Unit 3 The Generation Gap(8 periods)Teaching procedures:I. Lead-inWarm-up QuestionsA. Is there a generation gap between you and your parents? (Open-ended.)B. What will you do if you have different opinions with your parents? (Open-ended.)C. What are the major components of a play?(=characters, settings, stage directions, language, conflicts, climax, and theme.)(T encourages Ss to express their own opinions about the above questions, and then gives feedbacks and makes summary if necessary.)II.Global Reading(T guides Ss to divide the text B into three parts and encourage them to summarize the main idea of each part by filling in the blanks.)2. Further UnderstandingA. For Part 11) Group PresentationStudents work in pairs. One student tries to describe Heidi’s attitudes toward he r father according to her speech at the very beginning of the play. Then the other student makes a speech to class. 2) Role PlayThree students stay in a group, and play Manager, Father, and Sean respectively according to what had happened in this part.B. For Part 21) True or FalseDiane disliked Kyle and did not want to go to the senior prom with him. (= F Diane liked Kyle and wanted to go to the senior prom with him.)Mother thought the children should respect their father. (= T)Dan Lucas invited Father to have lunch at the French restaurant on Third Road. (= F F ather invited Dan Lucas to have lunch at the French restaurant on Third Road.)Dan Lucas promised to ask his son to make a phone call to Diane because Father told him Diane was interested in his son. (= T)As an honor student, Diane was pleased with the result. (= F As an honor student, Diane was humiliated with the result.)2) Group DiscussionThree to four students stay in a group, and discuss the characteristics of Father, Mother and the children.C. For Part 31) Group DiscussionStudents form groups of three to four, and find out what Father said in the office. Then find out the response of Heidi and Mrs. Higgins. Discuss why they seemed to have different topics and what they thought during the interview.(= In the office Father boasted to Mrs. Higgins how bright Heidi was. He listed several examples.He kept on talking even though Mrs. Higgins was not interested in the topic. He showed a typical example of a proud father.Mrs. Higgins wanted to get down to business and finished the interview. So her topics focused on the enrolment of a new student. As she was frequently interrupted by Father, she got impatient anda little annoyed. But she tried to be polite and not to hurt the feelings of a proud father.Heidi was embarrassed when her father boasted to Mrs. Higgins. She tried to stop her father, but her father ignored her. She couldn’t understand her father’s pride.)2) Role PlayStudents form groups of three and act as Mrs. Higgins, Father, and Heidi according to what had happened in this part.III.Detailed ReadingDifficult Sentences1. (Title) “Father Knows Better”1. What does “Father knows better.” mean?(=“Father knows better.” or “Father, you know better than that.” literally means Father was wise enough not to do something. Actually it does not have this meaning. It means Father was not wise when he meddled with his children’s affairs.)2. How many times does this sentence occur in the text? What can you infer from the sentence?(=This sentence occurs six times in the text. The children said it satirically to show their disapproval of Father’s meddling with their affairs. )2. (LL.39~40) “I’m sure he’s a good worker but a typical teenager, if you know what I mean.”1. What did Father mean by saying this?(=Father was proud of his son as he thought his son would work well, but he was a little worried that his son was a boy and he might make some mistakes in his work.)2. What was the manager’s response?(=As a young man, the manager didn’t understand a father’s feeling, and showed no interests.)3. (LL.42~43) “And I assure you that if there are any subjects that need to be addressed, Seanand I will have a man-to-man talk.”1. What is a man-to-man talk?(=A talk that takes place between two men, especially two men who need to discuss a seriouspersonal matter.)2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.(=你放心，要是有什么问题需要解决的话，我和肖恩会开诚布公地谈一谈的。
