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Unit4 Reading for speaking Maybe You Should Learn to Relax! She wants to cut out all the classes, because they cause （引起） much stress and in her opinion（观点）, I push her so hard. She just wants to be a kid. TimeAfter-school classes Saturday morning/ Saturday afternoon soccer ball training Saturday eveningwriting skills (技能、技巧） Sunday morningdance Sunday afternooncrazy English （疯狂） football What should we do? Yoyo What information can you get from the title? Pre-reading Perhaps /Maybe someone meets _ or has_, and someone gives _. problems stressadvice While-reading 1st reading Maybe You Should Learn to Relax! 1.What kind of essay is it? A. Story essay.B. Opinion essayC. Description essay 2.How is it organized? A. P1P2 P3P4 B. C. P1P1 P2 P2 P3 P3 P4 P4 While-reading 2nd reading Match the main idea of each paragraph. Linda Millers opinion Present situation in America Doctors opinion Present situation in China Paragraph 1 talks about_. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Present situation in China Present situation in America Linda Millers opinion Doctors opinion P1P1P1P1 P2P2P2P2 P3P3P3P3 P4P4P4P4 Sum up the structure. The situations in different countries Different peoples opinions While-reading Read the passage carefully and finish the following tasks. 3rd reading 1.Why are Chines children sometimes busier on weekends? 3. The word competekmpit means _. A. learn some exam skills B. try to be the best or the first to finish something Para 1: 2.Why do Chinese children have to take so many after- school classes? Because they have to take so many after-school classes. Some of them are learning exam skills so thatso that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so thatso that they can compete and win. B B Tips: Use the context(上下文)to help you to guess the meanings. Para2: 1.It shows _ , a typical American familys life. The word typical tpkl means _. A. usual or common B. special and different A A 2. Why is life for Cathy Taylors three children so busy? Because she has to take one of her two boys to basketball practice and her daughter to football training. Then she has to take her other son to piano lessons. 3. Who is busy in the family, Cathy or the children or both? the Taylors Para3&4: F F 1. Write T or F for each statement: ( ) 1) Linda Miller knows the stress and thinks its fair to compare their kids with other children. ( ) 2) Linda Miller believes people should push their kids so hard to continue the competition. ( ) 3) Doctors think too much pressure is good for Childrens development. ( ) 4) Dr. Alice believes that its important to have successful children than happy children. F F F F F F unfair Shouldnt isnt 2. Match the words with their meanings. stressstrs continuekntnju comparekmpr development dvlpmnt Para3&4: look for differences and similarities between things worries about things at home, school or work Getting better and bigger keep on happening Summary: These days, children are busy because they have to_ many after-school_. Some learn _ _ so that they can _ into a good high school, others _ sports to _ and_. Some Parents want to _ _ some activities, but they believe the activities are_ for our future because they want us to be _. Others think people shouldnt _ kids_ because too much pressure is not good they should have time to _ and _ _ themselves. So, maybe we should learn to _. take classesexam skill getpractice compete wincut out important successful push hard relax think for relax Post-reading Discussion Maybe You Should Learn to Relax! parents children 1. “After-school classes can help kids get into a good university.” Your opinions 2. “I want my child to be a successful person.” Agree: 3. “Its good for children to start learning from a young age.” Disagree: My mom always says,“Its good for children to start learning from a young life.” And I do agree, though sometimes I want to cut out some of the classes. In my opinion, its important for children to learn at a younger age. Thanks to the dance and soccer ball training classes, I can keep healthy and do other sports easily. But I believe its better if children choose the classes we like. So can you cut out the crazy English class? I want to have it next year. Yoyo 1.Think about what you really want, be successful or just happy. 2. Choose one of the opinions and try to communicate with your parents. Para.1:Opinion Para.2:Reasons Say if you agree or disagree at the beginning. Give reasons why you have this opinion. I dont really agree with . because . In my opinion, it is important for children /parents to . Salutation: Dear ., Although some parents are right about ., I think children should . I believe it is better if children/ parents . so that . Perhaps children/parents should/could . If children ., they will . Signature: . Writing: Maybe you should learn to relax! (Go for it! Grade 8) Teaching content: Show different opinions about after-school activities. Teaching objectives: 1. Language knowledge: (1) Students are able to master the following words and expressions: opinion, compete, typical, compare, football, cut out, push, skill. (2) Students get to know the words: compare with, in ones opinion. (3) Students learn to show their opinions to agree or disagree with somebody. 