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Unit4 He Studies Harder Than He Used to. 【Teaching objectives】 1 Knowledge objectives: students can learn some new words and some useful phrases.2 Ability objectives: students can improve reading abilities by using the sentence context.3 Emotional objectives: Students can learn to learn to communicate with their parents to conquer difficulties and problems.【Teaching points】 Students can read and write a story by finding out the elements such as what/ who/ how/ when/ where. 【Teaching difficulties】 Students can know some idioms and phrases that we usually use to improve English reading and writing.【Teaching procedures】 Step 1 Pre- reading Task 1 lead-in 1 some pictures about some stay-at-home children. 2. Where are their parents?They went to the city to find jobs.They went to the city to find jobs.How do the children feel?They feel lonely and miss their parents very much.（设计意图：通过几个问答，处理部分生词，为阅读做铺垫。）Step 2 While- readingTask 1 PredictLook at the picture, read the title and then guess.What problems do you think he might have?1. He used to break the school rules.2. He used to hate studying and fail his exams3. He used to fight with his classmates.（阅读策略：图片与文章题目能够帮助你猜测故事背景。）Task 2 Skimming Read the passage and put the sentences A-D in the correct places.A. They had a long talkB. Now Li Wen has really changedC. However, things began to change a few years agoD. His teacher was worried about him(Remind students that skim is to run their eyes through the story quickly to get an idea of what it is about). （阅读策略：略读了解故事大意，不要逐字逐句读，注意联系上下文。）Task 3 Careful reading1 Read the first paragraph, then finish the exercises. “T” for true, “F” for false.1. Li Wen used to have difficulties in school.2. His parents left him behind and he felt very lonely and unhappy.3. He didnt like his grandparents.4. He works very hard and does well in school when his grandparents came to look after him. 5. He missed his parents so much and wanted to live with them.2. Read the second paragraph and then choose the right answer. 1. Why did Li Wen became less interested in studying?A. He is a lazy boy. B. He wants to play outside.C. He felt lonely and unhappy. D. He doesnt like to study.2. Which of the following is NOT Li Wens difficulties in school?A. He was absent from classes. B. He failed his examinations.C. He was shy. D. He had no friends in school3. His parents took a _ and a _ to get to Lis school.A. 24-hour bus, 5-hour train B. 24-hour train, 5-hour busC. 24-hour train, 15-hour bus D. 24-hour bus, 15-hour trainMatch the words or phrases with correct meanings.Influence 1. not being in a placeAbsent 2. affect boarding school 3. a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school termin person 4. by oneself3. Read the last two paragraphs and then fill in the blanks. PastNowHe used to be _ and _.He is _ now, because he knows his parents _.He useto_ classes and _ his examinationsHe works _ than he used to.He used to be _ and not be able to _ quickly in school.He becomes _ and _ in school.Task 4 Listening Listen to the tape carefully, pay attention to their tones and pronunciations.（设计意图：纠正发音，模仿语音语调，并整体感知故事，为全文复述服务。）Task 5 Retelling and summary. PastNowHe used to be _ and _.He is _ now, because he knows his parents _.He useto_ classes and _ his examinationsHe works _ than he used to.He used to be _ and not be able to _ quickly in school.He becomes _ and _ in school.Step 3 Post -reading Complete the passage with proper forms of the words and phrases in the ud of / take pride in make a decision / decide miss / be absent fromchange / influence look after / take care of Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He works hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. When his parents moved to the city to work, they could not be at home to _him. So he became less interested in studying and _ classes. Then his parents _ to send him to a boarding school. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. This conversation _ his life. He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would _ everything good that he did. Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be. Step 4 Writing Task 1 Group work Work in groups and talk about how you have changed in your appe