M1U2 Let’s talk teens

Strangers under the same roof?

一、教材分析 （Analysis of the Teaching Material）

This material titled Strangers under the same roof ? is a reading passage from Unit 2 Let’s talk teens in Book 1. It will be a reading lesson. The orientation of such a lesson type in the senior high stage is not only to learn to read/practice and experience their reading skills, but also to expand their vision, via which they learn to develop their thinking skills and to use the target language to express themselves.

The text mainly talks about the family tensions between teengers and parents and how to improve the situation, conveying the message that it is normal to struggle with the stress that  parent–child tensions create, and that teenagers and their parents can work together to improve their relationship.The text is an argumentation. The writer analyzes the problems, two reasons , the solutions to solving these problems and then comes to a conclusion , which makes the structure clear.

Based on this interpretation, the teacher can try to help the learners understand the text as a whole, why it is written, how is the text organized and how it is related to their own life.

 

二．学情分析 (Analysis of the Target Students)

The learners are students from Senior 1. Since senior 1, they have been learning some reading strategies and skills, such as skimming, scanning and thinking critically. So they have got general ideas about reading strategies and skills but need more practice and go deeper into the reading material. Therefore, it is not hard for them to understand the structure and master the target language of the text. Besides, the topic of family tensions is not unfamiliar to Ss, so I adopt a mind map to help Ss construct the information about family tensions and language based on the text, hoping them to put these knowledge and skills into the real life. How to guide the Ss to employ the expressions, the structure and the communication skills is an important issue for Ss. With a scaffold of mind map, Ss will feel confident and ready to finish the discussion task.

 

三．教学目标 (Teaching Objectives )

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

1. get the structure and main idea of each paragraphs;

2. clarify the writer’s purpose of applying three questions at the beginning of the first paragraphs;

3. understand why family members become strangers under the same roof;

4. learn how to solve the problems with their parents.

5.write a letter of advice based on the expressions, the structure and communication skills.

 

四、教学重难点 （Teaching Important and Difficult Points）

Teaching important points:

1. How to enable students to understand the structure and main idea of each paragraphs;

2. How to enable students to write a letter of advice based on the expressions, the structure and communication skills.

五. 教学步骤 (Teaching Procedures)详见课堂呈现