1. Unit 2

2. Unit 2
Growing pains

3. Reading
Home alone

4. Lead-in Fast-reading Detailed-reading Post-reading Homework
Contents
Lead-in
Fast-reading
Detailed-reading
Post-reading
Homework

5. 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?

6. Home with Kids

7. Home Alone

8. Today we'll learn an English play
---A play about Daniel and Eric who were left alone at home.
What is a play?

9. Elements of a play acts; scenes dialogues (different styles of speech)
instructions

10. What is a play?
A play is a piece of writing which is intended to be performed in a theatre, on the radio or on television, and which consists of the words that a set of characters say. A play usually consists of several acts. Each act can have several scenes.

11. If we read a play, what things should we pay attention to?
Go through the Reading strategy and tell me how to read a play.
What’s the characteristics of a play?
2. Do you know how to read a play?

12. I. The characteristics of a play:
a. Most plays are in the form of a
dialogue to be spoken aloud.
b. Writers use different styles of speech. Casual speech is used，sometimes with incomplete sentences.

13. II. How to read a play
To read it out loud instead of
silently to better understand a play.
b. To pay attention to the
instructions or tips included in a
play.

14. Reading
a play
Reading a
normal text
different
1. In the form of a ________
2. Read the dialogue_______
3. Remember to pay attention to the ___________
dialogue
aloud
instructions
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15. Fast reading
1.Who are the main characters in the play?
2.Why do the parents get angry?
3.What really happened to their dog, Spot?
Eric, Daniel, Mum and Dad.
The room was in a mess.
Spot was ill.

16. Read the sentences below and decide which ones are true (T) and which ones are false (F) according to the play.
1. The boys do not expect their parents to come back so early.
2. Spot, the dog, looks full of life.
3. Daniel’s parents still think of him as an adult. T F F

17. 4. Eric does not want to explain to their parents.
5. The boys did not clean the house because they went to the clinic.
6. The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel. F T F
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18. Detailed reading
1. What are the boys doing when their
parents come home?
2. How does the room look when the
parents arrive home?
They are playing with a soccer ball.
The room is in a complete mess.

19. 3. Why are the parents angrier with
Daniel than Eric?
4. What is the emergency that Eric wants
to tell his parents about?
Because they left Daniel in charge.
The dog, Spot, was sick and they had to
take him to the clinic.

20. 5. What does the father want to do with
Daniel? What about the mother?
The father feels like they have to punish
Daniel or Daniel won’t respect them.
The mother thought maybe they were
too hard on Daniel.

21. Multiple choice This passage is mainly about ________.
A. What Mom and Dad did after they
returned from vacation.
B. What Daniel and Eric did at home.
C. the reason why the dog was tired and
hungry
D. a big quarrel an American family had

22. 2. Mom and Dad left Daniel in charge at
home because ______.
A. he was an adult
B. he was the youngest
C. they liked him very much
D. they thought he could take good care
of everything while they were away.

23. 3. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The children were very excited when their
parents came back a day earlier than
expected.
B. The children didn’t use the money for
themselves.
C. Daniel was left in charge at home while
their parents were away.
D. Eric wanted to tell his parents why had
happened, but Daniel said they didn’t
need to.

24. 4. The main reason for their quarrel is that
______.
A. Daniel was too rude.
B. Eric didn’t tell his parents what had
happened
C. the parents blamed Daniel without
giving him a chance to explain
D. Daniel and Eric didn’t behave well at
home.

25. Find the main idea of each part.
Daniel and Eric talked about the truth.
B. Mom and Dad were angry with their children when they returned from vacation.
C. The parents felt it hard to settle their quarrel with Daniel.
Act Two, Scene One
Act One
Act Two, Scene Two

26. Performance
Now form a group of 5 students (2 girls and 3 boys). Each group prepares the play for 5 minutes and is ready to perform the play. And two charts will help you understand characters better.

27. just coming back from vacation excited disappointed angry
Characters
Things they do
Feelings
Mom and Dad
Eric
Daniel
just coming back from vacation
excited
disappointed
angry
playing soccer at home
surprised and frightened
staying in another room
sorry
angry

28. Please read Act Two carefully and fill in the form.
Characters
Things they do
Feelings
Daniel
Eric
Mom
Dad
expressing his anger
angry
comforting his brother
calm
sorry and regretful
talking about the things that happened today
stubborn(固执)

29. Discussion
1. Do you think Eric and Daniel will explain to their parents what has happened? Or, will the parents go
and ask their children what has happened?

30. 2. Supposed you were one of the two
children, what would you do? Would
you stay silent or would you offer an
explanation to your parents? Which is
a better solution in your opinion?
3. What can we learn from
this play?

31. Match the words/phrase with meanings.
Word/phrase
Meaning
frightened (line 9)
starve (line 14)
fault (line 30)
afraid
be very angry
mistake

32. Word/phrase
Meaning
deserve
(line 42)
be hard on (line 51)
sigh
(line 56)
earn something because
of how you acted
be strict with
take in and then let out a long, deep breath when you are tired or sad

33. Answers D2: 1.________ 2. ___________ 3._____ 4. _______ 5. ________
3._____ _______ 5. ________
E: 1.__________ 2.___________
3.__________ 4.___________
5.__________ 6.___________
7.__________
garbage
behavior
tolerate
rude
teenager
explanation
supposed
cash
defend
Anyhow
clinic
emergency
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34. Post reading

35. Further discussion 1. Have your parents ever asked you to
make important decisions?
2. What do you think is the biggest cause of
problems between parents and teenagers?
3. What do you usually do when you have a
problem with your parents?

36. Describe what qualities or personality the
ideal parents should possess.
1. How do your parents usually deal with your wrong-doings? Are they too harsh?
2. How do you think good parents should treat their children? Should parents respect their children and value their opinions?
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37. 1. Finish Workbook, Page
2. Write a short passage about your ideal parents.