Unit1LifeChoicesLesson3YourLifeisWhatYouMakeitHaveyoutakenpartinanyvoluntarywork?

Whatdidyoudoandwhydidyoudecidetohelp?FreetalkavolunteerteacherstudentsinavillageschoolYourLifeisWhatYouMakeitWhatdoyouthinkthearticleisabout?Readingskill:skimmingtocheckpredicationsSkimmingmeansreadingveryquicklytogetageneralideaofwhatatextisabout.Thiswillhelpcheckpredicationsaboutthetext.Lookatthefirstandlastparagraphs,butdon’treadeveryword.Pickoutkeywords.Readthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphveryquickly.Whatiseachparagraphabout?Para.1:introductionPara.2:reasonstobeavolunteerteacherPara.3:situationwhenhearrivedPara.4&5:changes/contributionshemadeAnswerthequestions.WhatdidZhangTian’sparentswanthimtodo?Whatdidhisfriendsdo?Wheredidheworkasavolunteerteacher?Whydidhechoosetogothere?Whatdidhedecidetodoafterayear?WhatdidZhangTian’sparentswanthimtodo?Whatdidhisfriendsdo?Theyhopedthathewouldgotoabigcitytofindateachingjob.HisfriendsalllefthishometownforworkinShanghaiorBeijing.2.Wheredidheworkasavolunteerteacher?Whydidhechoosetogothere?InavillageschoolinGuizhouProvince.Becausehewantedtostartanewlifestyleandgototeachwherehewasneededthemost.3.Whatdidhedecidetodoafterayear?Hedecidedtostayinthevillageforanotheryear.Readagainandcompletetheflowchart.

ReasonstoBeaVolunteerTeacherSituationWhenHeArrivedSchool:Livingconditions:Changes/ContributionsHeMade

SchoolsubjectsSchoolactivitiesStudents’learningVillagers’lifewantedtostartanewlifestyle.inspiredbytheideaofgoingtoteachwherehewasneededthemost.muchsmalleronlythreeclassroomsdustyandmuddyplaygroundunstablepowerandwatersuppliesshowereverythreeorfourdayscookbyhimselfmusic,artandPE.thefirst-everschoolconcertabletoread,speakandwriteinEnglishmoreconfidentinlearningrebuilttheplaygroundsetupalibraryhelpedselllocalproductsonlineDescribeZhangTian’sdifferentfeelingsatdifferentstages.Evidence:somethingwritteninthetextthatprovesananswer.excited...wasinspiredbythemtogoandteachwhere...appliedandbecameavolunteerteacher...eager/exciteddisappointedtroubled/challengedinspiredsatisfied/happy...imaginedallsortsofexcitingthings.Noteverythinglivedupto...Theschoolwasmuchsmallerthanexpected...Livinginthevillagewasalsomorechallengingthan...Thepowerandwatersupplieswereunstable...Theirschoollivesarenowmoreattractiveandinteresting...Everyoneisveryexcited.Whatmadehimfeelsatisfiedwasthathisstudentswereabletoread...DescribeZhangTian’sdifferentfeelingsatdifferentstages.Discussthefollowingquestions.

WouldyougoandcontinueteachinginthevillageifyouwereinZhangTian’ssituation?WhatdoyouthinkofZhangTian’slifechoices?Howdoyouunderstandthetitleofthereport?Whatcanyoulearnfromit?Whatkindoflifechoiceshaveyoumadesofar?Yourlifeiswhatyoumakeit!Yourchoicemakes/shapes/determineswhoyouare!Followyourheartandliveuptoyourexpectations.Yourvaluelieswhereyouareneededthemost.Role-playS1:thetalkshowhostS2:ZhangTianS3:oneofZhangTian’sstudentsS4:oneofthevillagersImaginethatZhangTian,oneofhisstudentsandoneofthevillagersareinvitedtoparticipateinatalkshow.WorkingroupsoffourandtakeonaroletotalkaboutZhangTian’sexperienceorwhattheyknowabouthim.ZhangTianoneofZhangTian’sstudentsoneofthevillagersIamZhangTian.IamZhangTian’sstudent,XXX.IcomefromthevillagewhereZhangTianvolunteeredtoteach.startanewlifestyleinspiredwithaneagerheartliveindependentlyliveuptounstablepowerandwatersuppliesdealwithchallengesfollowmyheart….introducemoresubjectsmoreattractiveandinterestingfulloflaughterandmusic…bringchangestothevillagecontactcharityorganisationsrebuildtheplaygroundsetupthelibraryhelpthevillagersselllocalproducts…HomeworkReadthetextaloud.RememberthevocabularyinU1L3.Writeasummaryofthereport.Addyourcommentsifyoucan.Period2ReadaloudCompletethesummarywithwordsyouhavelearnt.1__________bytheteachersfromsmallvillages,ZhangTian2

