Unit4 Stay Healthy

Title Lesson 25: What is wrong with Danny

Teaching Aims:

1. Mastery words and expressions.

2. Teach how to see a doctor in foreign countries.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Compound Sentences.

Teaching Difficult Points:

1. Some words and expressions about the illness and seeing a doctor.

Teaching Preparation: Audiotape picture

Teaching Steps Activity Design Language Notes

Step1. Warming up.

Talk about the question: How often are you ill? What is the last time that you are ill? What’s wrong with you?

Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.

Step3.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

1.What’s wrong with Danny?

2.Does Danny have to stay in hospital?

Step4. Read the text.

Read the text and check the answers in listening part. Encourage the students to ask more questions about this part. Such as:

When does Danny feel unwell?

What does Mr. Dinosaur think of Danny’s illness?

Does Danny have a fever?

Is the hospital always open?

Who is the doctor?

What does the doctor say to Danny?

Check the answers and give them enough hints to answer the questions.

Step5. Act out:

Act out the dialogue in front of the class. Make another dialogue to perform in the class. The roles are doctors and patients and the patients’ family members.

Step6.Come to “LET’S DO IT.”

Make up a dialogue in front of the class. When they are acting, help them when it is necessary. Teach them more new words about illness and parts of the body

Step7. Homework

1. Finish off the activity book.

2.Go on the next reading in the student book. * Let the students talk about the questions in groups. Then give a report to the class. They can make up a dialogue in pairs or in three or four.

If time is not enough, you can choose several groups to perform in front of the class.

* This is a difficult task for the students. If the questions are a little difficult, they can’t answer them. But we don’t have time to let them listen again

* Divide the class into several groups and act out the role-play in front of the class. Choose the best one and give them praise.

* Teach them more new words about illness and parts of the body

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After Class(教學反思)：

Title Lesson 26: Where Is Danny ?

Teaching Aims:

1.Learn more expressions for describing illness and treatment.

2.Know how to see a doctor in foreign countries

Teaching Important Points:

1.Know some knowledge about the illness and the treatment.

2.Go to see a doctor.

Teaching Difficult Points:

1.Know some words and expressions about the illness and the treatment

Teaching Preparation:

Teaching Steps Activity Design Language Notes

Step1.Warming-up

Talk in groups about the showings about the cold. The teacher asks the students “When you catch a cold, how do you feel?” Let the students sum the phenomenon of the cold. Then give a report in the class. They can begin like this: when I have a fever, I…

Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.

Talk about the following question: “What do your father and mother usually tell you to do when you catch a cold?”

At the same time, ask the students to talk about the question: “What do your parents do when you are ill? How do they feel when you are ill?”

Step3.Listening task

Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

What’s wrong with Brian?

What does Jenny do to help Brian?

Finish the exercises in oral in class.

Step4. Reading task

Read the text and fill in the blanks according to the text.

1. _______ almost never gets sick.

2.Brian’s ________ and _______ hurt.

Jenny brought some _______ _______ for lunch.

Jenny says to Brain: “_______ _______.”

Finish the blanks in class in oral.

Step5.Come to “PROJECT”

Divide the class into groups in three or four. Complete the dialogues. In the group, one is a patient. Another is a doctor. The others can be the nurses or the patients’ family members.

Let the students grasp the words and expressions of illness and treatment. Encourage the students to read their student books and readers to find out facts about cases and symptoms of common illness.

Step6. Homework

Finish off the activity book.

Go on the next reading in the student book.

*S1: When I have a cold, I have a fever.

S2: When I have a cold, I often cough day and night.

S3: When I have a cold, I often have a running nose.

S4: When I have a cold, I often have a headache.

*S5: My father and mother usually tell me to drink more water and take medicine three times a day.

When I’m ill, my mother looks after me at home. She can’t go to work.

S6: My parents tell me to keep warm and drink more water. When I have to get an injection, my parents are sad.

