内容正文:
Big Question: How do you deal with changes?
In this unit, you will learn to:
talk about growing up.
understand and deal with growing pains.
use a chart to understand character development.
use the strategy of reading with a purpose.
share your growing-up stories.
Exploring the Topic
UNIT
4
Period 4:
Theme Reading
Li Xiang’s past school year
Big Question: How do you deal with changes?
In this unit, you will learn to:
talk about growing up.
understand and deal with growing pains.
use a chart to understand character development.
use the strategy of reading with a purpose.
share your growing-up stories.
理解李翔电子邮件的主要内容,包括他参加音乐俱乐部的经历、与父母的沟通及情感变化。(学习理解)
应用阅读策略判断文本细节的重要性,并完成句子填空和角色发展图表。(应用实践)
使用文本中的关键词汇和短语正确完成相关练习。(应用实践)
通过小组讨论为李翔的时间管理问题提出合理的解决方案。(迁移创新)
学习目标
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2
3
通过本节课的学习,学生能够:
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Pre-reading
While-reading
Post-reading
Contents
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Summary
Exercise
Homework
Lead in
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Lead in
What’s your hobby?
Did you ever have any problems with your hobby?
no time
parents worry about my study
Useful expressions
My hobby is …
I like…but my parents worry about…
My problem is …
Pre-reading
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Activity 1 Pair work. Talk about the following questions.
Theme Reading
Li Xiang’s past school year
1. Did you ever have any happy or sad memories in junior high school? What were they?
2. When you met some troubles at school, how did you solve them?
Talk to friends, parents, teachers.
初级中学
n. 问题;困难;困境
While-reading
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Activity 2 Read the email and answer the questions.
n. 祝贺;恭贺
adj. 坦诚的;诚实的
n. 勇气;勇敢
v. 抽出;留出
adj. 空闲的;空余的
报名参加
advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事
Answer the questions.
Your reading purpose is to find out________________________________
What is Li Xiang’s main problem?
the reason
the key point
the result
Beginning
He signed up for a music club and made some good friends there.
He felt________
______________.
Middle
__________________________________________
________________________________________________________
End
_______________________________________
____________________________________________________
so lucky
His parents didn’t allow his to learn singing
Mrs. Zhang advised him to have a talk with his parents
His parents understood and support him.
A new problem: can’t spare much time for his study
Activity 3 Read the text again and complete the character-development chart.
Post-reading
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Activity 4 Complete the sentences with the words or phrases from the text.
1. Li Xiang wrote to Uncle Wang for help because he had __________.
2. Li Xiang signed up for a music club last October to __________ his singing skills.
3. Li Xiang’s parents didn’t allow Li Xiang to ___________ singing because they thought it was _________________________.
4. Li Xiang was ________________ and didn’t know what to do.
5. After an open and _________ talk, Li Xiang was glad to receive his parents’ support.
a problem
improve
learn
a waste of time
disappointed
honest
Activity 5 Group work. Read the text again and discuss how to help Li Xiang to solve his problem.
Now Li Xiang’s parents support him, but here is a new problem: He can’t balance his study and his hobby.
What can we do to help him solve this problem?
manage time
improve efficiency
communication
Make a weekly study and singing schedule.
Use small pieces of time wisely.
Focus in class so that homework takes less time.
Combine study with hobby. For example, learn English song.
Ask Mrs. Zhang for a fixed practice time.
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Summary
【核心词汇】
活动相关动词:signed up, allow, improve, cheer on
情感与状态形容词:lucky, disappointed, glad
【核心短语】
sign up for, a waste of time, have a talk with, spare time for
【核心句型】
表达经历与事件:I signed up for a music club. So many things took place in my past school year.
转述他人话语:They said, "It is a waste of time."
表达情感与困难:I was disappointed and didn’t know what to do. I was very glad to have their support.
寻求建议:What should I do? Any advice?
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Exercise
一、单项选择
1. Last year, Tom ______ for the basketball team and made many friends.
A. signs up B. signed up C. is signing up D. will sign up
My teacher advised me ______ with my parents about my problem.
A. talk B. talked C. to talk D. talking
They didn’t allow him ______ part in the competition.
A. take B. taking C. to take D. takes
I was very ______ when I won the singing contest.
A. disappoint B. disappointing C. disappointed D. disappointment
She said, “It’s a waste of time.” → She said that ______ a waste of time.
A. it is B. it was C. that is D. that was
二、用所给词的恰当形式填空。
sign up for have a talk with a waste of time spare time for cheer on
6. Many students decided to ______________ the science club this term.
7. You should _____________ your teacher if you don’t understand the lesson.
8. Playing games too much is _____________. You should focus on your study.
9. I have to _______________ my hobby on weekends because I’m busy with homework.
10.My parents will come to __________ me at the school sports meeting.
sign up for
a waste of time
have a talk with
spare time for
cheer on
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Homework
巩固性作业:
请回想你的朋友最近遇到的一个小烦恼(可以是学习、爱好或生活上的)。模仿李翔邮件中寻求建议的方式,给你的朋友写一段3-5句的简短留言。
要求包含:
1.简要描述朋友的烦恼。2.表达你的理解。
3.给他/她一个简单的建议(尝试使用 advise you to... 或 Why not...? 等句型)。
拓展性作业: “时间规划师”
翔遇到了时间管理的问题。请你扮演“生活顾问”,为他设计一个“一周时间规划表”的草稿。
要求:
合理分配学习、唱歌/休息的时间。
给你的规划写一个简短说明,解释它如何帮助李翔平衡两者(可使用如 This plan can help you spare enough time for... 等句型)。
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