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TEACHING PLAN FOR UNIT 7 (Book 2A) LIVING WITH DISEASE I. Brief statements Based on the Unit This unit mainly talks about deadly diseases and attitudes towards AIDS, cancers, etc. All the activities, including Warming up, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, focus on this topic. Through this topic, the students not only get more information about diseases, but also learn how to keep a right and positive attitude towards disease and people with disease. In addition, the students can learn some useful language points through the materials provided in each part, especially a lot of words and phrases, which are very helpful for the students to build up vocabulary about diseases. The Grammar?the Subjunctive Mood is also important. The given materials and exercises give the students an opportunity to learn grammar by using it. It helps the students learn to talk about things that are not certain to happen as well as imaginary or unreal events and situations. All of the activities are helpful for the students to improve their knowledge about language and their skills to use language. II. Teaching Goals 1. Talk about deadly diseases and attitudes towards AIDS, cancers, etc. 2. Practise talking about imaginary situations. 3. Practise supporting and challenging an opinion. 4. Learn to use the Subjunctive Mood (1): If I were you, ? I wish I could ? 5. Write a personal narrative. III. Teaching Plan: (Six Periods) 1st period: Warming-up, Listening (WB) & Talking (Optional) 2nd period: Speaking 3rd period: Reading?Born Dying 4th period: Integrating Skills (SB) 5th period: Language Study?Word Study 6th period: Language Study?Grammar The First Period GOALS: To focus on talking about deadly diseases (esp. AIDS) as warming up and listening practice. ? To learn some basic knowledge about AIDS. ? To help students build the right attitudes towards AIDS. TEACHING PROCEDURES I. Warming up 1. Lead-in 1) Show a picture of AIDS logo to lead in the subject—AIDS ? Are you familiar with this red ribbon? What’s it related to? ? What doesn’t it mean? Do you know? (Possible answer: Red ribbon is related to AIDS. It means that we should give AIDS patients love and care, understand and support.) 2) Show a picture of Pu Cunxin and other stars to show that AIDS is a worldwide problem. ? Do you know them? What is their job besides acting? Is it just the problem in China? (Possible answer: It’s not just the problem in China. It’s a worldwide problem. And besides some famous stars, some ordinary people also work very hard to tell others the harm of this disease.) 2. Brainstorming Q1: While talking about AIDS, what other diseases can you think of? Individual work: Let students brainstorm the names of diseases, such as cold, headache, toothache, diarrhoea, cut, coughing, scald, insomnia, heart attack, cancer, AIDS, etc. (With the development of science and hi-tech, many diseases can be cured. But for now, AIDS is still incurable, so it?s a deadly disease.) 3. How much do you know about AIDS? 1) Pair work—questions for discussion ? What’s the full name of AIDS? Can AIDS be transmitted? ? In what ways can it be transmitted? What kinds of people are likely to get AIDS? Do people with AIDS look healthy at first? (责任编辑：admin) |