Unit 1 Helen Keller 学案

Module 8 unit 1 Helen Keller
Learning aims:
Knowledge aims:
To grasp the language points, such as words: born, as, later, drew, herself, model.
Sentence patterns：She couldn't see and she couldn't hear.
She could also write.
Ability aims:
To use the new sentence patterns to describe what they could or couldn't do in their daily life.
Emotional aims:
To learn Helen Keller's noble quality that is optimistic and progressive.
Important points:
To grasp the important language points.
Difficult points:
To know how to use the new sentence patterns very well in our daily life .
Step Ⅰ:Pre-listening
Activity 1, Greetings.
Activity 2, Leading-in (Game).
Step Ⅱ:While-listening
Activity 1, Listen and find
Close your books and listen to the text for one time.
I guess there are some new words for your understanding. That’s OK. Let’s learn them together. (Word cards)
Activity2, Listen and choose
Listen again and choose in groups, and you have 10 seconds to read the questions before listening.
Helen Keller was born in .
A. 1880 B. 1888 C.1890
She couldn't see. She was .
A. deaf B. blind C.sad
She was deaf. She couldn't .
A. read B. see C.hear
Later she learnt to .
A. speak B. sing C.draw
She wrote a book about .
A. herself B. the world C.her teacher
She is a for blind people.
A. teacher B. model C.student
Activity3, Listen and answer
Listen again and answer the questions in groups, and you have 5 seconds to read the questions before listening.
When and where was Helen Keller born?

What happened to (发生) Helen Keller as a small child?

3. How did she learn to speak?

Why is she famous?

Activity4, Listen and repeat
Listen again, and repeat sentence by sentence. Pay attention to the pronunciation and stress.
StepⅢ: Post-listening
Listen again and complete the passage in groups.
Helen Keller in America in 1880. She blind and deaf a small child. She and . Later she had a , she in Helen's hand.Then she learnt and . She also write. She wrote a book about . She went . And she 87. Helen Keller is a for blind people and for you and me.
StepⅣ: practice
Helen Keller see but she learn. She hear but she speak.
Zhang Haidi walk, but she write.
Tai Lihua hear the music, but she dance.
Peter had a cut in his left leg. He go to school, but he study at home.
My bike was broken. I ride to school, but I go to school on foot.
The child had a pain in his right hand. He write, but he read.
When I was a baby, I see but I read. I hear but I talk. I walk, but I learn and I play.
StepⅤ: Development
Retell the text according to the key words .
Born----child---Education---Activities-----Things----Death----Honors
StepⅥ: Summary
What have we learn t this lesson?
Words: born, as, later, drew, herself, model.
Sentence patterns：She couldn't see and she couldn't hear.
She could also write.
Use the new sentence patterns to describe what they could or couldn't do in their daily life.
To learn Helen Keller's noble quality that is optimistic and progressive.
StepⅦ: Homework
1. Write six sentences with "could, couldn't" and what we have learn t to describe what you could or couldn't do in your daily life.
2. Write a passage to introduce Zhang Haidi as Helen Keller.
（You can choose either of them ）
Words of Helen Keller:
Although the world is suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的。
Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. 直面阳光，你就看不到阴影。
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. 一个人内心有了飞翔的冲动，就不会满足于在地上爬行。 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. 生活，要么是一场大胆的冒险，要么什么都不是。