选修7
Unit 1 Living well
梁善清
I.单元教学目标
技能目标Goals
▲Learn about Disability and Life of disabled people ▲Talk about Disability and Life of disabled people
▲Practise Introduction and Wishes &congratulations ▲Revise the Infinitive
▲Write a letter of suggestion
II.目标语言
功能句式1.Introduction
I’d like to introduce you to…
I’d like you to meet…
May I introduce…?
Pleased to meet you.
It’s nice to meet you.
2.Wishes &congratulations Congratulations.
All the best.
I’m proud of you.
I wish you success.
Good luck.
Well done.
I’m very impressed by your performances. You have my best wishes.
I’m very pleased for you.
I Hope it goes well for you. That’s wonderful/amazing.
词汇1.四会词汇
disability, disabled, eyesight, drum, movie, ambition, beneficial, clumsy, adapt, motto, microscope, breath, absence, stupid, fellow, annoy, annoyed, industry, tank, independent, encouragement, conduct, politics, literature, resign, handkerchief, assistance, companion, latter, congratulate, graduation, certificate, architect, basement, elder, elderly, dignity, accessible, bare
2.认读词汇
Rada, Barry, Sally, Marty, overhear, Killmanjaro, Qomolangma, admiration, remarkable, Sanders, earphone, impair, italic, community
3. 词组
in other words, out of breath, all in all, make fun of , all the best, in particular 4.重点词汇
disability, disabled, adapt, annoy, conduct, congratulate, accessible
结构Revise the Infinitive
The infinitive can be used
1. as the subject
2. as the predicative,
3. as the object
4. as the object complement
5. as the adverbial
6. as the attribute
重点句子I have learned to adapt to my disability.
Every time after a long absence from school, I feel really stupid because I am a bit behind the others.
All in all, I have a good life.
Just accept them for whom they are and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.
The First Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language目标语言:
a. 重点词汇和短语
eyesight, drum, ambition, disabled, beneficial, in other words, clumsy,
adapt , out of breath, absence, stupid, fellow, annoyed, all in all, independent, make fun of, encouragement
b. 重点句型
1. I have to adapt to my disability.
2. All in all, I have a good life.
3. Every time after a long absence from school, I feel really stupid because I am a bit
behind the others.
4. Just accept them for whom they are and give them encouragement to live as rich
and full a life as you do.
2. Ability goals能力目标
Help students to learn about disabilities and life of the disabled. Enable students to realize people with disabilities can also live well
3. Learning ability goals学能目标
By talking about disabilities and life of the disabled, students will learn some positive stories of the disabled. This will help students understand more about how challenging life can be for the disabled.
Teaching important points教学重点
How positive stories about the people with disabilities inspire others.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
How to help student understand the difficulties the disable have to overcome.
Teaching methods教学方法
Discussing, explaining, reading and practising
Teaching aids教具准备
Multimedia computer
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step I Leading in
Deal with Warming up. Play some videos of people with disabilities for students to
watch. Then ask them to discuss what the disabilities are and what difficulties they
have to overcome in daily life.
T: Good morning /afternoon, class!
Ss: Good morning/ afternoon, Mr. /Ms…
T: In this class we are going to learn about disabilities and the life of the disabled.
s watch some short videos. Then discuss in groups what the disabilities are
First let’
and what difficulties they have to overcome in daily life.
After the discussion, Teacher will present the four pictures on Page 1 to students.
T: Quite right. Disabilities can be visible or invisible. People with invisible
disabilities don’t look disabled. Depression, sleep disorders and learning difficulty are invisible disabilities. No matter what disability one has, life is not easy. They have
many difficulties to overcome, but please keep in mind they can also live well, even
achieve great success. Now look at the pictures, how do they look?
Ss: They look happy and satisfied. They are smiling.
T: Yes, they are. But all of them are disabled. Can you guess what their disability
might be?
S1: …
S2: …
……
T: OK, please remember there are many disabled people in the world. They are part of
the world. They also have rights to enjoy life. Would you like to learn more about them
and try to do something for them? Here is a website “Family village”. From here w can learn some positive stories about the disabled.
Step II Pre-reading
Ask students to read the pre-reading carefully and find out the purpose of the website.
Then show the suggested answer on the PowerPoint.
Suggest answer:
1. To give ordinary young 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 III Reading
Deal with the reading part.
Scanning
Ask the students to scan the text and find problems Marty have in his life and what he
does in spite of his disability.
