Growing Pains

Lead-in Can you describe an experience with your parents that was not pleasant? E.g. Is there any thing you like to do while your parents do not allow you? Is there any thing your parents expect you to do while you dislike it?

If you were left alone at home, can you imagine what would happen?

Reading Strategy : Reading a play What is a play? A play is a piece of writing which is intended ( 旨在） to be performed in a theatre, on the radio or on television. A play is usually made up of several acts( 幕 ). Each act can have several scenes( 场 景 ).

The structure( 结构 )of the text Act One two acts Scene one Act Two Scene two

Read and answer: 1.What is the play in the form of ? 2. In order to understand a play, what should we do? A dialogue Read the dialogue aloud. 3.Things we should pay attention to: Instructions( 旁白）

Feedback ： 1.Who are the main characters in the play? 2.Why do the parents get angry? 3.What happened to their dog, Spot? Eric, Daniel, Mom and Dad. The room was in a mess. Spot was ill.

True or false 1. The boys do not expect their parents to come back so early. 2. Spot, the dog, looks full of life. 3. Daniel’s parents still think of him as an adult. 4. Eric does not want to explain to their parents. 5. The boys didn’t clean the house because they went to the clinic. 6. The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel. T F F F T F starving Daniel they were too hard on Daniel

1.This passage is mainly about ________. A. What Mom and Dad did after they returned from vacation. B. What Daniel and Eric did at home. C. the reason why the dog was tired and hungry D. a big quarrel an American family had Multiple choice

2. Mom and Dad left Daniel in charge at home because ______. A. he was an adult B. he was the youngest C. they liked him very much D. they thought he could take good care of everything while they were away.

3. The reason why the house was so dirty is that ______. A. Spot pulled the dirty out of the trash can B. the kids forgot to clean the room up C. the parents were back one day earlier than expected D. the kids had no time to clean it

5. The main reason for their quarrel is that ______. A. Daniel was too rude. B. Eric didn’t tell his parents what had happened C. the parents blamed Daniel without giving him a chance to explain D. Daniel and Eric didn’t behave well at home.

6. What do you think is the most reasonable end of the play? A. The parents punished Daniel and he respected them more than before. B. After the parents had a long talk with the boys, they knew about the truth and said “sorry” to Daniel. C. They didn’t mention the quarrel and didn’t trust Daniel. D. Daniel knew he was wrong and said “sorry” to his parents.

Read Act One of the play carefully and fill in the form: Characters Feelings Mom and Dad Back home from vacation ________ Finding ________ all over the room-----______ EricSeeing Mom and Dad arrive home earlier than________ ---- __________ Daniel Not being __________by his parents----- ________ excited Detailed reading angry surprised,frightenedexpected angry trusted garbage

Read Act Two of the play carefully and fill in the form: Characters Feelings DanielHaving no chance to ________---________ Eric ____________ his brother Wanting to tell the truth Mom Being too _______on Daniel __________ Dad Hard to _______ Daniel ’ s rude behavior------______ Deciding to _______Daniel------__________ Detailed reading angry,upset explain Comforting calm _______ hardregretful / sorry forgive/ tolerate punish angry stubborn

Discussion If you were one of the two children, what would you do? Would you stay silent or offer an explanation to your parents?

Growing Pains quarrel with parents feel lonely and misunderstood have too much homework and no time to relax have to depend on your parents and can't make your own choice

Summary Paragraphgiststructure Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 Para5 Para6 Problems Explanation Physical changes Psychological changes Social changes Right attitude introduction detailed information of the topic conclusion

Key points The definition of Growing Pains: Different kinds of changes of growing pains: the difficulties that teenagers face as they grow to adults. Physical Psychological social

If you are faced with some growing pains,what will you do?

Growing pains do not last, everything turns out OK

Homework oral presentation retell the play Home Alone in your own words.

Thank you

True or false 1. The boys do not expect their parents to come back so early. 2. Spot, the dog, looks full of life. 3. Daniel’s parents still think of him as an adult. 4. Eric does not want to explain to their parents. 5. The boys didn’t clean the house because they went to the clinic. 6. The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel. T F F F T F starving Daniel they were too hard on Daniel