Unit 3 Could you please clean your room?,Section B Period 2 (2a-Self Check),Should parents ask their children to do chores?,Discuss the questions with your partner.,2a,What do you often do to help your parents at home? 2. Do you think kids should help out with chores at home?,2b,Skim the following letters. Which one agrees and which one disagrees?,Mark True or False.,1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home. 2. According to Ms. Millers letter, she thinks housework is not a waste of kids time. 3. Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith have different ideas on doing chores. 4. Mr. Smith thinks it is useful to do chores.,F,F,T,T,Read by yourself,Read 2b by yourself, underline the difficulties.,Discuss in your group and write down your groups problem on the blackboard.,Task 1 （5 minutes）,Task 2 （10 minutes）,Intensive Reading (精读),2c,According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores?,2d,Write one sentence with each phrase from the letters.,1. a waste of time _ 2. there is no need forto _ 3. do not mind _ 4. spend time on _ 5. in order to _ 6. it is not enough to _ 7. the earlier the better _,2e,Discuss the questions with a partner.,1. Which letter do you agree with? Why? 2. What would you say to the person who wrote the letter you dont agree with?,Self Check,Make a list of chores using these verbs.,1. do _ 2. clean _ 3. make _ 4. fold _ 5. sweep _ 6. take out _,1,Are these polite requests or permissions? Write the numbers in the correct places in the chart.,1. Could you please do your homework? 2. Could I watch TV? 3. Could you take out the rubbish first? 4. Could I use your computer? 5. Could I leave now? 6. Could you come back before nine?,2,Language points,take care of 意为“照看；照顾”，相当于 look after，其后可直接接名词或代词作宾语。如： Hes old enough to take care of himself. 他长大了，能照顾自己了。,take care 意为“当心；保重”。如： You must take care in busy city streets. 在繁忙的城市街道上你必须要当心。,3a,Do you think children should do some chores at hoe? Why or why not? Discuss this with a partner and take notes.,3b,Write a letter to the Sunday Mail and express your opinion.,Dear Sir or Madam, I think/believe that _ I agree/disagree that _ I think it is fair/unfair for children to _ I think children should/should not _ Because _ For example, they should/should not _ Because _ Yours truly, _,Writing,Finish 3b,