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Invest in love 教学设计

高二英语 谭瑞霞

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I've gone through a divorce within the last year and my two children, Daniel and Madison, they are now, my greatest joy. Madison came into my office not long ago and she said, “Hey, Dad, what’s going on?” I said, “Hey, How are you?” I was preparing to go on a trip out of town and I was busy scurrying around. I was not totally focused on her, and she says to me, “Daddy, I see you're busy. I'll just come back later.” I said, “ Okay, baby girl,” “and I get on the plane later on and it hit me that I missed a moment for spending the quality time with my baby girl because I was emotionally clueless, and emotionally unavailable because I was so busy trying to make so much money that my ladder was against the wrong wall, and their mother said to me you give everybody the best of you but you give us the rest of you, and I don’t want the leftovers anymore.

And what I recognized, that I was modeling something for Daniel and Madison that you got to go after it , you got to get all this stuff, and I had the house, but I lost the home. I had success, but I had no significance. I had power, but I had no purpose, and I had money, but I have no meaning.  What I discovered is that if I continue to model that behavior for my baby girl, she would marry a joker like me who ignored her like her daddy did. So what I recognize is that I had to move from hearing Madison to listening to Madison because the same letters that spell the word “listen” spell the word “silent”. And when I have that time with my baby girl, I’m dialing in “How are you?” And I’m modeling something for her brother as to how he’s supposed to treat a woman. Women don't need us to fix anything, they just wanna know we are mostly available and emotionally dialed in to know where they are.

Learning aims:（学习目标）

1. Students are supposed to grasp the theme of the speech after watching it twice, thus developing their ability of understanding.

2.Students are expected to further understand the speech through reading, as well as learn the usage of difficult language points with the help of partners.

3.Students are encouraged to continue the story in the form of a role play, and learn to put what they have learned into practice.

Learning difficult points:（学习重难点） Some long and native sentences might be difficult for the students, so group-work is encouraged.

Learning procedures:（学习过程）

Step 1:Warming-up（热身，导入话题）

Students will be shown some pictures and asked some questions to lead to the topic: money

Or family? Which is more important?

Step 2:Watching and Speaking （看&说）

    Students will be shown the video twice , each with a question in mind: What is the man’s choice? Family or money? What made the father change his attitude towards his kids?

Step 3:Reading for further understanding.（阅读加深理解）

Task 1:Detailed changes of Father's attitudes towards his kids

Task 2: Discuss with your partners for further understanding.

1....I was emotionally clueless, and emotionally unavailable ...my ladder was against the wrong wall.

=When my daughter needed me ______________(情感上)，i  was always_________________and have no idea__________________.

I was so busy that my ________________was in the wrong place.

2.... because the same letters that spell the word “listen” spell the word “silent”.

= When someone is talking, we should_______________(倾听)him____________, and we' d better keep____________to show our respect.

3. Write something following the pattern: （句式仿写）

I have..., but i have no...

I have..., but i have no...

I have..., but i have no...

Task 3:

      Can you choose the best title for the speech?

      A.Marriage or money.

      B. Invest in love.

      C. The change of attitude.

Step 4: Role play （表演未来的场景）

Imagine a daily scene of the family in the future and act it out .

Step 5:Discussion:（学以致用）

    How to invest your love(time, attention, energy...) in your daily life?

Step 6:Homework（作业）

Write a short composition about “Which counts more, money or relationships?”