21st Century College English: Book I Unit 1, Text A Secrets of A students CLICI
Unit 1 : Text A 21st Century College English: Book 1 Secrets of A Students
Unit 1: TextA e Lead-in Activities Text Organization Reading Writing skills ● Language points Guided Practice Assignment
Unit 1: Text A • Lead-in Activities • Text Organization • Reading & Writing Skills • Language Points • Guided Practice • Assignment
Lead-in Activities: Warm-up Questions Based on the title guess what the text is about 2. Look at the subheadings, 1-8, in the text. which of these activities do you already do?In which areas do you feel you need improvement? 3. Are there any "secrets" to your own success as a student? In other words, do you have any special study techniques which have been very successful for you?
Lead-in Activities: Warm-up Questions 1. Based on the title, guess what the text is about. 2. Look at the subheadings, 1-8, in the text. Which of these activities do you already do? In which areas do you feel you need improvement? 3. Are there any “secrets” to your own success as a student? In other words, do you have any special study techniques which have been very successful for you?
Text Organization The structure of texta . The importance of the study skills by two specific examples Para. 1-3 IL. Secrets of A students study skills Para, 4-11 IL. Conclusion: Anyone can become A students if you can learn and master these secrets Para. 12
The structure of Text A I. The importance of the study skills by two specific examples II. Secrets of A students—8 study skills III. Conclusion: Anyone can become A students if you can learn and master these secrets. Para. 1-3 Para. 4-11 Para. 12 Text Organization
Reading writing skills Exposition. This text is a typical"how-to-do-things essay. This kind of article is ususlly divided into two parts: first part, the importance of doing this; the second part, the concrete methods or procedure of doing i. And the second part is the main body of the article General speaking, there's a topic sentence at the beginning of the text to express the thesis and a conclusion sentence at the end. In this text, after the examples at the beginning the author tells us the topic sentence "The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. To match the topic sentence, the author gives us the conclusion sentence "After all, the secrets ofa students are not so secret. You can learn and master them and become an a student,too
Exposition. This text is a typical “how-to-do-things essay”. This kind of article is ususlly divided into two parts: first part, the importance of doing this; the second part, the concrete methods or procedure of doing it. And the second part is the main body of the article. General speaking, there’s a topic sentence at the beginning of the text to express the thesis and a conclusion sentence at the end. In this text, after the examples at the beginning, the author tells us the topic sentence “The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn.”. To match the topic sentence, the author gives us the conclusion sentence “After all, the secrets of A students are not so secret. You can learn and master them and become an A student, too.” Reading & Writing Skills
Intensive Study Secrets of A students By Edwin Kiester Sally valentine Kiester Alex, now a first-year student in natural sciences at Cambridge, played football for his school in Manchester and directed the school production of a play. He left school with five As. Amanda, reading English at Bristol University, acted in plays at hers, and played tennis regularly. Yet she still managed to get fourAs
Secrets of A Students By Edwin Kiester & Sally Valentine Kiester 1 Alex, now a first-year student in natural sciences at Cambridge, played football for his school in Manchester and directed the school production of a play. He left school with five A’s. Amanda, reading English at Bristol University, acted in plays at hers, and played tennis regularly. Yet she still managed to get fourA’s. Intensive Study
Intensive Study 2 how do a students like these make it? brains aren't the only answer. The most gifted students do not necessarily perform best in exams. Knowing how to make the most of one's abilities counts for much more 3 Hard work isnt the whole story either. Some of these high-achieving students actually put in fewer hours than their lower-scoring classmates. The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, are the secrets of A students
2 How do A students like these make it? Brains aren’t the only answer. The most gifted students do not necessarily perform best in exams. Knowing how to make the most of one’s abilities counts for much more. 3 Hard work isn’t the whole story either. Some of these high-achieving students actually put in fewer hours than their lower-scoring classmates. The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, are the secrets of A students. Intensive Study
Intensive Study 1. Concentrate! Top students allow no interruptions of their study time. Once the books are open, phone calls ge unanswered, TV unwatched and newspapers unread. " This doesnt mean ignoring important things in your life, Amanda explains. "It means planning your study time so that you can concentrate. If lm worried about a sick friend i call her before i start my homework, Then when i sit down to study, i can really focus
4 1. Concentrate! Top students allow no interruptions of their study time. Once the books are open, phone calls go unanswered, TV unwatched and newspapers unread. “This doesn’t mean ignoring important things in your life,” Amanda explains. “It means planning your study time so that you can concentrate. If I’m worried about a sick friend, I call her before I start my homework. Then when I sit down to study, I can really focus.” Intensive Study
Intensive Study 5 2. Study anywhere or everywhere. A university professor in Arizona assigned to tutor underachieving college athletes, recalls a runner who exercised daily. He persuaded him to use the time to memorise biology terms Another student stuck a vocabulary list on his bathroom wall and learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth
5 2. Study anywhere — or everywhere. A university professor in Arizona assigned to tutor underachieving college athletes, recalls a runner who exercised daily. He persuaded him to use the time to memorise biology terms. Another student stuck a vocabulary list on his bathroom wall and learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth. Intensive Study
Intensive Study 6 3. Organize your materials. At school, Tom played basketball,"I was too busy to waste time looking for a pencil or a missing notebook, I kept everything just where I could get my hands on it, he says. Paul, a student in New mexico keeps two folders for each subject one for the days assignments, the other for homework completed and ready to hand in. a drawer keeps essentials together and cuts down on time-wasting searches
6 3. Organize your materials. At school, Tom played basketball. “I was too busy to waste time looking for a pencil or a missing notebook. I kept everything just where I could get my hands on it,” he says. Paul, a student in New Mexico, keeps two folders for each subject — one for the day’s assignments, the other for homework completed and ready to hand in. A drawer keeps essentials together and cuts down on time-wasting searches. Intensive Study
