Unit 1 Living well
知识目标
1．Get students to learn the uful words and expressions in this unit.
eyesight，ambition，disabled，beneficial，in other words，clumsy，adapt，microscope，out of breath，abnce，stupid，fellow，annoyed，all in all，industry，tank，make fun of，encouragement，adapt to 2．Help students to learn about disabilities and life of the disabled.
能力目标
1．Let students read the passage Marty's Story to develop their reading ability.
2．Enable students to know that people with disabilities can also live well.
情感目标
1．By talking about disabilities and life of the disabled，make sure students can learn some positive stories of the disabled.
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2．Help them understand more about how challenging life can be for
the disabled.
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3．Develop students' n of cooperative learning.
教学重点
Get students inspired by positive stories of the people with disabilities.
教学难点
1．Develop students' reading ability.
2．Help students understand the difficulties the disabled have to overcome.
学情分析
青少年学习1.
教学方法
1．Task－bad teaching and learning.
2．Cooperative learning.
教学过程
Step 1Warming up
1．Warming up by discussing
First ask students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to e how much they know about disabilities. Then show some photos of people with disabilities. Students will be asked to discuss the following questions in small groups.
Do you know any famous people who are disabled?
What difficulties do they have to overcome in daily life?
What have they achieved?
2．Warming up by talking
玉米粒做法First，ask students to look at the pictures and read what the people have achieved even though they each have a disability. Next，work with partners to talk about what disability they might have according to each description below the picture.
Step 2Pre－reading
Ask students to read the short paragraph in Pre－reading carefully and
结束
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find out the purpo of the website “Family Village”Step 3Reading
1．Skimming
Give students 2 minutes；ask them to read the passage fast to fill in the blanks：
Sum up the main idea of each paragraph：
Paragraph 1：A(n)______ to Marty and his muscle dia.
Paragraph 2：How the dia ______.
Paragraph 3：Marty met a lot of ______ at school.
Paragraph 4：How his life has become ______.
Paragraph 5：The ______ of his dia.
Suggested answers：
Paragraph 1：An introduction to Marty and his muscle dia.
Paragraph 2：How the dia developed/started.
Paragraph 3：Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
Paragraph 4：How his life has become easier.
Paragraph 5：The advantages of his dia.
2．Scanning for detailed information
Ask students to read the passage carefully to locate the detailed information.
(1)First ask students to read paragraph one and complete the chart below.
Dia
Difficulti
es
Motto
Suggested answers：
Dia A muscle dia that makes him very weak.
Difficulti He can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people.
相信自己成龙es Sometimes he is clumsy and drop things or bump into
防震演练总结
furniture.
Motto Live one day at a time.
(2)Next read paragraphs two and three and choo the best answer.
Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty's leg?
A．Becau they could cure the dia by cutting it out.
B．Becau they wanted to u it as a specimen(标本)．
C．Becau they would transplant(移植) the new muscle.
D．Becau they wanted to find out the cau of the dia.
Key：D
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(3)Read paragraph four and answer the following questions：
①What is Marty's ambition?
②What is Marty's achievement?
③What is Marty's hobby?
(4)Ask students to find Marty's advice in paragraph five.
Step4：合作探究
1.Ask students to work together to write a mini biography for Marty according to the text.
