Module 7 Unit 1 Living Well
Marty’s Story
教学设计
This passage tells of a story about a disabled boy. After learning this lesson, the students will be able to talk about something about people with disability and know that we should enjoy our life and live every day to the fullest. And don’t forget to help others, especially the disabled. ‘To be positive and strong-minded when in trouble.’
The teaching procedures can be divided into 7 steps.
Teaching Procedure
Students’ Activity
Reflection
Lead in
Play a video about a little boy who is asking for help. Then ask the following questions:
1. What’s the name of the little boy?
2. What is his problem?
Then inform students that there is a disabled boy named Marty also want to help the child (Auggie) and he wrote down his own story to encourage Auggie.
Fast Reading
Ask students to skim the passage and try to match the main idea with each paragraph. After students shared their answers, ask them to figure out the structure by choosing from the following pictures:
3．Detailed reading
Activity1：
Ask students to read Paragraph 1 and fill in the medical record.
Part 1
Activity 2 (Part 2)
Elicit students to think “In what order did Marty tell his story?” Then Try to figure out the 3 stages of Marty’s life and answer the questions for each stage.
Time
Details
Para2 10
Puzzles
What’s the name of this disease?
Para3
Primary School
Problems
What are his problems?
Para4
High School
How to adapt to his life：
Encourage students to analyze the 3 stages and recognize the changes of attitudes to life caused the changes in life.
Activity 3
Ask students to read paragraph 5 to find at least 2 pieces of advice for healthy children.
4 Summary
Review the text by finishing a summary with some missing words without looking at the text book.
Post-Reading
Play the second video about Auggie in which he was awarded a prize thanks to Marty’s help. Inspire students to think the following questions after a short discussion:
If you were their classmates, how would you get along with them?
Do you think Auggie and Marty have in something common?
Then create a situation: if Auggie would enter our school and you were the reporter from v-jfls (WeChat?Subscription) and wanted to do an interview about him and Marty. Divide students into groups of 4 to act out this interview.
Interview From v-jfls The topic: Life of the disabled, suffer or enjoy?
Character
Task
Reporter
1. Introduce Auggie, Marty and his disease
2. Ask questions (choices you could choose)
For Marty
1 feelings when he got the disease at 10
problems in primary school
how to overcome problems and lead a happy life
For Auggie
feelings on the first day in public school
how Marty’s story influenced him
future plan
Marty (guest)
Share his own experience and answer questions
Auggie (guest)
Tell us how he adapt to his school life by Marty’s help
Classmate of Auggie
Share Marty’s advice and what you learned from their stories
How to get along with Auggie in school
After 3 groups have given their performance, invite other groups to evaluate their performance and choose the best group.
Thinking
Encourage students to discuss what the necessary factors of a good life are, and share the answer with the class. And summarize that positive attitude and strong mind are the key factors.
Assignment
Show the requirements of assignment to the class and they can choose one to finish:
1. Write a report about this interview
2. Search the website “Family Village” to find more stories about the disabled, and share with us tomorrow
Become interested in the video and the topic.
Get a general idea about what difficulties the disabled will face.
Skim the text and match the main ideas with the paragraph.
Student1 shared the answers.
Fill the record card.
Student 2 shared her answers.
Read the key words in each paragraph and find out the order of this text and name each stage.
Analyze the experience of each stage and figure out his attitudes.
Student 3 gave the class the answers.
Student 4 to 6 gave us the answers without looking at the handout.
Discuss the two questions.
Share the answers.
Work in group of 4 to prepare the activity.
Group 1 to 3 performed in the front of the class.
Group 4-6 chose the best group and stated their reasons.
Discuss the question with the group and share their answers.
The video is about a boy whose face is different from normal people feeling afraid to go to school. This activity elicits students’ desires to help this child.
Through this way, Marty has set an invisible example for the students to help others.
Show students a clear structure of the text, and strengthen students’ skimming skills.
By filling the table, students will get general information of Marty.
Inform students the organization method of the writing.
By analysis, students will recognize the emotion and attitude changes through different stages, and figure out why Marty’s life had become better. And they may learn from Marty’s story that attitude changes life and being positive can defeat problems.
The aim of the activity is to tell students how to get along with and treat the disabled.
Reinforce what they have learned.
Elicit students to use what they have learned to finished a task and rethink what they can learn from Marty and Auggie. And by role play, they may experience or at least understand the feelings of the disabled.
The purpose of the assignment is to consolidate what they have learned in class and develop their skills of gathering information.
