Unit 1　Living well

unit 1　living well
period 1　warming up，pre－reading 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 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 and expressions in this unit.
pre－reading 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 marty's story presents a story that 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 students fully understand the passage while reading，the teacher should analyze the change of marty's 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.
三維目標　　　
知識目標
1.get 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 to
2.help students to learn about disabilities and life of the disabled.
能力目標
1.let students read the passage marty's story to develop their reading ability.
2.enable students to know that people with disabilities can also live well.
情感目標
1.by talking about disabilities and life of the disabled，make sure students can learn some positive stories of the disabled.
2.help them understand more about how challenging life can be for the disabled.
3.develop students' sense of cooperative learning.
教學重點　　　
get students inspired by positive stories of the people with disabilities.
教學難點　　　
1.develop students' reading ability.
2.help students understand the difficulties the disabled have to overcome.