【正文】 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. 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 the picture of the book and the second paragraph and guide the students discuss. W hat will you do? Can you guess if Liu Yu agrees or not? 2. So let’s see what Liu Yu’s opinion is. 3. Scan the reading to find more examples to prove under each heading. （ 1） Points that show Liu Yu’s parents care about him. （ 2） Points that show Liu Yu is unhappy with his parents. Step 3 Discussion Do you think Liu Yu should be allowed to practice running? Discuss in groups of four. Use the information in the reading to support your opinion. Step 4 Planning This is the last year that you study in junior school. Here’s a changce for you to talk about something on your food, health, study, hope or something else. 1. Write a schedule that plans their time for schoolwork and hobbies. 2. Ask students what the benefits are of a schedule like this. 3. Suggest students share their plans with their parents when they go home. Step 5 Summary Get the students sum up what they learnt. Step 6 Homework Write a short article with the title“ If I were parents” . 教學反思： 。 Unit 4 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes Period 1 Section A 1a2c Teaching aims: 1. Words and phrases: pierce, license, silly, earring, instead of, sixteenyearolds, parttime job, get sth. done, need to, spend time with 2. Sentence patterns: （ 1） —I don’t think sixteenyearolds should be allowed to drive. —I agree. They aren’t serious enough./I disagree. They… （ 2） —Do you think teenagers should…? —Yes, I do./No,I don’t. Difficulties: “Should be allowed to do” Teaching couses: Step 1 Leadin T: We need to municate with our friends and parents if we have different opinions with therm. But houw can we municate with them? Sometimes we have to obey our parents, sometimes we don’t. this class we’ll talk about what teenagers should do in daily life. Most of the middleschool students think they should be allowed to all the things they like, for example: （ by powerpiont） —choose their own clothes —go out with their friends —have parttime job —get their ears pierced —watch NBA matches —do volunteer work —drive a car —surf the Inter Ask: What do you usually do after school? Can you sruf the Inter at home after school? Divide the class in groups of four and talk about what they should be allowed to do at home. Present“can do