Keeping Healthy
step 4 pra ctice
1. pair work: suppose one is a doctor, the other is a patient. make up a dialog and act it out.
2. chain story: the teacher may give the beginning. let the students continue with the story one by one.
for example:
teacher: yesterday xiao ming played basketball with his friends.
student a: suddenly he fell down and hurt his left arm.
student b:...
step 5 project
have a competition: divide the class into groups. each group begins a story from the first student to the last. one sentence each. at last, let’s see which group has the best story in the shortest time.
section d
teaching aims and demands:
1sum up the sentence patterns and useful expressions in topic 1.
2improve listening and speaking skills to writing skills.
3lead up suggestion voice to other topic.
teaching procedure:
step 1 review
ask some questions about what they learned in the last perio d.
who had an accident?
what was wrong with him?
who went to call a taxi?
what was dr.jiang s advice to michael?
who came to visit michael in hospital?
let students retell the story of michael according to these questions.
step 2 presentation
1. the teacher shows a letter and tell: this is a letter from peter to lily. but it’s not completed. let’s help peter to complete this letter.
let students finish 1a then read the passage loudly.
notes: 1) not... until...
2) worry about ...
2. the teacher asks some questions about the passage:
1) why cant peter read the books?
2) what was wrong with peter?
3) how did peter get sick?
4) how was peter’s sister?
while students are answering these questions, the teacher writes some key words on the blackboard.
couldnt — until — had — weekend — a sore throat —a toothache — friday — football — flu — sister — sick — coughed
then let the students retell the story according to the above words.
step 3 consolidation
do 1b. first give peter some advice orally, then let students write down their answers. ask some students to read their answers, then help them check the answers.
step 4 practice
1. do 3.put the sentences into the right blanks. read the dialog in pairs.