Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the words and expressions in the text:

2. Train the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Important Points:

1. How to help the students to master the words and expressions:

2. How to get the students to train the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Difficult Points:

1. How to help the students understand the text exactly.

2. How to get the students to make a poster.

Teaching Methods:

1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.

2. Careful reading to get the detailed information.

3. Asking-and-answering to help the students understand the text exactly.

4. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Aids:

1.the multimedia

2.a tape recorder

3.the blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step I Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step II Lead in

Review the text

What is the poster about?

What is the purpose of the picture being shown to people?

What should we do or not do to stay safe from the dangers shown in the poster?

The warning ‘say no to drugs!’ tell us that we must not take drugs. There are some drugs in the poster . Drug-taking is a global problem, so the whole world is paying special attention to this problem. 26 June is international Day against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking. The theme of this day in 2006 is ‘ Drugs are not child’s play’. It aims to tell people that drugs are not fun and are not safe. Let’s just say no to drugs

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

26 June

By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse.

Have a quiz:

How much do you know about drugs?

What is Opium

Opium is the crudest form and also the least potent of the Opiates. Opium is the milky latex fluid contained in the un-ripened seed pod of the opium poppy. As the fluid is exposed to air, it hardens and turns black in color. This dried form is typically smoked, but can also be eaten. Opium is grown mainly in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Afghanistan.

What Is Cocaine?

Cocaine most often appears as a white crystalline powder or an off-white chunky material. Powder cocaine is usually snorted or dissolved in water and injected.

What does heroin look like?

Pure heroin is a white powder with a bitter taste.

Most illicit heroin varies in color from white to dark brown.

"Black tar" heroin is sticky like roofing tar or hard like coal, and its color may vary from dark brown to black

What is LSD ?

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is one of the major drugs making up the hallucinogen class. LSD was discovered in 1938 and is one of the most potent mood-changing chemicals.

What is Morphine?

Morphine sulfate occurs as white, feathery, silky crystals, cubical masses of crystals, or white crystalline powder; it is soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol

Step III Presentation for Reading

Go over the title of the booklet and predict what the booklet is about from the title. Then answer the questions;

What can we learn from the title ‘ just say NO! “ ?

Saying NO to drugs is an important part of protecting one’s health and well-being for the future.

Go over the subtitles of the booklet. Then answer the questions;

What answers will be given under the subtitle ‘Why do people take drugs?’

The reasons / causes for taking drugs.

From the subtitle ‘What happens when people take drugs?’, what do you think this part is about?

The effects or results of taking drugs.

What information can we learn in this part from the subtitle ‘What does the law say about taking drugs ?’.

The punishments for carrying drugs

What do you think the last part is about from the last subtitle ‘How can drug user5s seek help’?

The assistances drug users need.

Step IV Reading

1. detailed reading

Read the first part and find details of the reasons / causes for taking drugs.

Because they are curious ;

To rebel against their families or society;

To be accepted by friends who are drug users.

Read the second part and find details of the effects or results of taking drugs drugs

The effect of uppers:

increase the heart rate and make users feel very energetic and happy;

Make users suffer from having a sore jaw, toothaches, difficulty sleeping, heart attacks, and, in some cases, death;

Make users not feel hungry or thirsty .

The effect of downers:

Decrease the heart rate and make users feel relaxed, sleepy, and forgetful, and cause headaches, depression, shallow breathing and weak pulse;

Can lead to death.

The effect of drugs like LSD:

Cause people to see and /or hear things that are not real;

Increase blood sugar, heart rate and acute anxiety and cause extreme mood changes;

users may commit suicide.

Read the second part and find out the common effects that the three classes of drugs have.

All addictive physically and/ or psychologically.

Read the third part and find details of the punishments for possession of drugs.

From a small fine and a few days in prison to a large fine and the death penalty according to the type and quantity of illegal drugs a person is carrying when caught by police.

Read the fourth part and find details of the assistance drug users need

Admit their problem with drugs and seek help from a hospital or drug clinic;

Stay in hospital and take special medicines to help break addiction or ease withdrawal symptoms;

Have individual or group sessions with a psychologist.

Step IV discussion

Now let’s discuss what our poster will focus on and what we will need to do in preparation.

1. what are the different types of drugs?

2. What are the effects of drugs on the body or mind?

3. How do you think drugs affects the users’ family?

4. What are the legal punishments for carrying drugs?

Now let’s discuss what our poster will focus on and what we will need to do in preparation.

5. Will your poster focus on the effects on the users, the users’ families or tha legal punishments for carrying drugs?

6. Will you focus on drugs in general or a specific type of drug?

7. What title will you use for you poster?

8. Who will do each task in you group?

Step V practice

It’s time for us to make our own posters for our school Health Week.

Step VI Homework

Review the key points in this unit.

Do exercises in the workbook.