Reading Comprehension

Teaching objectives:

To develop students’ ability of reading a play

To know about American family life and problems that happen between American teenagers and their parents

To form a positive attitude towards solving problems between teenagers and parents

Important and difficult points:

Learn to analyze the emotions of each character from the instructions of the play.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Greetings

  Greet the students as usual.

Step 2 Lead-in:

Get students to think about the following questions:

Have you ever watched the famous American TV comedy “Growing Pains”?

Could you list some of the members of the family? (Show them a photo and tell them the family members.)

What do you think of the play?

If you were left alone, can you imagine what might happen?

Step 3 Reading