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Unit 3 Section B Period 2 (2aSelf Check) Is it cool to make kids do chores? Do your classmates have any house chores? What can your classmates learn from doing chores? How can you make chores more fun? Discuss the questions with your partner. 2a 1. 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? The letter from Ms. Miller disagrees。 the letter from Mr. Smith agrees. 1. Ms. Miller thinks kids should do chores at home. 2. According to Ms. Miller’s letter, she doesn’t think housework is 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 2c According to Ms. Miller and Mr. Smith, what are the pros and cons about kids doing chores? Pros Cons Doing chores helps to develop children’s independence. Housework is a waste of children’s time. It teaches them how to look after themselves. Children already have enough stress from school. Pros Cons It helps them to understand the idea of fairness. It is good for their future. They have no time to study and do housework. Their job now is to be students. They will do housework in the future. It is the parents’ job to provide a clean and fortable environment at home for their children. 2d Write one sentence with each phrase from the l