Unit 3 Teenage problems
Welcome to the unit
Teaching aims:
1. Talk about middle school students in dating, learning, the relationship with the family problem.
2. Think about personal problems and the methods to solve the problems.
Important and difficult points:
1. Think about personal problems and the methods to solve the problems.
2. Why not eat less and exercise more
3. Phrases: drive me mad get low marks in exams manage your time better
get fat get low marks
Teaching methods
Listening/ writing/ speaking/discussing
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Check their previw work
Step 2 Free talk
1. Do you have any problems in your daily life
2. What’s your problem
Step 3 Presentation
Learn some new words.
Step 4 Different problems
1. Some students in Class 1, Grade 9 have problems. Look at the pictures. What problems do they have Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
friends, homework, marks, noise, parents, sleep
Keys: I don’t get enough sleep. I feel tired in class.
I don’t have enough time to do my homework.
The TV is always on at my home. The noise almost drives me mad.
I don’t have any close friends. Sometimes I feel lonely.
Sometimes I get low marks in exams. I feel sad.
My parents work all day. They don’t have time for me.
2. Millie is talking with her mum about teenage problems. Work in pairs and talk about your problems. Use the conversation below as a model.
Millie: Mum, many of my classmates have problems.
Mum: Really How about you Do you have any problems
Millie: Yes, I do. Sometimes I feel sleepy in class.
Mum: Oh dear. You don’t get enough sleep.
Millie: What should I do then
Mum: Perhaps you should manage your time better and go to bed earlier.
Millie: OK. I’ll try.
Step 5 Watch a video about Hobo and Eddie.
Read and answer the questions.
1. What problem does Eddie have
2. What is Hobo’s suggestion
Read and act in pairs.
Step 6 language points
1. I’m getting fat. Look at my stomach.与I get low marks两句中的get用法一样吗?_________
前句中get是一个________动词,与形容词一起构成系表结构。后句中get是_______动词。
连系动词除be动外,还有感官动词:look,_______ ________ _______ ______,还有三个“变”,get,__________ ___________.还有两个“保持”__________ ___________等.
e.g. The cake tastes (好)。
He looks (不高兴)today. He is looking at his paper_______________(angry).
2.Why not eat less and exercise more
Why not +do sth.表示建议,“为何不。。。”。类似表达有:
Why________ _______ eat less
What/How ________ _________ less
You ________ __________eat less .
3. The TV is always on at home . 注意on的用法。
1.电影已经放映了5分钟了。The film has______ ______for 5 minutes already.
2.当我到家时,惊讶地发现房间里的灯亮着。I was ___________to find the light was still
_______when I got home.
Step 7 Exercises and evaluation
Do the exercises on the paper.
Praise the winner group.
Step 8 Discussion
What problems do you have
1. enough
2. Why not…
3. get fat---get low marks
4. be on
Step 9 Summary and homework
What have you learnt about today