江西省南昌市湾里区第一中学人教版高中英语选修七Unit1 warming up and reading 教案

Unit 1 Living Well
教学设计
Period 1: Warming up and Reading
Teaching Aims
To learn something about disabilities and life of disabled people
To read about disabilities and life of disabled people. The students should know that people with disabilities can also live well
Teaching Procedures
Step I. Warming up
Warming up by defining:
Before we read about disabilities let’s try to define it first.
●What is disability? How many different types of disabilities do you know?
Warming up by talking:
In groups of four talk about what you know about disabilities. Use these words in the above box to support your talk.
Talking about disabilities
Talking about famous people with disabilities Reference One
Look at the pictures and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability. The following list might help you.
mental disability learning difficulty hearing problem difficulty with eyesight brain injury loss of an arm or leg Down's Syndrome infantile paralysis walking difficulty
Step II. Pre-reading
Ask students to read the pre-reading carefully and find out the purpose of the website. Discuss with a partner what kind of things you think people write about.
The purpose of the website：
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.
Tell True or False:
1. The family village website gives successful young people the chance to tell their personal stories.
2. Only disabled people find the website beneficial.
Step III. Reading
1. Reading and underlining
2. Explaining difficult points
Now have a question and answer period. Ask them if they have any points they do not understand. Put the questions out and discuss them.
3. Reading and transferring
Skim the text and complete the table below.
4. Comprehending
Task 1: Fast reading for general ideas.
Skim the text and answer the following questions .
1.Marty is ___________ person.
A. a healthy
B. an ill
C. a disabled
D. a rich
2. Marty has __________ disease.
A. a mental
B. a muscle
C. an eye
D. a leg
3. What’s Marty’s dream?
A. Being a famous football player and representing his country in the World Cup.
B. Being a doctor.
C. Being a college student.
D. Being a basketball player.
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The doctor could give Marty’s dise ase a name.
B. The doctor knew how to make Marty well.
C. Someone in the world could cure the disease.
D. No one could give Marty’s disease a name.
5. We can infer that _________.
A. Marty will lose heart.
B. Marty feels sorry for being disabled.
C. Mart y’s life is full of challenge.
D. Marty feels lonely.
(Suggested answers: CBADC)
Task 2: Detail reading for Comprehending.
1. Read Marty’s story and fill in the chart.
2. Discuss these questions with others in your class.
1) What kind of person do you think Marty is?
2) What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?
3) How would your life change if you were to develop a muscle disease like Marty’s? 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 mentally 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). The students can answer this question according to their own thinking.
3. Write a summary in one sentence for each paragraph.
Paragraph 1.__________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2.__________________________________________________________ Paragraph 3.__________________________________________________________ Paragraph 4.__________________________________________________________ Paragraph 5.__________________________________________________________ Paragraph 6.__________________________________________________________ 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.
4. Answer these questions in three or four sentences and then check your answers with others in your class.
1).What kind of things does Marty do in order to make his life happy and satisfying?
2). What can other people do to help Marty and others like him live a good life?
3). Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty?
Suggested answers:
1). Marty keeps busy doing things like writing computer programming that do not require physical strength. He has friends with whom he can go to movies and football matches and he has lots of pets. He also studies hard.
2). They can accept people with disabilities for who they are rather than focus on their disability. They can encourage them to live rich and full lives.
3). Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else.。