Unit1 What’s the matter? Period 5 Section B(2a-2e) By Luo Minxia from Luqiao Shiyan Middle School Teaching aims Knowledge aims 1.Ss will be able to master the following words and phrases: breathe, have problems breathing, sunburned, ourselves, climber, be used to doing, risk, take risks, accident, situation, kilo, rock, run out (of), knife(knives), cut off, blood, mean(meant), get out of, importance, decision, control, be in control of, spirit, death, give up, Aron Ralston 2.Ss will be able to master the following sentence structures: 1)As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks. 2)Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. 3)There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents. 4)…,Aron’s arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him…. 5) This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of. 6….,and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death. 3. Ss will be able to learn some reading strategies. Ability aims 1.Ss can use reading strategies to comprehend the passage. 2.Ss can learn to make a good decision when they are between a rock and a hard place. Emotional aims 1.Ss will learn to make a good decision when they are in trouble. 2.Ss will learn to be brave enough to face the difficult by themselves. Teaching important points 1.Ss can master the key words, phrases and sentence structures well. 2.Ss can use reading strategies to comprehend the passage. Teaching difficult points Ss can use proper sentences to retell Aron’s story. Teaching aids Multi-media, textbook, tape, etc. Teaching procedures Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purposes Step 1: Warming-up and lead-in 1.Play a game: Ask Ss to find out five differences. And tell Ss: To be a great game player ---to read picture in order. 2.T:Who’s that in the picture? That’s Tom. Here’s a story about Tom. Please put the sentences in correct order. Then tell Ss: To be a good reader—to find the event in order. 1.Follow the teacher to find out five differences 2.Put the sentences in correct order and learn the reading skill. This game can help to get Ss to be interested in this class. And Tom’s story can help to lead in “reading skill”. Step 2 Presentation T:What happened to Tom? Right, he got hit by a ball and fell down. What other problems may happen when we are swimming/climbing mountains? Let Ss look at the pictures and help them to answer. Look at the pictures and try to answer the questions: have problems breathing; get sunburned; cut ourselves To present the key words and phrases and help Ss to learn them. Step 3 Pre-reading Section B 2a Summary the problems together first. Then ask Ss to match the letter of each sport next to each accident or problem that can happen. After that check with Ss. Write the letter of each sport next to each accident or problem that can happen. To help Ss to use new words correctly. Step 4 While-reading I.T: Do you like climbing mountains? What do you think of mountain climbing? Right, it’s dangerous. Sometimes it means taking risks. If you are not careful, you may even lose your life What does Aron Ralston think of mountain climbing? Here is a passage about him. II. While reading 1.Skimming: Read quickly and answer: Who is Aron Ralston? What is the passage about? 2.Sacnning: Read for meaning, not for details. Para 1:Read and fill the blanks, then answer questions. Para 2 T:How did Aron get out of the dangerous situation? Read and answer questions. Read carefully again and fill in the blanks. Para 3 Read and answer. Then read Para1
