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Unit 1 Life Choices
Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It 教学设计
科目：英语 课题：Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It
课时：1课时
教学目标与核心素养：
知识目标：Students can learn some new words and expressions and -ed/ -ing adjectives.
能力目标：Students can have a further understanding of the passage.
情感目标：Students can think individually and learn cooperatively.
教学重难点
教学重点：How to learn the new words and expressions and -ed/ -ing adjectives.
教学难点：How to make students have a better understanding of the passage.
课前准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔
教学过程：
一、Pre-reading
1. Greeting
2. Leading-in
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
1. 教师活动：教师提问。
Look at photos a and b. What do you think of the school What would it be like to be a volunteer teacher there Use the words and phrases to help you.
dusty muddy challenging tough
small classrooms/ rooms unstable power and water supplies
Ask students to think and share their answers.
二、While- reading
READ AND EXPLORE
1. 学生活动：进行预测。
The following is a featured report. Look at the title and photos. Predict what you will read in the report.
2. 学生活动：阅读文章，回答问题。
Read and check your predictions. Answer the questions.
1 What did Zhang Tian's parents want him to do What did his friends do
2 Where did he work as a volunteer teacher Why did he choose to go there
3 What did he decide to do after a year
(Suggested answers:
1. Go to a big city and find a teaching job. His friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing.
2. Guizhou Province. He wanted a new lifestyle and was inspired by teachers he met in his early school years.
3. He decided to stay for another year.)
3. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。
Read the report again. Complete the information. Then tell your partner about Zhang Tian.
Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher Situations When He Arrived Changes He Made
· ·School: ·Living conditions: ·School subjects ·School activities ·Students' learning ·Villagers' life
(Suggested answers:
start a new lifestyle
School: The school had only three classrooms and was much smaller than he expected. The playground was dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days.
Living conditions: The power and water supplies were unstable. He could only shower once every three or four days, and he had to learn how to cook.)
4. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。
Read the report again. Find some words to describe Zhang Tian's different feelings and talk about the changes. Use the diagram to help you.
Events Feelings Evidence
Graduated from university Inspired Applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school
Travelled to the village
Saw the school for the first time
Lived in the village
Introduced new subjects and activities
End of the first year
(Suggested answers:
Events Feelings Evidence
Graduated from university Inspired Applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school
Travelled to the village Eager Imagined all sorts of exciting things
Saw the school for the first time Disappointed The school was much smaller than expected; Dusty and muddy playground
Lived in the village Challenged Unstable power and water supplies; Shower once every 3 or 4 days; Learned how to cook
Introduced new subjects and activities Satisfied Students love PE; School is full of laughter and music; First-ever school concert planned
End of the first year Motivated Enjoy working with the children; Planning on staying another year
三、After-reading
1. 学生活动：Group Work Think and Share
1 What do you think of Zhang Tian's life choice
2 How do you understand the title of the report "Your life is what you make it" What can you learn from it
(Suggested answers:
2. I think it is about doing what is right for you instead of what other people want you to do. I think I can learn to be confident in my choice.)
2. 学生活动：完成练习。
Complete the text with the words you have learnt.
1 _____________ by the teachers from small villages, Zhang Tian 2 _____________ for and became a 3 _____________ teacher after he 4 _____________ from university.
However, the teaching and living conditions were more 5 _____________ than he had thought. The playground was 6 _____________ and the power and water supplies were 7 _____________.
Besides English, Zhang Tian introduced more subjects to the school – music, art and PE. The kids' school lives are now more 8 _____________ and interesting, and the school is now full of 9 _____________ and music. The 10 _____________ he made to the village made him very popular among the villagers. He also 11 _____________ to stay for another year.
(Suggested answers:
1 Inspired 2 applied 3 volunteer 4 graduated 5 challenging
6 dusty 7 unstable 8 attractive 9 laughter 10 contribution 11 decided)
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: -ED / -ING ADJECTIVES
1. 学生活动：完成练习。
Complete the Word Builder. Then use the words and phrases to complete the sentences below.
