Teaching plan





Teaching content: A healthy life ( Period 2 Reading)
Teaching aims:
1.Improve the students’ reading ability.
2.Get the students to understand the text fully.
3.To talk about the importance of health and the harmful effects of smoking.
Teaching important and difficult points:
How to help the students understand the text fully.
Teaching aids: a computer , a microphone and a tape
Teaching time: 45 Mins

Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Greetings. ( Slide 1)
Greet the Ss as usual.

Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Show some pictures on the screen and get the students to answer the following questions: (Slide 2---Slide 9)
1) What are they doing?
2) Which are healthy activities while which are unhealthy activities?
2. Get the students to answer the following questions in class.
( Slide 10 )
1). Have you ever smoked? If you have, have you ever tried to stop?
2). Why do you think some adolescents start smoking?

Step 3 Skimming (Slide 11 )
Read and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
A. The writer leads to the topic of the letter by talking about James’ problem of smoking.
B. Introducing some different ways of becoming addicted.
C. Telling the writer’s hope for his grandson and advice on stopping smoking.
D. Telling the harmful effects of smoking.
E. From the life the writer is leading now, we can know the importance of healthy life.
Keys: 2—A 3----B 5-----C 4-----D 1-----E

Step 4 Detail reading (Slide 12--13)
Read the letter carefully, and try to finish the following chart.

Information from the reading passage
Different ways people can become addicted to cigarette
1.____________ addicted to nicotine.
2.addicted through __________
3. ___________ addicted
Harmful physical effects for smokers

1.do terrible damage to .
2.have difficulty in .
3.can not _______________ .
Effects that a person’s smoking can have on other people
1.other people _________________ .
2. The cigarette smoke may do harm to __________________________
Effects that smoking can have on sporting performance
be unable to ______________ .

Suggested answers: physically, habits, mentally, heart and lungs , becoming pregnant , run fast, dislike the smell ,other people near the smoker ,enjoy sport

Step 5 Reading, listening and summary
1. Read the article and find out the suggestions James’ grandfather found on the Internet. (Slide 14)
Suggested answers:
1)Prepare yourself.
2)Be determined.
3)Break the habit.
4)Relax.
5)Get help if you need it.
6)Keep trying.

2. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks in the following summary. (Slide 15)
Choose a day that is not __________ to quit smoking. Make a list of all the __________ you will get from stopping smoking. ___________ all your cigarettes at the end of the day before you plan to quit. ________ the list of benefits you wrote when you feel like smoking. Develop some other habits like walking, drinking some water, cleaning the house and so on to keep yourself busy. If you feel nervous or stressed, try to do some __________ exercises like deep breathing. You can stop smoking with a friend or join a group. If you feel really bad, ask a doctor or _________ for help. The most important thing is to keep trying. Don't feel ________ if you _________ because some people have to try many times before they finally quit smoking. Never give up and you will succeed.
3. Check the students’ answers.
Suggested answers:
Stressful, benefits, throw away , Reread ,Relaxation, chemist ,ashamed , weaken
4. Get the students to read the passage together.

Step 6 Discussion ( Slide 16)
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