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UNIT 6 Accidents!
Lessons 41-48
Functions：
Ø Giving Warnings
Ø Expressing Fear
Grammar：
Ø imperatives
Structures：
Ø be mad at
Ø hurt oneself
Ø on/at the edge of
Ø take care/be careful
Ø warn sb.(not) to do (sth.)
Lesson 41 After an Accident
Language goal:
l words and expressions : accident acting victim pretend warning refuse reporter
l key sentences：
(don’t) have to have an accident
Ability goals:
Acting an accident
Emotion and attitude goals:
How to deal with an accident
Strategy goals:
Talking about an accident
Teaching activity：
Step 1: Come to “think about it”.
Step 2: Check to see if the students have previewed the reading as required. Ask if they have any questions concerning the text. Encourage other students to try to answer the questions. Select one or two words from the vocabulary list and ask if anyone has figured out the meaning. If a student replies correctly, ask him or her to share the strategies used to puzzle out the meanings. Remember to give lots of praise for a good try, even if it’s wrong.
Step 3: Play the audiotape. Have the class follow the audiotape while looking at the text.
Read the test and answer true (T) or false (F).
1) Jenny, Danny and Brian are having an accident. ( )
2) The victim is the person who is hurt. ( )
3) Jenny is good at acting, so she wants to be the victim. ( )
4) Danny will be the friend of Jenny; and Brian will pretend a reporter. ( )
5) At last, Jenny becomes angry with Danny. ( )
Step 4: Divide the class into groups of three. Ask each group member to take one of the three roles (Jenny, Danny, or Brian and out the dialogue.
Step 5: Come to “Project 1”
Introduce and begin unit project 1. This project can cover six lessons. Students will be working in groups of six to prepare and present this role-play project about how to respond to an accident. The “Teaching Techniques ”section at the back of this teacher’s guide provides suggestions for introducing a new project. The following is a step-by-step method of helping students learn and practice this information.
Homework：
u Recite the dialogue and write down the new words
u Finish the exercises in the workbook

Lesson 42 : Be Careful、Danny!
Language goal:
l words and expressions : careful ceiling ladder injure serious fault
l key sentences:
Look at this yellow star
Let me get the ladder for you
Ability goals:
Giving Warnings
Expressing Fear
Emotion and attitude goals:
Ask for help
Strategy goals:
How to giving warnings and expressing fear
Teaching activity：
Step 1: Come to “Think About It”.
Step 2: Check to see if the students have previewed the reading as required. Ask if they have any questions concerning the text. Encourage other students to try to answer the questions. You may simply ask the class what happened to Danny and where it happened. Can the students retell the story?
Step 3: Play the audiotape. Have the class follow the audiotape while looking at the text.
Step 4: Divide the class into groups of four. Ask each group member to take one of the four roles (Brain, Jenny, Danny or Mr. Jones) and act out the dialogue. It should be a lot of fun.
Step 5: If you have time, divide the reading into five or six parts, and divide the class into five or six groups. Have each group rewrite one part of the reading in the past tense. If there is time, ask each group to read to the class what they have rewritten. You may want to make some comments in the process. Remember to give lots of praise for a good effort
Teaching tips：
Accident report
when
where
who
what
why
how

Homework:
u Read the text and write down the new words
u Finish the exercises in the workbook

