高中英语选修七教案：Unit1+Living+well+reading+

Unit 1 Living Well

Period Two Reading教案

I. Teaching aims:

1. To know some details about Marty.

2. Learn the main idea of each paragraph.

3. summarize Marty’s story according to the time order

II. Teaching procedure:

Step 1: Fast Reading: Scanning the text and finish these exercises.

1.Marty is a _________ person.

2.Marty has a _________ disease.

3 We can infer that _____.

A．Marty will lose heart

B．Marty feels sorry for being disabled

C．Marty’s life is full of challenge

D．Marty feels lonely

Step2: Skimming: Marty’s mini biography

Step3: Read Marty’s story and fill in the chart.

Step4：Detailed-reading (1):

In what order does Marty tell his story?He tells his story in order of

time.

before 10: …;after 10 : …;at high school: …;now: …

Step5: Deep reading

Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph 1: This is an introduction to Marty

and his muscle disease.

Paragraph 2: How the disease developed/ started

Paragraph 3:The difficulties Marty has in daily life.

Paragraph 4: My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am. My life is a lot easier at high school.

Paragraph 5:All in all, I have a good life.

Paragraph 6:My disability has made me growstronger and more independent .People with disabilities can also live well.

Step6 : Discussion

1. What kind of person do you think Marty is?

We can see that Marty is a ____ person.

optimistic, brave, independent, strong-minded…

2. What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?

Missing lots of school / Not being able to run around and playsports like other boys at his age/ People not understanding that he has a disability

3. What kind of things does Marty do in order to make his life happy and satisfying?

Marty keeps busy doing things like writing computer programming that do not require

physical strength. He has friends with whom he can go to movie and football matches

and he has a lot of pets. He also studies hard.

4. What can other people do to help Marty and others like him live a good life?

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.

5. Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty? Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else.

Step 7: Group work

From Marty’s inspiring story, what have you learned ?

1: We should be patient with people with disabilities. We shouldn’t get annoyed just because they are slow.

2: We shouldn’t feel sorry for them. That might hurt them.

3: We should help them in a clever way.

4: We should encourage them when they feel down.