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Teaching Design for Module 1 Unit 2 Growing pains
Welcome to the unit
Analysis
of the teaching material
In this section, four pictures showing different 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.
Three dimensional teaching aims
Knowledge &
Skills
1.To introduce and develop the theme of growing pains.
2.To develop speaking ability by talking about family and problems that happen between teenagers and parents.
Process
&
Method
Discuss and talk about misunderstandings and problems between parents and children.
Attitude
To know more about classmates and their families.
Teaching important and difficult points
Breakthrough
Important
points
1.Get students to understand what growing pains means.
2.Talk about misunderstandings and problems between parents and children.
Explain the theme of growing pains;
Discuss and talk.
Difficult
points
Enable the students to practise their spoken English.
Collect and search for information about growing pains, prepare for speaking.
Teaching method
Task-based language teaching, discussion and explanation
Teaching aids
flashcards, pictures, etc.
Teaching procedures
Teaching Steps
Teaching Activities
Intentions
Step 1
Lead-in
Ask students to watch parts of the famous movie ”Growing pains” which was very popular during the 1960s and 1970s and say something about the movie.
Warm-up.
Teaching Steps

Teaching Activities
Intentions
Step 2
Brainstorming
1.Ask the following questions about the relationship between the students and their parents.
①Do you love your parents?
②Do you like to stay with your parents at home?
③Do you always show respect for your parents?
④Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents? Why do you quarrel?
2.Encourage students to give example of kinds of problems they sometimes have with their parents.
Activate the students’ imagination.
Step 3
Discussion

1.Group work
T: Just now we studied the four pictures about family problems.
Ask students to discuss with group members about the following questions:
①What activities do your parents like you do while you hate?
②What kind of thing do you like to do while your parents hate?
③What kind of behaviour of yours will make your parents feel unhappy? List as many as you can.
2.Further discussion
Ask students to discuss the following questions in groups of four. After discussion, get each group to report their conclusions to the whole class.
①Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your parents?
②How do you overcome the gap?
After discussion, let students exchange their opinions with other groups. Teacher can offer some answers to students for reference.

Make sure that all the students are involved in the discussion and take an active part in it, they conduct a feedback activity.
Step 4
Activity-show
Ask students to describe a good parents in their mind and make a vivid description about a good child in their view, together with the ideal relationship between parents and children.
Ask the students to answer the following questions:
①What characters should a good parent have in your opinion?
②What should they do if parents and children want to get on well with each other?
③What characters does a good child should have in your opinion?
Encourage students to consider these questions deeply, discuss with their group members fully.Organize a competition to arouse students’ interent.
Develop the students’ spirit of team work
Homework
1.Preview the new words of this unit on p64.
2.Write a letter to your parents to express your lover to them.
Blackboard design
Welcome to the unit
1.the activities:…
Growing pains 2.the things:…
3.Your behaviors:…
(Keys to questions)

赵莉 2011年9月26日