Growingpains教案（Reading）

详细内容

edy “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 2 reading

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

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

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 didn’t have a chance to explain what had happened.

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

8.Boys didn’t 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.

A. 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.

A.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 other’s house without knocking at the door.

A. not polite B. anxious

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 ing back from vacation

excited

disappointed

angry

Eric

playing soer 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

forting his brother

calm

Mom

talking about the things that happened today

feeling sorry and regretful

Dad

strong-willed/ stubborn

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.

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? Homework：

1 Write an end to the play.

2 Role-play the dialogue in groups of five.

Reading 2

(Word Focus)

Teaching objectives:

To learn new words and expressions and learn how to use them..

Important and difficult points:

The usage of: “enter, be supposed to do sth. be to do sth.

go unpunished to have sth. done, be hard on sb. feel like”

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1. Ask two students to read their writings.

2．Get students to look at Part E .First fill in the blanks and then pare their writings with the conversation.

Step 2 important word or phrases

1.The curtains are closed and the living room is dark when Mom and Dad enter.

enter (vi.) (vt.) e or go in or into

进来之前请先敲门.

小偷从后门进入了大楼

I. entered my own data into the puter write information

Our teacher entered me for the English petition. make… take part in

The two old men entered into a long discussion. begin doing sth.

2.pay attention to the phrases below

(1)You weren’t supposed to e home until tomorrow!

be supposed to do sth.

sth.is expected to happen aording to an arrangement

发现者号航天飞机应该在８月８日返回．

Shuttle Discovery was supposed to return on Aug 8 .

由于飓风卡特里娜，一些美国人按安排离开家园

Some Americans were supposed to leave their hometown because of Hurricane Katrina .

校会应该在周一早晨举行．

The school assembly was supposed to be held on Monday morning.

(2)The money with which you were to buy dog food is gone,…

be to do sth.

indicates that sth. should be done

你昨晚晚自习就应该完成家庭作业

You were to finish your homework in the evening class last night.

refers to the arrangements for the future

春节将至，孩子门将买几件新衣服．

The children are to buy some new clothes for the ing Spring Festival

我将在约定的地点与伯克小姐见面

I was to meet Miss Burke at an agreed place.

(3)This is not a family where bad behavior goes unpunished and you…

go unpunished

remain in a particular and usually undesirable state

她的决定未引起异议.

Her decision went unchallenged

他的抱怨未引起注意

His plaints went unnoticed.

不要让错误放在那里是有必要的.

It is necessary not to let errors go uncorrected.

(4)Eric sits on his bed looking at Daniel, who has his arms crossed and

to have sth. done

to leave sth. in a certain state

不管发生什么事情,请把门关着.

No matter what happens ,please have the door closed.

丹尼尔离开了房间,却让灯亮着.

Daniel left the room ,but he had the light turned on.

(5)Do you think we were too hard on Daniel?

be hard on sb.

be harsh to sb. 对某人严厉,对某人苛刻

继母对白雪公主很苛刻

Stepmother is very hard on Snow White.

不要对一个10岁的孩子说这些话,这对他来说太重了些.

Don’t say that to a ten-year-old boy. You are being too hard on him.

(6)I feel like we have to punish him or he …

feel like

have a wish for/ want

如果想要,我们可以外出散步

If you feel like, we can go out for a walk.

我现在不想要大吃一顿.

I don’t feel like (having) a big meal now

give one a particular feeling

这种材料摸起来象丝绸.

The material feels like silk.

Step 3 important sentences

Get students to translate the following sentences and point out the relative words

Daniel…,a person from whom we could expect good decisions…

I don’t know the reason why the room is so dirty…

This is not a family where bad behavior goes unpunished and you…

Eric sits on his bed looking at Daniel, who has his arms crossed and looks angry.

Step 4 Workbook

Please allow students enough time to do A2 in class, and then check the answers together.

If time permits, get students to finish B1.

Homework

Finish A2 and B2 in their workbook.

Get the students to think about the question ‘Is the play written in American English of British English? How do you know that?’