体验英语任务型设计 7.docx

1、体验英语任务型设计 7Unit Seven Drug Abuse Task-based Design for Six Contact Hours Session No.Unit Content InvolvedFocal PointsTask-based activitiesSession 1(90-100 min)1. Listen and TalkLead inPassage listening practiceDialogue SamplesCommunicative Tasks1. The effects of drug abuse2. Key words and expression

2、s related to the topicdepression; anxiety; guilt; embarrassment; loneliness; addicts; violence; disastrous; overdose; stressful; suicide; medical problem; brain damage; yearn for; interfere with;Expressions and sentences for talking about drug addicts and drug abuse( See Communicative Tasks)The same

3、 as the above.Making up a short story with the help of pictures shown after the passage. Role-playing the dialogue samples. Doing the communicative tasks according to the situation provided. 2. Read and explorePassage AAgony from EcstasyLexical preparationKey words and expressionsagony; bliss; confu

4、sion; ecstasy; illusion ;motivation; responsibly; sanity; scan; somewhat; carry out; expose to; focus on; if only; look down on/ upon; on top of; pick upPicking out sentences from Passage A containing the key words and expressions in the left column and making up new sentences with them.Session 2(90

5、-100 minutes)2. Read and explorePassage AAgony from EcstasyReadingPassage understanding on the basis of the analysis of the passage structureSpeakingStory retellingWritingEffect description1.Analyzing the passage structure 2. Picking out the words used for describing the feeling of the author when s

6、he did ecstasy.3. Finding out the climax of the story. Talking about the experience of author about drug abuse.Writing a paragraph Describing the bad effects ofdrug abuse, smoking, etc.Session 3(90-100 minutes)2. Read and ExplorePassage BDrug Warriors3. Write and ProduceGeneral WritingPractical Writ

7、ingReadingPassage understandingReading Skills Text Cohesive Devices Word consolidation Coordinate; designate; execute; gang; raid; split up; suspect; venture; in charge of; lay out; pull offParagraph Development by Cause and Effect Public Warning MessageDoing fast reading of Passage B and discussing

8、 the Ex. 12 in groups. Discussing the definition of the skill and finishing Ex.16Making up sentences with the words on the left column with the help of the related sentences in the passage.Write an essay on any topic you like, using cause and effect to support your topic.Write a public message on th

9、e effects of drug abuse, smoking, etc.Unit Group project: Talking about an anti-drug operation at home or abroad on PPTIII. Suggested teaching procedures and class activitiesSession 1 (90-100 min)Listen and Talk1. Lead inTask1 Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing words in the

10、blanks. Step 1 Lead-in questions1. What do you know about drug? Please list some of them.(Heroin, opium, ecstasy, marijuana, poppy)2. What do you know about drug abuse?(Happiness, confidence, peace, depression, anxiety, guilt, embarrassment, loneliness, heart attack, lung cancer, liver problems, bra

11、in damage) Step 2 Listening practice The students listen to the passage for three times and fill in the missing words in the blanks. Teacher: Listen to the passage for three times and fill in the missing words in the blanks.Step 3 Word studyThe teacher lays emphasis on the following words and expres

12、sions related to the topic:Take drug, drug addicts, happy, peace, depression, anxiety, lonely, tougher, alter, violence, ambition, yearn for, interfere with, on the spot, in addition to, physical problem, brain issues Teacher: Can you pick up the words and expressions related to the topic? What are

13、they? Task 2 Story-tellingThe students tell the story according to the pictures provided in the textbook with the words and expressions they have learned from the listening passage in groups. Teacher: Work in groups to tell the story according to the pictures with the help of the words and expressio

14、ns youve learned from the listening passage. Five minutes later you will be expected to do class presentation. 2. Dialogue Samples Dialogue 1: The Death of a Promising Actor.Step 1 Lead in questions1. Do you know how to start talking about an unexpected death?(It is really unfortunate. I cant believ

15、e that!)2. Are you able to talk about an unexpected death in English? Step 2 Dialogue Samples studyThe students read the first dialogue in pairs and speak out the following sentences for talking about an unexpected death in the dialogue.Teacher: Please read the first dialogue in pairs and speak out

16、the sentences for talking about an unexpected death. Several minutes later.Teacher: Can you speak out the sentences youve summarized? It was really unfortunate.Its hard to imagine. He had everything going for him! I guess they also have hard times. Maybe life in the fast lane is too much sometimes.I

