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Unit 1 Teenage Life
Listening and Speaking
Reading and Thinking
Language Competence
Students will analyze textual structures and extract key information about teenage life from the reading passages.
Learning Ability
Students will develop annotation and summarizing techniques to process expository texts efficiently.
Cultural Awareness:
Students will compare and contrast adolescent experiences across different cultural contexts.
Thinking Quality
Students will evaluate authorial perspectives and make text-to-self connections through critical questioning.
Learning Objectives
Teaching Focus
Develop students' ability to analyze expository texts about teenage life and extract key information through structured reading strategies.
Teaching Challenges
Guide students to critically compare cultural perspectives on adolescence while avoiding stereotypical generalizations in their interpretations.
Teaching Focus and Teaching Challenges
Part 1
Listening
1. What are the teenagers doing in the photo
2. What do you do to relax when off campus
3. What kind of life do you live What kind of life do you wish to live
Flying a kite
Playing basketball, listening to music, watching movies...
Stressful, meaningful
Happy, comfortable, challenging, peaceful,
free...
Look and discuss
Lead-in
Match the photos with the names of the clubs.
Activity 1
I enjoy discussing
different questions.
I love dancing!
I prefer helping
others.
I’m interested in
plants and animals.
Ballet Club ____ Nature Club ____ Volunteer Club ____ Debate Club ____
2
4
3
1
①
②
③
④
Listen to the first two conversations and choose the correct answers.
Activity 2
Circle the two clubs where these two conversations happened.
A. Science Club. B. Ballet Club.
C. Nature Club. D. Debate Club.
What are they learning about in Conversation 1
A. Hearing. B. Sounds. C. Dogs.
The students are discussing _______ in Conversation 2.
A. schoolwork B. relationships C. dating
Listen to Conversation 3. Then help Adam choose a club.
Activity 3
1. Tick the activities that happen in each club.
Listen to Conversation 3. Then help Adam choose a club.
Activity 3
2. Adam says that he likes __________ but is not so interested in _________.
A stories, cartoons B animals, plants C making friends, cleaning up
3 Which club do you think is suitable for Adam Why
I think Adam should join the __________ Club because he says that he________________________________.
Volunteer
would like to do something outdoors
Part 2
Reading
(1) What do you want to know about school life in other countries
(2) What would you tell a teenager from other country about school life in China
Lead-in
canteen
holidays
courses
extra-curricular activities
sports
homework
interesting clubs
many students in a class
taking exams regularly
sports meeting
1
6
5
4
2
3
Lead-in
Prediction
Who
what
The passage talk about
A freshman
Challenges in high school
A freshman’s challenges in a new school
Look at the title and the pictures. What's the text mainly about
Skimming for the main idea
Senior high school is a challenge.
choose courses carefully.
study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more.
choose extra-curricular activities.
Read the 1st paragraph and complete the table.
Hi! My name is Adam and I'm a freshman at a senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing.
Para. Challenge feeling
1
Going from to
.
junior high school
Name :
Identity:
Adam
freshman
senior high school
confused
Read the 2nd paragraph and complete the table.
First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it.
Para. Challenge feeling Solutions
2
The school adviser __________________
__________________.
Choose which I want to take.
courses
helped him choose suitable courses
Careful
Read the 3rd paragraph and complete the table.
I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.
Para. Challenge feeling Solution
3
He will find a way to _____________________
Joining the .
.
Unhappy
improve on his own
school football team
Read the 4th paragraph and complete the table.
I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it’ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, I’m happy to be here. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
Para. Challenges Adam’s feelings Solutions
4
He will try to ________
__________and get used to being___________for a lot more.
1. the other students
2. all the homework
Worried
but still happy
Keeping up with
Get used to
responsible
harder
study
Read the whole passage again and complete the outline.
Para Challenge Feeling Solution
1 confused
2 Choosing ______________ courses The school adviser __________________________________________________________________
3 He will find a way to __________________________________________________________________
4 He will ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Going from junior high school to senior high school
suitable
serious/
careful
helped him choose suitable courses.
making the school football team
unhappy
improve on his own and make the team next year.
Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course & getting used to all the homework.
worried
happy
confident
get well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
What kind of person do you think Adam is
optimistic
organized
thoughtful
warm-hearted
determined
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text.
I'm good at maths, so my teacher _____________ that I should choose advanced maths in my first year.
Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular avtivities is a big _________, so I need to make a workable schedule.
It's a little __________ to choose suitable courses. I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision.
We can try a course for two weeks after we ______ up for it. After that, we cannot change it.
recommended
challenge
confusing
sign
Complete the sentences with the correct
forms of the new words from the text.
The main purpose of the course is to help ________ each student's reading ability.
Some of the students want to become writers or editors after they ________, so the teacher advised them to start a writing club.
The school is __________ for the safety of all the students.
Whenever I'm facing a difficulty, I always tell myself, “Don't let anything stop you. Don't ever ______.”
improve
graduate
responsible
quit
Retell the text by using expressions we have learnt today.
Adam was a ________ at senior high school. He faced some _________. First, he had to choose ________ courses. His adviser ____________ that he should __________ advanced literature. He had to choose _____________________, too. He tried to join the football team but failed. However, he wouldn't _____. He wanted to find a way to _______ on his own so that he can _____________ next year. He also joined a ________ club and __________ food to homeless people. Although Adam was worried about _____________ the other students and ____________ all the homework, he would study harder and become ___________ for a lot more. Studying hard isn't always fun, but he will be well ____________ university or whatever else comes in the future.
freshman
challenges
suitable
sign up for
recommended
extra-curricular activities
quit
improve
make the team
volunteer
handed out
keeping up with
getting used to
responsible
prepared for
Part 3
Language Points
volunteer n. 志愿者； v. 自愿去做
volunteer work 志愿工作
volunteer organization 志愿组织
volunteer as... 自愿担任...
volunteer to do something 自愿做某事
volunteer for + task/event 为某事/活动做志愿
练习：Helen ________________ to have Thanksgiving at her house last year.
volunteered
debate n. 辩论；争论；vt. & vi. 辩论；争论
debate on/over/about sth 关于……的辩论
under debate 在讨论中，引起争议
debate competition 辩论比赛
be hotly debated 在讨论中，引起争议
debate whether/what/how... 就……进行辩论
练习：Her conclusions are hotly __________.
debated
prefer vt. 较喜欢
Prefer A to B 比起B更喜欢A
prefer doing A to doing B = prefer to do sth rather than do sth 宁愿做……而不做……
Would prefer + noun/to do 更想要...
Prefer (that) + clause 宁愿...
练习：He prefers sports __________ reading.
to
Part 4
Exercise
He is one of the ____________ (volunteer) in our service center, which was built aiming to help people.
Lucy ____________ (prefer) sweets as her snacks while Lily has a ____________ (prefer) for nuts.
There has been much debate __________________ the safety of school buses.
She is content ____________ (lead) such a peaceful life.
The house is not really ____________ (suit) for a large family.
There was a sudden ____________ (move) in the undergrowth.
volunteers
prefers
preference
on/over/about
to lead
suitable
movement
Homework
1. Summarise what we have learnt in this lesson;
2. Prepare for the next lesson
See you next time!

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