Unit 2 Growing Pains

read a play about an American family and two letter from a father and son

listen to a radio talk show

talk about problems common to teenagers

present a dialogue

write an advice letter

In this unit, we’ll

Do you know what Growing Pains means?

* Pains in the limbs and joints of children or adolescents, often attributed to rapid growth but arising from various unrelated causes. 发育时儿童或青少年腿部或关节的疼痛，常归因于快速的发育，但常因多种无关因素而产生。

* Emotional difficulties that occur during adolescence. 青少年时期出现的感情紊乱。

Definition in the dictionary:

What will we discuss in this unit ? We’ll discuss some problems about youngsters’ growing, especially the pains we got.

Have you ever seen the TV shows:

Growing Pains?

Word Poweradult respect quarrel argument

conflict interfere force influence

career peacefully extra resolve

obey disobey instruction handle

misunderstand unpleasant imagine

social activities generation gap scold

The expressions above which I told you yesterday may be used during your discussions today. Have you looked them up on your dictionary and mastered them now?

Questions about family relationship:How many people are there in your family?Do you love them? Have you ever shouted at them?Will you tell the truth to your mother or your father first when you do something wrong? Will you tell your parents the true mark if you fail in the exam?What will you do if you parents want you to do something you dislike?What will you do if your parents shout at you for something misunderstood?

Have you ever experienced any family problems like those? Can you tell us your own experiences?

Discuss in groups to imagine the situation of the picture, then describe it with your own words: ( team work: Create a short story about the picture)

Tom got home feeling very tired, and he just wanted to have a good relax.

When his families said hello to him, he said nothing and just went straight to his bedroom.

They didn’t ask him the reason though they were very confused.

After a while, his mother rushed into Tom’s room and shouted at him for the loud music coming from his room. ···

Example :

Discussion

Suppose you are facing the situation above, what will you do?

What can we see from the pictures?

Can you create a story about these pictures?

Do you feel like your parents try to force you to spend your spare time doing things you don’t like?When you have a problem and want to talk to someone, who do you choose to talk to? Why?Do you think things were different between your parents and grandparents than they are between you and your parents?

Discuss the following questions in groups:

Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your parents? Does the generation gap really exist? How do you overcome the gap?

Homework:

*　Write a story about your growing pain of your school life. (Over 100 words)

* 　 Don’t forget to recite the passage on page 18.

* Work in groups to collect the sentence patterns which are used to scold sb. for some reason.