1、Period4 Reading and WritingTeaching goals教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语kit, slippery, ladder, stove, appliances, unplug, hair dryer, extinguishers, curtains, wires, outletsb. 重点句式Make sure the floor is not slippery.Follow instructions for all electrical appliances carefully.Unplug all applianc
2、es, especially irons, after use.When cooking, do not let oil touch flames or other sources of heat.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to write a letter asking their principal to organize a first aid course at the school.3. Learning ability goals学能目标Help the Ss learn how to write the letter.Teac
3、hing important and difficult point教学重难点Let the Ss explain the importance of doing a first aid course in the letter.Teaching methods教学方法Discussion (Group work) and writing (individual).Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures and ways教学过程和方式Step Homework checkingA
4、sk the students to show their compositions of first aid. If there are some mistakes, point them out.Step ReadingAsk the Ss to read the title of the text and the headings within it.T: Whats the topic of the text and how is the information organized?S: It is about safety in the home and the informatio
5、n is organized according to particular rooms and also to one cause of accidents fires.Tell the Ss to look at the pictures.T: What do you think these three pictures are telling us?S: To turn saucepan handles towards the back of a stove; Not to use a hairdryer near water; To keep a fire extinguisher i
6、n the kitchen.T: What do you think the purpose of the pictures is?S: They emphasize some points in the pamphlet.T: Whats the purpose of the pamphlet?S: To tell us how to keep a safe home; how to prevent accidents in the home.Step DiscussionT: What things at home can be dangerous? S: electrical equip
7、ment poisonselectric fires ladders knives hot water windowsT: How to prevent us from being injured at home? For example in the kitchen.S: In the kitchen:Make sure the floor is not slippery;Always use a ladder to reach high cupboards;Dont stand on chairs to reach; Keep a window open when we use gas f
8、ires; Keep matches out of the reach of children;Dont leave matches anywhere;Always cut away from your body when you use a knife;Unplug all appliances, especially irons, after use;Make sure that electric wires are safe and that children cant touch them;Dont leave small things on the floor or table wh
9、ich a baby can put in its mouth;.T: What should you do if you are badly burnt? Look at the two pictures.S: Cool the area of skin at once. Wash the area of skin under the cold tap for several minutes. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the area of the burn.T: How do you deal with a simple cut?S: Was
10、h the area of the cut, dry it and cover it with a piece of dry clean cloth.Let the students write more adviceGas fires: If you are using one of these, check that a window is open.Water: Make sure that young children can not get close to pools, lakes and rivers by themselves.Ladders: Dont use on a we
11、t floor. Get someone to hold the ladder for you.Dont reach sideways while standing on a ladder. Get down first and move the ladder.Step Practice writingT: We have learnt a bit about some first aid treatments in this unit. Now we are going to write a letter to the principal and request that he / she
12、organize a first aid course for us. This is a guided exercise where you have to complete parts of the letter. Next to the letter, you are told what should go in each paragraph. This shows us the structure of a letter that is making a request. Do you know what such a letter would include?S: The lette
13、r should: say we have done a unit on first aid say why the unit was useful explain the importance of doing a first aid course say what we would like the principal to doAsk the Ss to write the letter individually. Circulate and help the Ss with grammatical structures and written expression.Sample ans
14、wers:Dear Mr Chen,Our class has been studying a unit on first aid. We have realized first aid is very helpful and very necessary, because it can be used whenever or wherever we are in emergency. Even though the unit has been very interesting and useful, the ways it provides us are just too limited t
15、o certain situation. We can not protect us in any other dangerous situations. So we want to learn more about first aid. We would like to request that you could offer us a first aid course a week. We think that a first aid course at the school can also teach us more about different kinds of first aid
16、. In future we can stay calm and prepare for an emergency. If we know how to respond, we can save lives. Yours sincerely, Shirley Dear Mr Wang,Our class has been studying a unit on first aid. It tells us some basic knowledge of first aid. Therefore, when something emergent happens, we will not be at
17、 a loss.Even though the unit has been very interesting and useful, it only contains some safety measures at home. The information is limited. We are eager to know more about first aid from other aspects.We would like to request that our school can provide us a first aid course. We think a first aid course at the school is quite important and necessary. In this way, we can learn how to protect ourselves and help others in the future. Yours sincerely, Ashley
