北师大版（2019）必修 第一册Unit 1 Life Choices Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It教学设计

Unit 1 Lesson3
Your life is what you make it
Teaching objectives:
By the end of this class, students will be able to:
1. get some useful information by skimming.
2. express one person’s life choices.
3.To understand it’s our choices that determine what we truly are .
Teaching procedure:
Lead-in:
Enjoy a short video to lead to the topic .
Pre-Reading:
Have a guess.
Fast Reading:
Use the reading skills to finish the tasks:
Task 1. 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
Task 2. Match the main idea with each part.
Part 1 (Par. 1) Changes Zhang Tian made
Part 2 (Par. 2) Reasons to be a volunteer teacher
Part 3 (Par. 3) Situation when he arrived
Part 4 (Par. 4-5) a typical day for Zhang Tian
Detailed-reading:
Task 1.
Task 2.
Group work:
What do you think of Zhang Tian’s life choices What kind of life choices have you made
Post-reading: Show time
Now imagine you are one of the following roles, and talk about what you know about Zhang Tian.
1.One of Zhang Tian’s students One local villager
2.Zhang Tian’s parent
3.Zhang Tian’s friend
4.Zhang Tian
Complete the text.
After graduation, Zhang Tian became a volunteer teacher in a village school. He imagined all sorts of 1._________(excite) things about living independently in a village. 2__________, not everything lived up to his hopes.The school was much ________(small) than he had expected. The playground got 4.________ (dust) and muddy sometimes. Living in the village was also more 5.___________(challenge) than he had thought. But he decided to deal with the challenges.
6._________(make) school life healthier and livelier for his students, he introduced more subjects 7._____the school — music, art and PE. 8.________made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read,speak and write in English, and they became more 9._______(confidence). Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also made a great 10._____________(contribute) to the village, so he became very popular among the villagers.
Homework:
Write an article including:
1. What pressure or difficulties you faced when making one of your choices.
2. What did you do to overcome the difficulties.