新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第一册Unit 2 A child’s clutter awaits.docx

1 Unit 2 A child’s clutter awaits an adult’s return ⅠObjectives: 1. To talk about the love between the parents and children; 2. To understand the love between the mother and the daughter in the text; 3. To apply the phrases and patterns; 4. To write an essay creatively based on the understanding of the text. Ⅱ Teaching Focus and Difficulties 1. understand the structure of the text 2. apply the writing skills to organizing a paragraph ⅢTeaching aids Multimedia, chalk and blackboard Warming up activities Ⅳ Teaching Procedure Step 1: Warm-up activities 1. Do a quick survey: How close are you and your parents? 2. Watch and Talk 1) What happened to the father and the son? enjoy the baseball game / dance to one’s favorite music / be too loud for one to put up with … / go upstairs / shout to sb. that … / rather than do as sb. tells / bring one’s things into sb.’s room / play the electric guitar / at the top of the speaker’s volume / make one’sblood boil 2). Is there any conflict or disagreement between you and your parents? And what should we do to settle the conflict or disagreement? 1) Keep our minds open to our parents; 2) Treat our parents the way we want them to treat us; 3) Make friends with our parents; 4) Learn to be responsible for our actions; 5) Be sure to show love to our parents in different forms. 3. Compound Dictation Step 2. Structure of the text The text depicts a mother’s responses to her daughter’s fight for independence through detailed description of the mess left behind by the daughter. Part 1 (1-3): The daughter is leaving home for independence and the mother feels glad on the one hand and expresses her concern/doubt on the other. Part 2 (5-12): The daughter leaves a mess in her rooms and the mother straightens up the rooms. Part 3 (13-22) After the mother finds a large envelope with all the memorable things the parents gave to the daughter, the mother’sattitude changes/reverses completely. Step3. Details for each part (1) Questions f