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111Unit 2 Growing pains单元规划内容预览This unit introduces and develops the theme of growing pains. In Welcome to the unit, four pictures representing some common family problems are presented to students to help them to participate in a discussion of the subject. The Reading section deals with a play about the family problem of an American family. The characteristics of a play script and the strategies and skills of how to read a play are presented and taught to students in the Reading strategy of this unit. Word power focuses on the differences between American English and British English, with relevant exercises designed to help identify the differences. In Grammar and usage, students will learn how to use a preposition+which/whom to begin an attributive clause, and how to use relative adverbs in attributive clauses. Following is the Task section which is making up a dialogue. Through these relevant tasks and activities, students will learn to present a dialogue and read it with intonation in order to express their emotions. In the Project section, students will first read two letters from a father and his son, and then write an advice letter to help them solve their problems.This unit requires students to discuss the issue of family problems by combining their own experiences with the common phenomena in society. Students are taught how to identify the characteristics of a play and master skills of how to read an English play script. This unit will practice topic-related skills. Students are expected to participate fully, in order to develop both their language skills and overall abilities. Also this unit enables students to identify tones in spoken English and get the gist of a text when reading. They are expected to apply these skills practically by writing a letter to give advice. 三维目标1. To introduce and develop the theme of growing pains.2. To identify some common family problems between parents and children.3. To develop the reading skills of how to read a play.4. To learn about the differences between American English and British English.5. To learn about attributive clauses and how to use relative adverbs.6. To develop listening, speaking, reading and writing by completing a task and a project.7. To form a positive attitude towards growing pains and learn to solve family problems wisely.8. To learn to be cooperative and helpful when working together. 课时安排Period 1 Welcome to the unitPeriods 2-3 ReadingPeriods 4-5 Word PowerPeriods 6-7 Grammar and usagePeriods 8-9 TaskPeriod 10 Project: Writing an advice letterPeriod 1 Welcome to the unit教学设计一整体设计教材分析Growing pains is the topic of the unit. This is the first period of this unit. In this period, students are expected to discuss growing pains, which they have experienced and they are facing, as well as the differences about growing pains in different countries, with the purposes of enriching students imagination and improving students speaking ability.Growing up can be difficult. There may often be misunderstandings and problems between parents and children. In this period examples of family problems are presented. All these problems are fairly common to teenagers nowadays. Students are required to participate fully in the discussion. They can relate their own experiences and express their opinions freely. They are expected to use the opportunity to practice their spoken English and articulate their thoughts by either speaking about their own experiences or combining what they have heard or seen with the facts presented. Therefore, it is a good chance for teachers to lead in this topic. First of all, teachers can let the students recall their growing pains. Encourage them to show their opinions about the differences in different countries. Each text gives a brief description of the subject. Teachers can divide the students into groups to discuss the four topics. There is a questionnaire about the relationship between them and their parents. Distribute the following questionnaire to students in 2 minutes.1. Do you think your parents understand you?A. Yes B. No C. Dont know2. Do you often quarrel with your parents?A. Very often B. Often C. Sometimes D. Rarely E. Never3. Do you and your parents often talk to each other or have fun together?A. Very oftenB. Often C. NoD. Rarely E. Never4. Do you and your parents have common interests or hobbies?A. Yes B. No5. Do they always force you to do things you dont like to do?A. Yes, very often B. SometimesC. Never6. Do they ask for your opinions over some family issues?A. Yes, very often B. Sometimes C. Never7. If you have some problems or feel upset, will you choose to talk to your parents?A. Yes, I will B. No, I wont8. What do you think of the relationship between you and your parents?A. Very close B. Not so close C. loose(疏远)Students are to fully participate in the discussion and brainstorm by combining what they know already about growing pains in China with the information in the text. The related topics and activities are designed to grab and attract students attention by involving their full participation. Students are expected to be active in the discussion, practice their spoken English and express their opinions by comparing and discussing the differences in different countries. 三维目标1. To introduce and develop the theme of growing pains.2. To develop speaking ability by talking about families and problems that happen between teenagers and parents.3. To know more about classmates and their families.4. To form a positive attitude towards growing pains and learn to solve family problems wisely.5. To learn to be cooperative and helpful when working together. 重点难点1. Get students to understand what growing pains means.2. Make students know the relationship between parents and their teenage children in the USA.3. Talk about misunderstandings and problems between parents and children.4. Enable the students to practice their spoken English.5. How to express the students own opinions and ideas.6. How to improve the students spoken English.7. Help students to form a positive attitude towards relationships between their parents and them. 教学方法1. Discussion in pairs or in groups.2. Task-based in-class activities.3. Explanations of some language points. 教具准备A tape recorder and the multimedia. 