Lesson 43 Brian’s Injury
Language goal:
l Words and expressions: injury patient recover safety rule James Noble drop bounce witness Andrews icy Morton rush
l Key sentences:
Be mad at…, learn a new safety rule, there’s something wrong with…,
It’s nothing .serious
Ability goals:
Seeing a doctor
Emotion and attitude goals:
Know about how to deal with an accident.
Strategy goals:
Have a positive attitude to an accident
Teaching activity：
Step 1: Check to see if the students have previewed the reading as required. Ask if they have any questions concerning the text .Encourage other students to try to answer the questions. Select one or two sentences containing key words or phrases and ask if anyone has figured out the meaning. If a student replies correctly, ask meanings. Remember to give lots of praise for a good try, even if it’s wrong.
Step 2: Play the audiotape. Have the class follow the audiotape while looking at the text.
Read the text and answer true (T) or false (F).
1. Brian went to the hospital by bus. ( )
2. There was something wrong with Brian’s leg, so he couldn’t walk. ( )
3. Brian will recover soon because he was not badly hurt. ( )
4. Brian’s mother didn’t come to the hospital. ( )
5. There was a traffic accident on a cold morning on 15 Street and Park Road. ( )
6. Two girls were injured. ( )
7. The two girls walked in front of Mrs. Andrews. ( )
8. Mrs. Andrews shouted to the girl. But it didn’t work. ( )
9. Mrs. Andrews called the ambulance. ( )
10. It was the driver who stopped the traffic. ( )
11. The driver, Mr. Morton took Ann to hospital at once in his car. ( )
12. Ann broke her leg, but she will be well in a week. ( )
Step 3: Divide the class into groups of six. Ask each group member to take one of the six roles (Brain, Danny, Jenny, Mr. Jones, Dr. Ling or Brain’s mother) and act out the dialogue. Try to make it lively and fun.
Step 4: If you have time, ask one or two groups to present their drama to the class.
Step 5: Come to “Let’s Do It “.
Step 6: If you have time, ask each group to discuss, in English, one of the following topics:
There are too many accidents (traffic, mining, fire,) happening in China. List some accidents you know of that have happened recently.
What are some of the main causes of the accidents?
What can and should we do to stop them from happening again
Teaching tips
小组讨论：中学生应该做什么，不应该做什么。讨论后请小组中的一个同学用祈使句把同学们的讨论结果记录下来。写的最多的小组获胜。
Homework:
u Read the article about the accident and list some accidents you have known.
u List some sentences about giving warnings.

Lesson 44 Please Take Care ！
Language goals：
l Words and expressions： height careless waterslide bell
l Key sentences ：be careful/take care
Ability goals ： Learning an English song
Strategy goals： Learning to sing the song
Teaching activity：
Step 1：Check to see if the students have previewed the reading as required . Ask if they have any questions concerning the text .Encourage other students to try to answer the questions. Select one or two sentences containing key words or phrases and ask if anyone has figured out the meaning. Can any students explain what to take an ambulance is not a happy ride and jump from too high a height mean？ If a student replies correctly，ask him or her to share the strategies used to puzzle out the meanings。
. Remember to give lots of praise for a good try , even if it’s wrong.
Step 2: Divide the class into two groups. The groups will read the song aloud as a poem. Have each group read one stanza of the song at a time . If you like, you could ask one group to read the lines and the other to act out what is being read. Then change roles.
Step 3: Play the audiotape. Have the class follow the audiotape and sing along.
Step 4: Practice singing until everybody sings the song well.
Step 5: If you have time, ask for two volunteers who are willing to sing and act out the song to the class. One volunteer will sing while the other acts. Play the audiotape again. Have the class sing along with the audiotape.
Step 6: Come to “Let’s Do It.”
Teaching tips
² 让学生说出并演唱他们喜欢的英文歌。
² 举行一个英语歌曲演唱会。
² 学生之间开展介绍著名英文歌曲和歌手的比赛活动。
Homework:
u Learn some other English songs.
u Write a story about an accident.

45: How Safe Is Your Home?
Language goals
1 Words& expressions
Prevent bathroom slip fire instead electrical appliance soap edge drown
2 Key sentences
l Keep the floor dry. then you won’t slip and fall
l Be careful with knives!
l Never use electrical appliances in the shower or bathtub .electricity can hurt you!
l
l Don’t leave small children alone in a bathtub children sometimes drown in bathtubs.
Ability goals
Enable the students to know some safety tips to prevent accidents in the kitchen and in the bathroom.
Emotion attitude goals
Enable the students to form a correct attitude to prevent accidents
Strategy goals
To understand the target language by reading.listening.and liking at some accident pictures
Culture awareness goals
All of the people need a safe home and have a peace life
Teaching important points
Talk about some accidents in the kitchen and bathroom
Teaching procedures and ways
Step1 Lead-in
Talk about your house
Do you live a bib or a small house?/I live in a house with a living room. two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom
Who’s in the kitchen?/a cook
If a cook is careless, what happen in the kitchen?/accidents
Step2 listening and talking
l play the audiotape ,have the class follow it while reading
l explain
Care/careful/careless safe/safety danger/dangerous electrical/electricity dry/dryer
l answer
1 which placesare the most dangerous in the house?
2 could you tell me some safety tips ?(remember to give lots of praise for a good try,even if it’s wron)
Step3 oral practice
Give some specifical suestions about how to keep a safety home /what shoud we do to keep a safety classroom?tryin using Imperatives
Homework
Ø Recite some oral safety tips
Ø The next reading in the student book

Lesson46 Help People
Language goals
1 Words& expressions
l Save beard sailor pole sleigh reindeer chimney
l Extensive words Father Christmas generous generosity
2 Key sentences
The stories say he saved sailors from storms, helped young children and gave gifts to the poor
Ability goals
Enable the students to know the origin of Christmas
Emotion &attitude goals
Enable the students to know some information about Christmas
Strategy goals
To know Christmas a lot by speaking, reading, role-playing
Culture awareness goals
How to spend Christmas
Step 1 Lead-in with the following questions
l When is Christmas Day?
l Is Christmas as popular as Spring Festival in China? Why?
l Does your family exchange gifts at Christmas?
l What do you know about Santa Claus? If you know, please tell what he looks like?
Step2 Listening and speaking
Ø Play the tape, have the class follow it while reading the text
Ø Let the students discuss the reading and the topic of Christmas
1. Who’s Santa Claus?
2. Do you often receive gifts at Christmas/
3. What kind of quality does Santa Claus have? (brave generous kind…)
4. How does Santa Claus give people gifts?
Step3 Pairs
Come up with some questions about Christmas, ask and answer in pairs
Step4 Let’s do it
Write the outline about Christmas, using words like who, what , when ,why
Homework
1. Write an e-mail to your pen pal in Australia, ask question about Christmas there
2. The next reading in the student book

Lesson47 Never Catch A Dinosaur
Language goals
1 Words& expressions
warn, warn… sb. (not)to do sth
2 Key sentences
She didn’t think it was safe; it took me three months to recover
Ability goals
Enable the students to tell a description of the accident, using five “w”s and one “h”
Emotion &attitude goals
Enable the students to learn lessons from an accident
Strategy goals
To understand a description of the accident by telling a story
Culture awareness goals
Different counties have different accidents, find five top accidents all over the world
Teaching important points
to tell a description of the accident, using five “w”s and one “h”
Teaching procedures and ways
Step1 lead-in
Make a dialogue looking at the pictures
E. g what happened? They had an accident.
Has anyone called the police? Yes.
Is anyone hurt? Yes, a man is hurt .but not badly.
Step2 listen and answer
Play the tape with the following questions
² What happened to Li Ming at the age of seven?
² How long did it take for Li Ming to recover from his injury?
² What lesson did Li Ming learn from the accident?
Step3 practice
Tell Li Ming’s accident, using what, who, where, when, why and how
Step4 let’s do it
Imagine you are a witness or a journalist from CCTV, write Danny and Brian’s accident, using
First, then , finally
Homework
Write an accident that happened to you. Share it with your family

lesson48 Unit Review
Language goals
Words and expressions in this unit
Ability goals
Enable the students to use “Imperatives” to make a notice to readers
Emotion & attitude goals
Enable the students to keep some school rules to be a good student
Strategy goals
To finish target by singing and writing
Culture awareness goals
Encourage the students to behave themselves in English class, enjoy learning English
Teaching important points
To make notice to readers
Teaching procedures and ways
Step1 lead-in
Ask the students to sing the song “Please take care ”
Step2 write
Make notice to readers or testers using “Imperatives”
Step3 let’s do it
Make a poster about how to prevent accidents at school (maybe you are a good painter)
Step4 conclude
Sum up Unit 6, asking the students what they like best about this unit and what trouble they still have
Homework
The remaining exercises in this unit