17、t might be stressful up there. But why do you think this happened?And then the teacher asks the students to give more examples. Teacher: Can you give us some more examples?Did you hear/read about the death? How is that possible? I think its hard to believe.I find that hard to believe. Im sorry to he

18、ar the news. How did it happen? Dialogue 2: What is Drug Abuse?Step 1 Lead-in questionTeacher: Do you know how people usually argue about something uncertain?(I wonder why What do you say about ?Do you have any opinion/ comments on ?As far as I am concerned, / in my view/ personally/ as I see itDont

19、 you agree/ dont you believe, ? )Step 2 Dialogue Samples studyThe students read the second dialogue and speak out the following sentences that are used for talking about something uncertain in the dialogue. Teacher: Please read the second dialogue in pairs and speak out the sentences useful for talk

20、ing about something uncertain in the dialogue.Several minutes later.Teacher: Now, can you speak out the sentences youve summarized?(Why do people turn to drugs? Some believe they can resist drugs? .I dont know about coffee and cigarettes.Dont you think there are some people who are more likely to ta

21、ke drugs than others?I mean, is it genetic?/ I dont know if thats genetic, but it is biological.I suppose such pleasure centers exist in human brains too.Dont you mean people with drug problem are not to blame ?/Thats not my point.)3. Communicative TasksTask 1: Talking about the causes of problemRol

22、es: A and BSituation: A pop musician is reported to have a drug problem. A and B are talking about the causes of his/ her problem. The students are given 5 minutes to work in pairs according to the situation given and then role-play the task. Some students make comments on their performance, which s

23、hould involve their presentation of the real-life situation and the English they use for talking about the causes of problem.Teacher: Work in pairs to do Task 1. Five minutes later some pairs of you are expected to role-play the task, and then the others will be invited to make comments on your perf

24、ormance. The comments should involve the presentation of the real-life situation and the English you use for talking about the causes of problem. Task 2: Arguing about cigarette smoking in the dorm. The students do the task after class in pairs. 4. Read and ExploreLexical preparation for Passage ASt

25、ep 1 Word studyKey words and expressions:agony; ecstasy; if only; focus on; expose to; bliss; look down on/ upon; somewhat; responsibly; illusion; on top of; pick up; confusion; carry out; scan; motivation; sanity; Students are given 7 minutes to pick up the sentences containing the words and expres

26、sions from Passage A which are displayed on PPT. The teacher may assign each group two or three words or expressions.Teacher: Please do fast reading of Passage A and pick up the sentences containing the words and expressions displayed on PPT. Group 1 are responsible for the first two words, Group 2S

27、entences to be picked up: (1) Agony from Ecstasy ( Title )(2) All I can think is, “if they only knew.”( Para. 1)(3) I was too involved and focused on other things. ( Para. 2) (4) I was exposed to new people, new ideas and a completely new lifea way of life that exposed me to drugs. ( Para. 4)(5) I r

28、emember the feeling I had the first time I did Ecstasy: complete and utter bliss. ( Para. 5)(6) As I did, I actually started to look down on those who did not. ( Para. 6)(7) In five months, I went from a person living somewhat responsibly while pursuing my dream to a person who didnt care about a th

29、ing. (Para. 7)(8) Racing thoughts, horrible images and illusions crept through my mind. (Para. 8)(9) On top of all this, I felt as if I was having a heart attack. (Para. 8)(10)Somehow, I managed to pick up the telephone and call my mom in the middle of the night, telling her to come get me.( Para. 8

30、)(11) I spent the next 14 days in the hospital in a state of extreme confusion. (Para. 10)(12)My doctors performed a scan of my brain. (Para. 10)(13) and my doctors told me those were areasareas that carry out memory functionswhere the activity of my brain had been changed in some way.(Para. 10)(14)

31、Ecstasy took my strength, my motivation, my dreams, my friends, my department, my money and most of all, my sanity. (Para. 12)Step 2 Sentence makingThe students make sentences with the following words and expressions in pairs. If only; focus on; expose to; pick up; on top of ; carry out Teacher: Lets do more practice. Make sentences with each of the words and expressions displayed on PPT. Three minutes later youll read us your sentences.Step 3 Further studyWords for further study:agony; responsibly; sanity; scan; somewhatThe teacher demonstrates the s