Unit One Text A
Comprehension Content Questions Pair Work
1He used to be utterly bored by English courses.
2When he was in the third year in high school.
3He heard that Mr. Fleagle was dull, formal, rigid, and hopelessly out of date, and unable to inspire. He thought he was excessively prim and proper.
4Because he expected the topics would be dull.
5The art of Eating Spaghetti.
6Because this topic brought back vivid memories of a night in Belleville when he and his family members learned how to eat spaghetti.
7He thought he would violate all the rules of formal composition he fd learned in school, and Mr. Fleagle would surely give it a failing grade.
8He was preparing himself for a command to report to Mr. Fleagle immediately after school for discipline.
9He announced that he wanted to read an essay to the class.
10Mr. Fleagle was reading Mr. Baker's essay to the class. The class listened attentively, and then the entire class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment.
11Because both Mr. Fleagle and his classmates appreciated his essay very much.
12Probably he meant that the way Baker's essay was composed was exactly the way essays should be written or that the essence of a gocxl essay is that it can move readers.
Text Organization Working on Your Own
12 Baker s impression of his new English teacher
4 Vivid memories the title brought back 6 Anticipating punishment 8 Classmates'response to the essay
2Part Two: Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own joy.
Part TTiree: The experience of writing the essay helped him discover his talent for writing and realize what he wished to do in life.
Language Sense Enhancement