Unit 1 Living Well
Period Two Reading教案
I. Teaching aims:
1. To know some details about Marty.
2. Learn the main idea of each paragraph.
3. summarize Marty’s story according to the time order
II. Teaching procedure:
Step 1: Fast Reading: Scanning the text and finish these exercises.
1.Marty is a _________ person.
2.Marty has a _________ disease.
3 We can infer that _____.
A.Marty will lose heart
B.Marty feels sorry for being disabled
C.Marty’s life is full of challenge
D.Marty feels lonely
Step2: Skimming: Marty’s mini biography
Marty’s disease
?A muscle disease that makes him very weak
Marty’s difficulties
?clumsy and can’t run or climbstairs as quickly as other people
Marty’s ambition
?To work in the computer industry
Marty’s achievement
?Invented a computer football game
Marty’s hobby
?Going to the movies and football matches and keeping pets
Marty’s motto
?To live one day at a time
Marty’s advice
?Don’t feel sorry for the disabled ormake fun of
Thembut accept them and give themencouragement
to live a full day.
Step3: Read Marty’s story and fill in the chart.
Problems caused by his disability
What Marty does in spite of his disability
1.weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others
2. Problems caused by his disability
3. Too tired to get out of bed
4. Has missed a lot of school and lessons
5. Feels stupid because of behind the others after a long absence from school
Enjoys writing and computer programming.
2. Invented a computer football game.
3. Looks after pets
4. Disability has made him grow stronger and more independent .
Step4:Detailed-reading (1):
In what order does Marty tell his story? He tells his story in order of time.
before 10: …; after 10 : …; at high school: …; now: …
Step5: Deep reading
Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: This is an introduction to Marty
and his muscle disease.
Paragraph 2: How the disease developed/ started
Paragraph 3: The difficulties Marty has in daily life.
Paragraph 4: My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am. My life is a lot easier at high school.
Paragraph 5: All in all, I have a good life.
Paragraph 6: My disability has made me growstronger and more independent .People with disabilities can also live well.
Step6 : Discussion
1. What kind of person do you think Marty is?
We can see that Marty is a ____ person.
optimistic, brave, independent, strong-minded…
2. What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?
Missing lots of school / Not being able to run around and playsports like other boys at his age/ People not understanding that he has a disability
3. What kind of things does Marty do in order to make his life happy and satisfying?
Marty keeps busy doing things like writing computer programming that do not require
physical strength. He has friends with whom he can go to movie and football matches
and he has a lot of pets. He also studies hard.
4. What can other people do to help Marty and others like him live a good life?
They can accept people with disabilities for who they are rather than focus on their
disability. They can encourage them to live rich and full lives.
5. Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty?
Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else.
Step 7: Group work
From Marty’s inspiring story, what have you learned ?
1: We should be patient with people with disabilities. We shouldn’t get annoyed just because they are slow.
2: We shouldn’t feel sorry for them. That might hurt them.
3: We should help them in a clever way.
4: We should encourage them when they feel down.
5: Just having a disability doesn’t mean your life is not satisfying.
6: Everyone can live well even if he has a disability.
Step8.Consolidation: multiple choice
1.Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg?A. Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out.B. Because they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本).C. Because they would transplant the new muscle.D. Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.
2. From the passage we can infer that __.
A. Marty asks others to feel sorry for him.
B. Marty never loses heart.
C. Marty is afraid of being made fun of.
D. Marty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger
3. What’s Marty’s dream?
A. Being a famous football player and representing his country in the World Cup.
B. Being a doctor.
C. Being a college student.
D. Being a basketball player.
4. Which of the following is false?
A.Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets
annoyed.
B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D. Marty disability has made him more independent.
Step9: Homework
Suppose one of your friends has difficulty in his study, and he’s in low spirits. Please write him a letter giving him some encouragement and advice to help him gain confidence.