Fresh Start
Presented by Pan
July 18, 2023
Contents
01
Teaching Objectives
02
Teaching Methods
03
Teaching Procedures
01 Teaching Objectives
Appreciation
To understand the text contextually and linguistically
and know the basic elements of narrative writing.
Language Skill Building
To build up an active vocabulary to talk about
freshman year and know how to use the key words
and expressions in context properly.
Critical Thinking
To reflect on their own experience of the first year at
college and think more about “how to be ture to
oneself ”.
02 Teaching Methods
Task-based teaching method
Communicative teaching method
03 Teaching Procedures
Lead-in
While-reading
Pre-reading
Post-reading
Lead-in
Is this true?
Pre-reading
Qusetion-1:
In your mind, what is university life like?
Expand one’s knowledge and skills
Train one’s independence
Allow one’s participation in society
Cultivate one’s character
...
Pre-reading
Qusetion-2:
Have you ever made mistakes that cause
embarrassment? How do you react to them?
Never take oneself too seriously.
College allows one to make mistakes.
Pre-reading
Fresh Start
全新的开始
Evelyn Herald
Pre-reading
Words
1. brigade v.
v. 旅；伙；帮
2. clasp n.
n. 握紧
3. crunchy adj.
adj. 松脆的
4. discreetly adv.
adv. 谨慎的
5. flail v.
v.乱动
6. ketchup n.
n. 番茄酱
7. malicious adj.
adj. 恶意的
8. maneuver n.
n. 策略，移动
9. puddle n.
n. 小水坑
10. reserve v.
v. 保留看法
11. sandal n.
n. 凉鞋
12. shackle v.
v. 手铐
13. slink v.
v. 溜，偷偷地走
14. sneak v.
v. 溜，偷偷地走
15. square v.
v. 挺直身子
16. whereabouts n.
n.所在的地方
While-reading
Skimming
Structural Analysis
The story can be divided into
Para. 1
parts.
Telling the background information and the conflict.
(She tried to hide her identity as a freshman and wanted to do everything
perfect.)
Para. 2-9
Recalling a few incidents during her first days of college.
Concluding part: conflict resolved.
Para. 10-14
(she only needed to live up to her own expectations and she could do
her own thing at college.)
While-reading
Skimming
Structural Analysis
In the text,
incidents are narrated by the author.
Sitting in the wrong classroom.
Falling down in the caféteria.
Witnessing the same embarrassing fall happening to the
football player admired by her.
While-reading
Narrative Writing
What are the essential elements of a piece of narrative writing?
 a clear context
 a logic (often chronological organization)
 well-chosen details
 an appropriate and consistent point of view
(dialogues, actions or events)
While-reading
Text Analysis
Context: time, location, character
Logic: chronological order
Fresh Start
Details: three incidents
Point of view: first person narrative
While-reading
Scanning
（
Task-1: Ture or False
）Evelyn behaved naively, exactly like a freshman, on her first day at college.
Part 1: para. 1
（
）The similar slip of the football player she admired made her realize all of a
sudden that she had been unnecessarily anxious.
（
Part 2: para. 9
）After she realized that perfection is impossible, Evelyn made some mitakes
on purpose for fun.
Part 3
While-reading
Scanning
Task-2: Comprehension Questions
1. What did she feel standing in the parking lot on her first day of college?
What did she do?
Part 1
She was at a loss and not confident in herself.
She planned to act her way through college and hoped not to make mistakes.
2. How have the incidents of her first days at college enlightened Evelyn? How
has she behaved herself after college?
She understood that she should not be afraid of making mistakes because it is
only through trial and error that one can find his real self.
The college allows one to make massive mistakes. And even after graduation,
she was still making misiakes of which she was no fonger afraid.
Part 3
While-reading
Scanning
Task-3: Summary
In this autobiographical essay, Evelyn Herald narrates her embparrassing moments
during her first days of college.
With a chronologically balanced pattern of narration, the author focuses on three
incidents
sitting in the wrong class
,
falling down in the cafeteria
and witnessing the upper-class football player having the same experience
After these，the author realizes a person should not be afraid of
,
.
making mistakes ,
because it is only through trial and error that one can find his/ her real self , and this is
just the ultimate purpose of college education.
Do you agree with the
author?
While-reading
Useful Expressions
在大学校园里
on a college campus
只听不说
站起来
come to one’s feet
有同样的命运
keep my ears open and my mouth shut
犹豫良久后我选了第一排靠边的座位。
meet the same fate
我很同情他。
After deliberation, I choose a seat in the
first row and to the side.
上课期间
in the middle of the lecture
My heart goes out to him.
达到某人的期望
live up to one’s expectations
Post-reading
Further Discussion
What lessons have you learned from Evelyn’s
experiences after reading the article “Fresh Start”?
Task-4: Group Discussion
Share the experiences when you first came to
college.
Post-reading
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
做你自己，因为别人都有人做了
。
——Oscar Wilde
Being yourself is celebrating you, as an individual learning to express yourself and be happy with who you are.
For some people, it’s learning to love yourself. For others, it‘s
not hiding who you are or changing things about you to fit in.
Post-reading
How to be yourself?
 define yourself
 stop worrying about how people perceive you
 be honest and open
 relax
 develop and express your individuality
 believe in who you are
 follow your own style
Summary
Free: free your mind.
Easy: take it easy, stop worrying.
Assignments
Practice makes perfect.
Exercising
finish the exercises in
the textbook
Reviewing
review the the four
essential elements of
narrative writing
Thank you!
T H A N K S
Presented by Pan
July 18, 2023