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课件网) Reading and Thinking 1. What do you think is happening in the photo 1 What do you think is happening in the photo Open page Some children and their teacher in Africa are enjoying water at a new well which was provided by China. 2 What do you think the theme of the title is according to the unit title “sharing” I think the theme of this unit is volunteer work and helping others. 3 How do you understand the quote on the open page It means we should take care of ourselfves, and that we should take care of others in an equal fashion(=way). Predicting: What the text is possibly about Step 1: Pre-reading The text is probably about volunteering in the bush. Step 1: Pre-reading Step 2 : While-reading Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para 1: C The author’s feeling after visiting the village. B Recieve a parcel from home. A What the author witnessed in Tombe’s village. D The conditions about the bush school and the students. Para 2-3: Para 4-7: Para 8: Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para 1: C The author’s feeling after visiting the village. B Recieve a parcel from home. A What the author witnessed in Tombe’s village. D The conditions about the bush school and the students. Para 2-3: Para 4-7: Para 8: Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph. Activity 2 Look at the titles of the section and text and two pictures and predict what challenges do you think she might have faced. Poor living, teaching and learning conditions; Cultural shock; Loneliness and homesickness; Children of little education; Language and customs Safety problems; Poor transportation 3 Answer the following questions. (Page 39, Ex.3) 1. What do you think “the bush” means The jungle. 2. What has been Jo's most challenging subject to teach Why It's science, because her students have no concept of doing experiments and there is no equipment. Activity 3 Scanning 3. What did Jo notice about the homes in the village she visited They were low, round bamboo huts with no windows, with a door just big enough to get through, and with grass sticking out of the roof. 4. What did Jo notice after the meal A can standing upside down on the grill over the fire. 5. What is Jo’s general impression of the place and people there She was happy to have been there and felt it was a privilege to have spent a day with them. 6. Who are the “needy” What do they need Literally, the “needy” means needy people or people in need. Here it refers to the children such as thosei n the picture, who sit in poor classrooms are in urgent need of good education and various learning facilities. food/restaurants not polite 1. Jo felt very happy after receiving_____ with some sweets and jam from home. 2. My secondary school is a bush school _____. 3. There is no electricity or _____ and not even textbooks. 4. My students have no concept of _____. 5. It took another teacher and me ... ...
