Teaching aims:

1 To form the reading habit

2 To master some reading skills

3 To develop emotional values

Teaching process:

Step1 The Relationships of all the main Characters.

Step2 The structure of the story

Background   ( Chapter__1___ to ___2___)

Development ( Chapter __3___ to ___8___)

Climax      ( Chapter __9___ to ___13___ )

Ending      ( Chapter __14___ to __15____ )

Step3 Review chapter 1-8

1. Read Chapter 1-2 (Background P13-17)

Fill in the blanks:

1. Penny is very sad because she has to say goodbye to               .
2. Penny’s father has to leave the village for the city because               .

2. Read Chapter 3-8 (Development P18-35)

(1) Which of the statements is true?

1. Penny can’t keep Socks in the apartment because of their family situation.

2. Penny doesn’t want to keep Socks because he is not lovely at all.

3. Penny goes to the park again to put Socks back into the rubbish bin.

4. Penny takes Socks to the park because she wants to find a new friend for him.

(2) Number the events in order of time.(按时间顺序)

(3) Retell this part according to the pictures.

Step4 Details of the story (chapter 9-15)

1. Read Chapter 9-13 (Climax P36-52)

(1) Write a T if the sentence is true or an F if it is false.

1. Penny runs away to the village.

2. Penny goes to see all her old friends in the village.

3. Penny and Socks hide in her old school.

   4. Penny has many friends at her new school.

5. Lucy watches the news and calls the police.

(2) Answer some questions.

1. Do Penny’s parents know if Penny is unhappy?
2. How did Penny’s classmates describe Penny?

3. Why can’t Penny buy food in the shop in the village?

(3) Which of the statements is true?

A. Penny enters the school in the village by breaking the back door.

B. Somebody forgets to take away the key to the school and leaves it on a hook.

C. The school in the village is like home to Penny because she has lots of good friends

here and she’s happy.

D. In the school kitchen, Penny finds some dog biscuits for Socks but he doesn’t want to

eat them at all.

4. Read Chapter 14-15 (Ending P53-59)

(1) Answer some questions.

1. Why are the police in the apartment?
2. Does Penny help Socks find a home?

(2) Number the events in order of time.(按时间顺序)

Step5 Summary of the Story

Use the simple present tense to fill in the blanks

Step6 Descriptions of the Characters

Step7 Further thinking

Step8 Homework

Write a book review.