Teaching plan of Unit 8

First Aid

Teaching aims and demands

1. goals: Talk about first aid and medicine

Practise talking about what you should do and should not do

Learn to use the Subjunctive Mood (2)

Write a process paragraph.

2. Vocabulary and useful expressions:

Drown, bleed, choke, prevent, electric, electrical, wire, container, scream, witness, calm, panic, ambulance, tip, slightly, chest, circulate, pulse, wound, blanket, manage, pale, motorcycle, sudden, worn-out, eventually, bite, tap, loose, bandage, explanation, first aid, keep in mind, roll over, manage to do sth, , in honor of

3. Function:

Express dos and don’ts:

You should always….

You ought to /should….

You must/ have to….

You should not …..

You should never….

You must never…. .

4. Grammar:

Subjunctive Mood (虛擬語氣2 )

If I had not been tired, I would have helped her.

If he had known the news, he might have told you.

If it were to rain, I would stay at home.

Teaching procedure:

Period 1.

Step 1.Warming up

1. Brainstorming:

Activity: a quiz to test the knowledge of first aid.

2. Following the steps of the warming-up on page 57.

Step 2. Pre-reading

1. Show some pictures of people in danger..

2. group work: describe the process of giving first aid.

Step 3. While-reading

1. Scanning: Ss read quickly and discuss

What have you learned from the passage?

2. Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.

Step 4. After-reading

Discussion: how to give first aid in various situation.

Step 5. Assignment

surf the internet and get more information about the topic..

Period 2.

Step 1. Warming up

Ask some Ss to retell the passage that they have learnt in last period.

Step 2. Learning about the language

Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 59--60.

1. The car was upside down and the driver was bleeding and screaming.

Upside down/ scream

Turn the box upside down.

The wind screamed through the tree.

She screamed that there was a mouse under her bed.

2. If I had known more about giving first aid, I could have helped him.

You could stay with us. But you went to the cinema.

If I hadn’t taken the wrong bus, I wouldn’t have missed the contest.

3. People who have witnessed an accident often wish that they had done things differently.

Witness

He witnessed the battle.

Her flushed face witnessed the great excitement she felt.

None could witness that he was present.

4. If we were to panic, we would not be able to help.

Panic

the crowd panicked at the sound of the guns.

There was panic when the fire started.

5. We can also check a person’s pulse by putting a finger on the person’s neck or wrist.

6. if a person is bleeding, we should cover the wound with a clean piece of cloth and press on the wound to stop bleeding.

Step 3. Practice

Ss finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 61 by themselves.

Step 4. Assignment

1. Learn the useful expressions by heart.

2. Finish Wb. Ex1 –3 on page 132.

Period 3.

Step 1. Revision

Check the answers of Wb Ex 1 -- 3 on page 132.

Step 2. Discovering useful structures

1. Ss look at the following sentences and translate them into Chinese.

If I had not been tired, I would have helped her.

If he had known the news, he might have told you.

If it were to rain, I would stay at home.

2.Ss study more examples on p61.

If I had known more about giving first aid, I could have helped them.

If we were to panic, we would not be able to help.

If we were to get hurt trying to save someone, we could not be able to help.

Many hospitals recommend that we use the letters DR ABC to remember what to do when we have to think fast.

3.More exercises to consolidate the Grammar.

.EX1-3 on p61-62

Step 3. Talking

1. Ss four in one group and have a discussion about the topic on page 131

2. Ss make notes during the discussion, and try to make the process clear in mind.

Step 4. Speaking

Express dos and don’ts:

You should always….

You ought to /should….

You must/ have to….

You should not …..

You should never….

You must never…. .

.Step 5. Assignment

Finish Wb Ex 1 -4on P133

Period 4.

Step 1. Warming up

Ask Ss some questions about how to give first aid:

Step 2. Reading

1. Ss read the passage on P134:

First aid right and wrong

2. Help Ss to understand the passage entirely.

3. Finish the comprehending EX on P135

Step 3. Writing

a. read the passage quickly and get a main idea of dealing common injuries.

b. Finish the writing task on p 64.

Period 5. (Listening)

Step 1. Listening

1. Ss finish the listening task on page 58.

2. Ss listen to the tape again and check the answers.

Step 2. dealing with the Ex 1-4 on p 130 of Workbook.

Step 3. Listening skills

Give the students some tips on how to improve listening while checking the Ex.

a. make notes while listening;

b. grasp the most important information

Period 6. (Writing )

Step 1. Pre-writing

1. Ss read the passage and get the general idea about it.

2. Explain the skills on how to organize a paragraph.

Step 2. While-writing

1. Ss write a short paragraph to tell the readers the right process of giving first aid.

2. Ss exchange their writing and correct the mistakes.

3. Ss rewrite the process again.

Step 3. After-writing

Choose some samples and show them in class.

Tips on writing:

Pay attention to the form of writing a process.

Pay attention to the tense while writing.

Pay attention to the structures of the sentences.

Step 4. assignment

Prepare a lecture on first aid.

Period 7.

Teachers can use this period freely.

Suggestion: Teachers can use this period to let Ss sum up what they have learned and explain what Ss couldn’t understand very well in this unit. Teachers can also add more practice in this period to consolidate what the Ss have learned. Finally, ask the Ss to finish Assessing on page 136. It is very important to improve their learning and let them have a sense of achieving gradually.