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Unit 3 Keep Fit
Section 6 Reading Plus
Content analysis
This is an expository essay on the benefits of exercise, elaborating on its positive effects on the body, brain and mind. Physically, exercise builds muscles, controls weight, and prevents back / knee pain and obesity-induced heart diseases. For the brain, exercise boosts oxygen supply to the brain by raising heart rate and adjusting breathing, enhancing memory; post-exercise bodily chemicals also improve learning and thinking abilities. Mentally, exercise triggers the brain to produce special chemicals that bring joy, relaxation and calmness; a fit body boosts self-confidence, and group sports help make new friends. The author urges people to overcome busyness and laziness, exercise daily and make it a part of life.
By explaining the benefits of exercise for the body, brain and mind, the author wants readers to know exercise is important for health and encourages them to exercise actively. The article tells people to live a healthy life and helps them develop good exercise habits.
The essay uses a general-specific-general structure. It starts by saying people know exercise is good but often don’t do it, then introduces the topic and advises daily exercise. The main part explains exercise’s benefits in three clear paragraphs (body, brain, mind). The conclusion uses “Health is wealth” to stress health and asks people to make exercise a part of their lives.
Outline
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
When talking about each benefit, the author uses clear logic, such as cause and effect and progression. For example, the physical benefit part first explains how exercise shapes the body, then how it controls weight, and finally the harms of overweight — presenting a progressive logical chain.
Learning Objectives
Through the study of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. get basic information about exercise’s benefits (body, brain, mind) and people’s reasons for not exercising, sort them out, and present structured knowledge with mind maps or other visuals;
2. accurately describe the exercise’s benefits and people’s inaction in English, analyze the author’s intention;
3. evaluate the article’s views on health and exercise, and form a correct understanding of a healthy lifestyle;
4. imitate the article’s language to conduct oral communication and written work.
Focal and Difficult Points
Focal Points
1. Master the key information about the benefits of exercise (body, brain, mind) from the article.
2. Be able to accurately describe the exercise’s benefits in English.
Difficult Points
1. Analyze the logical relationships in the article and apply them to language output.
2. Imitate the article’s language to complete related oral or written tasks.
Procedures
Teaching Activities Learning Activities Purposes
STEP 1 Lead-in T: Let’s watch a short video first. While watching, please write down as many sport names as you can catch from it. (T shows a short video clip on the screen, in which people are doing different exercises such as jogging, swimming and playing basketball.) T: Have you ever done any of the exercises in the video And how did you feel after doing them STEP 2 Reading 1. Fast-reading T: Please read the passage as fast as you can and put the missing sentences back to complete it. Five sentences have been taken out in advance: A. Exercise is also great for our brain. B. Exercise also helps us to feel happier. C. But we should try our best to exercise every day. D. Exercise is good for our body. E. Remember: Health is wealth. 2. Careful-reading T: Now, let’s read the passage carefully again. Divide the text into three parts according to the three aspects of exercise’s benefits — body, brain and mind — then complete the outline. After that, answer the following two questions: 1) What are some common reasons people give for not exercising 2) What do you think the writer means by “Health is wealth” Do you agree with this saying Step 3 Post-reading 1. Group Discussion T: Now, let’s have a group discussion on the topic: If you were to design an ideal weekly exercise plan, what would it include and why 2. Writing T: Now, write a short passage (about 80-100 words) based on your group discussion to introduce the exercise plan you designed. STEP 4 Homework Make an English vlog to record your weekly exercise plan, and remember to involve your family and friends in it! Watch the video attentively, write down the sport names they catch from it, and recall their own exercise experiences. Raise hands and briefly answer whether they have done the exercises in the video and how they felt after exercising. S Read the passage quickly, and put the given sentences in the correct places to complete the passage. Read the passage carefully, divide it into three parts by exercise’s benefits (body, brain, mind), complete the outline and answer the two questions. Take an active part in group discussions and share the ideas about the weekly exercise plan. Write the short passage independently and try to apply the learned language knowledge. To arouse students’ interest in the topic of exercise and quickly engage them in the class. To activate students’ prior knowledge of exercise and lay a foundation for text learning. To help students master reading skills such as skimming and scanning through fast-reading, and train their ability to grasp the overall structure and main ideas of the text. To help students grasp the text’s detailed content and master its outline through careful reading, and encourage them to express their ideas bravely. To get students to express ideas in English, improve oral skills and foster teamwork awareness. To consolidate learned knowledge, turn language input into output and improve students’ writing skills. To encourage students to record their exercise plans via English vlogs and involve their family and friends.
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