1、Unit 1 Living WellPeriod 1 warming up 教案ITeaching aims:1. Guess some pictures and learn life of disabled people.2. To know what is called disability and sort the kinds of disabilities.3.Name some other disabled persons with great achievements.4. Know of some signs of disabilitiesII. Procedures1. Ask
2、 the ss to look at some pictures and make a judgement. Give two questions:What difficulty may he/she have in daily life? What is called disability?2. Sort the kinds of disabilities A. physical disability deaf, dumb/mute, blind, lame, near-sighted, six fingers, color blindness, paralyzedB. mental dis
3、abilitydepression, learning difficulty, brain injury phobias (恐惧症) 3. warm up by defining the concept.disability: the state of being disabled / unable to use his body properly 4. Talking task: In groups of four talking about what you know about disabilities. Look at the pictures and give some descri
4、ptions. Do you know any famous people who are disabled? What do they do? Have a discussion about what the disabilities are and what difficulties they have to overcome in daily life. Reference OneProfessor Steven Hawking is one of the disabled who has achieved success in his chosen field of work. In
5、spite of his brain disease, he decides to continue with his research and writing, and his famous book “On History of Time” used to be a best seller. When he speaks, he has to use a computer and a voice box. When he answers questions, it takes about two minutes. Not only does he have to type out the
6、answer on a computer but he also gets the computer to translate it into sounds.Reference TwoHelen Keller (18821968) , blind and dumb ,was a famous American writer. When she was only nineteen months old, she had a terrible disease. Then she became deaf and blind. In the next five years, she struggled
7、 in the dark and silent world. With the help of Anne Sullivan, she learnt to write and speak. She overcame the great difficulties and wrote a famous book “My life”, which became a best seller and she became a very well-known writer in the world. Reference ThreeZhang Haidi was born in September 1955
8、in Jinan, Shandong Province. When she was five years old, she got a serious disease and the lower part of her body lost the feeling and the functions. Since then, she has been confined to wheelchair but she has never stopped her pursue for knowledge and a happy life. She studied by herself all the c
9、ourses from primary school to college and learned several foreign languages such as English and Japanese. In 1983, she began her career as a writer and a translator and her works have reached the total number of more than one million words. She has been active in social activities for public interes
10、ts and she shows great care for the education of disabled children and village children. In 2001 she was entitled one of “the 20 most influencing women of the century around the world”.Her idea that true happiness lies in the hard pursue encourages people to work harder for the society.5. Thinking W
11、hat does these peoples stories tell us?As long as they dont lose heart, the disabled can also make great contributions with their efforts. Some are even better than normal people.6. Game playingPlease act it out according to what you are required:1) Go around the class with one leg.2) Go back to you
12、r seat quickly with your eyes closed.3) Use your body language to express that you want to have lunch with your friend.7. Look at the four pictures and read what these people have achieved. The students in the pictures each have a disability. With a partner, discuss what their disability might be. T
13、he following list might help you.mental disabilitylearning difficultyhearing problemDifficulty with eyesightbrain injuryloss of an arm or legsevere illnessdeafnesswalking difficultyIII. Pre-readingAsk students to read the pre-reading carefully and find out the purpose of the website. Discuss with a
14、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
15、for people with disabilities.Say 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.IV. Homework:1.To look through the new words of the reading text2.Write two disabled persons with achievements around you.
