(共21张PPT)
Chores for kids
What do you often do to help your parents at home?
2a
Discuss the questions with your partner.
1.What do you often do to help your parents at home?
2.Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?
Pre-reading
1. a waste of time
2. have enough stress at school
3. parents’ job
1. help to develop independence
2. better for their future
3. help to understand the idea of fairness
Ms. Miller
Mr Smith
No
Yes
Should children do chores at home?
2b listen and answer the question
What are their opinions?
Mr. Smith
kids should do chores at home.
kids should not do chores at home.
Ms. Miller
2b
Fast-reading
Read the two letters and
answer the questions.
1. Why does Ms. Miller think children shouldn’t do chores?
Because Kids these days already have enough stress from
school. They do not have time to study and do housework .
Because doing chores helps to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness.
2. Why does Mr. Smith think children should do chores?
Skimming
Ms. Miller’s points
Read Ms.Miller’s letter carefully ,then tell “T”or “F”
Ms. Miller thinks:
1.Housework is a waste of time.
2.Kids should do housework in order to get good grades and get into a good university.
3.When kids get older, they will have to do housework.
There is no need for kids to do the housework now.
4. It is the kid’s job to provide a clean and comfortable environment for their kids at home .
T
F
T
F
parents’
schoolwork
provide sth. for sb.=provide sb. with sth.给……提供…
Mr.Green provided the food for the homeless kids.
=Mr. Green _______ the homeless kids______ the food.
provided with
I do not understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home.
Ms. Miller's opinion
Reasons
Kids
Letter 1: Should kids do chores at home?
Parents
Conclusion（结论）
Their job is to _____________________
________________________________
provide a clean and
comfortable environment at home for their kids.
There is no need for kids to do chores now. She thinks doing chores is not so difficult .She doesn’t mind doing them.
1.Their job is to _______________and
_______________________________.
2. So they should __________________.
3. As a result, they _________________.
get into a good university
get good grades
spend time on schoolwork.
don't have time to do housework
Mr. Smith’s points
Read Mr.Smith’s letter carefully, then answer the questions
1. Do children these days depend on their parents too much?
2.Should everyone do their part in keeping our house clean and tidy?
3.Could Mr.Smith’s neighbor’s son take care of himself
after he got into a good college the first year? Why?
4.What was the matter with the boy ?
Yes, they do. It's not enough to get good grades.
No. he couldn't. Because he had no idea how to look after
himself.
He often fell ill and his grades dropped
The earlier kids learn to be independent,
the better it is for their future.
Yes.
It's important for children to ___________________ and_______________________________________.
Mr. Smith's opinion
the importance
of doing chores
Letter 2: Should kids do chores at home?
the importance
of helping parents
Conclusion
___________kids learn to be independent,
___________ it is for their future.
learn how to do chores
help their parents with housework
It helps to _____________________
___________ and _______________
______________________________
It helps them to_____________
__________________________
independence
develop children's
teaches them how
to look after themselves
understand
the idea of fairness.
The earlier
the better
It wants to show us that_______________________
__________________________________________
it's not enough to get good grades
Kids need to know how to take care of themselves.
Reasons
Example(s)
On the one hand,
On the other hand,
In a word,
While You Read: Task 2 Scanning
According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?
Pros（赞成） (letter2)(Mr. Smith) Cons（反对）
(letter1)(Ms. Miller)
Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence.
Housework is a waste of children’s time.
2c
According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores? Find them in the passage and then check the answers with your partner.
Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence.
It teaches them how to look after themselves.
It helps them to understand the idea of fairness.
It is good for their future.
Children already have enough stress from school.
Housework is a waste of children’s time.
They have no time to study and do housework.
Their job now is to be students. They will do housework in the future.
It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
Pros Cons
Ms. Miller says: Kids these days already have enough ______ from school. They do not have time to study and do _________, too. Housework is a ____________. They should _____ their time on schoolwork __________ get good grades and ________ a good university. It is the parents’ job to ________ a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
Retell the passage
stress
housework
waste of time
spend
in order to
get into
provide
Mr. Smith says: It is important ___ children to learn how to do chores and ____ their parents _____ housework. Children these days _________ their parents too much. Doing chores helps to _______ children’s ____________ and teaches them how to ________ themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of _______. They should know that everyone should do their ____ in _______ it clean and tidy. _________ kids learn to be independent, ________ it is for their future.
for
help
with
develop
independence
depend on
look after
fairness
keeping
The earlier
part
the better
词组小结： Passage1
.
have time to do sth.
有时间做某事
a waste of time.
浪费时间
in order to do sth.
为了做某事…
provide sth. for sb.
=provide sb. with sth
给某人提供某物
mind (not) doing sth.
介意(不)做某事
there is no need for sb to do sth.
做某事对某人来说没有必要
Passage 2
depend on sb/sth.
the idea of fairness
do one’s part in doing sth.
as a result
fall ill
The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.
依靠/取决于某人/某事
公平的观点
尽自己的职责做某事
结果
生病
Love our mom and dad,
Let’s help them do chores!
Love ourselves,
Let’s do chores!
