(课件网) Lesson 1 Enlightening a Mind UNIT 5 EDUCATION By the end of this period, you will be able to: read and talk about ways to learn; read for general understanding; read for specific information. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV Pre-reading If you were a teacher, how would you teach a blind student to read and write？ How about teaching someone who is both blind and deaf？ 3. Have you heard Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan Read the text to know how the teacher teach Helen Keller who is both blind and deaf. Activity 1 Fast reading 1．The text is mainly about _____. 2．Figure out the main idea of each part with your deskmate. Part 1 (Para.1) _____ Part 2 (Para.2) _____ Part 3 (Paras.3－5) _____ Part 4 (Paras.6－11) _____ While-reading how Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller words Helen Keller was an exceptionally special girl. Helen’s teacher，Anne Sullivan. How Anne taught Helen some easier words. How Anne taught Helen more difficult words. 3．In which order does the author organize the passage A．Time. B．Place. C．People. D．The process of learning words. 4．What’s the purpose of the text A．To tell us the story between Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. B．To tell us how to teach someone who is both blind and deaf. C．To tell us how Helen Keller grew into a famous and successful woman. D．To tell us the meaning of education and how to enlighten a mind. √ √ Activity 2 Careful reading Ⅰ. Read para. 1 and answer the following questions. 1．Who is Helen Keller Helen Keller was an exceptionally special girl who still couldn’t speak，read or write and needed to have everything done for her by the time she was seven years old. 2．What makes her special She couldn’t see or hear. 3．How about Helen Keller’s characteristics and personalities She was troublesome，stubborn and got angry easily when no one understood her. Ⅱ. Read para.2 and answer the question. How about Anne Sullivan’s characteristics and personalities Anne Sullivan was a superb teacher who could relate to Helen’s difficulties. Tip：She’d had eyesight problems early in life as well so she could relate to (=understand) Helen’s difficulties. She was sympathetic. Ⅲ.Read paras.3－5 and answer the questions. 1．What is the meaning of “enlighten” in the title “Enlightening a mind”？Look it up in the dictionary. To enlighten someone means to give them more knowledge and greater understanding about something. 2．Who enlightened whose mind Anne Sullivan enlightened Helen Keller’s mind. 3．How did Anne give Helen more knowledge and greater understanding about something in this passage Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller four words in her own way. 4．Which words were easier to learn？Which were more difficult？Explain why. (1)The words “doll” and “water” were easier to learn，because Helen could touch them. (2)The words “love” and “think” were more dif ... ...
