Lesson4DreamHouses

Unit 6 Lesson 4 Dream Houses Teaching objectives The students will be able to 1 get the information from the text 2 find the meaning of the new words by using the context and picture 3 express their feelings using words learnt in this passage Teaching Important Points Improve the students reading ability Teaching Difficult Points 1 How to help the students master the whole passage 2 How to improve the students reading ability Teaching methods 1 Skimming method to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text 2 Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they ve learned in class 3 Pair work of group to get every student to take part in the teaching and learning activities 4 Competition method to arouse the Ss interests Teaching Aids The blackboard a computer multimedia Teaching process Step I Warm up What would your dream house be like Step III Careful Reading 1 How many places has the girl lived in A lot She can t remember 2 Where did she live before Mango Street Why did they leave A third floor on Loomis They had to leave because the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn t fix them 3 Why did the girl want at least three bathrooms So that when she took a bath she would t have to tell everybody 4 Who did Mama and Papa talk to about their dream house To the children Step IV Read the text again carefully and find out the topic of each paragraph Let s look at my houses Step V Choose the best answer according to the text 1 The house the author s family is living in now has A a front yard B big windows C three bedrooms D only one bedroom 2 How many people were there in the author s family when living in Paulina A Six B Five C At lease four D At most four 3 What do you suppose will most probably happen A The author s family will never move again some day B The author s family will move again some day C The author s family will become used to living on Mango Street D The author s family will move back to Paulina Step VI Voice your opinion What do you think was the bi