Growing pains教案（Task）
period 5
task 1
skills building 2: presenting a dialogue
teaching objectives:
u to read about how to express different feelings in different tones.
u to develop listening and speaking ability in different tones.
important and difficult points:
understanding tones in spoken english.
teaching procedures:
step 1 revision
revise the attributive clause by doing some exercises.
step 2 lead-in
a dialogue should be :
communicative /informative/reflective
/simple/direct/not too redundant
step 3 guessing game:
read some sentences in different tones & let ss guess what feelings are expressed.
step 4 skills building 1:
what should we listen for to understand the speaker’s feelings?
step 5 listening
listen and check the answers.
step 6 practice
how do you read this sentence he will come here tomorrow. when you are happy/excited/questioning/a little angry?
step 7 listening
listen to part a and b and check the answers.
step 8 listening to a radio phone-in programme
divide students into groups of four and discuss each picture:
what do you see in each picture?
how are they feeling?
listen and check the answers.
homework:
1 finish workbook ex a on page 84.
2 review the words and expressions in this unit.
task 2
skills building 2: reading for gist
teaching objectives:
u to develop reading skills by reading four diary entries.
u to understand the mood of the writer.
important and difficult points:
reading for gist.
teaching procedures:
step 1 lead-in
get students to read the instructions and know how to read for gist.
l catch the gist or the main point
l focus on descriptive words or expressions
step 2 reading1 read the four diary entries and fill in the form.
entries
main points
the words telling the writer’s mood
the first diary entry
the second diary entry
the third diary entry
the fourth diary entry
2 read again and answer:
1.why did christina call the radio show last week?
2. what advice did george give ?
3. did christina follow his advice? what did she do?
4. how do they get on with each other?
step 3 reading the thank-you letter1 get students to read and answer:
a what is the main idea of this thank-you letter?