1、 Unit 7 Section A-2 Class Type Reading Objectives 1. To know and understand the poem about “mom knows best”.2. To discuss the meaning of the title after reading.Key structure1. When I was a tiny baby crying all night/ tired and hungry/ , my mom sang to me and stayed by my side/ give me food and warm
2、 arms to sleep in/ . 2. But I talked back loudly/ shouted back angrily. ,“I should be allowed to be eat some/ watch it”.1. Mom knows best, and for me she wanted only the best. Difficulties How to better understand the meaning of the poem about mom.Vocabulary Tiny, cry, field, hug, lift, badly, awful
3、, regret, poem, community, chance, educate, manage, societytalk back, keep away from, make ones own decisionPeriod 1ProcedureLead-in Revision. Ask Ss to translate some phrases into Chinese.Step 1 Enjoy a song: You Raise Me Up. Step 2 Free talk.Ask Ss to talk about the question: “When you have differ
4、ent opinions with your parents, how do you deal with that?”Step 3 Activity 3a.Let Ss read and discuss what the title of the poem means.Step 4 Activity 3b. Read again and answer the questions.Step 5 Free talk. 1. How do you get along with your parents? 2. Talk about one thing you disagree with them a
5、nd how you dealt with it.Step 6 Brainstorm.Introduce Ss about the meaning of the word “mother” and a poem for mother.Step 7 Watch a video.Step 8 Brainstorm.Introduce to Ss some sentences and famous sayings for our parents.Step 9 Language points: explain the key words and phrases in section A-2.Step 10 More exercises about the language points.
