(共18张PPT)
Module 1
Unit 2
My life
Work and play
Period 1
Reading
What is the girl doing
What job might she do
A1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions
Before you read
Title
Introduction
Parallel
paragraphs
Pictures
A2 Read and find out the features of the text
Before you read
This passage is a ___ .
a) newspaper report
b) magazine article
c) story
an introduction
How do you know?
What does it mean?
successful /s k‘sesfl/ adj. having become popular or made lots of money
business / b zn s/ n. a company or a factory that makes or sells things
whizz-kid /'w zk d/ n.
a clever child or young
person who is very good at sth.
B1 Read the title, infer the meaning of word
While you read
How many computer games has she written
What kind of computer games does she write
How successful are these games
What jobs do her family members do
How is her school life
B2 Read the title ,the introduction and raise questions.
While you read
What do you want to know about her?
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
Part one
______ school
____ school
______ school
before
at
after
Part three
Part two
her morning exercises and business
her school life
her after-school activities
B3 Divide the text into parts and summarize the main ideas.
While you read
Para 1 (6 a.m.)
Para 2 (7:30 a.m.)
Para 3 (8 a.m.)
Para 4 (12:30 a.m.)
Para 5 (4:15 a.m.)
Para 6 (7 a.m.)
In what order is the passage written
Wendy writes about…
Family
business
Dad
Mum
Brother
Wendy
writes computer games.
is the manager.
is responsible for sales.
is the accountant.
/r sp ns bl/ adj. be responsible for(doing) sth
have the duty of doing sth./take charge of sth
Wendy is responsible for writing computer games.
Dad is responsible for managing the business.
Her brother is responsible for managing the money.
B4 Read Part I and answer the questions.
While you read
How many people are there?What do they do?
How are their business
popular
/ p pj l (r)/ adj.
liked by many people
over half a million
How does Wendy go to school every day
[ kla nt]
客户,委托人
B4 Read Part I and answer the questions.
While you read
She goes to school in her family car.
What does she sometimes do on her way to school
She sometimes makes phone calls to their clients on the way.
Does Wendy enjoy her school life
enjoy seeing my school friends
usually achieve A grades in all my subjects. I never fail an exam
[ t i v] v . do or get something well after trying hard
[fe l] v . not pass
Bored…
some of the work is boring because it is too simple for her
[ s mpl] adj . easy
[ b r ] adj . uninteresting
While-reading
While-reading
B4 Read Part II and find the facts
While you read
Activity Frequency(频率)
She attends clubs.
[ tend] v. go to or be at a place
has Computer Club meetings
plays basketball
has violin lessons
on Fridays
assist other students
often
[ s st] v. help
on Mondays
& Thursdays
once a week
While-reading
While-reading
B5 Read Part III and fill in the table.
While you read
What does Wendy do after school
has dinner with her family
discuss the business
goes to her office
continues working on games
seldom goes to bed before 11.30 p.m
[k n t nju ] v. go on doing
[ seld m] v. not often
While-reading
While-reading
B5 Read Part III and complete the flow chart.
While you read
What does Wendy do at night
get up/ have breakfast/ discuss the business
go to school
start school
have lunch
C1 List out what Wendy does at different times, introduce her daily life.
Afte you read
have dinner
work on games
go to bed
attend a club
do homework
Describe Wendy’s life
What kind of person is Wendy in your eyes
What do you think of her life
Why do you think so
I think she is a successful kid because she always achieves A grades and makes her business a success. She also spends much time on her hobbies. She is a whizz-kid .
I think she lives a full life because she works hard and plays well.
Afte you read
C2 Think and answer the questions
What do you think of Wendy Wang
busy
excellent
clever
active
successful
a whizz-kid
Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
…
Post-reading
Group discussion
1.Do you know other whizz-kids
2.Why do you think he/she is a whizz-kid
3.What can we learn from his/her story
(useful words and phrases: give up(放弃)/
meet difficulties/ try one’s best/ practise a lot)
I clean my teeth every day.
Peter cleans his teeth every day.
We do the similar thing
every day.
Lucy’s dress
Ann’s dress
adj. not different
Lucy’s dress is similar to Ann’s dress.
adj. 类似的,与…相类似
与…相类似
A What does Jon do every day
eats breakfast
does homework
starts school
plays basketball
goes to bed
gets up
before school
at school
after school
plays computer games