Reading(1)：Homealone

1、Unit 2 Reading Growing pains,Unit 2 Reading Growing pains,一.Learning aims：,1.To learn about the basic skills of reading a play. 2. To talk about growing pains and solutions. 3. To develop language skills and overall abilities.,二.Lead-in,1. Have you ever watched the famous American TV comedy “Growing

2、 Pains”? 2. Could you list some of the members of the family? (Show them a photo and tell them the family members.) 3. What do you think of the play?,Have you ever experienced growing pains as you grow up just like this boy?,The starring(主演) role: Daniel,Generation gap,What causes all this misunders

3、tanding?,Generation gap means there are great 1._ between the younger 2._ and the 3. _. It occurred 4._ older and younger people do not 5._ each other because of their different 6._ , opinions, habits and 7._. Especially as one gets 8._, she or he is not always 9._ by the elders, because of what she

4、 or he does, says or wears. So she or he often has trouble or pains during their 10._.,differences,generations,elders,when,understand,experiences,behavior,older,understood,growth,三. Discussion: What growing pains have you experienced in the past? Or what generation gap exists between you and your pa

5、rents?,forcing me to do things I dont like not allowing me to make friends not giving me enough money to spend always treating me as a child not permitting me to play computer games not giving me enough freedom wishing me to study hard often getting angry with me,References,Interfering in(干涉)my life

6、,四. Reading and practicing:,A. Reading skills:,Skimming and canning Dip into Swallow Chew and digest,1. Characteristics of a play: Reading a play can be very 1._from reading a normal text. Most of the play is in the 2._ of a 3._ just because plays are written to be 4._ aloud. Writers also use differ

7、ent 5._of speech, especially some 6._ language. 2. How to read a play: To really understand the play, you are 7._ to read the dialogue aloud, make clear the 8._ between characters, go deep into the inner 9._ of each character, complete some informal sentences and pay 10._ to the instructions.,differ

8、ent,form,dialogue,spoken,styles,informal,supposed,relations,world,attention,B. Skimming and Scanning,1.Who are the main characters in the play? 2.Why was Dad angry with Daniel? 3.What happened to their dog ,Spot?,Eric, Daniel, Mom and Dad.,Because the room was a mess. ( There was garbage all over.),

9、Spot was ill.,C . Listen to the tape carefully,Match lines with the four characters 1. Where is your brother? 2. I hate them! 3. Its so nice to be home! 4. Mom, Dad, I can explain 5. Mom! Dad! You are back early! 6. I feel like we have to punish him 7. What did you do with the money we left?,Dad,Dan

10、iel,Dad,Daniel,Eric,Dad,Mom,D . True or false,1.Daniel and Eric had a party with the money their parents left them. 2.Mom and Dad came back from their trip a week earlier. 3.Daniel used the money to take Spot to the vet. 4.Mom and Dad left Eric in charge . 5.Eric wanted to tell Mom and Dad what had

11、happened.,F,F,T,F,T,6. Eric and Daniel spent two days waiting there for Spot. 7. Mom is harder on Daniel than Dad. 8. Daniel didnt have a chance to explain what had happened.,F,F,T,Please read Act One of the play aloud and then fill in the form,E . Detailed reading,just coming back from vacation,pla

12、ying soccer at home,staying in another room,excited disappointed angry,Surprised frightened,sorry angry,Please read Act Two carefully and fill in the form.,expressing his anger,upset angry,comforting his brother,calm,talking about the things that happened,sorry and regretful,still angry,1.The passag

13、e is mainly about _ A. how the family manage to form good relations B. why the room is in a mess. C. why there is a misunderstanding between the parents and sons. D. what happens to Daniel and Eric after their parents get home. 2.Which of the following is the cause of the quarrel ? A. Spot was serio

14、usly ill. B. The couple return earlier than expected . C. The boys play football all day long. D. The brothers laziness(懒惰).,D,A,F. Reading Comprehension:,3.Eric says hello to his parents in a frightened voice because_ A. Dad often punishes him. B. he is afraid that Dad will see the messy room and p

15、unish him . C. Dad will beat him and his brother. D. he is always timid(胆小的). 4. This passage is a _ A. newspaper B. notice C. play D. diary 5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _ A. children often hate their parents. B. parents often hate their parents. C. children and parents often hate eac

16、h other D. parents and children should explain to each other when some misunderstanding (误解) occurs.,B,C,D,6. The word “deserve” in the text means_ A. have to do something because it is worth doing B. want to do something because one is eager to C. have the right to get something D. to be good enoug

17、h to have something 7. What would probably happen in the following act ? A. Dad and Daniel will quarrel again. B. Mom and Eric will help Dad and Daniel to get rid of the misunderstanding . C. Eric will not play football any longer D. Daniel will desert(抛弃) the dog.,D,B,H . Task-based Reading,G . Rol

18、e reading Now Id like a group of four students to act the four characters in the play to read it aloud with proper emotions and facial expressions,reached,which,in,angry,explanation,earth,disease,taking,scolded,silence,五. Extension/Development,What do you think Daniel should do to get out of the pains to reduce their generation gap?,Have a discussion to help him out.,References,try to get a chance to communicate with his parents to apologize to his father turn to his close friends for advice Turn to his mother and Eric for help express love for his parents by giving them a card exchang