Design for the blackboard:
Marty’s Story
课件23张PPT。M7U1 Marty's Story高二英语 人教版Living WellMARTY’S STORYPara 1:Para 2:1. Match the main idea to each paragraph.a. The problems he has to deal with.
b. How his life has become easier.
c. An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
d. How his disability developed.
e. What his disability has brought to him.Para 3:Para 4:Para 5:Fast-readingSkimmingEnd123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960End123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960Para 1:Para 2:StructureAn introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
How his disability developed.
The problems he has to deal with.
How his life has become easier.
What his disability has brought to him.Para 3:Para 4:Para 5:Part 1Part 2Part 3Medical Record of Marty Name: MartyGender: Disease:Symptom (症状): ____ ______ _________ that makes him very weak._________and can’t ____ or ______
stairs as quickly as other people.A muscle diseaseClumsyrunclimbTo live one day ___ _____ ______.at a timePersonality (性格): 笨拙的Motto (座右铭):outgoingScanningDeatailed reading Part 1 (Para 1) male End123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960In what order did Marty tell his story?in order of time.10high schoolprimary schoolPart 2 (Para2-4)At 10 (Para2) Primary school (Para3)TimeWhat are his Problems ?High School
& Now (Para4)
How did he adapt to his life?DetailsWhat are his Puzzles?End123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960End1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859602 minutes5 minutes10
puzzleshigh school & now
Good lifeprimary school
worriesPart 2uncertainnegativepositiveHis attitudes to lifePart 3 Para5Advice for healthy children12Feel sorry for make fun ofAccept, encouragementSummary Marty is a disabled person but he thinks he is very outgoing and has learned to adapt to his disability.
Marty used to climb trees and play before 10 years old . As he grew up, he was too weak to go to school so his education suffered. But his life became a lot easier at high school.
All in all Marty thought he had a good life. His ambition
is to work for a firm. He thought his disability has helped him and he hopes people won’t make fun of them either, and just give them encouragement to live a full life.
End123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960End123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960What happened after Auggie read Marty’s Story ?Do you think Auggie and Marty have something in common?
If you were their classmates, how would you get along with them? Suppose Auggie would enter our school, and you were the reporter from v-jfls (WeChat?Subscription) and wanted to do an interview about him and Marty.V- JFLSLife of the disabled, suffer or enjoy?5 minutesEvaluationsThinkingWhat are the necessary factors of a good life?good looksHealthy bodywealthA strong mindPositive attitudeYour life is in your hands, you can choose to make it very good or choose to make it very bad.
So please open your eyes to realize the things that you do have, and make those good things to define your life.
------Lizzie Velasquez1. Write a report about this interview
or
2. Search the website “Family Village” to find more stories about the disabled, and share one with us tomorrow
AssignmentThank youModule 7 Unit 1 Living Well
Marty’s Story
评测练习
本课时所有课堂活动结束以后对学生进行了当堂评测，评测是以下发评测练习当堂完成并上交批改评价的形式进行的。具体评测内容及设计目的如下：
内容
I.正误判断(根据课文内容判断正“T”误“F”) 1.Marty was a normal child before he was ten years old. ( )
2.Marty was easy to become breathless ，so his fellows would laugh at him at high school. ( )
3. Marty once dreamed of playing professional football and possibly representing his country in the World Cup. ( )
4.Because of his unknown muscle disease ，Marty felt sorry for himself, sitting around doing nothing all day sometimes. ( )
5. In Marty's opinion, having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. ( )
Ⅱ.阅读表达(根据课文内容完成下列各题)
What is Marty ambitious to do?
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Please list at least three pieces of Marty's advice about how to treat the disabled?
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What does the underlined phrase mean in English in the sentence "All in all I have a good life."?
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What does Marty usually do in his spare time?
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What's the advantage of Marty‘s disability in many ways?
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二、目的
该评测练习的目的是检测学生对本节课所学知识的掌握情况，通过这种方式帮助学生识记重难点，对课文内容也是进一步的夯实巩固。
三、评测练习答案：
I. TFTFT
Ⅱ.
1.Marty is ambitious to work for a firm that develops computer software.
2.Don't feel sorry for them. Don't make fun of them. Don't ignore them. Accept them for who they are. Encourage them (Give them encouragement) to live as rich and full a life as we do. (任选其 三 )
3.In a word/In conclusion/In short/In brief.
4.He goes to the movies and football matches with his friends and also has pets to look after.
5.His disability has helped him grow stronger psychologically and become more independent.
