Unit15 Learning--Warm up

Unit 15 Learning Warm-upIn this unit you will…★Read a literature extract and a magazine article.★Talk about different ways we can learn about school experiences.★Listen to dialogues about school experiences and a song.★Write a personal essay for a school magazine.★Learn more about conditional sentences; learn about wish and should have.Warm-up读不在三更五鼓，功只怕一曝十寒。—郭沫若业精于勤，荒于嬉；行成于思，毁于随。——韩愈加紧学习，抓住中心，宁精勿杂，宁专勿多。―― 周恩来若要进入学问的世界，必须像赤子一样才行。---培根（英国）1 Memory Test. In pairs, look at the words in the box for one minute. Then close your books and write down all the words you can remember.letter serious heart philosophy envelope page paper clip 2,000 years magician scarf rabbit trick five o’clock empty hat mysterious universe fur hair amazing world half an hour2 Which strategies did you use to memories the words?Memory StrategiesRead the list of words quietly a few times.Repeat the words aloud. Begin with one word, then two, then three and so on.Think of the items visually, e.g. a picture of an envelope.Make connections between words, e.g. scarf, hat (clothes).Classify words grammatically, e.g. serious, empty, amazing (adjectvies).Classify words alphabetically, e.g. page, paper clip, philosophy.3 Listen to four students talking about how they remember words. Match them with the strategies they use.1> Daver a) analytical-thinking about the structure of words2> Luning b) visual-writing, drawing, connecting photos with words3> Tonghuan c) self-testing-doing personal tests or asking someone at home to test you4> Xiaofang d) oral-saying words aloud, making connections between wordsAnswers: Daver b Luning d Tonghuan a Xiaofang cTapescriptDaver: I write down n...