Section b Parent talk Teaching Objectives After finishing studying Section B, Ss should be able to Understand the main idea(the parents see through the problems with their daughter and make efforts to understand how young people feel and why they act in a certain way so as to find answers to the problems. Be familiar with one of the important reading skills: Distinguishing Between Facts and have a good command of the important words, expressions and grammatical structures in the text eaching Procedure(two period 1. Pre-reading activities 1. 1 Two or three Ss give oral presentation of the report on Generation Gap 1.2 Ss give examples for the following words and phrases(assigned in the last period) upset, rid, radical, in peace and quiet, get rid of, go too far, talk over 2. While-reading Activities 2. 1 Ss skim for the answers to the following questions to see how much they understand the text 1)Why cant Jane and Steve concentrate on reading? (They are worried about their daughter. 2) Why does jane say they should feel lucky? (The biggest problem with their daughter is only makeup, which, compared with that of other teenagers, is not a big problem.) 3)Which sentences in the conversation show that Jane is trying to understand her daughter? (L8:... different music appeals to different generations L23: I suppose they re expressing their identity L30: Every generation seems to need to identify itself. L36 Oh. i dont think her music is so terrible. i like it 38: You know I like loud, weird music. 4)What do we know about Steve?1-2 7 Section B Parent Talk TeachingObjectives After finishing studying Section B, Ss should be able to ·Understand the main idea (The parents see through the problems with their daughter and make efforts to understand how young people feel and why they act in a certain way so as to find answers to the problems. ) ·Be familiar with one of the important reading skills: Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions ·have a good command of the important words, expressions and grammatical structures in the text Teaching Procedure (two periods) 1. Pre-reading Activities 1.1 Two or three Ss give oral presentation of the report on Generation Gap 1.2 Ss give examples for the following words and phrases (assigned in the last period): upset, rid, radical, in peace and quiet, get rid of, go too far, talk over 2. While-reading Activities 2.1 Ss skim for the answers to the following questions to see how much they understand the text by preview: 1) Why can’t Jane and Steve concentrate on reading? (They are worried about their daughter.) 2) Why does Jane say they should feel lucky? (The biggest problem with their daughter is only makeup, which, compared with that of other teenagers, is not a big problem.) 3) Which sentences in the conversation show that Jane is trying to understand her daughter? (L8: … different music appeals to different generations. L23: I suppose they’re expressing their identity… L30: Every generation seems to need to identify itself. L36: Oh, I don’t think her music is so terrible. I like it. L38: You know I like loud, weird music.) 4) What do we know about Steve?