Unit-1-Lesson3-Your-Life-Is-What-You-Make-It-课件-

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Your life is what you make it
01 Lead-in
1.What do you think of the village school? 2.What would it be like to be a volunteer teacher there? 1.dusty, muddy, small classrooms, unstable power and water supplies 2.tough, challenging
When you scan, move your eyes through the text to find what you are looking for.
Don’t read every word when looking for specific information. Search quickly.
Change He Made
School subjects：Paragragh4: introduced more subjects-music, art and PE. School activities: Paragragh4: play football, sing songs, organize the school concert Students’ learning: Paragragh5: they can read, speak and write in English, and they became more confident in learning. Villagers’ life: Paragragh5: He aslo brought changes to the village.
04 scanning
Complete the information.
Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher
Paragragh2.Line16 He had met wonderful teachers from small villages during his early school years and he was inspired by them to go and teach where he was needed the most.
Zhang Tian is planning to organise the first-
expected of him.
ever school concert! Everyone is very excited.
03 skimming
Match the main idea with each part.
02 prediction
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Make Predictions Making a prediction is guessing what is going to be mentioned
Before you read, look at the title, pictures and key words to guess what you will read in the report.
03 skimming
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Skimming ✓ What’s the main idea of the text?
The featured report mainly tells us Zhang Tian’s experience as a volunteer teacher in a village school and his contributions to the students and the village.
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Paragragh1 Line 7. Paragragh2 Line 15-21 He worked in a village school in Guizhou Province.
Paragragh5 Line 53-54 He decided to stay for another year.
04 scanning
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to stay for
interesting... anther year...
05 Discussing
What do you think of Zhang Tian’s life choice? It is about doing what is right for you instead of what other people want you to do. …….
disappointed challenged satisfied
motivated
The school is much smaller than expected...
...more
...their school ...students get
challenging lives are now improved and
05 Scanning
\What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do? What did his friends do? \Where did his work as a volunteer teacher? What did he decide to do after a year? Paragragh2 Line 11. Line13. His parents hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching jod. His friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing.
Situations When He Arrived
Paragragh3 School:much smaller with only three classrooms; a playgroud which got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. Living Conditons:unstable power and water; took a shower every three or four days; had to learn how to cook
04 Scanning
Skill Builder
Scanning for Specific Information Scanning a text means reading it as quickly as possible to find specific information
Beforehand, determine the specific information that you need to find.
How did the writer describe Zhang Tian’s different feelings?
inspired
eager
Applied and became a volunteer teacher in a village school
...with an eager heart...
He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living
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independently and teaching in a village.
After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room, feeling tired.
Use your general knowlegde and personal experience to help you.
02 prediction
Your life is what you make it
Look at the title and photos. Please predict what you will read in the report.
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Coming to Guizhou Province to teach has
Paragragh3
However, not everything lived up to Zhang Tian’s hopes.
been quite an experience for him
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03 The thought of leaving once flashed
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03 skimming
Paragragh2
Zhang Tian graduated from university and got a teacher’s certificate last year.
Part 1 (Para. 1) Part 2 (Para. 2) Part 3 (Para. 3) Part 4 (Paras. 4) Part 5 (Paras. 5)
Changes of school subjecs and activities Reasons to be a volunteer teacher Situation when he arrived a typical day for Zhang Tian Changes of students and village
through his mind, but he quickly gave up
the idea and found ways to deal with the
Paragragh5
Zhang Tian’s first year is almost over.
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challenges.
paragragh4 04 The school had just three teachers and Zhang