Unit 2 Growing pains
Reading (1) Home alone
Learning aims:
1. To learn a play about a big fight in an American family.
2. To improve the students’ ability to understand articles.
Learning Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Have you ever had the kind of experience when your parents had to go away and leave you alone?
2. Can you imagine what might happen if you were left alone?
3. Could you handle all the responsibility and keep everything clean and safe?
Let’s enjoy the play: Home alone
What do you know about the famous TV show?
☆ The starring (主演) role: ______________
☆ Popular during the _____________ in ___________.
☆ About _______________________________.
Step 2 Reading strategy: How to read a play
1. Reading a play is different from reading a normal text.
I. The characteristics of a play:
