period , writing：“Our Body and Healthy Habits”
I. Teaching ObjectivesThe fourth
1. Language Objectives
Students have to proficiently write sentences and paragraphs which conclude vocabularies and phrases they have learned , such as anxious , breathe , dentist , fever , flu , get/catch a cold, have a temperature , injure , migraine , pain , painful , pneumonia , prescription , sore throat, symptom , toothache, unhealthy , wealthy , X-ray , break(an arm) , diet , with/without+n./v-ing , would do...rather than... , would rather do...than...
2. Ability Objectives
(1) Enable students to write essay about health problem and health care with ease
(2) Improve students’ logical ability in writing
3. Moral Objectives
(1) Help students know more about healthy life style and help them to form healthy habits to live
(2) Enable students to know unhealthy habits in their life
II. Important Points
1. Use vocabularies and phrases they have learned correctly to write a passage
2. Organize the sentences into a essay logically and clearly
3. Don’t make grammatical mistakes and spelling mistakes
III. Difficult Points
1. How to properly and correctly use vocabularies and phrases they have learned to write a essay
2. How to form a logical and clear train of thought.
3. How to use various sentences patterns.
IV. Teaching Method
1. Communicative Approach , Consolidate Approach , Process Approach
2. Teaching Aids : a computer , a projector , ppt
V. Teaching Procedures
Step I: Warming-up ( 5 mins )
T: Good morning(afternoon) , guys!
Ss: Good morning(afternoon) , teacher!
T: How are you,today?
Ss: I am fine(ok/just so so/terrible/tired...)
T: Oh , I am excited. Because I will teach you my favorite part-- writing. I hope everybody feel excited too. Do you?
Ss: Yes!
T: How is the weather ,today ?
Ss: It is cool / sunny/ warm/ hot/ rainy...
T: Yes, It is cool/ sunny/ warm/ cold... But the weather is really changeable. It is easy to catch a cold. So you have to take good care of yourself. Ok, now let’s begin our writing class. At first I want to ask you some questions. Have you ever been ill?
Ss: Yes .
T: What illness have you had ?
Ss: I had a cold /stomachache/ fever...
T: Any volunteer? What illness have you had?
S1: I had a cold ...
T: What were the symptoms of your cold?
S1: I had a headache and had a high temperature...
T: That is terrible. How did the illness end?
S1: I went to see a doctor, and ate medicine.
T: OK, thanks for your answer. Sit down please. Anyone else? What illness have you had?
S2: I had a fever/ toothache...
T: What were the symptoms of your illness?
S2: ...
T: How did the illness end?
S2: I went to see a doctor and did as doctor said.
T: Excellent! Thank you very much. Sit down please.
Step II: Pair Work (10 mins)
T: Let’s do the pair work. Discuss with your partner about Zhou Kai’s illness. You have to guess what happens to Zhou Kai from three aspects: the cause of his illness; the symptoms of his illness; the ending of his illness. You can guess any illness in any situation.
For example: He had a stomachache and his stomach is painful all night. Because he ate too much ice cream. Finally, he went to see a doctor. And he recovered.
T: Now, your topic is Zhou Kai’s illness. You can talk much more than the example. I will give you 5 minutes. After discussion ,we will play speech relay(口頭接龍) in small group. Now let’s begin.
( After discussion, teacher show how to play the game. )
T: I will show you how to play the game.
( After show the game )
T: Understand?
Ss: Yes.
( Teacher divided class into groups. )
T: I will you give you five minutes to play the game. After game, I will ask for one group to show the game.
T: OK, time is up. Is it fun?
Ss: Yes/ No.
T: OK, next time we will play more interesting game. Now which group wants to show the game.
( Group1 shows the game. )
T: Good job. I really appreciate it. Let’s clap to them.
Step III: Activity one ( 5 mins )
T: OK, let’s go back to our text book. Turn to page 8, please. Look at writing. Put these sentences in the right order to make a paragraph. I will give you 5 minutes to do the exercise. Now go!
a. He said that chocolate and cheese can often give you migraine.
b. I see the lights in front of my eyes and I have to sleep in dark room.
c. He examined me and asked me questions about my symptoms.
d. For three years , I have had very bad headaches about three or four times a month.
e. And now I don’t get migraines any more . I feel great!
f. I am a sixteen-year-old boy.
g. So I stopped eating chocolate and cheese.
h. Two months ago I went to see a doctor about my headaches.
Step IV: Correct answer and find the logical relationship among sentences ( 5 mins )
T: Time is up. Have you finished it?
Ss: Yes.
T: Who wants to share your answer with everyone. Please hand up!
S1:..( He or she is not right.)
T: Oh no,It is not right. There is a small error. Thank you, anyway. Sit down, please. Who can help her or him. Just stand up.
S2: ...(He or she is right)
T: Good job. You are right. Thank you very much. The answer is 65348172. And can you tell us the reason?
S2: ...
T: OK, I appreciate your answer. Let’s clap to both of them. Please, look at the table.
Some information about him. f d b
Start of the illness h
What the doctor did and said c a
How the illness ended g e
T: This shows the logical relationships among the sentences. At first, this paragraph tells us some information about him. And then it tells us the start of his illness. At third it tells us what the doctor did and said. Finally, it tells us how the illness ended. Can you understand?
Ss: Yes.
T: Very good. Which one tells us the information about him?
S: f, d and b
T:Which one tells us the start of the illness?
...
T: OK, now let’s read the paragraph together in order. I am a sixteen-year-old boy. Let’s begin.
Step V: Activity two ( 10 mins )
T: Now let’s turn to page 9. Activity two: write a paragraph about a small health problem that you have had. There are some requirements:
1. Begin with some information about you.
2. Say what the problem was.
3. Explain what you did or what happen
4. Explain how things end.
T: I will give you 10 minutes to write .After class please hand in your exercises. There are some words and phrases you can use. Now let’s begin.
T: Have you finished it? Who wants to read his paragraph in front of us? Just stand up.
T: Oh, you are so brave. Now please share your exercise.
S1: ...
T: Great! I love it. Give me five. His / Her paragraph is logical, and he/she use some words and phrases we have learned , such as have a sweet tooth, do sth. without doing sth. , toothache, prescribe medicine, symptom, not... any more and so on. Besides, he/she uses some clauses. Do you think how much score she/he should deserve?
Ss: ...
T: If the full mark is 10, I think I will give him/her 9.
Step VI: Homework ( 2 mins )
T: OK, today’s homework.
You have to interview one of you friends to know about one of his or her illness. And fill in the following table. Then you have to write an essay accroding to the information sheet.
Start of the illness
Cause of the illness
Symptoms
What the doctor did
What the doctor said
How the illness end
T: Class is over .See you next time,guys.
S: Good-bye, teacher.
VI. Blackboard Design
Module 1 Our Body and Healthy Habits
Important words and phrases:
get/catch a cold , have a fever
break (an arm) , examine
symptom , painful , sore throat,toothache
have a temperature...
Important sentences patterns:
Do sth. without/with sth. /doing sth.
Be +adj. to do sth.
Would rather do...than do...