Unit 2 Growing pains Project Reading Speaking Writing,Teaching aims,After learning this part, students will be expected: 1. to improve their ability to find useful information quickly from a passage. 2. to have a better understanding of growing pains. 3. to be able to write an article about growing pains or make a dialogue.,Step One,Check the preview (预习检查）,1. 他们正在经历的变化 2. in other ways 3.失去控制 4.很难相信 5.感到孤独和被误解,feel lonely and misunderstood,the changes they are going through,在其他方面；用别的方式,go out of control,be very difficult to believe,6.把当做 7.对感到困惑 8.伴随着这些生理变化 9.往往会 10.想找个人说说话,think of as,be confused with (mistake A for B; confuse A with B),along with these physical changes,tend to do sth.,want someone to talk towith,11.不费吹灰之力做某事 12.融入社会 13.depend on sb. to do sth. 14.渴望独立 15.be traded for 16. badly want,have no difficulty (in) doing sth.,fit in society,desire independence,指望某人做某事,转换成,非常想要,Step Two,Free Talk,What is your growing pains?,Mom, Stop！,Growing pains : Parents dont _us. /Parents dont show_for us.,trust,respect,Too rude!,Growing pains : Parents are_on us and they will punish us if we _the exam. /We must devote ourselves to study and achieve _ in evey examination.,hard,fail in,high grades,My God! Too difficult!,Growing pains : The problems in the exam are _me. /It it difficult for me to _,too difficult for,work out all the problems.,Do you share the following feelings during adolescence?, I can not sleep well at night. I can not fix my attention in class. My friends always misunderstand me. I cant get on well with my classmates. It is really confusing that although I am the only child in my family , my parents are too strict with me and they dont care about what I am thinking about at all. Its easy for me to become sad, worried and tired. I dont like physical changes, which make me feel ashamed. My classmates look down upon me and I find its hard to communicate with them. I am so fat that nobody will like me.,I. Skimming,Look through the text and try to answer the following questions:,What are the three different kinds of growing pains talked about in the article?,Step Three,kinds of growing pains: 1: physical changes 2: psychological changes 3: how to fit in society,1.Divide the text into three parts and get the main idea of each part.,Part 1: Para _ to _ (many teenagers feel _ and are _ _ many changes. These changes are part of _),Part 2: Para _ to_ (_ changes and _ changes happen inside teenagers. They become _ and want to know how to _ _ society.),Part 3: Para _ (growing pains do not _),1,2,lonely,going through,adolescence,3,5,physical,psychological,confused,fit in,6,last,. Scanning,Part 1,part3,Part2,Structure of the article,Introduction,Analysis,Conclusion,提出问题分析问题解决问题,understands,beyond,Physical,distant,question,common,wisely/cleverly/correctly .,independence,gone,Task-based reading,Conclusion,Step Four,Group work,Useful words and phrases,growing pains as if go through out of control along with think of sth. as deal with depend on oneself feel distant fit in society desire independence have difficulty（in）doing sth. feel lonely and misunderstood,Task 1 In your group, discuss the following question to make a dialogue: 1. Which kind of growing pains causes you the most anxiety(焦虑)? Why? 2. Do you have any good advice to deal with the growing pain you are faced with? Task 2 write an article including: 1: the problems you are facing with 2: the ways to deal with them 3: the attitudes towards them,Presentation,good advice:,No pains, no gains. Stay optimistic./Accept what you are. Make friends and communicate with them. Talk with your parents when having difficulties. Go with the flow.,advice,Growing up isnt a bad thing actually. It is a natural part of our life, and everyone needs to experience it. In the other way, all of the experiences will be the best memories in our life, even growing pains. So, never be afraid of any growing pains. Just remember and believe ”I will be the best! Im the best!” Then, nothing can stop your footstep of growing up. Believe in yourself, that will make every thing easy; Try your best, that will make every thing successful!,We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely Some of us are worried about our physical imperfections, which makes us so upset. I have to mention that beauty is in the eye of beholders. The best way to overcome this problem is to ignore it. Some of us are concerned about not having enough friends and sometimes being ignored by others. In the case, dont blame the others, try to communicate well and make friends with all people. I know that academic pressure are crowding in on some of you, and a school report card may som