Unit 3 Teenage problems
Reading 2
教学目标
1. To have a better understanding of the articles.
2. To learn to use some important phrases and sentence structures according to the articles.
3. To describe students’ own problems to get help.
学情分析
Grade Nine students have some problems and are interested in this topic. But they have some difficulty expressing themselves. They like to learn phrases and sentence structures while talking about teenage problems.
重点难点
To practice using these phrases and sentence structures by talking about teenage problems.
To describe students’ own problems to get help.
教学过程
Step1.Greeting
Step2.Revision
Do you still remember what the letters are about
Step3.Causes
A lot of homework is the cause of Millie’s problem.
Simon’s love of football is the cause of his problem.
We can also say: A lot of homework caused Millie’s problem.
Simon’s love of football caused his problem.
Work out the rule and practise:
A: Do you have any problems
B: Yes. …
A: What’s the cause of … /What caused your problem
B: …
Step4. Results
1. As a result, Millie has to stay up late to do her homework and sometimes finds it hard to stay awake the next day.
Simon stays out late to play football but his parents are strict with him.
Tell the meaning of the two phrases and make up a dialogue:
A: Do you often stay up late to…
B: Yes. /No. Because … Do you like staying out late to…
A: Yes. /No. Because…
2. Sometimes Millie finds it hard to stay awake the next day. Millie can’t wake up on time every morning. Her mother wakes her up every day. She feels sleepy the next day. She sometimes falls asleep in class. She is sleeping now.
Tell the differences and fill in the blanks:
3. Sometimes Millie finds it hard to stay awake the next day.
Millie finds __ interesting to play volleyball. She thinks it _______ to listen to music.
Work out the sentence structure: find it +adj. to do sth and make up sentences:
Simon thinks/ finds it…
Millie thinks/ finds it…
4. Simon stays out late to play football but his parents are strict with him. His parents are strict in his study.
Pay attention to : be strict with sb in sth and fill in the blanks
Millie is strict _____ herself_____ her homework.
Simon’s parents are strict _______ his English.
His parents are strict ______ their work.
Mr Sigmund Friend is strict ______ his son.
Step5.Feelings
1. I have no choice but to do it. --- Helpless.
Millie has no choice but to______________.
Simon has no choice but to______________.
So they chose Mr Sigmund Friend to help them.
He gave them many choices to choose from.
Choice is a noun while choose is a verb.
Fill in the blanks.
2. I often doubt whether it is worth spending so much time on homework. ---Doubtful.
Millie thinks volleyball is worth playing.
Millie believes music is well worth listening to.
Her favourite CD is worth 100 yuan.
Be (well) worth doing/ be worth money
Talk about Simon’s opinions.
Simon thinks football is worth _______________.
hobbies_______________________.
the football____________________.
Step6.Hopes
Millie dreams of a long holiday so that she could have more time for her hobbies.
She dreams of having a long holiday…
Her dream is to have a long holiday…
Dream of doing/ n.
Make up a dialogue:
A: What’s Simon’s dream
B: Simon dreams of…/Simon’s dream is to…
A: What’s your dream
B: …
Step7.Reasons
1. Why did Millie and Simon write to Mr Sigmund Friend
Because they have problems and don’t know how they should deal with them.
Learn the object clause and practise:
I wonder_____________________________________.
I am not sure _________________________________.
I can’t imagine_________________________________.
2. Learn some phrases according to the answers.
how…deal with…=what… do with…
be valuable to sb = be of some/great/no value to sb
achieve a balance between…and …
Step8.Giving advice
If you were Millie or Simon, you talk about your problems and ask Mr Friend for suggestions.
Millie: I have a lot of homework and …
/Simon: I’m crazy about…
I don’t know how/ what I should…
Mr Friend: In order to achieve a balance between… and …, you should…,…and….
Millie/Simon: Thank you. Your suggestions are …
Step9.Describe your own problem in detail
Step10. Further thinking
As a Grade 9 student, what can you do to make yourselves happy