1、Unit 1Living wellPeriod 1Warming 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 they
2、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 words
3、 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 story tha
4、t 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 studen
5、ts 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.三维目标知识目标1Get
6、 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 to2Help students to learn about disabilities and life of
7、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 of the disabled.2Help
8、 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 difficulties the disabled have to
9、 overcome.教学方法1Taskbased teaching and learning.2Cooperative learning.Step 1Warming up1Warming up by discussingFirst 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 people with disabilities.Students will be a
10、sked 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 great contributions in science and puts forward h
11、is 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 talkingFirst，ask students to look at the pictures and read what these people have achieved
12、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 difficulty with eyesight，so he cant read the questions or
13、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 Sufferers have made a good career as actors.Step 2Prereadin
14、gAsk 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 inspire other disabled people.3To get nondisabled people to und
15、erstand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities.Step 3Reading1SkimmingGive 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(n)_ to Marty and his muscle disease.Paragraph 2：How the disease _.Par
16、agraph 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 developed/started.Paragraph 3：Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.Paragraph 4
17、：How his life has become easier.Paragraph 5：The advantages of his disease.2Scanning for detailed informationAsk students to read the passage carefully to locate the detailed information.(1)First ask students to read paragraph one and complete the chart below.DiseaseDifficultiesMottoSuggested answers
18、：DiseaseA muscle disease that makes him very weak.DifficultiesHe cant run or climb stairs as quickly as other people.Sometimes he is clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture.MottoLive one day at a time.(2)Next read paragraphs two and three and choose the best answer.Why did the doctors cut out
19、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 wanted to find out the cause of the disease.Key：D(3)Read paragraph four and answer the following qu
20、estions：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 invented a computer football game and a big company decided to buy it from him.As well as going to the movies
21、 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 five.Suggested answers：Step 4Consolidation1Ask students to read the whole passage and choose the best answers
22、.(1)Which of 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 indep
23、endent.(2)From the passage we can infer that _.AMarty asks others to feel sorry for himBMarty never loses heartCMarty is afraid of being made fun of DMarty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger psychologicallyKeys：(1)C(2)B2Ask students to work together to write a mini biogr
24、aphy for Marty according to the text.My mini biographyNameStatusHealthInterests and HobbiesAmbitionMottoSuggested answers：My mini biographyNameMarty FieldingStatusHigh school studentHealthDeveloped a muscle disease at the age of 10，very weak，cannot do things like normal peopleMy mini biographyIntere
25、sts and HobbiesEnjoying writing and computer programmingGoing to the movies and football matches with friendsSpending a lot of time with my petstwo rabbits，a parrot，a tank full of fish and a tortoiseAmbitionTo work for a firm that develops computer softwareMottoLive oneday at a time 3.Discuss in pai
26、rs 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；enjoysStep 5Discussion1Ask students to discuss the following questions in small groups.(1)How did Martys feeling changed over tim
27、e?(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.2Show a video of “Qianshou Guanyin” to
28、the students and encourage them to remember the famous saying：“Where there is a will，there is a way.”Step 6AppreciationAsk students to read two poems for appreciation when facing obstacles in the future.Facing Obstacles (Two poems by Tom Krause)The Heart of the StrongStrong is the heart that knows n
29、ot the wayof comfort and ease while living each day.Yet continues to believe from the depths of its soulthat the future is destined to silver and gold.Strong is the heart whose yearning is wanedby storms in life filled with heartache and pain.Yet still gives its alleverything that it canin search of
30、 a dreamGods ultimate plan.When there is a victorywhen battles are wonwhen burdens are lifted and bright shines the sunwhen struggling souls gatherwhere heroes belongthey find in themselvesthe heart of the strong.Carry OnAt times when you feel troubledwhen your happiness is gonelook to the heart wit
31、hin youfor the strength to carry on.In your heart you will find special virtuessuch as faith and hope and love.These gifts have been sent down to youfrom a power up above.It is faith that keeps the soul searchingfor the joy the heart hopes for.It is love that heals the spiritmaking it stronger than
32、before.And if your heart be brokenif your strength should fade awaythe power of these virtueswill still win out the day.So remember when you are troubledwhen your happiness is gonelook to the heart within youfor the strength to carry on.Step 7Homework1Retell Martys Story according to the mini biography.2Surf the Internet to learn more about the life of disabled people.