Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
migraines, feel great, give sb. a prescription, feel a lot better, in full
b. 重点句式
He examined me and asked me questions about my symptoms. P8
I have had very bad headaches about three or four times a month. P8
I woke up one day feeling awful. P72
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to write a paragraph about a health problem.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to write a paragraph about a health problem.
Teaching important & difficult points教学重点和教学难点
Teach the students how to write a paragraph about a health problem that they have had.
Teaching methods教学方法
Task-based learning and discussion.
Teaching aids教具准备
A projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step I Reading
First, let the students put the sentences in Activity 1 on page 8 and Exercise 15 on page 72 in the right order to make two paragraphs. And check the answers. After that, ask the students to read the paragraphs in the right order.
Step II Discussion
T: Try to remember a small health problem you have had and try to describe it, including what the problem was, the reasons, how things ended and so on. Do you remember the last time you were ill?
S1: I got an illness two months ago.
S2: Last week, I was ill.
Ss: Yes.
S1: I have been to hospital for several times.
S2: My grandma has been to hospital.
T: Do you still remember the situation that the first time you went to hospital?
S: I had flu last week and my parents took me to the hospital. The hospital looked dark and frightening.
S: I remember the first time I went to hospital. The smell is terrible. And I saw many children were crying when they were having an injection.
T: Good! Can you describe the feeling when you got ill? S: I feel awful when I have a stomachache. I have no appetite even when I see my favorite food.
S: I once had a very bad headache. I can’t concentrate on my study. And I feel dizzy.
T: Now, try to get as much information as you can to fill in the table about a health problem that you have had. Work in pairs.
Show the table on the screen.
start of the illness
cause of the illness
symptoms
what the doctor said
what the doctor did
what the doctor did
Sample answer 1:
start of the illness
a high temperature
cause of the illness
play football in the rain
symptoms
have a headache, have a sore throat, feel very tired, have no appetite
what the doctor said
not play in the rain, have a full rest, take some medicine, stay in bed and not go to school for two days
what the doctor did
examine me, take the temperature, give some medicine, have an injection
how the illness ended
sleep in bed for two days, take some medicine three times a day, feel better at last
Sample answer 2:
start of the illness
a stomachache
cause of the illness
eat sour food
symptoms
have no appetite, feel sick
what the doctor said
what I have eaten, how often it happens, how long it has last, what kind of food I like to eat
what the doctor did
examine me, give some medicine, give some advice
how the illness ended
have a rest, take some pills three times a day, feel better at last[
Step III Writing
T: Write a paragraph using the information we have prepared. Pay attention to the connection of the information and organize them well.
A sample version:
A Health Problem That I Have Had
I am a fifteen-year-old girl. Usually I am healthy and seldom get ill. But last week, I had a bad stomachache. I had no appetite at all. I didn’t want to eat anything. Although I ate nothing, I still felt sick. Half an hour had passed but I still didn’t feel well. My mother called the doctor after she came back from work. The doctor examined me and asked me whether it happened often or not. I told him what had happened that afternoon. He asked me what I had eaten that day. I told him that I had an egg and two pieces of bread in the morning. And at lunch, I had a sandwich and a sausage in the fridge. On hearing that, my mother said the sausage had been out of date for a long time. She was too busy to throw it away. No wonder it tasted sour when I ate it. The doctor gave me some pills and asked me to have a rest that night and not to eat too much sweet or fatty food, especially sour food. After taking the pills, I slept in bed and I felt much better at night.
Step IV Homework
T: After class, go on writing the paragraph, and make your expressions in full.