【Teaching objectives】
1 Knowledge objectives: students can learn some new words and some useful phrases.
2 Ability objectives: students can improve reading abilities by using the sentence context。
3 Emotional objectives: Students can learn to learn to communicate with their parents to conquer difficulties and problems。
【Teaching points】
Students can read and write a story by finding out the elements such as what/ who/ how/ when/ where….
【Teaching difficulties】
Students can know some idioms and phrases that we usually use to improve English reading and writing.
【Teaching procedures】
Step 1 Pre— reading
Task 1 lead—in
1 some pictures about some stay-at-home children.
2. Where are their parents?
They went to the city to find jobs.
They went to the city to find jobs.
How do the children feel?
They feel lonely and miss their parents very much.
(设计意图:通过几个问答,处理部分生词,为阅读做铺垫。)
Step 2 While- reading
Task 1 Predict
Look at the picture, read the title and then guess.
What problems do you think he might have?
1. He used to break the school rules.
2. He used to hate studying and fail his exams
3. He used to fight with his classmates.
(阅读策略:图片与文章题目能够帮助你猜测故事背景。)
Task 2 Skimming
Read the passage and put the sentences [A-D] in the correct places。
A. They had a long talk
B. Now Li Wen has really changed
C。 However, things began to change a few years ago
D。 His teacher was worried about him
(Remind students that skim is to run their eyes through the story quickly to get an idea of what it is about).
(阅读策略:略读了解故事大意,不要逐字逐句读,注意联系上下文。)
Task 3 Careful reading
1 Read the first paragraph, then finish the exercises。 “T” for true, “F” for false。
1.Li Wen used to have difficulties in school.
2.His parents left him behind and he felt very lonely and unhappy。
3.He didn’t like his grandparents。
4.He works very hard and does well in school when his grandparents came to look after him。
5.He missed his parents so much and wanted to live with them。
2。 Read the second paragraph and then choose the right answer.
1.Why did Li Wen became less interested in studying?
A. He is a lazy boy. B. He wants to play outside。
C. He felt lonely and unhappy. D。 He doesn’t like to study.
2。 Which of the following is NOT Li Wen’s difficulties in school?
A.He was absent from classes。 B. He failed his examinations。
C. He was shy。 D. He had no friends in school
3。 His parents took a __________ and a __________ to get to Li’s school。
A. 24-hour bus, 5—hour train B。 24-hour train, 5-hour bus
C. 24—hour train, 15-hour bus D. 24-hour bus, 15—hour train
Match the words or phrases with correct meanings.
Influence 1。 not being in a place
Absent 2. affect
boarding school 3。 a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term
in person 4. by oneself
3. Read the last two paragraphs and then fill in the blanks。
Past | Now |
He used to be ________ and ________。 | He is ____________ now, because he knows his parents __________________。 |
He useto_____________ classes and _______ his examinations | He works ___________ than he used to. |
He used to be _____ and not be able to ____________ quickly in school. | He becomes ___________ and _________________ _______ in school。 |
Listen to the tape carefully, pay attention to their tones and pronunciations。
(设计意图:纠正发音,模仿语音语调,并整体感知故事,为全文复述服务.)
Task 5 Retelling and summary.
Past | Now |
He used to be ________ and ________. | He is ____________ now, because he knows his parents __________________。 |
He useto_____________ classes and _______ his examinations | He works ___________ than he used to。 |
He used to be _____ and not be able to ____________ quickly in school。 | He becomes ___________ and _________________ _______ in school. |
Complete the passage with proper forms of the words and phrases in the box.
proud of / take pride in make a decision / decide miss / be absent from
change / influence look after / take care of |
Then his parents ____________________ to send him to a boarding school。 He found life there difficult。 One day he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person。 This conversation __________________ his life. He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would ______________________ everything good that he did. Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be。
Step 4 Writing
Task 1 Group work
Work in groups and talk about how you have changed in your appearance, personality and hobbies。
What problems do you did you use to have?
How did you solve them?
How do you feel now?
Task 2 Writing
When I was in grade 5, I used to _____________________
Step 5 Home work
Finish your compositions and correct faults。