Unit 2 Growing pains
Period 1 Welcome to the unit and reading
一．【设计思想】
以丰富的图片引入话题，以阅读技巧贯穿这个阅读课堂。
二．【教学目标】
1. 知识目标：
（1）To develop students’ ability of reading a play.
（2）To know about American family life and problems that happen between American teenagers and their parents.
2. 能力目标：Learn to analyze the emotions of each character from the instructions of the play
三．【教学重难点】
1. Learn to analyze the emotions of each character from the instructions of the play.
2. To develop the skills of how to read the play.
四．【教学环节】
【课堂导入】
Step1:Have a discussion
1. Do your parents sometimes interfere in your life and make decisions for you?
And How?
2. Will you talk to your parents when you have a problem?
3. Do your parents trust you?
【预习检查】
Have a discussion about the difficult sentences that you have underlined when you preview this passage.
【课堂教与学】
Step2: Match the new words from the article with their meanings
1.frightened(Line9) a. mistake
2.starve(Line14) b. take in and then let out a long, deep breath when you are
tired or sad
3.fault(Line30) c. be strict with
4.deserve(Line42) d. afraid
5.be hard on (Line51) e. be very hungry
6.sign(Line56) f. earn something because of how you act
Step 3: Fast reading（Read the text quickly and answer the following questions）1. Who are the main characters in the play?
___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why was Dad very angry with Daniel?
___________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happened to their dog, Spot?
___________________________________________________________________________
Step3 II. Scanning ——True or False
1. Mom and Dad came back from their trip a week earlier. ( )
2. Daniel and Eric had a party with money their parents left. ( )
3. Daniel’s parents still think of him as an adult. ( )
4. Daniel does not want to tell parents what happened. ( )
5. The boys didn’t clean the house because they went to the clinic. ( )
6. The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel. ( )
【课堂巩固】
Step 5 Consolidation: Task-based reading
Step 6 Reading Comprehension
1. This passage is mainly about ______ .
A. what Mom and Dad did after they returned from vacation
B. what Daniel and Eric did at home
C. the reason why the dog was tired and hungry
D. a big quarrel an American family had
2. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The children were very excited when their parents came back a day earlier than expected.
B. The children didn’t use the money for themselves.
C. Daniel was left in charge at home while their parents were away.
D. Eric wanted to tell his parents what had happened, but Daniel said they didn’t need to.
3. Mom and Dad left Daniel in charge at home because ______.
A. he was an adult
B. he was the youngest
C. they liked him very much
D. they thought he could take good care of everything while they were away.
4. The main reason for their quarrel is that ______.
A. Daniel was too rude.
B. Eric didn’t tell his parents what had happened
C. the parents blamed Daniel without giving him a chance to explain
D. Daniel and Eric didn’t behave well at home.
5. What do you think is the most reasonable（合情合理的）end of the play?
A. The parents punished Daniel and he respected them more than before.
B. After the parents had a long talk with the boys, they knew about the truth and
said “sorry” to Daniel.
C. They didn’t mention the quarrel and didn’t trust Daniel any more.
D. Daniel knew he was wrong and said “sorry” to his parents.
【知识小结】
Reading a play
Reading a play can be very different from reading a normal text. Most of a play is in the form of a dialogue---this is because plays are written to be spoken aloud. Writers also use different styles of speech. To really understand a play, you should read the dialogue aloud. Remember to pay attention to the instructions such as “shouting angrily” and “sounding very angry”.
【提升与拓展】
The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, sir,” the men answered.
The director was angry. “Why not?” he asked.
“Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “we’re on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
Bu t then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don’t you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards? Then it’ll look like a sunset.”
“That’s a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, “Tomorrow mor ning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, sir,” they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘sunset’ behind them.”
The “sunset” b egan, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out _________.
A. to film a scene on the sea
B. to find an actor and an actress
C. to watch a beautiful sunset
D. to meet the audience
2. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset.
B. Because he was angry with his crew.
C. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.
D. Because it was his secretary’s suggestion.
3. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ______.
A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine
B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C. it was more moving than a sunrise
D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
4. After the “sunset” began, the director sudden ly put his face in his hands ______.
A. because he was moved to tears
B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice.
B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coat is the place to go.
C. The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day.
D. The directo r ordered his crew to stop filming the “sunset”.
【课后预习】
找出文章中的重点单词，并在下一个导学案中进行记录。五．【板书设计】
六．【家庭作业】
1. 复习本节课所学内容。
2. 教师根据教辅资料布置相应的阅读作业。