What is the matter? 1.The analysis of teaching material: For eight grade students, we should based on the knowledge students already studied.I use all kinds of targets to teach and let them master the words of diseases.I forced students do a roll play who imitating the procedure of seeing a doctor.With this , can raise students interest and make students lead the cla.
2.The Analysis of the Students: In this period students are lively, active and have strong curiosity, so they are eager to expre in English.Their ability to imitate and remember is particularly strong.3.Teaching objectives 3.1 Knowledge Objectives:
1) Be able to master the pronunciation, meaning and spelling of the names of diseases: fever, sore throat, sore back; stomachache, headache, toothache, cold, cough;
2) Be able to learn the expreions of giving advice: lie down and rest, drink hot tea with honey, see a dentist, take this medicine;
3) Be able to talk about health problems by using “What’s the matter? I have a…” and give advice by using “You should…You shouldn’t…”
3.2 Ability Objectives:
1) Be able to talk about one’s health problems and give advice fluently;
2) Be able to role play doctor and patient; 3.3 Moral Objectives:
1) Improve the cooperative spirit through pair work and role playing
2) Care more about yourself and your family members’ health.
4.Teaching focus and difficult points: students should master the words about diseases and can give considerable advises.The teaching Focus
1.Master the names of diseases: fever, sore throat, sore back; stomachache, headache, toothache, cold, cough;
2.Can give some considerable advises: lie down and rest, drink hot tea with honey, see a dentist, take this medicine;
2.Talk about health problems by using “What’s the matter? I have a…”and give advice by using “You should… You shouldn’t…”
The Teaching Difficulties
1.Students may find it difficult to remember all the target new words in the cla; 2.Students may find it difficult to give considerable advice to the certain disease because of their limited life experience.5.Teaching methods: Communicative language teaching.6 .Teaching aids: blackboard, multimedia, chalk, eraser and so on.7 .Teaching procedures.Step1: Warming up:
1.First greet students and start the cla.2.Presentation of pictures about medical instruments(ward, sickbed, operating room).3.Let students recognize these pictures and ask them:” Where they can see these medical instruments?” and students will say:”in hospital”.Step2: Presentation of pictures about diseases 1.Then get students to gue the diseases..When I do an action, ask students: “What’s the matter?” For example, when I put my finger on the stomach, ask students: “What’s the matter with me?” Help students say: “I’m not feeling well.I have a stomachache.” Then teach the other target words: fever, sore throat, toothache, sore back in the following way: Put my finger on the other part of body and get students to ask: What’s the matter? Then get other students to gue the problem.
2.Use body language to guide students to gue another two names of diseases: cold, cough.3.Show students pictures of diseases half hidden, and get students to gue the names of diseases: fever, sore throat, toothache, sore back, cold, cough.Design Description: use pictures, can arouse the curiosity of students to actively participate in teaching activities, the teaching of word mode is simple and intuitive, easy to be accepted by students.Grade eight students love speculation activities, so using the half cover images allows students to consolidate the learned words.Step3: Pair workLet students talk to their desk-mate and use question and answer.
Put finger on the part of a student’s body and ask: “What’s matter?” and guide him to use the pattern: I’m not feeling well.I have a… Then ask students to work in pairs and talk about health problems by using the target language: What’s the matter? I’m not feeling well.I have a …
Design notes: pairs practice can stimulate student participation, expand participation, and enable more students to speak English.Step4 Presentation of expreions of giving advice.Tell students that I have a cold/cough, ask them: What should I do? Students may give different answers, collect their answers and help them to use: You should/shouldn’t do… Then show some pictures of other diseases mentioned before and ask them to give advice to each
problem by using target language: You should/shouldn’t do… During this activity, some phrases will be learned: lie down and rest, drink hot tea with honey, see a dentist, drink lots of water, take some medicine.
Design Description: to show students pictures about the disease, it can not only help students to review the new knowledge, but also can naturally introduce a new topic for disease advice.Then, through between male and female disease to carry out said matching game recommendations, stimulate the enthusiasm of students, and consolidate the sentence.At the same time.The student growth related knowledge, strengthen the awarene of health.Step5 Group work
Ask students to make a five -people group, one of them is a doctor, one is doctor aistant, the rest of them are patients.Ask the students to role play the dialogue above.Then ask several groups to perform before the cla by using some tools: bandage, a uniform, a stethoscope.Ask other students. 8.Homework: Let students recite these words and the text.
