Unit 2 Growing Pains

Reading Home alone

By Wang Qiufen

Teaching objectives:

To develop students' ability of reading a play

To know about American family life and problems those happen between American teenagers and their parents

To form a positive attitude towards solving problems between teenagers and parents

Important and difficult points:

Learn some useful words and expressions.

Learn to analyze the emotions of each character from the instructions of the play.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in:

Get students to give a free talk about the problems between teenagers and parents that happen in their families. Other students volunteer to give their suggestions to these problems.

Step 2 reading

First reading:

Get students to listen and read the play and finish Part A individually.

Check the answers

1.Eric, Daniel, Mom and Dad.

2. The room was a mess. / There was trash all over the place.

3. Spot was ill.

Second reading

Read the statements and circle T or F.

1.Mom and Dad were back from their holiday a week earlier.

2.Eric was happy when seeing his mother.

3. Parents left Daniel in charge.

4.The boys spent the money seeing the vet for Spot.

5.The room was very clean and tidy when their parents came back.

6.Daniel didn't have a chance to explain what had happened.

7.Mom felt regretful for what they said to Daniel.

8.Boys didn't use up the money from their parents.