Unit 2 Reading He used to cause a lot of trouble

1. Unit 2 Reading He used to cause a lot of trouble 济南党家中学 刘书东

2. Teaching analysis Teaching aims Teaching methods Teaching procedure

3. Teaching analysis In this unit, students learn to talk about  what they used to be like. Such topic reminds  students of the days of their childhood.  They mainly learn how to use the structure “ used to do”. The students can improve their reading skills by learning this text . lend your pen park my car trouble you offend people

4. Teaching aims : 1) Knowledge aims: death , cause , himself, patient, exactly, attention, waste , in the end, make a decision, head techer, to one’s surprise , even though , no longer, take pride in , pay attention to , give up 2) Ability aims: Get the students to use the phrases correctly and read the text easily . 3) Emotion aims:Educate the students to study hard and reward their parents .

5. II.Teaching and studying methods 1.Task-based language Teaching 2.Situation Approach. 3.Co-operation study,self-study, exploring study

6. New words death / de/ n 死，死亡 cause / kɔ:z / v 造成，使发生 / hIm‘ self / pron 他自己，他本身 himself / ‘ peIʃәnt / adj 有耐心的，忍耐的 patient /ә‘tenʃәn / n 注意，专心，留心 attention / weIst / v 浪费，滥用 waste

7. in the end 最后 make a decision 做决定，下决心 no longer 不再，已不 New phrases head teacher 校长 to one’s surprise 令某人惊奇的是 even though 即使 纵然 尽管 take pride in 对…. 感到自豪 give up 放弃 pay attention to 对…..注意，留心

8. Game time Read the words and phrases as quickly as possibe. death cause himself in the end patient to one’s surprise make a decision

9. Groupwork Section 1 Before You Read Talk about a time your parents helped you with a problem in groups. Make notes. 1. Wang Gang – didn’t use to study hard at school – got bad grades – father helped him to understand that it was important to do well at school

10. Fast reading Read the article quikly and complete the chart. give his mother many problems. his family the police boys’ boarding scholl . one of the best students

11. Reading time Read the article again and put the sentences into the correct places in the reading . How was he able to change? and didn’t give up trying to help him That’s when I decided to change after his father’s death a few years ago. Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time 5 2 4 1 3

12. Reading time Read the statements below . Circle “True”, “False” or “ Don’t know “ according to the reading. Martin is still a bad boy. There wasn’t enough money for the family. Martin finally understood what his problem was. Martin’s father didn’t use to help him. What his mother said didn’t change Martin’s mind. FALSE TRUE TRUE DON’T KNOW FALSE

13. Intensive reading • Read paragraph 1 and answer: • 1.How old is Martin? • 2 .Could his mother afford to pay for her • child’s education? He is fifteen years old No, she couldn’t

14. Intensive reading Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks well His mother looked him as _____ as she could. Unluckily Martin still ______ problems for himself and his family. He was not interestin in ________ and he often got into trouble _______the polece. Luckily, hes mother was very patient and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end ,she made a difficult decision to send him to a boys’ boarding school .Martin hated it and ______ to cause a lot of trouble. One day he told his teacher he wanted _________ the school. caused studying with used to leave

15. Listening time : Listen to the paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 and answer the question: 1.Has Martin been afraid of being alone since his father died? 2.How was Martin able to change? Yes , he has His mother’s love helped him to fell good about himself.

16. listening time 1 Please listen to the tape and repeat . 2 Read the text in groups

17. Writing time Look at the pictures and write a short passage. (1) ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 4 ) Li Lei is good boy. He does well in his English. But he used to be a “problem” a child. ______________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

18. Thank you for listening