1、Unit 1 Living well Period 1 Warming Up，Prereading and Reading 教材分析 Warming Up is made up of two parts：discussing and talking.The purpose is to get students interested in the topic “disabilities”The teacher first asks students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to see how much
2、they know about disabilities.Next，ask students to look at the pictures and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability.Finally，find out what disability they might have according to each description below the picture.Meanwhile，make sure students learn some useful new
3、words and expressions in this unit. Prereading provides a short passage about a website called “Family Village”Ask students to read it and find out the purpose of the website.Make sure the students have a basic knowledge of the website for the disabled. The reading passage Martys Story presents a st
4、ory that although Marty is a disabled boy，he never feels sorry for himself and he leads a good and busy life.This is the key part of this unit.The teacher can first get students to skim for the main idea of each paragraph in the reading passage，and then scan for further understanding.In order to let
5、 students fully understand the passage while reading，the teacher should analyze the change of Martys feeling over time and next guide students to write a mini biography for Marty. To consolidate the contents of the reading passage，the teacher will present some poems to students for appreciation. 三维目
6、标 知识目标 1Get students to learn the useful words and expressions in this unit. eyesight，ambition，disabled，beneficial，in other words，clumsy，adapt，microscope，out of breath，absence ，stupid，fellow，annoyed ，all in all，industry，tank，make fun of，encouragement，adapt to 2Help students to learn about disabiliti
7、es and life of the disabled. 能力目标 1Let students read the passage Martys Story to develop their reading ability. 2Enable students to know that people with disabilities can also live well. 情感目标 1By talking about disabilities and life of the disabled，make sure students can learn some positive stories o
8、f the disabled. 2Help them understand more about how challenging life can be for the disabled. 3Develop students sense of cooperative learning. 教学重点 Get students inspired by positive stories of the people with disabilities. 教学难点 1Develop students reading ability. 2Help students understand the diffic
9、ulties the disabled have to overcome. 教学方法 1Taskbased teaching and learning. 2Cooperative learning. 教 学 过 程 Step 1 Warming up 1Warming up by discussing First ask students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to see how much they know about disabilities.Then show some photos of p
10、eople with disabilities.Students will be asked to discuss the following questions in small groups. Do you know any famous people who are disabled? What difficulties do they have to overcome in daily life? What have they achieved? Suggested answers： Steven Hawking has a muscle disease，but he makes gr
11、eat contributions in science and puts forward his theory about black holes. Beethoven was deaf in one ear when he was 26 and totally deaf at the age of 35，but he was a great composer. Helen Keller was deaf and blind，but she was a great writer. 2Warming up by talking First，ask students to look at the
12、 pictures and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability.Next，work with partners to talk about what disability they might have according to each description below the picture. Suggested answers： Rosalyn is in a wheelchair.She has walking difficulty. Richard has diff
13、iculty with eyesight，so he cant read the questions or write the answers for his college entrance exams. Sally has hearing problems (though not deaf as she can still understand loud speech in the cinema) Gao Qiang was born with Downs Syndrome，which is a mental disability.Some Douns Syndrome Downs Suf
14、ferers have made a good career as actors. Step 2 Prereading Ask students to read the short paragraph in Prereading carefully and find out the purpose of the website “Family Village” Suggested answers： 1To give ordinary young people with a disability a chance to share their stories with others. 2To i
15、nspire other disabled people. 3To get nondisabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities. Step 3 Reading 1Skimming Give students 2 minutes；ask them to read the passage fast to fill in the blanks： Sum up the main idea of each paragraph： Paragraph 1：A(
16、n)_ to Marty and his muscle disease. Paragraph 2：How the disease _. Paragraph 3：Marty met a lot of _ at school. Paragraph 4：How his life has become _. Paragraph 5：The _ of his disease. Suggested answers： Paragraph 1：An introduction _to Marty and his muscle disease. Paragraph 2：How the disease develo
17、ped/started. 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. 2Scanning for detailed information Ask students to read the passage carefully to locate the detailed information. (1)First ask students to read p
18、aragraph one and complete the chart below. Disease Difficulties Motto Suggested answers： Disease A muscle disease that makes him very weak. Difficulties He cant run or climb stairs as quickly as other people.Sometimes he is clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. Motto Live one day at a time.
