Module 4 Home alone
Unit 2 I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.
教材分析
This is the second lesson in this module. The reading material is information about staying at home. It’s a good text to help the students improve their reading strategies, such as getting information from the reading material.
教学目标
【知识目标】
1. Key words:
manage, unhappy, order, business, sofa, midnight, empty, unable, burn, cup, task
2. Key phrases:
turn off, be worried about, on business, wake up, hand in, all day long, come true, tidy up
3. Key sentences:
(1) Although they loved me, I felt a bit unhappy with them.
(2) I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.
【能力目标】
1. To understand the passage and get the key information.
2. To write a passage about what you should and shouldn’t do at home.
【情感目标】
To discuss a problem from two sides and make a conclusion.
教学重难点
【教学重点】
To master the key words, expressions, structures and grammar in the unit
【教学难点】
To improve reading analysis ability and problem-solving ability.
课前准备
Multimedia
教学过程
Step I Warming up and leading in
T: Work in pairs and talk about daily things you do alone and the things your parents do for you.
Ss imagine that their parents go away on business, and they have to stay at home alone. How do you think of this situation?
Can you cook simple meals/ tidy up on your own/ wake up on time/ do some washing/ look after yourself well?
【设计意图】
让学生熟悉本单元的话题,明确自己独处的时候需要掌握的几项生存技能,老师通过问题导入新课。
Step II Pre-reading
(I) T: If you stay at home alone, how do you feel?
Ss’ answers
(II) A boy called Zheng Chenyu stayed at home alone. He was very happy.
【设计意图】
为接下来的阅读做准备。
Step III While-reading
(I) Fast-reading
T: Read the four summaries and understand them.You may guess the answers at first.
T: Read the passage and choose the best summary.
a) Zheng Chenyu found his life more difficult without his parents.
b) Zheng Chenyu depended on his parents to prepare meals for him.
c) Zheng Chenyu had so much homework that he did not have time to look after himself.
d) Zheng Chenyu should learn to cook.
(II) Scan Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.
Q: How did Zheng feel about his parents?
He felt a bit __________ with them.
He became so ________ with their orders that he wished they would leave him alone.
(III) Read Paragraph 2 and answer this question
What did Zheng do on the first day?
(IV) Read Paragraph 3-4 carefully and check the following statements.
1. Zheng woke up late and didn’t do his homework.
2. Zheng felt excited on the second day.
3. Zheng was bad at cooking.
4. His mother told him jokes and his father cooked delicious food.
(V) Scan Paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks.
What did he learn during the holiday?
【设计思路】
通过阅读和练习,要求学生对文章进行细致的了解并能抓取细节信息。
Step IV Post-reading
(I) Ss retell the passage.
On the first day, … On the second day, …When he got home, …When his parents came home, he could …
(II) Look through the passage again and complete the sentences about Zheng Chenyu’s feelings.
1 Zheng Chenyu felt ________________ with his parents because they did everything for him and managed every minute of his life.
2 After Zheng Chenyu’s parents went away on business, he felt ___________ because he could _______________.
3 Zheng Chenyu felt _______________ after the first night.
4 Zheng Chenyu felt _______________ when he found he could not look after himself well.
5 Zheng Chenyu realised being home alone ______________________.
(III) Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
burn cup empty order simple task
Zheng Chenyu was bored with his parents’ (1)_________ . He was happy when his parents went away on business, though he soon found that he could not do(2)__________ things. He forgot his homework. He went to school with a(n) (3)_________ stomach. He(4)________his food and broke his father’s (5)______. Zheng Chenyu had to learn to do (6)_______ like cooking and tidying up. He realised being home alone is not always perfect.
【设计意图】
巩固课堂知识,加深对课文的理解。
Step V Writing
Write a passage about what you can do and what you cannot do when your parents are away.
【设计意图】
学生操练写作技巧。
Step V Homework
I. Read the passage in Unit 2 twice.
II. Write a passage about staying at home alone.
【设计意图】
作业是课堂学习的延伸，是对课堂所学的技能很好的综合检测。
课件19张PPT。Parents want to manage us.Parents always give us tasks and orders.Imagine: Your parents go away on business, and you
have to stay at home alone. What do you
think of this situation?Is it a perfect holiday for you or is it a hard time?
Can you…look after yourself wellwake up on timedo some washingtidy up on your owncook simple meals?????If you stay at home alone, how do you feel?His parents went away on business.Zheng Chenyua) Zheng Chenyu found his life more difficult without his parents.
b) Zheng Chenyu depended on his parents to prepare his meals.
c) Zheng Chenyu had so much homework that he did not have time to look after himself.
d) Zheng Chenyu should learn to cook.√Read the passage and choose the best summary. Scan Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks. He felt a bit __________ with them.
He became so ________ with their orders that he wished they would leave him alone. unhappyboredWhile-reading:How did Zheng feel about his parents? Read Paragraph 2 and answer this question.
What did Zheng do on the first day? I. happily threw his schoolbag on the sofa II. ate a lot of snacksIII. enjoyed an exciting film on TVIV. played computer games until midnight Read Paragraph 3-4 carefully and check the following statements.
1. Zheng woke up late and didn’t do his homework.
2. Zheng felt excited on the second day.
3. Zheng was bad at cooking.
4. His mother told him jokes and his father cooked delicious food.tired and sleepyHis mother _________________________ and _____________________________________His father ___________________________________ and ___________________________________cooked such delicious foodmake sure he never forgot his homeworkhelped him with any difficult questionstold funny jokes when he was unhappyScan Paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks.
What did he learn during the holiday?
He learnt to cook and tidy up.On the first day, … Post-reading: try to retell the passage.unhappy, boredleave sb. alone go away on business(throw, eat, enjoy, play…)On the second day, … (wake up, hand in, play , feel…)When he got home, …(cook, burn, drop, miss…) When his parents came home, he could …Look through the passage again and complete the sentences about Zheng Chenyu’s feelings.1 Zheng Chenyu felt ________________ with his parents because they did everything for him and managed every minute of his life.
2 After Zheng Chenyu’s parents went away on business, he felt ___________ because he could _______________.
3 Zheng Chenyu felt _______________ after the first night.
4 Zheng Chenyu felt _______________ when he found he could not look after himself well.
5 Zheng Chenyu realised being home alone ______________________. a bit unhappyhappy have some fun tired and sleepy lonely was not always perfectComplete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. burn cup empty order simple task Zheng Chenyu was bored with his parents’ (1)_________ . He
was happy when his parents went away on business, though
he soon found that he could not do(2)__________ things. He forgot his homework. He went to school with a(n) (3)_________ stomach. He(4)________his food and broke his father’s (5)______. Zheng Chenyu had to learn to do (6)_______ like cooking and tidying up. He realised being home alone is not always perfect.orderssimpleemptyburnedcuptasksWritingWrite a passage about what you can do and what you cannot do when your parents are away.
Make lists of what you can do and cannot do when your parents are away.
I can wake up on time.
I cannot make breakfast.
● Now join the sentences with although, but or so… that.
I can wake up on time, although I cannot
make breakfast.
● Write a conclusion to the sentences.
I will miss my parents, but I think I can look
after myself very well.
● Share your passage with your classmates.Learning to learn When you write your passage, you can
start with a question. Think of your first
answer to it, and think of an example. Then
think of the opposite answer, and think of an
example as well. Try to present both answers and then write a conclusion.HomeworkI. Read the passage in Unit 2 twice.
II. Write a passage about staying at home alone.