S7: My parents often tell me to play inside and take medicine. When I am ill, my parents are worried.

*After they grasp more words and expressions about the illness, they can begin the role-play.

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After Class(教學反思)：

Title Lesson 27: Good Food, Good Health

Teaching Aims:

1.We must eat healthy and keep healthy.

2.Know about the balanced diet.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Know more words about the names of the grain in our daily life.

2.How to eat healthy and keep healthy.

Teaching Difficult Points:

What is a balanced diet?

Teaching Preparation:

Teaching Steps Activity Design Language Notes

Step1.warming up:

Talk about the question: what do you eat in your daily life? Do you think what the foods you eat contain?

Step2.Read the text and answer the following questions:

1.What do bread, noodles and rice come from?

2.Is fruit different from vegetables?

Answer the questions in class in oral. If they can’t answer them correctly, let them read the text. Help them find the correct answer.

Step3. Read the text in details and finish the exercises.

Read the text and fill in the blanks:

1.Bread, noodles and rice are made from _______.

2 ______and _______are very good source of ________, _______ and _______.

3. ______ ______ are made from potatoes.

4.Salad is made of _______ ________.

5.Many people think that only meat and chicken have _______.

______ makes your bones and teeth strong.

Step4.Listen to the tape and let the students follow it for two time. Let them have the correct pronunciation and intonation.

Step5. Ask some students to read the text in the class. Don’t read the whole text, read only the important words, expressions and sentences.

Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Fill in the chart to compare the eating habits of your classmates.

Interview four or more students to fill in the chart. They can design more questions to ask the others.

Step7.Homework

Finish off the activity book.

Go on the next reading in the student book * Some words are too difficult for them to answer, so the teacher shows some new words to them with pictures.

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After Class(教學反思)：

Title Lesson 29:Don’t Smoke, Please!

Teaching Aims:

1.Know more about disease.

2.Learn the harm of smoking and drinking.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Some words and expressions about the disease.

2.Know how to keep healthy.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Help people keep healthy.

Teaching Preparation:

Teaching Steps Activity Design Language Notes

Step1.Warming up:

Divide the class into groups of three or four. Talk about the following questions: what do you think of smoking?

The teacher: Some boy students think smoking makes them look more handsome. Is it right? No, it’s very wrong. Smoking is more harmful to all the people around the world. Now let’s talk about the topic in groups. After a while, every group will give a talk in front of the class.

Step2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.

When we are talking the two questions, we can use the Internet to help us. Search more information for the students. Search more pictures to show the students how many pains have the diseases brought us.

Ask some students to answer the questions.

S1: When I eat too cold food, my stomach always hurts..

S2: When I have a fever, I know I have a cold.

S3: I have a headache when I wear fewer clothes in winter.

Step3. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

What’s wrong with Danny?

How is Brian today?

Step4. Read the text and Fill in the blanks:

Brian feels ______ on Monday.

Brian wants to make a poster about ________.

Smoking is also bad for your _______.

Step5. Make sentences with the following language points:

be away from

Li Ming has been away from school for ten days.

if

If the weather is fine, we will go the park tomorrow.

also

He is also a doctor.

Step6. Come to “PROJECT”.

Divide the class into groups of three or four to finish the task. Discuss the diseases causes by smoking and drinking. It can be divided into two steps. The first step, talk the harm of smoking. Drinking is more harmful than smoking. Many people died from drinking every year. They drink too much, but they still drive their cars. Now too many accidents happen on the road.

Make a poster to show the harm of smoking and drinking for people. Every group makes their posters and explains to the others what it means.

Put the posters up in the class. Every group sends a poster to the teachers in the school. Let all the teachers tell the students about the harm of smoking and drinking.

Step7. Homework:

Finish off the activity book.

Go on the next reading in the student book.

* Group1: We all think smoking is a great harmful to the bodies. Many people die of lung cancer every year. Lung diseases sometimes causes by smoking.

