Reading Comprehension

Teaching objectives:

冨 To develop studentsˇ ability of reading a play

冨 To know about American family life and problems that happen between American teenagers and their parents

冨 To form a positive attitude towards solving problems between teenagers and parents

Important and difficult points:

Learn to analyze the emotions of each character from the instructions of the play.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Greetings

Greet the students as usual.

Step 2 Lead-in:

Get students to think about the following questions:

Have you ever watched the famous American TV comedy ¨Growing Pains〃?

Could you list some of the members of the family? (Show them a photo and tell them the family members.)

What do you think of the play?

If you were left alone, can you imagine what might happen?

Step 3 Reading

Please go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a play.

(make sure students know how to read a play.)

1. First reading:

Get students to read the play and finish Part A individually.

Answers

1.Eric,Daniel, Mom and Dad.

2. The room was a mess./ There was trash all over the place.

3. Spot was ill.

1. Second reading

1.Mom and Dad were back from their holiday a week earlier.

2.Eric was happy when seeing his mother.

3. Parents left Daniel in charge.

4.The boys spent the money seeing the vet for Spot.

5.The room was very clean and tidy when their parents came back.

6.Daniel didnˇt have a chance to explain what had happened.

7.Mom felt regretful for what they said to Daniel.

8.Boys didnˇt use up the money from their parents.

Word study

Choose the correct one:

1.I just finished my vacation to Yunnan.

A. work B. holiday

2. The man explained to the people that the factory had been close.

to give meaning of sth. B. to give a reason for sth.

3. When I went into the room, I found the room was in a mess.

a difficult state B. a dirty or untidy state

4. A teacher should trust his students.

look after B. believe that sb. is good

5. The woman was mad at the dog for eating her shoes.

A. worried B. angry

6. It is rude to run into otherˇs house without knocking at the door.

A. not polite B. anxious

Step 4 Detailed reading

1.Please read Act One of the play carefully and fill in the form

Characters Things they do Feelings

Mom and Dad just coming back from vacation

excited

disappointed

angry

Eric playing soccer at home

surprised and frightened

Daniel stay in another room

sorry

angry

2. Please read Act Two carefully and fill in form:

Characters Doing sth. Feelings

Daniel expressing his anger

angry

Eric comforting his brother

calm

Mom talking about the things that happened today

feeling sorry and regretful

Dad strong-willed/ stubborn

Step 5 Role-play

Divide students into groups of five and one is the narrator and the others are the main characters. Role-play Act One and Act Two.

Step 6 Discussion

1.Suppose you were one of the children what would you do?

2.How do you think good parents should treat their children?

3.Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your family? How can you deal with it?

Step 7 HomeworkG

1. Write an end to the play.

2. Role-play the dialogue in groups of five.

The Design of The writing on the Blackboard

Unit 2 Growing Pains

Period 2

at what do you usually do when you and your parents disagree?

Record after Teaching

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