1、Welcome Unit Period 2 Reading and Thinking First Impressions Teaching objectives By the end of the class, you will be able to: find out the key information in the passage through reading strategies. 01 02 03 identify the structure and language features of the text. 04 describe the first day experien
2、ces and feelings following the time order. retell the passage and talk about their own first day experience using their own word bank or key sentences. Are you familiar with the emojis? Which will you choose to describe your first day at senior high? Why? happy anxious excited annoyed frightened Lea
3、d in Prediction: Predict what will be talked about in this passage. where is the text taken from? Han Jing will talk about her first day at school The text is taken from a social networking website Skimming for structure find out which order does Han Jing follow to talk about her first day. “7:00 a.
4、m.” “12:30 p.m.” “5:32 p.m. “10:29 p.m.” time order Skimming for structure find out which order does Han Jing follow to talk about her first day. “7:00 am” “12:30 pm” “5:32 pm “10:29 pm” time order Scanning for details Task 1： Read the four parts of the text, answer the following questions. 1.Why di
5、d Han Jing feel anxious before school? 2.How was her first maths class? 3.What happened in the chemistry class? 4.What did Han Jing learn from her first day in senior high school? 1. Why did Han Jing feel anxious before school? 2. How was her first maths class? 3. What happened in the chemistry clas
6、s? 4. What did Han Jing learn from her first day in senior high school? Because she is not an outgoing girl and she was not sure about the future. The class was difficult, but the teacher was kind, friendly and helpful. The guy next to me tried to talk to me and I couldnt concentrate on the experime
7、nt. She was not worried anymore and she felt confident about future. Scanning for details Task 2 Find the key words and phrases for each paragraph and fill in the table. Time What was Han Jing texting about? 7:00 a.m . 12:00 p.m. 5:32 p.m. 10:29 p.m. Scanning for details Task 2 ：Find the key words a
8、nd phrases for each paragraph and fill in the table. Scanning for details Task 2 ：Find the key words and phrases for each paragraph and fill in the table. Time What was Han Jing texting about? 7:00 a.m. senior high school, a little anxious 12:00 p.m.friendly, funny story, class, helpful 5:32 p.m.ab,
9、 lesson, great, the guy next to me，the whole time 10:29 p.m.was worried, a lot to explore, more confident, a great day Scanning for details Task 3： Draw flow chart to show Hanjings feelings in different places and at different time. Reading for language features Read the text once again and find out
10、 the sentences where informal expressions and exclamations are used . 1.So this is it-senior high school at last. (Informal ) 2.What a day !(Exclamation ) 3.Couldnt, didnt, theres (Informal ) Discussion Work in pairs an discuss the questions. What are Han Jings first impressions? teachers： class: cl
11、assmates: high school: friendly, helpful funny, great friendly, helpful exciting, new to explore Discussion Descriptive vocabulary about first impression. Task 1 Read the words below aloud and learn them by heart. Task 2：Use the words above to describe your first day experience? Early in the morning
12、, when the morning song rang, I began to get up and prepare for school. I feel a little nervous and anxious .After I had breakfast, I headed to my classroom.Most of the students are friendly and helpful. I was impressed by my English teacher,and she is a little excited too. In the afternoon, we had a Chinese class. I was surprised when our Chinese teacher came into the classroom since I found we were living in the same block. Homework 1. Retell Han Jings first day at school in your own words. 2. Draw a mind map about your first day impression.
