SectionB   3a-4

 The topic of unit2 is “Health” and “Give advice”. Ask students to use should\ shouldn’t to talk about the topic in Sectiong B(3a-4) belongs to reading and writing lessons. It trains students’ reading and writing ability.

1.     knowledge objects

Key words and phrases

a healthy life style, traditional Chinese Doctor Chinese way, a balance of yin and yang, Dang shen and Huangqi herbs, be good for, be stressed out, too much, too many, Chinese medicine, in Western countrise, It’s easy to do…, It’s important to do…, It’s+adj.+(for sb.)+to +v

, a balanceed diet, a few, for example, belive that+, weak and tired, angry everybody, get, important, stay healthy

Structures:

It’s+adj.+(for sb.)+to +v

2.     Ability Objects

1)     Improve students’ reading skills

2)     Develop students’ writing skills.

3)     Communicative competence

3.     Moral objects

Staying healthy is important in our life.

Great Chinese culture.

 Key words, phrases

Reading for details

Writing practice, how to solve our problems, such as having cold and being tired and so on.

Topic sentences

Writing

Usage of some of phrases and structures

Group work of two or four

VII.Teaching Methods

 Reading and writing methods

Communicative approach

Group work

 A projector , Computer, Screen,

Step1.Lead-in

 Show a movie about “Tai Ji” or play Taiji myself ,play music about Taiji show a pictrue of yin and yang.

T:What am I doing?

S1:You are playing Taiji

Others: play Gongfu

T: Do you know about Zhang Sanfeng?

S: Yes

T: What does Taiji depend on?

S: A balance of “Yin and Yang”

T:Playing Taiji and exercise can keep our balance of “ Yin and Yang”.

 What other way of being healthy?

S: Eating healthy foods. (medicine herbs)

T:Look at in Section B of Unit2, show topic, ‘A healthy lifestyle, the Chinese way’

[Attract students’ attation , stimulate their interest.]

Step2.3a

1.Read the text after me.

2.Read the text quickly, answer the questions

In tranditional Chinese culture

1)     If we are weak and tired, may be we have too much___. We should eat_________herbs.

2)     If we are too stressed out and angry, what’s the matter whit us? What should we do?

We have too much Yang, we should eat more Yin foods like tofu.

[Improve students’ fast reading skill.]

3.Read again, pronunce the underlined words, guess or look up word lists to find out the meanings

a healthy lifestyle , the Chinese way

 traditional Chinese doctors believe that ---

a balance of yin and yang

be weak and tired, get stressed out and angry

Dangshen and Huangqi herbs

Chinese medicine ,    in western countries

too much yang ,   too many students

It’s important to eat a balanced diet

It’s adj. (for sb) to do sth.

 Students make mistakes, teacher gives help

[Develope students’ individaul learning competence]

4.Read text again, pay attention to key phrases and words, find out the topic sentences.

Step3.3b

1).T: If I’m tired ,what should I do? What shouldn’t I do?

S1: You should lie down and rest.

S2: You should eat hot foods, like beef.

S3:You should eat Dangshen and Huangqi herbs.

S4: You should eat Mutton, chicken….

S5:You should eat exercise.

S6:You should eat fruit and other healthy foods.

S7:You shouldn’t go out at night.

S8:You shouldn’t study/ work.

 show should+v.        shouldn’t+v.

T: Are you tired” is a title, write article. How do we write the first and last sentences.

[Enlighten students’ mind , train listening skill, lead students’ to write]

2).Now show some advice on screen,fill in blanks in 3b .

3).Show works

Ask students read their works one by one

When students make mitakes teacher corrects.

( Put their work on projector students correct and read together)

Step4.3c

T: Yesterday I was tired, thank you give me some advice. Now I have a cold, what should / shouldn’t I do.

1）after students think over a few minites, teacher ask them to discuss with a group of four, one student writes, others give advice,

[Improve coorperative ability]

2). One of you speak to class about your ideas.

3).write  article themselves

Two of them write on blackbord, others check it.

Outline should be given( show on screen)

Everybody has a cold sometimes. When you have a cold, you should ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________---.

You shouldn’t_____________________________________________---.

[teacher walks around and give help if necessary, train ss’writing skills]

Step5. Sum up.

  Everybody get angry sometimes. When you are angry, maybe you have too many yang. You should eat more yin foods. You shouldn’t eat more hot yang foods. You should listening to quiet music. You should play Taiji to stay health. You should also eat a little apples. It’s easy to have a healthy lifestyle, and it’s important for you to have a balanced diet.

1)     correct mistakes

2)     find out  structure“ it’s adj. to do sth”

3)     find out topic sentences

[sum up key words ,phrases and key structures]

Step6.Homework

If you are a doctor , Mary is stressed out , how should she do ?

Give her advice and write an article

 Step7 Blackboard design

Unit2 what’s the matter?

too much yang ,   too many students

It’s important to eat a balanced diet

It’s adj. (for sb) to do sth.

Do you have a cold?

Everybody has a cold sometimes. When you have a cold, you should ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________---.

You shouldn’t_____________________________________________---.