Section B 3a —4 Self check教学设计

Unit4

Why don’t you talk to your parents?

Section B (2a~2e) Teaching Aims and Demands: Vocabularies: opinion, skill, typical, continue, compare, development,

cause, usual. Phrases: cut out, compare…with

Sentences: 1.Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get

into a good high school and later a good university. 2. On most days after school, I take one of my two boys to

basketball practice and my daughter to football training. 3. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities, but believe

these activities are important for my children’s future. 4. And they’re always comparing them with other children. 5.People shouldn’t push their kids so hard. 6. Although it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even

more important to have happy children. Teaching Key and Difficult Points: The article is a little long and some or the sentences are difficult to understand. Teaching Steps: Step 1

2a

Leading 1.

T: What after-school activities do you and your classmates usually

do? S:

……

2.

Check activities you and your classmates usually do. Step2

2b

Reading

1.

Read the article and answer the questions. 2.

Explain: (1) cut out

(2)compare…with…

(3)push …so hard

(4)have after-school classes (5) play exercise Step3

2c Guessing 1.

Read the words in hold . 2.

Try to match them with the meaning below. Step4

2d

Asking and answering

1.

Read the article again . 2.

Answer the question. Step 5

2e

Discuss the questions with your partners. Step 6

Homework

Write a article about the after-school classes.

课堂作业：

These days, children are sometimes _____ on weekends than weekdays because they ______ take so many __________ classes. Cathy Taylor believes that the after-school activities are _________ for his children’s future. He really want them to be _______.

Linda Miller says, “In some families, __________ starts very young and _______

until the kids get older. The parents are always _________ their small kids with other children. It’s _____.” She thinks that people shouldn’t ____ their kids ______.

Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can _____ a lot of _____ for children. She says, “Kids should have time to _____ and ________ themselves, too. ________ it’s normal to want _________ children, it’s even more _________ to have _____ children.”