课前准备Preparations for Welcome to the unit1. This is the first period of this unit. In this period, students are expected to discuss growing pains. Growing up can be difficult. There may often be misunderstandings and problems between parents and children. In this period examples of family problems are presented. All these problems are fairly common to teenagers nowadays. Students are required to participate fully in the discussion. They can relate their own experiences and express their opinions freely. They are expected to use the opportunity to practice their spoken English and articulate their thoughts by either speaking about their own experiences or combining what they have heard or seen with the facts presented. Ask the students to prepare for a talk for about two or three minutes. This will help all the students to take part in in-class activities. If some students really have some difficulty in doing this, the teacher can help them to prepare for it before class.2. Encourage the students to prepare the topics about growing pains. It is best for all of us to make preparations first, either by searching for information on the Internet or looking through background information in some books and so on. They can also be divided into several groups to get some information about growing pains in different countries as they like.3. Prepare the following questions.Do you love your parents?Do you think you show respect to your parents?Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents? Why do arguments usually happen?Do children nowadays always listen to their parents instructions?Do children always explain themselves to their parents and resolve problems peacefully? Or do they disobey their parents and quarrel with them about their decisions?In every family there are certain issues that cause problems and arguments. What are the most common causes of family arguments? Are these daily conflicts over doing homework, doing household chores and going to bed and getting up on time? Or are they over bigger issues such as study, careers, university and making friends? 教学过程Step 1 Lead-inThis unit is about parent-teenager conflict. First, let students finish a questionnaire about the relationship between them and their parents. Then lead students to the topic of this unitgrowing pains. Distribute the following questionnaire to students. And let them finish it in 2 minutes.1. Do you think your parents understand you?A. Yes B. No C. Dont know2. Do you often quarrel with your parents?A. Very often B. Often C. Sometimes D. Rarely E. Never3. Do you and your parents often talk to each other or have fun together?A. Very often B. Often C. No D. Rarely E. Never4. Do you and your parents have common interests or hobbies?A. Yes B. No5. Do they always force you to do things you dont like to?A. Yes, very often B. Sometimes C. Never6. Do they ask for your opinions over some family issues?A. Yes, very often B. Sometimes C. Never7. If you have some problems or feel upset, will you choose to talk to your parents?A. Yes, I will B. No, I wont8. What do you think of the relationship between you and your parents?A. Very close B. Not so close C. loose(疏远)After students finish the questionnaire, collect the papers. Teachers can select some papers and see how they answer the questions.Then, present family albums. In this part, the Ss are encouraged to say something about their families by showing the class pictures with their parents. Some students have problems with their parents. That doesnt surprise everyone at all. Parent-teenager problems are very popular. Everyone knows that growing up can be very difficult. Ss have to experience many growing pains before they grow up. Ask the students to have a talk about the following questions: Who may have growing pains?What are growing pains?Sample answer: Growing pains arent a disease. You probably wont have to go to the doctor for them. But they can hurt. Usually they happen when kids are between the ages of 3 and 5 or 8 and 12. Growing pains stop when kids stop growing. By the teen years, most kids dont get growing pains anymore. Growing pains also mean the troubles and difficulties that teenagers meet when they grow up.When do they probably have growing pains?How do you solve this problem? Step 2 Brainstorming questions1. Activate students imagination by asking the following questions: Do you love your parents?Do you think you show respect to your parents?Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents?Why do arguments usually happen?2. Encourage students to give examples of kinds of problems they sometimes have with their parents. Students can give some examples to start like the following: Some parents may interfere in their childrens lives and try to influence their decisions about their future career or study plans.Parents may want to make decisions for children and also force them into doing things they dont want to, such as household chores or extra study.Some parents dont always trust that their child is telling the truth. They may ask lots of questions about a childs social activities or the reason why they are late coming home, etc.3. Ask students to express their own opinions if necessary. The teacher can continue the discussion by asking students the following: Some of the problems we have been discussing are quite common in families nowadays. What should children do to deal with these problems?Do children nowadays always listen to their parents instructions? Do children always explain themselves to their parents and resolve problems peacefully? Or do they disobey their parents and quarrel with them about their decisions?In every family there are certain issues that cause problems and arguments. What are the most common causes of family arguments? Are these daily conflicts over doing homework, doing household chores and going to bed and getting up on time? Or are they over bigger issues such as study, careers, university and making friends?The purpose of this activity is to arouse students interest by asking them to relate what they are familiar with in their daily life.4. Ask students to talk about their own ways of handling these problems. Step 3 Picture talking (pair work)1. Ask students to focus on the instructions in the section and look at each picture carefully. Ask Ss to look at the pictures and discuss each picture in groups of four. Discuss in groups, imagine the situations and try to describe them as fully as possible with their own words. Make sure that Ss have “when” “where” “who” “what” in their descriptions. Finally invite some Ss to report back their descriptions.Ss can begin the activity like this: There are four pictures here. First of all, Id