Group2: I also think smoking is bad for health. So give your friends or relatives advice. Let them give up smoking.

Every group gives their report. Then the teacher sums their talks in class.

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* After playing the tape, the teacher checks the answers.

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After Class(教學反思)：

Title Lesson 30: Jane’s Lucky Life

Teaching Aims:

1.The spirit of the disabled.

2.Know more about the disabled people.

Teaching Important Points:

Learn the spirit of the disabled people.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Know about the difficulties that the disabled people have to face in the world.

Teaching Preparation:

Teaching Steps Activity Design Language Notes

Step1.Warming up:

If you are a disabled person, what problems will you meet?

Divide the class into groups of three or four. The teacher can design the task for every group.

Step 2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.

Ask some students to talk about the questions in pairs. Then let some students demonstrate their opinions in class.

Step3. Look at the picture of Jane. Do you think what’s wrong with Jane? Do you think she is happy? Why?

Step4. Read the text and let’s learn more about Jane. Encourage the students to ask more questions about this part.

S1: How old is Jane?

S2: She is forty years old.

S3: What is she unable to do?

S4: She is unable to brush her teeth. She can’t run or jump. She can’t make breakfast.

S5: Is she married?

S6: Yes, she has a daughter and a son.

If some students can’t answer some of the students, the teacher helps them.

Step5. Demonstrate the dialogue in part 2.

Let some students act out the dialogue in front of the class.

Step6: Listen to the tape and read after it for several times. Play the tape for several times in order to let them have correct answers.

Step7. Imagine you are Jane. What difficulties will you meet in your life?

Step8. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Divide the class in groups and discuss the questions. Let them demonstrate their opinions freely. The teacher should help them if they are in trouble. Remember them to think about the problem in right ways.

Step9. Homework

Finish off the activity book.

Go on the next reading in the student book.

* Group1 lost an arm in an accident. Now what difficulties will you meet?

Group 2 lost a leg in an accident. Now what difficulties will you meet?

Group 3 is deaf.

Group4 is blind.

Let the students talk about their problems for five minutes. Then give a report in the class.

*Ask some students to answer the questions in class. Do you think when you are happy?

*The teacher should help them if they are in trouble. Remember them to think about the problem in right ways.

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After Class(教學反思)：

Title Lesson 31: Danny Tells All

Teaching Aims:

1.Know more about the disease.

2.Learn more about the hospital in foreign country.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Know something about the disease and hospital in foreign countries.

2.How do we feel when we are in hospital?

Teaching Difficult Points:

Demonstrate the feeling in hospital.

Teaching Preparation:

Teaching Steps Activity Design Language Notes

Step1.Warming up:

What do you think of Danny? Do you miss him? What do you want to know about him?

Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

What’s wrong with Danny?

Where is Danny now?

Let the students answer the questions in class in oral.

Step3.Read the text and encourage students to ask more questions:

S1: Who went to see Danny in hospital?

S2: Brian and Jenny.

S3: What did Danny feel about missing school?

S4: He felt terrible.

S5: Is everyone quiet as Brian reads the letter?

S6: Yes.

S7: What did the doctor take from Danny’s stomach?

S8: An appendix.

Give them hints and let them ask more questions.

Step4. Make sentences with the following language points:

1.I have something to tell you.

They have a lot of homework to do.

2.in hospital; in the hospital

I was ill in hospital last year.

We went to see my uncle in the hospital.

I’m feeling much better.

Much equals a lot, even, far, a little

Step5.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Divide the class into groups. Talk about the questions. After a while, let some students give their report to the class.

Step6. Homework

Finish off the activity book.

Go on next reading in the student book.

* Let some students answer the questions in class in oral. Pay attention to the words that they are using. If you think it is necessary to show more words, you can show some new words to them.

* Show them more words and expressions about disease with the cards.

When the students are discussing, the teacher walk around the classroom and give them help if it is necessary.

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After Class(教學反思)：