新目标英语九年级第三单元 SELF CHECK 教案 Unit 3 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.SELF CHECK 教案 SELF CHECK 1 Filling in blanks To test your study this week you are to fill in each blank on page 23 with a correct word given. Change the form if it is necessary. 2 Reading and writing You are going to read the article on page 23 first and then write a letter to the editor agreeing or disagreeing. Explain your reasons. While you are reading cut the sentences into thought groups and underline the expressions. 3. Helping and learning At our school, we sometimes have a special day/ to help others. Last year/ we went to an old people’s home/ and sang songs/ and performed a play /for them. The old people were very happy. We should be allowed/ to take time/ to do things/ like that/ more often. For example, we should visit primary schools/ and help teach young students. I want to be a teacher/ when I'm older/ so it would be a great experience/ for me. Other students would like to do other jobs. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants/ to write for a newspaper. She should be allowed/ to volunteer/ at the newspaper office/ once a week. On Friday afternoons, many students are sleepy/ after a long week of classes. Some students should be allowed/ to have Friday afternoons off/ to volunteer and help others.
Just for fun To end this busy period we shall take time to learn and read aloud an English poem for kids. My Feet
I love my feet. I think they're great, I think they're neat. They're pretty, pink, and picturesque. They look so perfect on my desk. Unfortunately, sad to tell, they also have a funny smell. So though I'm fast, and though I'm fleet, and though at sports I can't be beat, no team will pick me to compete, because they always smell defeat. --Kenn Nesbitt Reading: Should I be allowed to make my own decisions? Before you read, go over the new words for this part on 148. While you read, listen to the recording and underline all the expressions. Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these hobbies can get in the way of schoolwork, and parents might worry about their child's success at school. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want. Do you agree? Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old from Shandong, is a running star. He is in his school running team, and has always wanted to be a professional athlete. However, his parents won't allow him to train as much as he would like to. "Of course we want to see Liu Yu achieve his dreams,” says Mr Liu, “and we know how much he loves running. That's great, and my wife and I watched him in every one of his races. We have nothing against running! But we do think that our son needs to be realistic. Now he is getting older, he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn't become a professional runner in the end.” Liu Yu doesn't really agree. “Well, I think I should be allowed to make decisions for myself,” he says. “ My parents have always taught me the importance of working hard and not just to do what I enjoy. I understand this. But I'm serious about running. Being a professional runner is the only thing I have ever wanted to do.” Mr and Mrs Liu believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings, and so they don't allow him to practice running on school nights. “I know this might seem strict,” says Mrs Liu, “but we think we're doing the right thing. He has to understand that very few people can become professional athletes. It's a very difficult dream to achieve. We don't allow him to practice every day because we think he needs to spend time on his homework.” But Liu Yu still doesn't agree. “I know my parents care about me,” he says. “But they are always talking about what will happen if I don't succeed. But I will succeed! I think I should be allowed to make this decision myself. Only then will I have a chance of achieving my dream.” After you read, read aloud the text again, to yourself, or to the tape and copy down all the expressions, too. Part 2: Teaching Resources(第二部分:教学资源) The Trouble with Teenagers People now care more about what teenagers are thinking about and feeling because they know there are hard moments in the life of teenagers. Varieties of troubles are seriously puzzling teenagers, such as hard study, the gap between parents and kids, relationship between themselves and their classmates, teachers and friends. Among them, the problem of "the generation gap" has become more and more obvious. The argument on this is widely spread. Different people hold different views. But we cannot fail to admit the fact that there are no hearts as delicate as those of teenagers, as everything is happening to them for the first time. Teenagers are certainly different from adults in many ways. They don't know the right way in which they can make everyone happy and satisfied. They are certainly lack of experience. That's why parents are always complaining about their being misunderstood. They say, they love their kids so much as to do everything for them. Is that the true love their children want? No, teenagers say, the true love which they long for should contain courage, correct guide and support instead of endless complaints about marks, marks, marks and strong pressure. So the teenagers are now even said to have been leading a harder life. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven't learned how to be controlled. Living life right down the middle, with all its attendant landmines, is all they know. It hasn't occurred to them to run in a zigzag pattern. They are more emotional than people think. If something serious happens to them, they will be deeply hurt. You can always hear the voice from a teenager that they haven't learned enough how to appear to be fine. The adults have recognized that they should show more care for the teenagers, especially their school life. Teenagers have their own special way of thinking. I have also got my own troubles. My grandpa passed away in September last year, which has greatly changed my life. He was even one of my best friends ever since I was born. He lived with my family for the past 18 years, the happiest time in his eyes. I have never admitted his death as a fact till now. Things which happened between us have come to my mind. All over again, I felt those powerful losses crisscrossing my own heart, and I know that when you say goodbye to a beloved grandparent, you say goodbye to something happy, something young in yourself. And that something never really returns and the pain never really goes away. No matter how hard a life the teenagers are leading, they will forever stand still and march forward straight and bravely.
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