forandbecamea3__________teacherafterhe4__________fromuniversity.However,theteachingandlivingconditionsweremore5____________thanhehadthought.Theplaygroundwas6______________andthepowerandwatersupplieswere7_________.Inspired

volunteergraduatedchallengingmuddy/dustyunstableappliedBesidesEnglish,ZhangTianintroducedmoresubjectstotheschool—music,artandPE.Thekids’schoollivesarenowmore8__________andinteresting,andtheschoolisnowfullof9__________andmusic.The10_____________hemadetothevillagemadehimverypopularamongthevillagers.Healso11__________tostayforanotheryear.attractivelaughtercontributionsintendedRecallthearticle1.WhatdidZhangTianthinkoflivingandteachinginavillagebeforehewentthere?2.WhatdidZhangTianthinkoflivinginthevillagewhenhewasthere?3.Howhasthestudents’liveschangedbecauseofZhangTian?1.Heimaginedallsortsofexcitingthingsaboutlivingandteachinginavillage.2.Livinginthevillagewasalsomorechallengingthanhehadthought.3.Theirschoollivesarenowmoreattractiveandinteresting.Recallthearticle4.HowdothestudentsfeelwhenZhangTianisplanningtoorganizethefirsteverschoolconcert?5.HowdidZhangTianfeelwhenhegotbacktohissmallroomafteratypicallongday?6.HowdidZhangTianfeelwhenhisstudentswereabletoread,speakandwriteinEnglish.4.Everyoneisveryexcited.5.Afteralongday,ZhangTianfinallygotbacktohissmallroom,feelingtired.6.Whatmadehimfeelsatisfiedwasthathisstudentswereabletoread,speakandwriteinEnglish.1.Heimaginedallsortsofexcitingthingsaboutlivingandteachinginavillage.2.Livinginthevillagewasalsomorechallengingthanhehadthought.3.Theirschoollivesarenowmoreattractiveandinteresting.4.Everyoneisveryexcited.5.Afteralongday,ZhangTianfinallygotbacktohissmallroom,feelingtired.6.Whatmadehimfeelsatisfiedwasthathisstudentswereabletoread,speakandwriteinEnglish.Whatdoesthewriterusetodescribesituationsandfeelings?-ed/-ingadj.Whendoweuse-ed/-ingadj.?1.…excitingthings2.Living...challenging…3.schoollives…interesting.4.Everyone…excited.5.…feelingtired.6.…feelsatisfied….WhenwedescribesituationsorthingsWhenwedescribepeople’sfeelings.excitingchallenginginterestingexcitedchallengedinterestedexcitechallengeinterestv.-ingadj.-edadj.WordBuilderWhataretheseverbsmainlyabout?EmotionsWorkoutthe-ed/-ingadj.oftheverbs.verbsdelightembarrassconfuseboredisappointfrighten-ingadj.-edadj.delightingdelightedembarrassingembarrassedconfusingconfusedboringboreddisappointingdisappointedfrighteningfrightenedABCDEFMakesentences.Whendoyousendtheseemojis?Example:IusuallysendEmojiAtomyfriendswhen…---whattheysaydelightsme.---whattheysayisdelighting.---Ifeeldelighted.ABCDEFCompletethesentenceswithappropriateformsofthewords.Theywaitedandwaitedforsomething__________(excite)tohappen.Mikefounda____________(challenge)jobasacomputerprogrammer.Wewouldbe____________(interest)tohearyourviewsonthissubject.Asurveyshowedpeoplewere_____________(confuse)aboutwhatt