Module 1 Our body and Healthy Habits

Teaching content

a) Reading and vocabulary

b) Cultural corner

Teaching aims and demands

a) get the students to understand the texts well

b) get the students to know the importance of the healthy habits.

c) help the students to improve their reading ability

Teaching methods

a) speaking b) reading c) discussing d) pair-work& group-work

Teaching aids

Multi-media

Teaching steps

Step 1 Revision

I Revise last book by asking them which kind of food they like best and why.

II Revise everyday English by asking which kind of sports they like best and why with the help of everyday English.

Step 2 Pre-reading

1. Look at some pictures and ask the students what these sports and foods are and what their favorites are.

2. Make a survey of the students.

1). Do you sometimes get colds and flu?

2). Do you eat at least three portions of fruit and vegetables a day?

3). Do you eat fish once a week or more?

4). Do you take at least two hours’ exercise a week?

5). Do you eat much fat, for example, fatty meat?

6). Do you eat a lot of sweet things, for example, chocolate?

7). Do you rarely get toothache, but sometimes go to the dentist for examining?

8). Are you quite fit?

Step 3 Introduction

Let the students look at another picture and asked them if they knew the boy.

Zhou Kai, a middle school student, loves football very much and is very healthy.

Step 4 Reading

I Scanning

Read the text quickly and try to find the answer to these questions:

1. Why is Zhou Kai‘s mother anxious?

Because he is going out to play football in the rain.

2. What does she think will happen?

She thinks Zhou Kai will catch a bad cold.

3. What does she ask him to do?

She asks him to at least wear his jacket.

II Understanding

Play the tape for the students and ask them to listen & read following the tape in a low voice. Then finish the exercises.

1. Zhou Kai's family _________.

(a) avoid eating too much fat or sugar

(b) eat a lot of vegetables, fruit and meat

2. Zhou Kai ________________.

(a) sometimes gets colds and flu

(b) seldom gets colds or flu

3. A week ago, Zhou Kai _________.

(a) caught a cold (b) injured his arm

4. Two years ago, Zhou Kai _______.

(a) hurt his leg (b) hurt his arm

5. Zhou Kai describes himself as ___.

(a) crazy

(b) someone who loves football

III Language points

1.Can you think of any Chinese proverbs connected with English?

1) She is connected with the Smiths.

2) Please connect me with New York.

have sth. to do with; depend on; be related to; have a relationship with

2. When Zhou Kai‘s mother saw him heading towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously.

1) Stop mothering me! I am not a child.

2) She fingered the silk gently.

3) 3) You ought to diet and take more exercise.

3. Two years ago I broke my arm playing football

IV Discussion

How to stay healthy?

Healthy habits Unhealthy habits

Fruits /vegetables /green food

Early to bed and early to rise

Do exercise regularly

A balanced mood

A balance between work and rest Fried/salted/canned/fired food

Staying up and getting up late

Smoking /drinking too much

A bad mood

Over working without rest

Step6 Summary

The teacher summary the class by comparing the healthy habits and unhealthy habits..

Homework:

1. Search the internet for more information about how to keep healthy using the search engines: www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.baidu.com.

2. Do Exx5,6,9 in your workbook.

Some Chinese proverbs on health

1. 病從口入。

A close mouth catches no flies.

2. 健康勝于財富。

Health is over wealth.

3. 飯后百步走，延年又益壽。

After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.

4. 冬吃蘿卜夏吃姜， 不用醫生開藥方。

Carrots in winter and gingers in summer keep the doctor away.

5. You are what you eat.