like you to imagine the situation and try to describe it with your own words.You can show an example to students by describing the first picture.Picture 1What does the boy do?What is the mother doing? How is she probably feeling?What feelings may the boy have?Example 1Last Sunday, after leaving school, Li Ping went home feeling extremely tired. He wanted to have a good rest and relax. When his parents said hello to him, he was so impatient that he didnt say anything and went straight to his own bedroom. Though his parents were very confused, they didnt ask him why and continued with the cooking. After a while, loud music came from Li Pings bedroom. His mother was very angry and she rushed into his room.Example 2Tom got home feeling very tired, and he just wanted to have a good relax. When his families said hello to him, he said nothing and just went straight to his bedroom. They didnt ask him the reason though they were very confused. After a while, his mother rushed into Toms room and shouted at him for the loud music coming from his room. . .Picture 2Present the following questions to help students.What happens to the girl with a bag?What did her parents ask her to do?Can you guess what might have happened to her?What will she do?Picture 3Present the following questions to help students.Why are the boys and girls around the pretty lady?What does the boy want to do? Is he allowed to do so? Why or why not?What feelings may the boy have?Picture 4Present the following questions to help students.What is the boy probably doing?Did the boy do well in his exams?How does his mother feel about the score?What feelings may the boy have?2. Ask students to use their imagination and talk about each picture as fully as possible. Ask them to share their opinions with their partners.Teachers should give students some minutes to prepare for it. If they have some difficulties, teachers will help them smooth them away. After some minutes, encourage students to act out their dialogues. Step 4 Sharing opinions (group work)Invite some of them to report back their descriptions. Ask the students to look at the pictures and discuss the following questions in groups of four. What can we see from the pictures?Suppose you are facing the situation above, what will you do?Can you create a story about these pictures? Step 5 Further discussionIn this part, Ss discuss the following questions in groups of four. Each group choose two of the four questions. Have Ss report their opinions in class. Some questions for discussion: What kind of behaviors of yours will make your parents feel unhappy? List as many as you can.*not doing homework,*not getting up on time,*spending too much time or money on. . .*bad school behaviors*not helpful with housework*making friends with persons that parents dont like*. . .What would you do if your behavior upsets your parents?What do you do when you have family arguments with your parents?Who do you choose to talk to when you have a problem and want to talk to someone? Why?Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your parents? If so, what is the best way to solve the problem?1. Ask students to focus on these questions and answer them individually first. Have students form small groups to exchange their opinions and make sure that everyone has a chance to speak.2. Make sure that all the students are involved in the discussion and take an active part in it.3. Get small groups to report their responses back to the whole class.4. Conduct a feedback activity.Sample answers: 1. Yes, sometimes my parents try and interfere in my life and make my decisions for me. My parents want me to be a lawyer, but I want to be a writer or a journalist. We argue a lot about what subjects I should study at university and which job I should get. I spend much of my time working on the school newspaper, but my parents say I should concentrate first on my subjects and forget about extracurricular activities. They think if I waste my time on these activities, I wont get good enough grades to attend a good university.They also try to control my home life a lot. My mother is always asking me to help with the cooking and keep my room clean, but I just want to relax and listen to music or chat to my friends on the Internet. My father wants me to take extra maths lessons at the weekend, but I think I need time to have fun with friends as well as study.2. My parents dont trust me at all. They always think I am out having fun with my friends after school to research projects and do homework. We do have fun, but we still do lots of work. Sometimes I am late home and my father always asks me lots of questions about where I have been and who I met. They think I am playing games in the Internet caf or out shopping for clothes or CDs. I tell them I am studying but they just dont believe me. We often argue and they call me a bad child and say I am disobedient and dont respect them. I try to be a good child, but sometimes when I am tired or in a bad mood, I am not very polite to my parents. I sometimes stay quiet and dont answer their questions and dont do the things they ask me to, like helping around or going to bed on time. I know I am not good all the time, but I think sometimes they just dont understand me. Step 6 SummaryToday we give a brief description of growing pains in our daily life. You were encouraged to say something about their families with their parents. Parent-teenager problems are very popular. Everyone knows that growing up can be very difficult. Then ask students to look at the pictures and discuss each picture in groups of four. Discuss in groups imagine the situations and try to describe them as fully as possible with their own words. In the end, we not only further discuss growing pains and students but also explore the ways to solve the problem. Step 7 Homework1. Ask students to surf the net, go to the library or interview foreign students to know about growing pains.2 Describe an unpleasant experience with your friends/teachers.3. Preview the Reading part. 板书设计Growing pains教学设计二整体设计教材分析Growing up can be difficult. Sometimes students may feel that the adults around them do not understand many of the problems that they have. In this part, four pictures showing different examples of family problems are presented. All these problems are fairly common to teenagers nowadays. Students are required to take part in the discussion. They can think of their own experiences and express
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