Unit2growingpains.doc

Unit 2 growing pains
Teaching aims:
Teaching procedures:
1. Normal greetings.
2. Lead in (3-5minutes)
T: We had an exam on Sunday, right?
S: Yes.
T: How did you do in your recent exams?
S: Not very good.
T: Maybe your scores are not very good.
If your parents know that you didn’t do well in the exam,
Will they be angry with you?
Do you want to be understood by your parents?
S: Yes.
T: What will you do to make your parents understand you? S: …
T: Most of you want to be understood by your parents. But it is not easy for you to make them always understand you.
Here we have two letters from a son and his father. The letters are talking about some trouble between them. Let’s look at the letters on page 38, try to find out the trouble between them.
3. Letters (10-15minutes)
(1) Listen to the first the letter, and try to find out the answers to following questions: ☆ Why does the father the letter?
Answer: ask for some help to help his son.
☆ What does the father think about his son?
Answer:
☆ What is the father worrying about?
Answer:
(2) Listen to the second letter, and then answer these questions.
☆ Why does the son write the letter?
Answer:
☆ what are his problems?
Answer:
☆ how does he feel about of his father?
Answer:

4. Group work:
T: In a word, the father and the son can’t get on well. They don’t understand each other. Imagine you are editors of the magazine, what advice will give them?
Group work: (divide the whole class into 16 groups)
Topic: 1-8groups give the father some advice,
9-16 groups give the son some advice.
Tips: Different persons have different work to do. make sure everyone in your group have different work to do:
Give advice:
Write an outline:
Write the letters:
Check the letter:
Planning: 1-8 What problem does the father have?
What are the possible answers for the father?
9-16 What problem does the father have?
What are the possible answers for the son?

(1) Preparing: some materials from the Internet.
(2) Producing:
T: before reading your letters, you should read it carefully. And make sure all of you agree on it.
(3) Presenting. Read the letters before class. Prepare for the questions
your classmates may ask.
T: ok, so much for the advice letter.
5. Summary:

Ask one or two students to summary the communication between parents and children.
6. Homework: write down the advice letter in your exercise book.