Welcome!Let’s have a good time together!

齐河县实验中学 明宗福

Leading-in( 激情导入 ) ：

Senior middle school life is ！Here are some pictures of senior high.Let’s have a look:

colorful

the beautiful campus of high school

Campus means schoolyard

American classrooms

On the playground

on the playground

Come on!Come on!Come on!

If your classmates are running, what will you shout to them?

Studying / working together

talking with classmates happily

They’re having a picnic.

What’re the students doing outside?

Eating in the open air

the high school performances

the high school performances

school band

a high school prom

receiving the high school diploma

What beautiful school life!So colorful! Unforgettable!You’re lucky because you’re young and because you’re senior middle school students!Love school! Love our life!

●Learning Aims( 学习目标 ):

1 Knowledge aims( 知识目标 ): ①Master the key words in the passage. ②Learn some useful phrases and sentence structures. 2 Ability aims( 能力目标 ) ： Improve our ability of reading comprehension. 3 Emotion aims( 情感目标 ) ： Be glad to know the colorful school life in other countries!

Step1 Scanning( 浏览 /速读 ):

Tips( 学法指导 ) ：Don’t worry about the new words. They won’t prevent you from getting the main idea of the passage! 速读技巧：观其大略、不求甚解、宏观把握！

I Count as quickly as you can: How many paragraphs are there in this passage?

There’re eight.

II Listen to the passage and then match the paragraphs with their main ideas:

Para main idea 1 I’m looking back at my senior year. 2 My school life is almost over. 3 three other things I’m pleased about 4 We had fun skiing on the Rocky Mountains. 5 I was elected prom queen and we had great fun on the coast. 6 Working as an arts editor is a success for me. 7 I enjoyed working as a peer mediator. 8 The highlight of the year was the senior prom.

III Choose the structure of the passage?（ paragraphs①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧）

①

② ③ ③④ ④⑤ ⑤⑥ ⑥⑦ ⑦

⑧ ⑧

①②

A B

IV What is the passage mainly about?

A. It’s about Joanna’s senior year. B. It’s about the wonderful things in Joanna’s senior year. C. It’s about Joanna’s successes. D. It’s about Joanna’s senior prom.

V Joanna had a lot of successes during her senior year. What were they?

1 Working as an arts editor for the newspaper2 Working as a peer mediator3 Having fun in a skiing trip4 Getting good grades on her final exams5 Receiving the senior prize for English Literature6 Being elected to the student council7 Being elected prom queen

Step2 Skimming( 跳读 / 查读 ):

Tips( 学法指导 ) ：We don’t need to read every sentence. It’s better to go through the passage quickly to look for the information we really need.跳读技巧：带着问题读课文，根据需要灵活地调节阅读速度！

I Find sentences which contain the following phrases and read them aloud. Let’s see who is the quickest!

1 too…to… 2 It seems strange to do… 3 …working as… 4 It’s clear that…5 have fun doing… 6 be elected to…7 have…done 8 be worth…9 so…that… 10 share…with… 11 forget doing… 12 It’s a pity that…

II Read the text carefully and tell whether the following statements are True or False:

( )1. Her first plan after leaving school is to go skiing. ( )2. When school began, they were given training in how to be an arts editor. ( )3. She had a wonderful trip on the Rocky Mountains. ( )4. she got good grades on her mid-term exams, and received the senior prize for French Literature.( )5. She tried to become a journalist, and working on this paper is the first experience for her.( )6.The most wonderful highlight of the year was that she was elected to the student council.

?( )1 Her first plan after leaving school is a long vacation.

?how to be peer mediators.

?( )4. she got good grades on her final exams, and received the senior prize for English Literature.

?she was elected prom queen.

III Please answer the questions:1.Which paragraph describes Joanna’s feeling about graduation from high school? A. para1 B. para2 C. para3 D. the last paragraph2.Which part describes Joanna’s highlight of senior year? A. Para1 & Para2 B. Para3 & Para4 C. Para5 & Para6 D. Para7 & Para83. Why Joanna enjoyed the prom so much ?A. she went with Daniel. B. she looked elegant.C. she had a good time with her friends. D. she was elected prom queen.E. she was elected to the student council. F. she met many new friends.

IV Find out the sentence which can be replaced by the following one.

I spent two hours to have my hair done. The time is long but I’m satisfied, so two hours is worth spending.

_____________________________________It took two hours but it was worth it.

It took two hours but it was worth it…

to have my hair done

to have my hair done

the time of two hours

Step3 Key points( 突破重难点 ):

Tips( 学法指导 ) ：Many sentences have the same or similar structures. Clever students are better at observing, comparing, analyzing and summarizing!悟：许多句子有着相同或相似的结构。聪明的学生善于观察、比较、分析和总结！

I Translate the sentences into Chinese.

1) But the big surprise of the evening was when I was elected prom queen ！

_______________________________不过，那晚的大惊喜还是我当选为舞会的女皇！

表语从句：在句子中作表语，一般放在系动词后面 , 常用结构是 主语＋系动词 ＋表从。常见的连系动词有： be, look, remain, become, turn, get, go, seem, feel, smell, taste, …

2) It's a pity that it’s probably the last time this will happen. _______________________________真遗憾，这样美妙的夜晚很可能不会再有了。

1. It’s a good thing that the exams are finished.2. …and it’s clear that this kind of work can really… .3. It’s well-known that Americans are competitive.4. …it’s so important that you have a good time at the prom.

主语从句形式主语

Consolidation( 巩固练习 )

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.I couldn’t believe it, but my school life will soon end. It ______ strange that in a few days, I’ll be walking out of the school gates forever. I find myself ______ _____ __ my senior year, and ______ _____all the wonderful things that have happened. One of the best things about this year has been _______ ___ an arts editor. I’ve so enjoyed it! Something else I’ve greatly enjoyed is working as a _____ _________, someone who helps students to ______ problems that they have with other students. During the Easter vacation, we _____ ______ _____racing each other down the ski slopes. It’s ___ _______that Americans are __________.Other things I’m pleased about—getting good grades and receiving the senior prize. I’ll never forget _______ _______ ___the student council. But the _________ of the year was the senior prom, we had a good time at that evening, ___________________it’s probably the last time this would happen. To my surprise, I was elected______ ______, which was a perfect ending of a perfect year.

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looking back at thinkingabout

working as

peer mediator settle

had great fun wellknown competitive

being elected tohighlight

it’s a great pity thatprom queen

Summary( 小结 )

Working as an arts editor

Working as a peer mediator.

Skiing on the Rocky Mountains.

Other things I’m pleased about

The highlight: the senior prom.

prom queen / fun on the coast.

Sch

ool life is almost over.

Look

ing b

ack at m

y senior year.

1 What kind of girl is Joanna? Describe her.2 Do you like Joanna? Say why / why not.

Discuss the questions:

She is an outgoing girl.She likes to help others.She is good at her lessons. She loves after school activities.She is popular among her classmates.

Emotion and attitude ( 情感态度 )

How can we be popular?

We should be:kind, helpful, positive,hardworking, warm-hearted …

Homework1 必做 : Do the reading practice on page 99 of the workbook.2 选做 : Write a short passage about your highlights of Middle School.

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