Reading 1
Strangers under the same roof?
教学目标
By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. grasp the theme, outline and details of the article;
2. infer the author’s attitude towards parent-child tensions and purpose of writing;
3. adopt a positive attitude and practical solutions to deal with real-life parent-child tensions;
4. appreciate and apply rhetorical questions to their stories of parent-child tensions.
教学重难点
1. To infer the author’s attitude;
2. To grasp the outline and details of the article.
教学过程 步 骤 Pre-reading Step 1 Have students work in pairs to answer questions on Page 16. 利用问题，5’ 激活学生已有Individual Work 教学活动 设计意图 互动时间&模式 (As I become a teenager, I get taller and stronger and 的背景语言知start to look like an adult. But sometimes I feel shy 识，导入主题，about how I look, because I look different from my 创设互动情境，friends. Mentally, I feel more independent in what I 拉近沟通距离，do, like making my own decisions. Consequently, I 引起学习兴趣。 prefer to spend more time with my friends but my parents may get angry with me. In this case, I would speak to my parents so that they understand how I feel. I think it means that parents and teenagers feel as if they do not know each other very well anymore even though they have lived together in the same house for many years. This often happens when children become teenagers because the way they look, think and do things changes. Parents sometimes do not understand or accept these changes easily and teens become angry with their parents.) Step 2 Have students work in pairs to predict the contents of the article. 引导学生5’ 预测阅读内容，Group Work • Look at the title of the text. Why are family members 探知文本结构called “strangers” by the author? 和脉络；体会文标题(While family members are thought to be close, in 章reality they will have different opinions on the same “matter. Without an honest and Strangers— peaceful under the same communication, things will easily turn into heated roof?”使用疑问arguments and cold silences as if family members 句并制造反差，didn’t know or care about each other, just like 吸引读者的注“strangers”. By creating such a contrast, the author 意力的手法。 intends to arouse our interest to read the article.) • What could be discussed in this article? (This article might focus on conflicts between family members.) • What is the use of questioning in the title? (In the form of a question, the title indicates that parent-child relationships are not meant to be distant or tense, and tries to arouse the interest of readers.) While Reading Step 3 Have students skim for the topic sentence of each paragraph. 通过归纳文本主要内容10’ Group Work What is the topic sentence of each paragraph? 和段落大意，掌Class Work (Paragraph 1: Heated arguments and cold silences are 握文本结构，感common between teenagers and their parents. 知文本主题语Paragraph 2: Teenagers’ physical changes may result 境。 in such family tensions. Paragraph 3: It can be a big headache to balance your developing mental needs too. Paragraph 4: Although sometimes it may seem impossible to get along as a family, you can take action to improve the situation. Paragraph 5: Just remember that it is completely normal to struggle with the stress that parent-child tensions create, and that you and your parents can work together to improve your relationship.) Step 4 Have students read the article again to complete the outline of the article in A1 on Page 18. 通过阅读5’ 文本细节语句，Individual Work (Cause 1: Teenagers’ physical growth may result in 理解作者重点such family tensions. 表达信息。培养Cause 2: Teenagers’ developing mental needs can also Scanning的文本influence parent-child relationships. 阅读策略，学习Solution: Teenagers should have regular and honest 作者的清晰结communication with their parents. Conclusion: Everything will turn out all right in the end.) 构、缜密逻辑。 Step 5 Have students scan the article carefully and finish A2 同上 on Page 18. 5’ Individual Work Post-reading Step 6 Have students work in groups to finish A3 (2–3) on Page 18. 为后续任务进行话题拓展和内容铺垫。 5’ Group Work Step 7 Have students work in groups to summarize and 在巩固文8’ Group Work reorganize the key information about teenagers’ 本结构和内容mental needs. 的过程中，掌握Can you discuss and fill in the blanks of the following 文本中的重点table about teenagers’ mental needs? （表格见课件） 词汇和语句。 Homework 1. Read the text aloud. 2. Finish the workbook. 2’
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