-ed / -ing Adjectives
Verb -ed Adjective -ing Adjective
to tire tired tiring
to excite
to surprise
to interest
to challenge
to satisfy
1 After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room, feeling _____________.
2 He imagined all sorts of _____________ things about living and teaching in a village.
3 Living in the village was also more _____________ than he had thought.
4 It is not _____________ that PE is the kids' favourite subject!
5 Their school lives are now more attractive and _____________.
6 Zhang Tian is planning to organise the first-ever school concert! Everyone is very _____________.
7 What made him feel _____________ was that his students were able to read, speak and write in English.
(Answers:
Verb -ed Adjective -ing Adjective
to tire tired tiring
to excite excited exciting
to surprise surprised surprising
to interest interested interesting
to challenge challenged challenging
to satisfy satisfied satisfying
1 tired 2 exciting 3 challenging 4 surprising 5 interesting
6 excited 7 satisfied)
2. 学生活动：完成练习。
Which type of adjectives (-ed / -ing) describes situations, people or things Which type describes people's feelings Give two examples of each.
a situations, people or things ( )
① __________________________
② __________________________
b people's feelings ( )
① __________________________
② __________________________
(Suggested answers:
-ing
① Imagine all sorts of exciting things
② Living in the village was also more challenging
-ed
① feel tired
② feel satisfied
EXPRESS YOURSELF
学生活动：Group Work
Work in groups of six. Imagine that Zhang Tian, Zhang Tian's students, and one of the villagers are invited to participate in a talk show. Each one of you will take on a role to talk about Zhang Tian's experience or what they know about Zhang Tian. The group leader is the talk show organiser.
语法：-ing形容词和-ed形容词
（1）-ing形容词主要用于修饰事物，表示事物的性质或特征，常译为“令人……的”；修饰人时，则表示此人具有此性质或特征。
The music is really disturbing when I sleep.
当我睡觉时这个音乐太烦人了。
The story is very interesting.
这个故事很有趣。（故事本身有趣）
The man is very interesting.
这个人很有趣。（人本身或人的性格有趣）
（2）-ed形容词通常用于说明人的感受，常译为“感到……的”，强调人自身的情感波动；修饰事物时，则多修饰神态，感觉，容貌，表情，声音，情绪等显示某人情感状况的名词。
He had a pleased smile on his face.
他脸上露出了满意的微笑。
I became interested in playing football thanks to a small accident.
多亏一件小事，我对踢足球变得感兴趣了。
He told me the news in a very excited voice.
他用非常激动的声音告诉了我这个消息。
（3）常用-ing形容词和-ed形容词
-ing形容词 -ed形容词
amazing（令人惊奇的） amazed（感到惊奇的）
worrying（令人担心的） worried（感到担心的）
touching（令人感动的） touched（感动的）
frightening（吓人的） frightened（受惊吓的）
moving（令人感动的） moved（感动的）
exciting（令人兴奋的） excited（感到兴奋的）
pleasing（令人高兴的） pleased（感到高兴的）
satisfying（令人满意的） satisfied（感到满意的）
surprising（令人吃惊的） surprised（感到吃惊的）
amusing（好笑的） amused（觉得好笑的）
interesting（有趣的） interested（感兴趣的）
boring（无聊的，令人厌烦的） bored（感到厌烦的，感到无聊的）
disappointing（令人失望的） disappointed（感到失望的）
puzzling（令人迷惑的） puzzled（感到迷惑的）
encouraging（令人鼓舞的） encouraged（受鼓舞的）
exhausting（令人筋疲力尽的） exhausted（感到筋疲力尽的）
tiring（令人疲劳的） tired（感到疲劳的）
annoying（令人烦恼的） annoyed（烦恼的）
astonishing（令人惊奇的） astonished（感到惊奇的）
confusing（令人不解的） confused（迷惑不解的）
embarrassing（令人尴尬的） embarrassed（感到尴尬的）
inspiring（令人鼓舞的） inspired（受到鼓舞的）
shocking（令人震惊的） shocked（惊讶的）
terrifying（恐怖的） terrified（吓坏了的）
练习：
1. The ____________ (move) story we heard over the radio made us cry.
2. We were very ____________ when we heard the ____________ news. (shock)
3. The tiger looked very ____________, but Li Ping wasn't ____________. (frighten)
4. Look! The students ____________ (seat) at the back of the classroom are playing computer games.
5. Mr Smith, ____________ (tire) of the ____________ (bore) speech, started to read a novel.
(Answers:
1. moving 2. shocked; shocking 3. frightening; frightened 4. seated 5. tired; boring)
四、Summary
重点词汇：apply, independently, power, intend, be responsible for
重点句型：现在分词（短语）作状语；It作形式主语；主语从句
重点语法：-ing形容词和-ed形容词
五、Homework
Write a short passage to express your opinions about being a volunteer teacher.

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