I. Teaching aims:
1. Get the Ss to understand the following words and expressions: scream, witness, emergency, panic, ambulance, respond, recommend, conscious, airway, tip, circulation, revive, chin, upside down, keep in mind, stay calm, press on, roll over etc.
2. Get the Ss to understand and retell the meaning of DR ABC.
3. Ss can explain what the people are doing in different situations by what they have learnt from the passage.
II. Teaching procedures:
1. Lead-in
Show the Ss four pictures and get them to answer the questions:
Picture 1:
Q: What should you do if you find a person trapped under a car?
A: Find enough people to lift the car and move safely.
Picture 2:
Q: What should you do if you find a person whose leg is bleeding?
A: Press firmly on the bleeding point by using a clean piece of cloth.
Picture 3:
Q: What should you do if you find a person who has stopped breathing?
A: Try to start his breathing, using the mouth-to-mouth method.
Picture 4:
Q: What should we do if a house is on fire?
A: Call for help.
2. Reading:
1) Get the Ss to read the passage and find the main idea of each part:
Para 1: The importance of first aid.
Para 2: The importance of staying calm
Para 3-4: The meaning of DR ABC. Remember how to give first aid and think fast.
Para 5-6: When we have checked the DR ABC, we should give the first aid that is
needed and call an ambulance.
2) Play the tape for the Ss and read the passage paragraph by paragraph, and ask some questions for each paragraph.
Para1: What is very important in an emergency? (Timely first aid)
Para 2: What’s the most important thing when dealing with emergency?(To stay calm)
Para 3-4: What do hospitals recommend?
What does DR ABC stand for?
R---Response: Make sure the wounded person is conscious and can breathe.
D-Danger: Make sure the accident scene is safe.
A---Airway: Make sure the airway is open and it’s easy to breathe.
B---Breathing: Make sure the person can breathe; otherwise, start his or her breathing at once
C---Circulation: Make sure to cover the wound and press on the wound to stop the bleeding.
Para 5: What can we receive the training of first aid? (In a hospital and a school)
What should we do when we have checked DR ABC?
Para 6: What is the recovery position? (A way of placing a body so that the airway is clear and easy to breathe.)
How is the recovery position done?
a. roll the person onto one side, Keep the legs straight.
b. Place the hand of the person’s upper arm under his or her chin.
c. Bend the person’s leg so that he or she will not roll over.
d. Stay with the person and wait for the ambulance.
e. Cover the person with a blanket or a jacket to keep him or her to stay warm.
3. True or False:
1) We can do nothing but call an ambulance or the police when someone is hurt. F
2)If you don’t know about first aid, never try to revive the wounded person. T
3)We can check blood circulating only by looking for eye movement. F
4)If the person is not breathing , we must start her breathing in ten minutes. F
5)If a person is bleeding, make sure that the airway is clear and it is easy to breathe. F
6)When the accident happens, go to save the wounded people immediately. F
4. Post reading:
1)Look at P60 in the book and do ex. 1, match each picture with a sentence in the text.
Picture 1: The man is gently tipping the person’s head back to make sure that his airway is open and it is easy to breathe.
Picture 2: If a person is not breathing, we can use the mouth-to-mouth way to start his/her breathing. And this must be done within five minutes.
Picture 3: If a person is bleeding, we should cover the wound with a clean piece of cloth and press on the wound to stop the bleeding.
2)Pairwork: Use the letters DR ABC to tell your partner how to give first aid.
First, you should make sure that the accident scene is no longer dangerous.
Second, you should try to get a response from the injured person
Third, you should make sure that the person’s airway is clear.
Fourth, you should check if the person is breathing.
Last, you should make sure that the person’s blood is circulating.
5. Homework:
1.Read the passage again after class and retell DR ABC to each other.
2. Finish reading passage ABC and 15 choices in THE BEST DESIGN.