TheFourthPeriod

TeachingAims：

1．Learnthefollowingwordsandphrases：weep，cell，chemical，radiation，fighter,agreatmany，onthecontrary

2．Trainthestudents’integratingskills,especiallyreadingandwritingskills．

3．Talkaboutcancerandthepatient’sattitudetowardscancer．

TeachingImportantPoints：

1．Mastersomeusefulwordsandexpressionsappearinginthetext．

2．Learntowriteapersonalnarrativeessay．

TeachingDifficultPoints：

1．Howtounderstandthereadingmaterialexactly．

2．Howtowriteapersonalnarrativeessaybetter．

TeachingMethods：

1．Asking—and—answeringactivitytocheckthestudents’understandingofthereadingmaterial．

2．Reviewmethodtoconsolidatethelanguagepointsinthisunit．

3．Individual，pairorgroupworktofinisheachtask．

TeachingAids：

1．a(chǎn)taperecorder

2．a(chǎn)projector

3．theblackboard

TeachingProcedures:

StepIGreetings

Greetthewholeclassasusual.

StepIIRevisionandLead—in

T：Inthesecondperiod，we’vereadapassageaboutapersonlivingwithAIDS,WhatkindofdiseaseisAIDS?

Ss：AIDSisadieasethatbreaksdownthebody’sImmunesystemandleavesapersondefenselessagainstinfectionsandillness．

T：1nwhatwaydoesAIDSspread?

Ss：Throughb1oodandotherbodyliquids,Byhavingunprotectedsex,byreceivinginfectedbloodtransfusionandthroughbirth．

T：WhatattitudedoesXiaoHuahavewhenshefoundshehadgotAIDS?

Ss：ShewasnotdiscouragedbutdecidedtousethelimitedtimeshehaslefttodosomethingtohelpOtherAIDSpatientsandshedidso．

T：Well，todaywearegoingtoreadaboutanotherpersonwhogotcancer．Weallknowthatcancerdoesnotspreadfromonepersontoanother，thoughitisalsoakindofseriousdisease,Thetextinthisperiodwilltelluswhathashappenedtothecancerpatientandhowhislifehaschanged．Now，1et’s1earnthenewwords．Thenwe’11readthetext．Lookatthescreen．

(Teachershowsthescreenandthendealswiththenewwordsbriefly．)

△diagnose／′daIgnauz／vt．

agreatmany

weep／wi：p／vi．

△disrupt／dIs′rpt／vt．

chemical／′kemIkl／n．；adj．

fighter/′falt／n.

△Richards/′rIdz／

△sample／′sa：mpl／n.

cell／sel／n.

△contagious／kn′teId3s／adj.

radiation／reIdI′eIn／n.

contrary／′kDntrrI／adj.

onthecontrary

StepIIIReading

T：Well，nowpleaseopenyourbooksatPage55．Readthepassagequicklyandrindouthowcanceriscausedandhowcancerchangedthewriter’slife．

(Afewminuteslater，teachercheckstheanswers．)

T：OK．Haveyoufoundtheanswers?

Ss：Yes．

T：Howiscancercaused?WangLi，youtry，please．

S1：Cancerbeginsincells．Therearemanytypesofcellsinthebodyandeachhasaspecialfunction．Inahealthybody,cellsgrowanddividetoproducenewcellsonlywhenitnecessary．Iftheproductionofcellsisdiscupted，cellseitherdividetoofastoratthewrongtime，makingitdifficultforthebodytofunctionproperly．Thisway，peoplegotcancer．

T：Verygood．Sitdown，please．Howdidcancerchangethewriter’s1ife?Volunteer?S2：First，thewriterfeltemptyandhopeless．Thenhebegantoreceivetreatmentandfoughtagainstthei11ness,sufferinggreatpainanddifficulty．Later，hefoundthestrengthtorecoverwiththehelpofhisfamilyandfriends.Afterfourteenmonths’successfultreatment，hewasabletogohome．Butthecancerinhisbodyhasjustbeendefeatedforthemoment．Itcancomebackatanytimeandthestrugglewil1neverend，sohesayshislifehasnotyetendedbutreallybegun．Hehaschangedhisattitudetowardslife．Hehaslearnttoappreciateevery

somethingbetter”．Othersbelongtothesamecategory，likeAIDSandcancer，whicharebothdiseases．Trytothinkmorewaysthatyoucangroupnewwords．

(Afterthat)

T：Now，please1ookatthefollowingwordsandphrasesonthescreenandgrouptheminatleasttwodifferentcategories．

immune，defenseless，infection，cure,contract，virus，suffer，discourage,specialist，lonely，eventually,breakdown,dieof，cheerup，dealwith，asif,alackof

Suggestedanswers：

1．immune，defenseless，infection，cure，contract，virus，suffer

2．discourage，specialist,1onely，eventually，breakdown，dieof，cheerup，dealwith,asif,alackof

T：Well,now1ookatthesewordsonthescreen．WhatOtherwordsdotheymakeyouthinkof?

AIDS，immune，defenselessinfected,cure,contract,virus,suffer

Ss：Transmit，prevention,illness,treatment，defensive,diagnose,contagious，sick，hospital，(in)curable,spread，recover…

T：Yes．You’vecollectedsomanywordswhichcanbeusedtotalkaboutdisease．Next,pleaselookatthetwosentencesontheblackboardandrewritethemusing“Iwish…”and“If…”.

(Bb：1．Idon’tknowwherehelives．

2．PeopleareafraidofSARSbecausetheydon'tknowmuchaboutit．)

T：Who’dliketohaveatry?Pleasecometotheblackboardandwritedownyoursentences．Onestudent，onesentence．

Suggestedanswers：

1．IwishIknewwherehelives．

2．IfpeopleknewmuchaboutSARS，theywouldnotbeafraidofit．

StepⅦSummaryandHomework

T：Well．Howbusythisperiodis!We’venotonlypractisedlisteningandreading，butalsopractisedspeakingandwriting．We’vealsolearntmanyusefulwordsandexpressions．Afterclass,pleasereviewwhatwe’velearntinthisclassandpreviewwhatwe’lllearninthenextunit．

StepVⅢTheDesignoftheWritingontheBlackboard

Unit7LivingwithdiseaseTheFourthPeriod

I．Usefulexpressions：

tothefull，agreatmany，onthecontrary，free…from，takeachance，forthemoment，thinkof