Act One
A. Daniel and Eric talked
about the truth.
Act Two, Scene One B. Mom and Dad were angry with their children when they returned from vacation. Act Two, Scene Two C. The parents felt it hard to settle their quarrel with Daniel.
acts scenes Dialogues
(戏剧,歌剧的)一幕
(戏剧的)一场,(电影或戏剧 的)一个片断 对话,对白 舞台说明
instructions
A play usually consists of several acts(幕), and each act can have several scenes(场).
2. Supposed you were one of the two
children, what would you do? Would
you stay silent or would you offer an
explanation to your parents? Which is a better solution in your opinion? 3. What can we learn from this play?
4. Eric does not want to explain to their
parents. F T
5. The boys did not clean the house
because they went to the clinic. be stricter with Daniel. on Daniel. F 6. The mother thinks the father should they are too hard
to clean the house. When their parents returned a home , and found the room was in ____mess, with garbage all over, they at shouted_______Daniel angrily, which made Daniel angry. He ran into his bedroom and shut the door behind him____this made his father and angry, __________(think) Daniel was rude thinking _____them, and wouldn’t tolerate his bad to behaviour.
1. What are the boys doing when their
parents come home?
They are playing with a soccer ball. 2. How does the room look when the parents arrive home? The room is in a mess.
3. Why are the parents angrier with
Daniel than Eric? Because they left Daniel in charge. 4. What is the emergency that Eric wants to tell his parents about? The dog, Spot, was sick and they had to take him to the clinic.
1. Do you think Eric and Daniel will explain to their parents what has happened? Or, will the parents go and ask their children wh
1. Preview the language points.
2. Workbook, Page 94.
Reading a play
Reading a normal text
Things we should pay attention to:
dialogue 1. In the form of a ________ 2. Read the dialogue_______ aloud
3. Remember to pay attention to the instructions ___________
A dialogue
1.What is the play in the form of ? 2. In order to understand a play, what should we do?
Read the dialogue aloud ; Pay attention to the instructions
1. Have you ever had the kind of experience when your parents had to go away and leave you alone for several days?
2. Can you imagine what might
happen if you were left alone?
Performance
Now form a group of 5 students (2 girls and 3 boys). Each group prepares the play for 5 minutes and is ready to perform the play. And the following will help you understand characters better.
5. What does the father want to do with Daniel? The father feels like they have to punish Daniel or Daniel won’t respect them.
Match the main idea of each part.
Summary:
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容 （不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形 式Daniel and his little brother were_____charge of the house and the dog in Spot while their parents were____ on vacation._____________(unfortunate), Spot Unfortunately was ill, they had to use the cash/money their to take parents left them_________(take) it to the clinic, which _____made them have no time to
What happened to their dog, Spot? Spot was ill.
Read the sentences below and decide which ones are true (T) and which ones are false (F) according to the play.
Home alone
A play about Daniel and Eric who were left alone at home.
How can we read a play ?
Reading strategy
Please read the reading strategy on page 23 and answer two questions :
1. The boys do not expect their parents T to come back so early. like is starving 2. Spot, the dog, looks fullhe of life. F 3. Daniel’s parents thought still thinkhe of could him as act like an adult. F
Learning goals
• We’ll know how to read a play; • We’ll understand the main content of the play “Home alone ”; • We’ll get familiar with some new words such as “frightened, starve, deserve, sigh……”
Home Alone
Skimming & scanning
Read the play quickly and answer three questions. Who are the main characters in the play? Eric, Daniel, Mom and Dad. Why was Dad very angry with Daniel? Because the room was in a mess. / There was garbage all over the place.