Lesson 1 What’s Wrong, Danny?教学设计-2025-2026学年冀教版英语九年级全册

Lesson 1 What’s Wrong, Danny?

一. Teaching Objectives

Language Competence

  Students can master key words and core sentences to talk about health problems

Cultural Awareness

  Students understand that asking about others’ health politely is a common way to show care in daily life (both in China and English-speaking countries).

Thinking Quality

1.Students can analyze simple health problems and give basic suggestions.

2.Students can connect the lesson content to their own life 

Learning Ability

 1.Students can take notes of key words/sentences with simple symbols during the class.

2.Students can work in pairs to practice dialogues actively.

二. Teaching Key & Difficult Points

Key Points

1.Master the meaning and pronunciation of key words about health.

2.Use the core sentences to ask and answer about health problems.

 

Difficult Points

1.Use "What’s wrong with you?" correctly in real situations.

2.Connect different health problems with simple solutions

三. Teaching Aids

Picture cards

Simple props: a glass of water (for "thirsty"), a small pillow (for "tired")

PowerPoint (with short dialogues and pictures)

四. Teaching Procedures

Step 1: Warm-up & Lead-in

1. Greet students: "Good morning, class! How are you today?" (Ask 2-3 students to answer: "I’m fine, thank you.")

2. Show a picture of Danny (from the textbook) with a sad face. Ask: "Look at Danny. He looks sad. Why? What’s wrong with him?" (Lead students to guess and introduce the lesson title: "Today we’ll learn Lesson 1: What’s Wrong, Danny?")

Step 2: Presentation

 1. Teach key words:

- Use the same way to teach stomach (touch stomach)and learn the new words.

2. Teach core sentences:

- Use the picture of Danny . Teacher acts as Danny, and says: "You look pale." (Repeat 2 times.)