2.　　　　　 So let’s see what Liu Yu’s opinion is.

1.　　　　　 Show the picture of the book and the second paragraph and guide the students discuss. What will you do? Can you guess if Liu Yu agrees or not?

2.　　　 Show the title-Should I be allowed to make my own decisions?

Ask the students’opinion. Do you agree with it or disagree?

Find out how many students in your group agree with you.

Step 2 Help

1.　　　 Show a short part of Liu Xiang’s competition, or NBA. Then ask students:

Do you like running or playing basketball? Do you have hobbies? What do you think of your hobbies? What about your parents? Do they agree with you? Do they support you?

2. Activating your language learning.

Teaching courses:

Step 1 Warming-up

1. Important points.

2.Daily English.

Teaching courses:

Step 1 Lead-in

T: In the last period we discussed something about Peter’s school rules. Some of us think they’re a little strict. What rules do you think are strict at school? Think them orer and discuss them in groups.

Talk about the school rules with the students.

T: OK. Who wants to tell us your opinion about what rules are strict at school?

S:…

T: Thank you. The rules you mentioned are stict for teenagers. As for uniforms, most of you don’t want to wear the same clothes as others. Do you agree? What do other people think of it? Look at 3a, Section B and find out.

Step 2 Reading (3a)

T: This article tells us some students’opinions on teenagers’ routine behavior such as wearing school uniforms, doing homework together, having longer vacations, being volunteers and so on. Please listen to the recoring and read after it. Pay attention to the author’s opinion.

Ask the students some questions on the text.

T: What do the students in the article think about the school uniforms?

　 What kind of clothes do they want to wear?

　 How do they like to study?

　 What are their ideas about vacations?

　 Why are they good for volunteers?

Ask the students to find some useful expressions in the passage,. Then make a list on the blackboard: get noisy, concentrate…on, at present, a good way to do sth., have an opportunity to do sth., be good for, learn from.

Step 3 Pairwork(3b)

T: It’s time for us to do some pairwork. You may use the information in 3a to have conversations.

A samples dialogue:

A: What school rules do you think should be changed?

B: Well, I think we should be allowed to wear sunglasses.

A: What’s the reason?

B: Yhey make us keep out of the sun and look cool.

Step 4 Writing(4)

T: Here is activity 4, Section B, we have a writing task. You and your friends are starting a new Saturday English club. Make a list of rules about what should and should not be allowed to do in your club.

Sample dialogue:

A: Menbers should be allowed to use dictionaries.

B: Yes, but they should only use English-English dictionaries.

Step 5 Practice(Self Check1,2)

T: Look at Part 1 in Self Check. First fill in the blanks with the correct words given, then make sentences with the words or phrases.

Check the answers with the whole class.

T: Read the article in 2. Write a letter to the editor agreeing or disagreeting according to the article.

Step 6 Homework

Review 3a and memorize the key points.

教学反思：

Period 5 Reading

Teaching aims and difficulties:

1.Reply, learn from, have an opportunity to do

2. (1)The other day, my friens and I talked about the rules that we have in school.

(2)Our teachers believe that if we did that, we would concentrate more on our clothes than our studies.

(3)-What school rules do yu think should be changed?

-Well, I think we should be allowed to …

Difficulties:

1. design, opportunity, volunteer, mess, reply, newsletter, concentrate on, at present, old people’s home