TeachingplanforUnit1Livingwell

Unit 1 Living well Book 7 the First Period Reading Teaching goals 1 Target language a new words eyesight ambition disabled beneficial in other words clumsy adapt microscope out of breath absence stupid fellow annoyed etc b important language structure but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability Every time I returned after an absence I felt stupid because I was behind the others All in all I have a good life 2 Ability goals Help students to learn about disability and life of the disabled Enable students to know that people with disabilities can also live well 3 Learning ability goals By talking about disability and life of the disabled students will learn some positive stories of the disabled This will help them understand more about how challenging life can be for the disabled 4 Teaching important points and Teaching difficult points How positive stories of the people with disabilities inspire others How to help students understand the difficulties the disabled have to overcome 5 Teaching methods Discussing explaining reading and practicing 6 Teaching procedures ways Step I Lead in Deal with Warming Up First ask students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to see how much they know about disabilities Then play some videos or show some photos of people with disabilities Students will be asked to discuss what the disabilities are and what difficulties they have to overcome in daily life Show the list of disabilities on the PowerPoint After discussion present the four pictures on Page 1 to students Step Pre reading Ask students to read the passage about Family village in pre reading carefully and find out the purpose of the website Then show the suggested answers on the PowerPoint Suggested answers 1 To give ordinary people with a disability the chance to share their stories with others 2 To inspire other disabled people 3 To get non disabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities Step Reading Deal with the reading passage 1 Scanning Ask students to scan the text and find problems Marty has in his life and what he does in spite of his disability Several minutes later students compare their information with each other in groups Then check the answer with the whole class Show some adjectives on the PowerPoint E g brave unlucky weak clumsy strong minded optimistic happy independent stupid Then Ss continue to discuss the next questions on Page 3 Deal with the next questions in the same way Suggested answers 1 Marty seems to be a fairly positive person who considers he has a good life He is realistic about his disability but does not let this stop him doing as much as he can He is a psychologically strong independent boy 2 Missing lots of school not being able to run around and play sports like other boys at his age people not understanding that he has a disability 3 Marty keeps busy doing things that do not require physical strength like computer programming He has friends with whom he can go to movies and football matches and he has lots of pets He also studies hard 4 They can accept people with disabilities like Marty for who they are rather than focus on their disability They can encourage them to live rich and full lives 5 Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else 6 Answers would vary 2 Careful reading Ask students to read the text carefully and then finish Ex3 on Page 4 Several minutes later check the answers with the whole class Suggested answers Paragraph 1 An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease Paragraph 2 How his disability developed Paragraph 3 Marty met a lot of difficulties at school Paragraph 4 How his life has become easier Paragraph 5 The advantages of his disease 3 Summary Ask students to work together to write a mini biography for Marty according to the text E g My mini biography Name Status Health Interests and Hobbies Ambition Motto A few minutes later show the sample on the PowerPoint Name Marty Fielding Status High school student Health developed a muscle disease at the age about 10 very weak cannot do things like normal people Interests and Hobbies Enjoying writing and computer programming Going to the movies and football matches when I am well enough Spending a lot of time with my pets two rabbits five mice a tank full of fish and a snake Ambition to work in the computer industry Motto live one day at a time 4 Explanation During this procedure play the tape for students Students will underline the difficult sentences After listening to the tape explain the text and deal with the language problems After listening to the tape explain the difficult sentence