3.　　　 I’m feeling much better.

Much equals a lot, even, far, a little

e to “LET’S DO IT”.

Divide the class into groups. Talk about the questions. After a while, let some students give their report to the class.

Show them more words and expressions about disease with the flashcards.

When the students are discussing, the teacher walk around the classroom and give them help if it is necessary.

Step6. Homework

2.in hospital; in the hospital

I was ill in hospital last year.

We went to see my uncle in the hospital.

1.I have something to tell you.

They have a lot of homework to do.

2.　　　 Where is Danny now?

Let the students answer the questions in class in oral.

Step3.Read the text and encourage students to ask more questions:

S1: Who went to see Danny in hospital?

S2: Brian and Jenny.

S3: What did Danny feel about missing school?

S4: He felt terrible.

S5: Is everyone quiet as Brian reads the letter?

S6: Yes.

S7: What did the doctor take from Danny’s stomach?

S8: An appendix.

Give them hints and let them ask more questions.

Step4. Make sentences with the following language points:

2.　　　 How do we feel when we are in hospital?

Teaching Difficult Points:

Demonstrate the feeling in hospital.

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1.Warming up

What do you think of Danny? Do you miss him? What do you want to know about him?

Let some students answer the questions in class in oral. Pay attention to the words that they are using. If you think it is necessary to show more words, you can show some new words to them.

Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

1.　　　 Know something about the disease and hospital in foreign countries.

2.　　　 Learn more about the hospital in foreign country.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Know more about the disease.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

Sometimes in the life we don’t feel happy. We even think of death when we have much trouble. Now let’s look at these disabled people, although they are disabled, they have a happy life. They can do some things even better than us. What can we learn from them? It’s the spirit that we face the difficulties.

Lesson 31: Danny Tells All

Teaching Content:

Oral words and expressions: appendicitis, appendix

Teaching Aims:

2.　　　 Call on the whole world to take more care of the disabled.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Know about the difficulties that the disabled people have to face in the world.

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1.Warming up

If you are a disabled person, what problems will you meet?

Divide the class into groups of three or four. The teacher can design the task for every group.

Group1 lost an arm in an accident. Now what difficulties will you meet?

Group 2 lost a leg in an accident. Now what difficulties will you meet?

Group 3 is deaf.

Group4 is blind.

Let the students talk about their problems for five minutes. Then give a report in the class.

Step 2. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.

Ask some students to talk about the questions in pairs. Then let some students demonstrate their opinions in class.

We may think if we are disabled, we must be very sad, even we want to die. But we must live for our parents and friends. If they lose us, they will not be happy. Let some students to have a talk about this.

Step3. Look at the picture of Jane. Do you think what’s wrong with Jane? Do you think she is happy? Why?

Step4. Read the text and let’s learn more about Jane. Encourage the students to ask more questions about this part.

S1: How old is Jane?　　

S2: She is forty years old.

S3: What is she unable to do?

S4: She is unable to brush her teeth. She can’t run or jump. She can’t make breakfast.

S5: Is she married?

S6: Yes, she has a daughter and a son.

If some students can’t answer some of the students, the teacher helps them.

Step5. Demonstrate the dialogue in part 2.

Let some students act out the dialogue in front of the class.

Step6: Listen to the tape and read after it for several times. Play the tape for several times in order to let them have correct answers.

Step7. Imagine you are Jane. What difficulties will you meet in your life? Ask some students to answer the questions in class. Do you think when you are happy?

Step8. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Divide the class in groups and discuss the questions. Let them demonstrate their opinions freely. The teacher should help them if they are in trouble. Remember them to think about the problem in right ways.

Step9. Homework