Class Type

Reading and writing

Objectives

1. To talk about your health

2. To learn the habits of different countries

Key structure

1. is used to taking risks.

2. … his water ran out,  … have to do something to save his own life.

3. This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of.

Difficulties

To learn the habits of different countries

Vocabulary

breathe, sunburned, ourselves, climber, risk, accident, situation, knife, mean, importance, decision, control, spirit

be used to, take risks, run out (of), in control of, give up    

Periods

1

Procedure

Lead-in

Learn some new words.

Step 1

Free talk:

What is the most important in our life?

Step 2

Think about the question by giving pictures:

What kind of accident or problem can happen when you …?

Step 3

Think about some accidents and talk about some advice to protect them.

Step 4

Activity 2a.

Write the letter of each sport next to each accident or problem that can happen.

Step 5

Discuss these questions in groups.

Step 6

Activity 2b.

Read the passage and underline the words you don’t know.

Step 7

Activity 2c.

Read the statements and circle True, False or Don’t know.

Step 8

Activity 2d.
Read the passage again and answer the questions.

Step 9

Activity 2e.

Put the sentences in the correct order.

Step 10

Introduce the story of 127 Hours.

Step 11

Enjoy a video: Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

Step 12

Talk about a story about a person who once were “between a rock and a hard place”.

Step 13

Activity 3a:

Imagine you are the school nurse and a student just had an accident or a health problem. Make notes about what he/she should and shouldn’t do.

Step 14

Activity 3b:

Write a conversation between the nurse and the student using the notes in 3a.

Step 15

Do self – check.

Step 16

Language points: explain the key words and phrases in section B-2.

Step 17

More exercisers about the language points.