T: First I’d like you to do the scanning and then fill in the chart with the information
you get from the text. After you have finished, please compare with your partner.
Several minutes later, students compare their information with each other in groups.
Then check the answer with the whole class.
T: From this chart we can have a clear image of Marty. What kind of person is Marty?
You may discuss in groups. You may refer to the adjectives on the PowerPoint.
Show some suggested adjectives on the PowerPoint.
brave, unlucky, weak, clumsy, strong-minded, optimistic, happy, independent, stupid
T: Ok. You are right. Though Marty has a muscle disease, which causes many
difficulties to his life, he still lives well. He is living a busy and satisfying life. He is
very optimistic. Then continue to discuss the next two questions on Page3.
Deal with the next two questions in the same way.
Suggested answers:
1. I think Marty is very optimistic. He is strong and independent. He has learned to
enjoy life.
2. I think when others make fun of him or feel sorry for him, he may feel hurt and get
annoyed.
3. Maybe at the beginning I will feel very low and disappointed, but Marty’s sto will encourage me to overcome the difficulties. I will learn to adapt to the disability
and try to live a positive and satisfying life.
Careful reading
Ask students to read the text carefully and then finish Ex3 on Page 4.
s read the text again and try to sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
T:Now let’
Several minutes later check the answers with the whole class.
Suggested answers:
Paragraph 1: I have a muscle disease, which is very unusual.
Paragraph 2: No one knows how the disease develops.
Paragraph 3: The difficulties I have in daily life.
Paragraph 4: My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am.
Paragraph 5 All in all, I have a good life.
Paragraph 6: People with disabilities can also live well.
s read Paragraph 4-6 again. Then we will deal with Ex4 on Page 4. Please
T:Now let’
think actively. Then we will check the answers together.
Suggested answers:
1. He has a busy life and has many hobbies. When he is well, he goes to the movies
and football matches with his friends. He keeps pets. He spends a lot of time to look
after his pets and he also gets a lot of enjoyment out of his pets. He also has a lot of
study to do.
2. Don’t feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them, and don’t ignore them e Just accept them for who they are and give them encouragement to live a good life as
non-disabled people.
3. Because Marty is strong-minded and independent. His efforts have gained his
respect and understanding. So they have learned to accept him for
fellow students’
Summary
Ask students to work together to write a mini biography for Marty according to the text.
s time for you to work in groups and write
s story. Now it’
T: Now we’ve finished Marty’
a mini biography for him.
My Mini bio
Name:
Status:
Health:
Interests and Hobbies:
Ambition:
Motto:
A few minutes later show the sample on the PowerPoint.
My Mini bio
Name: Marty Fielding
Status: H igh school student
Health: developed a muscle disease at the age about 10, very weak, cannot do things like normal people
Interests and Hobbies:
Enjoys 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
To study
Ambition: to work in the computer industry
Motto: live one day at a time
During this procedure Teacher will play the tape for students. Students will underline
the difficult sentences. After listening to the tape, Teacher will explain the text and
deal with language problems.
T: Now we will deal with some difficult language focuses. Now I will play the
recording of the text for you. Please make a mark where you have difficulties.
After listening to the tape, explain the difficult sentences to students. Before
explaining the difficult points, students are asked to refer to the notes to the text on
Page86-87.
T: Do you have any difficulties with the text?
S1:Could you please explain the sentence to us:I have learned to adapt to my
disability.
T: Before he developed the disease, he could run or climb the stairs as quickly as
other people. But after he had the disease, he becomes very weak, so he cannot run
very fast. It takes time for him to get used to slow pace. Besides this the disease has
brought many other difficulties to him, he has to get used to living with the disease.
So we can understand it like this: I have got used to living with the disease. Do you
have any other questions?
Ss: No.
s story, what have you learned from?
T: This is a very inspiring story. From Marty’
get annoyed just
S1: We should be patient with people with disabilities. We shouldn’t
because they are slow.
S2: We shouldn’t feel sorry for them. That might hurt them.
S3: We should help them in a clever way.
S4: We should encourage them when they feel down.
……
tisfying.
S8: Just having a disability doesn’t mean your life is not sa
T: I’m very glad all of you have learned something from the story. Please remember
everyone can live well even if he has a disability. If you’d like to learn more about life of disabled people, please surf the internet.
Step IV Homework:
Retell Marty’s story according to the mini bio.
Surf the internet to learn more about the lif e of disabled people.