Could you please clean your room？,Unit 3,Section B (2a-3b),chores,=housework,Pre-reading,2a,Discuss the questions with your partner.,What do you often do to help your parents at home? Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?,Whats your opinion?,study hard,do chores,or,Discuss: Why is that?,Interview（采访）,A reporter from Sunday Mail magazine is interviewing you and your parents! You can choose to be your father or mother. And say what you think about kids doing chores at home.,You can use these questions: May I ask you some questions? Do you do housework at home? Does your child help out with housework? Do you think children should do some chores at home? Why do you think so?,3a,The Sunday Mail magazine,Dear Sir, I dont understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They dont have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. Could we just let them do their job as students? They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so theres no need for them to do it now. It is the parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. I dont mind doing them. Mr. Smith,Dear Sir, I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. Its not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. Theyre always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores helps to develop childrens Independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents. They should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbors son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. Ms. Miller,letters,signature（署名）,salutation （称呼）,body（正文）,Be a smart reader!,The Sunday Mail magazine invited parents to write about whether young people should do chores at home. Skim the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees?,Dear Sir, I dont understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They dont have time to study and do housework, too. Housework is a waste of their time. Could we just let them do their job as students? They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. Also, when they get older, they will have to do housework so theres no need for them to do it now. It is the parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children. And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. I dont mind doing them. Mr. Smith,Dear Sir, I think it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. Its not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much .Theyre always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores helps to develop childrens Independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents. They should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbors son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. Ms. Miller,2b,disagree,agree,Topic sentence,reasons,conclusion,Skimming This means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading every word. It is still a good idea to read the first sentence in each paragraph a little more carefully.,Scan Letter 1 and underline why Mr. Smith thinks that kids shouldnt do chores at home.,Housework is a waste of childrens time. Kids should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. Theres no need for kids to do housework now. It is parents job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for children. He doesnt mind doing chores.,Scan Letter 2 and underline why Ms. Miller thinks that kids should do chores at home.,Doing chores helps to develop childrens independence and Doing chores helps kids to understand the idea of fairness. Kids should know that everyone should do their part in keeping the house clean and tidy. The example Conclusion(结论) The earlier kids le