教案UnitAHealthyLife

Unit3 A Healthy LifeReading: Advice From GrandadThree dimensional teaching aims:1. Language and skills aimsPhrases and expressions about health and smokingLearn how to give advice on stopping smokingGrasp skimming and scanning reading skills.2. Process and methodsPre-reading ----while-reading ----post-reading by interviewing, discussing in groups and acting out dialogues.3. Attitude and valuesEnjoy a healthy life and say “no” to smoking.Teaching important points:Learn the bad effects of smoking and in what ways people get addicted to cigarettes.Teaching difficult points:How to encourage the students to discuss in groups effectively and try to use the language in the text to express their ideas in their own words.Teaching methods:Discussion, cooperative learning and oral practice.Teaching aids:A computer and multi--mediaTeaching procedures:Step1: Lead-inDesigning purpose:Use the English news report to arouse the students’ interest , to attract students’ attention and practi ce the listening skills.Ask the students to watch the video and then try to fill the blanks with one word.•More than 1200 Americans die every day due to c________. But for every death at least 2 young adults become r_______ smokers.•When you start younger, your life will be addicted l_____.•Cigarette smoke causes immediate d_____.•At 12,I smoked my f____ cigarette.•Smoking affects young bodies in d_______ ways.(Key: cigarettes; regular; longer; damage; first; different.) Step2: Pre-readingDesigning purpose:Use the interview to know about the students’ knowledge and their views on smoking and encourage them to express their opinions in English.Interview some students to know their opinions on smoking.1. Have you smoked Why2. Do your friends around you smoke Why do you think they start smoking3. How do you feel when you see your friends smoke4. Do you think smoking is harmful to health5. Do you know some harmful effects of smoking Try to list some of them.Step3: ReadingDesigning purpose: in different ways train the students’ reading ability by teaching the reading skills.1.PredictionAsk the students to look at the two titles of the text and try to predict the main idea of the text.What’s the text about according to the two titlesAdvice from GrandadHow can you stop smokingSo this passage is Grandad’s advice about ________ ________. （key: stopping smoking）2. Fast readingTask 1: Answer the following questions.1).How many parts does the reading text consist ofTwo parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an internet page.2). Who wrote the letter to whomA grandfather wrote the letter to his grandson James.Task2: Match the paragraphs with the main ideas.A. James’ problem of smoking.(2)B. Telling some different ways of becoming addicted.(3)C. The writer’s hope for his grandson and advice on stopping smoking.(5)D. Tell us the harmful effects of smoking.(4)E. From the life the writer is living ,we know the importance of healthy life.(1)3. Careful readingTask 1:Ask the students to read para1-2and then answer the following questions.1).How old is the grandad Is he healthy82 years old in two weeks time.Yes, he is still fit enough to cycle 20 kilometers in an afternoon.2).What is James’ problemHe started smoking and found it difficult to give it up.That is , he is addicted to smoking.Task 2:Ask the students to read para3 carefully and find the three different ways of smoking addiction. Then try to fill in the blanks. Firstly,_________ addicted to nicotine.(physically)withdrawal symptoms:bad-tempered & painful(断瘾症状)Secondly, addicted through ________(habit)You will smoke ____________ if smoking becomes a habit.(automatically)Thirdly, ________addicted(mentally)You believe you are _______, ___________ after smoking and only feel_____ when smoking.(happy, relaxed,good)Task3: Ask the students to read para4 and find the answers to the following questions.What are the harmful effects of smokingWho /What is affected by smokingThen ask them to fill in the blanks.After that, show some pictures to explain the detailed information and make the students realize the harmful effects of smoking. The leaves of lung turn black.The babies may have a smaller weight or even be abnormal in some way.Smoking affects the health of the nonsmokers.The ends of your fingers become yellow.Step 4: Post—readingDesigning purpose:Train the students’ using la nguage ability to understand the text better.Role play: make up two dialoguesTask 1(para4)A: Jack(James’ grandad)B: Jennifer(Jack’s girlfriend)•Jennifer dislikes Jack’s smoking and will decide to break up with Jack if he doesn’t stop smoking.Task 2(para3—4)A: Mr Wilson, a doctorB: Jack(James’ grandad)•Jack wants to know the reasons for being addicted to smoking and the harmful effects of smoking, so he goes to consult a doctor about the advice.Step 5: AssignmentDesigning purpose :Encourage the students to rewrite the passage or learn to summarize the text in their own words.Writing taskAsk the students to read the internet page and find the suggestions of stopping smoking and then make a summary of the advice by using their own words or rewrite the sentences from the text.Step 6: Blackboard designUnit 3 A healthy lifeAdvice from grandadA letter An Internet page。