Unit2 Growing pains- Project教案

writing an advice letter

teaching objectives:

1. to help students improve english through doing a project.

2. to cooperate by working together on the project.

important and difficult points: writing an advice letter.

teaching procedures:step 1 lead-in1. who made the final decision for you to study at our school? did you make your own decision or did your parents make the decision for you?2. if you have problems with your parents, who will you turn to for advice?3. what does an advice columnist do?1) get a clear idea about the trouble      2) analyze the trouble 3) give proper suggestions                  4) keep in touch with the sender step 2 skimminggo through the text and try to answer the following questions:1. what is the name of the column?  teenagers now2. who do they both write the letters to?  mr. zhu3. why does the father write the letter?  he wants to ask for some help with his 16-year-old son.step 3 scanning letter1: listen to the tape and read with the tape. find out what does the father think about his son? a)         he refuses to do everything his parents ask him to do.b)        he is rude to them.c)        he refuses to spend time with them.d)        he refuses to do his homework.e)         he wastes time watching dvds, listening to foreign music, chatting in internet cafes, playing games and surfing the internet.letter2: listen to the tape and read with the tape. find out what does the son think about his father?a)         his father doesn’t listen to him when he wants to do something or suggests an idea.b)        he shouts at him when he tries to talk to him.c)        when he refuses to listen to his father, his father tells his mother and they fight like crazy.d)        his parents always make him do things he doesn’t like.e)         they call him selfish and unloving when he wants to be alone.f)         his father gets very angry when he plays foreign music.g)        his father sends him to bed or tells him to study when he watches a dvd.