyourfirstweekatseniorhighschool?Andwhy?Whatdoyouthinkofyourfirstweekatseniorhighschool?Why?PredictionLookatthepictureandthetitleandpredictwhatthepassageismainlyabout???ReadingStrategies:Berorereading,wecanpredictthemainideaaccordingtothetitleandpictures.??ReadingStrategies:Wecangetthemainideabyreadingthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphfastly.Readthetextquicklytofindthemainideaofeachparagraphandthestructure.Paragraph1:Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Paragraph4:SkimmingAdamchosecoursesthathewantedtotake.Adamchosetheextra-curricularactivities.Seniorhighschoolisachallenge.總分Adamwasworried,happyandwillbepreparedforhisfuture.Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthequestions.1.WhatcoursesdidAdamchoose?Whichonedoyouthinkaboutbehisfavorite?Why?2.Whatdoes“maketheteam”inparagraph3mean?3.WhatisAdamworriedabout?4.IsAdamconfidentthathewillgetusedtoseniorhighschoollife?Howdoyouknow?Carefulreading?ListeningStrategies:Thefirstlisteningonlylistentothemainideaoftheradio.1.WhatcoursesdidAdamchoose?Whichonedoyouthinkaboutbehisfavorite?Why?First,IhadtothinkverycarefullyaboutwhichcoursesIwanted

totake.Theschooladviserhelpedmechoosethesuitableones:maths,English,chemistry,worldhistory,andChinese.Iknowthat

Chineseisaverydifficultlanguage,butIhopetobefluentwhen

Igraduate.MyadviserrecommendedthatIshouldsignupfor

advancedliteraturebecauseIlikeEnglishandI'mgoodatit.?ListeningStrategies:Thefirstlisteningonlylistentothemainideaoftheradio.2.Whatdoes“maketheteam”inparagraph3mean?Ihadtochooseextra-curricularactivities,too.Itriedtojointhe

schoolfootballteam,butthecoachtoldmethatIdidntplaywell

enough.Obviously,Iwasunhappy,butIwon'tquit.I'llfindawaytoimproveonmyownsothat

Icanmaketheteamnextyear.

Ijoinedavolunteerclubinstead.EveryWednesday,wework

atasoupkitchenandhandoutfoodtohomelesspeopleinthe

community.IknowI'llhavetostudyharderasaseniorhighschoolstudentandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.I'mabitworriedaboutkeepingupwiththeotherstudentsinmyadvancedcourse,andit'llbequitedifficulttogetusedtoallthehomework.Still,I'mhappytobehere.Studyinghardisn’talwaysfun,butI'llbewellpreparedforuniversityorwhateverelsecomesinthefuture.3.WhatisAdamworriedabout?IknowI'llhavetostudyharderasaseniorhighschoolstudentandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.I'mabitworriedaboutkeepingupwiththeotherstudentsinmyadvancedcourse,andit'llbequitedifficulttogetusedtoallthehomework.Still,I'mhappytobehere.Studyinghardisn’talwaysfun,butI'llbewellpreparedforuniversityorwhateverelsecomesinthefuture.4.IsAdamconfidentthathewillgetusedtoseniorhighschoollife?Howdoyouknow?Post-reading1.WhatkindofpersondoyouthinkAdamis?Why?

(Groupdiscussion)2.Readandretellthetext.(Individualwork)WhatkindofpersondoyouthinkAdamis?Why??brave（勇敢的）?persistentandhardworking（堅持不懈，努力的）?kindandhelpful（友善的，樂于助人的）?confidentandoptimistic（自信的、樂觀的）SummaryOptimistic

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