the fourth period
teaching aims：
1．learn the following words and phrases： weep，cell，chemical，radiation，fighter, a great many，on the contrary
2．train the students’ integrating skills, especially reading and writing skills．
3．talk about cancer and the patient’s attitude towards cancer．
teaching important points：
1．master some useful words and expressions appearing in the text．
2．learn to write a personal narrative essay．
teaching difficult points：
1．how to understand the reading material exactly．
2．how to write a personal narrative essay better．
teaching methods：
1．asking—and—answering activity to check the students’ understanding of the reading material．
2．review method to consolidate the language points in this unit．
3．individual，pair or group work to finish each task．
teaching aids：
1．a tape recorder
2．a projector
3．the blackboard
teaching procedures:
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ii revision and lead—in
t：in the second period，we’ve read a passage about a person living with aids, what kind of disease is aids?
ss：aids is a diease that breaks down the body’s immune system and leaves a person defenseless against infections and illness．
t：1n what way does aids spread?
ss：through b1ood and other body liquids, by having unprotected sex, by receiving infected blood transfusion and through birth．
t：what attitude does xiao hua have when she found she had got aids?
ss：she was not discouraged but decided to use the limited time she has left to do something to help other aids patients and she did so．
t：well，today we are going to read about another person who got cancer．we all know that cancer does not spread from one person to another，though it is also a kind of serious disease, the text in this period will tell us what has happened to the cancer patient and how his life has changed．now，1et’s 1earn the new words．then we’11 read the text．look at the screen．
(teacher shows the screen and then deals with the new words briefly．)
△diagnose/′daign auz/vt．
a great many
weep/wi：p/vi．
△disrupt/dis′r pt/vt．
chemical/′kemikl/n．；adj．
fighter/′falt /n.
△richards/′ri dz/
△sample/′sa：mpl/n.
cell/sel/n.
△contagious/k n′teid3 s/adj.
radiation/reidi′ei n/n.
contrary/′kdntr ri/adj.
on the contrary
