人教版(2019)高一英语必修一 unit1 Teenage life Period 2

structure
Para 1 As a freshman at senior high school
Para 2 think about
courses
Para3 choose extracurricular activities
Para4 get used to being responsible
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and how to meet the challenges
Reading for main ideas
He will try to study harder
in his advanced course and
happy, confident
and get used to being
getting used to all the homework about his future
responsible for a lot.
Reading for thinking
What kind of person do you think Adam is? How do you know? Please find information in the text. Adam appears to be hard-working and wants to go ahead in life. I know this because he thought carefully about which courses and extra-curricular activities to take, and thought hard about his future.
Reading for vocabulary
Find out the vocabulary about different challenges and solutions.
Challenge 1 and solution: think carefully about which course I wanted to take; recommend; sign up for Challenge 2 and solution: choose extra-curricular activities; quit; improve on my own; make the team Challenge 3 and solution: study harder; get used to being responsible; keeping up with other students; get used to all the homework; be well prepared
Unit 1 Teenager Life Reading and Thinking
Teaching objectives:
By the end of this period, you will be able to…
1. figure out the main structure of the passage by analyzing the main idea of each part. 2. identify the useful patterns and expressions about the topic from the reading text. 3. describe the challenges and solutions by using the related vocabulary.
Warming up
How is your school life? Do you have any problem in school?
What do you want to know about teenage life in other countries?
The Freshman Challenge
Underline the sentences about Adam’s solutions to the challenges.
Paragraph 1
Challenge
How Adam feels Confused
Solution
2
Choosing suitable courses
3
4
Read the whole passage again and complete the outline.
Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: Senior high school is a big challenge.
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Paragraph
Challenge
How Adam feels
Solution
1
Going from junior high school
Confused
to senior high school
2
Choosing suitable courses Serious/Careful The school adviser helped
My adviser recommended that I should…because…
To challenge 2 I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that…
To challenge 3
I know I’ll study harder as…and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
He is also a kind person, because he joined a volunteer club. He seems confident because he says that he is happy to be there, and he will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
Reading for details
Read Paragraph 2 to 4 and tell what challenges Adam met as a freshman.
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Group work
Show time
Work in pairs and make an oral report about your challengesfreshman at senior high school.
Example: I’m facing/worried/have trouble in…(challenge). I feel…(feeling). Faced with the challenge, I …(how to do).
Your Australian friend, Emily, wants to know how you are getting along with your school life as a freshman. Please write an email to tell her about your challenges, feelings, and solutions. Present it in the next period.
him choose suitable courses.
3
Making the school
football team
Unhappy
He will find a way to improve in order to make the team next year.
4
Keeping up with other students Worried but still