2. Language skills: (1) Students are able to use the context to guess the meaning. (2) Students are able to scan the reading material for details. (3) Students are able to talk about their opinions and reasons freely. 2. Learning strategies: (1)Students conclude the correct structure of the essay. (2)Students analyze the deep reasons in the problems. (3) Students predict the information from the title. 3. Affection: Students work in pairs or groups to finish the given tasks together and get confidence in speaking. They learn that different people have different opinions, but both parents and children are busy to make a better life. They also get to know they should share their opinions with parents, especially when they have different aims. Teaching difficulties: Students may find it difficult to guess the meaning which is explained in English and give the reasons why the agree or disagree. Teaching facilities: Blackboard, multi-media Teaching procedures: Step: Warm-up and lead-in Activity 1: Free talk T talks about the weekends with Ss, chats with them about the activities we do and the ways we choose to relax on weekends. 【设计意图】在课堂伊始，教师通过与学生讨论周末活动和放松的方式，消除 与学生之间的陌生感，拉近距离，同时，有效复习上堂课的内容。其中针对课 外辅导班的问答为教学的进行做好了铺垫。 Activity 2: Lead in T leads to the topic of after-school classes by asking if they have some, and then presents the schedule of her daughters after-school classes. Later, T encourages Ss to find the ways to solve the problem by reading the essay. 【设计意图】教材阅读材料内容即是不同国家存在的“补课热潮” 。教师在这一 环节中设置自己孩子的补课表既是承上之话题，并在其中解决 football, training, skill, cazy, 和 cut out 这些新单词的认知问题，适当降低文本阅读难度；也是启 下，通过 to be successful or happy 的矛盾询问 what should we do?引导学生在之 后的阅读中寻找答案。 Step: Pre-reading Activity 1: Prediction Before asking Ss to read the essay, T asks Ss to look at the title to get some information from it by the given clues. 【设计意图】这一环节训练学生根据线索预测文章内容的能力。 Step : While-reading Task1: Skimming for the type and structure of the essay. Ss read the essay quickly and summarize the style and structure of it. 【设计意图】本文的体裁是较为清晰的，但因为文章的第二段以一个典例来代 表美国的课外辅导情况，很容易误导学生文章是总分结构，对文本造成一定的 误解。所以这里的第二步与任务二结合。 Task2: Scanning for the main idea of each paragraph. T guides Ss to find out and match the main idea of each paragraph, and it will help them conclude the right structure. 【设计意图】学生在教师的引导下归纳各段大意，并重新划分结构，获得中美 国家都有类似现象存在。 Task3: Careful reading for details. Activity 1: Read para.1 and try to answer some questions. In this part, Ss should be able to find out the reasons why Chinese children have to take so many after-school classes and guess the meaning of compete. 【设计意图】精读环节，第一段落安排了问答和选择，旨在让学生找到问题前 后的原因。 Activity 2: Read para.2 and do filling and multiple-choice. Ss find out the Taylors and how busy their life is. Finally Ss think about whether Cathy or her children are busy?. 【设计意图】精读环节，第二段安排了填空和选择，旨在让学生发现这是一个 以点概面的段落。最后，通过家长累还是孩子累的自由论述，促使学生发现家 长的美好本意。 Activity 3: Read para.3&4 and do T or F and matching. Through reading the last paragraphs, Ss judge if the statements are true. If it is false, they will try to correct it. 【设计意图】精读环节，第三、四段因为论点一致，便放在一起阅读。此环节， 安排了 T/F 和搭配练习，充分丰富活动方式，让枯燥的阅读稍显灵活一些，也 利于程度稍差的学生总有会做之题，而程度好的就可以找出错误所在试着去纠 正它。T/F 的题项设置即是两者不同观点的总结，便于后面总结步骤的实施。 Step : Post-reading Activity 1: Summary T guides Ss to make a short summary about the main idea of the essay and the deep reasons why the parents take their children to have so many after-school classes. Ss know they should express their opinion to communicate with parents. 【设计意图】通过总结学生温故几个重点词汇的使用并归纳文章中出现的共通 现象和不同观点。并引出他们的矛盾之处 to be successful or happy。如何去解决： maybe you should learn to relax 和 communicate。 Activity 2: Discussion In pairs, Ss talk about the three opinions parents usually have why they take children to after-school classes, and after the sample, they choose one topic and express their own opinions if they agree or disagree with. 【设计意图】学生两人一组讨论和发表自己针对某一个观点的赞同或反对意见。 完成 reading for speaking 的输出。 Step : Assignment Essential homework: Write down the opinions in the letter. Optional homework: Communicate with parents about the problems Ss have. 【设计意图】学生课后将讨论内容写在指定的信中，并鼓励他们将生活中的问 题与家长交流、沟通。 板书设计： In China exam skills To be successful In USA . Linda Dont push. To be happy Dr. Alice .more important Where ? What?Why? Who?Opinions Take the children to after-school classes. Unit4 Maybe You Should Learn to Relax! Reading for speaking ParentsChildren Dont push children.Learn to relax and think for themselves. Communication