19、 (2)Next read paragraphs two and three and choose the best answer. Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Martys leg? ABecause they could cure the disease by cutting it out. BBecause they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本) CBecause they would transplant( 移植) the new muscle. DBecause they
20、 wanted to find out the cause of the disease. Key：D (3)Read paragraph four and answer the following questions： What is Martys ambition? What is Martys achievement? What is Martys hobby? Suggested answers： Martys ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software when he grows up. Marty i
21、nvented a computer football game and a big company decided to buy it from him. As well as going to the movies and football matches with his friends，he spends a lot of time with his pets.He has two rabbits，a parrot，a tank full of fish and a tortoise. (4)Ask students to find Martys advice in paragraph
22、 five. Suggested answers： Dont feel sorry for the disabled.Dont make fun of them. Dont ignore them.Accept them for who they are. Encourage them to live as rich and full a life as healthy people do. Step 4 Consolidation 1Ask students to read the whole passage and choose the best answers. (1)Which of
23、the following is false? AAlthough there are a few students who look down upon him，Marty never gets annoyed. BMarty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled. CMarty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends. DMartys disability has made him more independent. (
24、2)From the passage we can infer that _. AMarty asks others to feel sorry for him BMarty never loses heart CMarty is afraid of being made fun of DMarty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger psychologically Keys： (1)C (2)B 2Ask students to work together to write a mini biogra
25、phy for Marty according to the text. My mini biography Name Status Health Interests and Hobbies Ambition Motto Suggested answers： My mini biography Name Marty Fielding Status High school student Health Developed a muscle disease at the age of 10，very weak，cannot do things like normal people My mini
26、biography Interests and Hobbies Enjoying writing and computer programming Going to the movies and football matches with friends Spending a lot of time with my petstwo rabbits，a parrot，a tank full of fish and a tortoise Ambition To work for a firm that develops computer software Motto Live oneday at
27、a time 3.Discuss in pairs to get the main idea of the passage by filling in the blanks. Though he is a _ person， Marty never feels _ for himself and he _ his life. Suggested answers：disabled；sorry ；enjoys Step 5 Discussion 1Ask students to discuss the following questions in small groups. (1)How did
28、Martys feeling changed over time? (2)What kind of person do you think Marty is？Can you use adjective words to describe him? Suggested answers： (1)The change of Martys feeling over time： hopefulhopelessstupidnot get annoyedgood/busy (2)We can see Marty is optimistic/brave/independent/strongminded. 2S
29、how a video of “Qianshou Guanyin” to the students and encourage them to remember the famous saying：“Where there is a will，there is a way.” Step 6 Appreciation Ask students to read two poems for appreciation when facing obstacles in the future. Facing Obstacles (Two poems by Tom Krause) The Heart of
30、the Strong Strong is the heart that knows not the way of comfort and ease while living each day. Yet continues to believe from the depths of its soul that the future is destined to silver and gold. Strong is the heart whose yearning is waned by storms in life filled with heartache and pain. Yet stil
31、l gives its alleverything that it can in search of a dreamGods ultimate plan. When there is a victorywhen battles are won when burdens are lifted and bright shines the sun when struggling souls gatherwhere heroes belong they find in themselvesthe heart of the strong. Carry On At times when you feel
32、troubled when your happiness is gone look to the heart within you for the strength to carry on. In your heart you will find special virtues such as faith and hope and love. These gifts have been sent down to you from a power up above. It is faith that keeps the soul searching for the joy the heart h
33、opes for. It is love that heals the spirit making it stronger than before. And if your heart be broken if your strength should fade away the power of these virtues will still win out the day. So remember when you are troubled when your happiness is gone look to the heart within you for the strength to carry on. Step 7 Homework 1Retell Martys Story according to the mini biography. 2Surf the Internet to learn more about the life of disabled people.
