Unit 7 period 6 Integrating skills

首醫大附中 王曉蕊

TEACHING PROCEDURES I. Pre-reading Life is not always smooth, but with submerged rocks here and there, now and then. When faced with unexpected diseases or disasters or even death, what attitude to choose is a question.

Q: For example, if you found out that you had an incurable disease, how do you think your life would change? And how would you act towards the change? -- Born dying with AIDS, Xiaohua says, ?My life may have to be short, but there?s no reason why it can?t be beautiful.? -- Diagnosed with cancer, ?I? also have something to say to you. Now let?s see what ?I? will say to you. II. While-reading Questions: Q1: How did cancer change the writer’s life? Q2: Compare the writer’s situation with that of Xiaohua. In what way are their experiences similar or different? Q3: Do their experiences strike you? Q4: What have you learnt from them? (Get the students to put emphasis on some language points, especially how the writer expresses what he thinks. e.g. I remember having an empty feeling in my stomach and thinking that my life was going to end. There were days when I wished that I were dead so that I would not have to feel so sick.) III. Writing Pre-writing:

Ask Ss to have a discussion to express their ideas or opinions on how to write an essay about an important event in their life according to this text-

First, try to describe the event.

Then, explain how it make you feel and what it made you think.

Finally, explain why this event is important in your life.

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1.Useful words: To the full, a great many, on the contrary, free…from, take a chance, for the moment, think of…as,

2.Words concerned with diseases: AIDS immune defenseless infected cure contract virus suffer treatment

Ask Ss to list the words and structures they will use in their passages.

3. The beginning :Life is like a moon, sometimes round, sometimes not. We have happy times and also sad moments. If we draw a timeline, we will find it is not always straight. Take myself for instance…

4.Steps to follow :Step one: think about your past days: what were some events made you very sad.Step two: draw a timeline of your life and mark the worst times (the lows). Step three: talk about the sad things to your partner, with reference to the timeline. Step four: choose a sad event, which impresses you most. Try to remember all the details of it, especially how it made you feel, what it made you think and why it is important in your life. Prepare for writing it down. Step five: work out an outline of what you are going to write. Step six: begin to write. Writing:Write an essay about a sad thing in your life.

Sample writing:

The most important event in my life was when my grandfather became so ill that he almost die. He was in hospital for a whole year and it was very difficult for my family to find the money for his operation and treatment.

I was in middle school, and before my grandfather got sick, I used to spend most of my spare time playing games or going shopping. My parents always give me money. When my father got ill, we had to be very careful with our money. I stopped buying unnecessary things and even tried to find ways to make money. The time I remembered best was the first time I told time I had got 25 yuan to have pay for his treatment. Grandfather said to me“I see that you are not a child any more, I am very proud of you .you are the best granddaughter in the world.” I will never forget that day. I learned what a family really is and how it feels to help someone you love.