Unit4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
Fill in the blanks.（填空）
1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. He can’t ____________ his family. His parents _____ a lot. He doesn’t like it. His brother _______ to let him watch his favorite TV show. So He always feels ______ and ________ at home.
2.Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should __________ these feelings to his family. He should _____ to help.Maybe he could ___________around the house .Secondly, he could ________________ his brother. His brother should ______________ his favorite show.
小组活动：Make a dialogue like the following.（四人一组，编一个类似的对话并展示）
A:Hey,Peter,what's wrong?
B: I had a fight with my best friend.What should I do?
A:Well,you could write a letter to him.
C:Maybe you should call him up.
D:Why don't you go to his house to say you're sorry.
课件23张PPT。Unit 4
Why don’t you talk to your parents?Section A 3aHe refuses to help me.
拒绝I argue with him. 争吵I am sad and nervous.紧张不安的Advice2. You should have a proper communication.
3. You could explain that you don't mind him doing the things he likes.v.n.恰当的解释1. Why don't you sit down and communicate with him?How to give advice?Why don't you+do…?
=Why not +do…?
You could+do…
You should+do…
I have a fight with my elder brother? what should I do? useful phrases
say you're sorry.
write a letter to him.
call him up.
give him a small gift.
communicate with him
Look through(浏览) the two letters and match(连线）.Fast ReadingWhat are the two letters about(关于）?
Letter1 A.advice
Letter2 B.Problems Careful Reading Read letter 1 and answer the questions. 1. What’s Sad and Thirteen’s main(主要的） problem?
2. What is the problem about his parents ?
3.What's the problem about his elder brother?He can’t get on with his family. His parents fight a lotHis elder brother is not very nice and he refuses to let him watch his favorite TV shows. Task 1Read letter 2 and fill in the chart.（读第二封信填表）Why don't you talk about these feelings with your familyYou should offer to help.You could do more jobs.Why don't you sit down and communicate with your brother.You should explain that you don't mind him watching TV all the time.
.Task 2Robert Hunt's main advice:
Sad and thirteenMr Hunt
1.My parents fight a lot.
2.My elder brother is not nice to me and he refuses to let me watch my favorite show.
Task3Let's role-play1.You should offer to help.
2.You could do more jobs around the house
3.Why don't you sit down and communicate with your brother
4.You should explain that you don't mind him watching TV all the time.
1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. He can’t ____________ his family. His parents _____ a lot. He doesn’t like it. His brother _______ to let him watch his favorite TV show. So He always feels ______ and ________ at home.
2.Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should __________ these feelings to his family. He should _____ to help.Maybe he could ___________around the house .Secondly, he could ________________ his brother. His brother should ______________ his favorite show.
Summaryproblemsget on withfightrefuseslonelynervoustalk aboutofferdo more jobscommunicate withlet him watchTask 4Sharing a problem is like cutting it halfThe worst thing is to do nothing.Let's share our problems.I have to study too much so I don’t get enough sleep.
I have too much homework so I don’t have any free time to do things I like.
My parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends.
I have too many after-school classes.
GroupworkTalk about your problems and ask for advice in your group.A:Hey,Peter,what's the matter?
B: I had a fight with my best friend.What should I do?
A:Well,you could write a letter to him.
C:Maybe you should call him up.
D:Why don't you go to his house to say you're sorry.四人一小组，展示下列对话 Helping each other can make life better !Homework1. Read the article several times after
school.
2. Make a survey about the classmates' problems at home or at school,then try to give your own advice.get on with 与…友好相处eg. Can I get on with your new classmate?
你能和你的新同学友好相处吗？尽量与你的朋友友好相处Try to get on with your friends. 拒绝做某事 refuse to do sth. 让某人做某事 let sb do sth. 1.The taxi driver refuses ________(work) at night.
2.The boss(老板）always let the worker________
(work) more. to work work explain :make sth clear 解释；说明
向某人解释某事 explain to sb.sth.或explain sth. to sb.
eg.Can you explain to me how to do this math problem?
你能给我解释一下怎样做这个数学题 你想给我解释这件事情吗？Do you want to explain me this thing to me? 新目标英语八年级下册
Unit 4 Why don’t you talk to your parents?
SectionA3a
Ⅰ.Teaching material analysis
Location and content: This is the fifth period of unit4. Form this period, students can learn how to skim over an article and also by talking about problem . they can revise how to give advice.
Ⅱ. Teaching importance and difficulty
Skim over a passage and summarize an article.
Ⅲ. Teaching aims
Knowledge goal: Learn some important words.
Ability goal: Master how to give advice
Emotion goal: share problems and help each other
Ⅳ. Teaching and studying methods
Teaching method: Task method.
Studying method: master the key word when you reading
Ⅴ. Teaching Steps
1.Greeting
a. Free talk about how to learn English well.
b. Ask Ss some questions.
2. Leading in
a. Look at the picture of the teacher’s family and talk sth about the family.
b. Tell the students the problems in the family and learn the new words together.
c. Ask the students to give advice about the problems and show the others’ advice.
d. Discussion : discuss the problems that you have in your family and show a picture of Sad and Thirteen’s
3. Fast reading
What are the two letters about?
Letter1 A.advice
Letter2 B.Problems
4.Careful reading
Task 1 Read the first letter and answer the questions.
1. What’s Sad and Thirteen’s main problem?
2. What is the problem about his parents ?
3.What's the problem about his elder brother?
Task 2 Read letter 2 and fill in the chart.（读第二封信填表）
Sad ang Thirteen's main problem:
I can't get on with my family.
Robert Hunt's advice:
about my parents
My parents fight a lot.
?
about my elder brother
My elder brother is not nice to me and he refuses to let me watch my favorite show.
?
Task 3 Role-play
Sad and thirteen: My parents fight a lot.
Mr Hunt: You should offer to help and you could do more jobs around the house.
Task 4 Summary
1. Sad and Thirteen has some _________. He can’t ____________ his family. His parents _____ a lot. He doesn’t like it. His brother _______ to let him watch his favorite TV show. So He always feels ______ and ________ at home.
2.Robert Hunt thinks Sad and Thirteen should __________ these feelings to his family. He should _____ to help.Maybe he could ___________around the house .Secondly, he could ________________ his brother. His brother should ______________ his favorite show.
5. Emotion
6.Groupwork
Talk about your problems,and ask for advice in your group.
A: Hey, Peter, what's wrong?
B: I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do?
A: Well , you could write a letter to him.
C: Maybe you should call him up.
D: Why don't you go to his house to say you're sorry.
VI.Homework
1. Read the article several times after school.
2. Make a survey about the classmates' problems at home or at school, then try to give your own advice.
