Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero
Elias’ Story
Learning goals:
Learn what happened to Elias and how Mandela helped him.
Learn the black’s rights and life
Find out the development of the story and grasp the details of the two characters
Practice the reading skills
Learning procedure:
Step1. Skimming. (快速浏览全文,完成题目)
1. What’s the relationship between Elias and Nelson Mandela ( )
A. Strangers B. Helper and supporter C. Father and son D. Teacher and students
2. Fill in the blanks.
The text mainly tells us the poor black worker ______ got help and encouragement from _____________.
Step2. Scanning
1. Read Para 1 & 2 and answer the following questions.
Information about Mandela
1) What was Mandela
2) What did he do for the poor black people
3) Why was Elias grateful to Mandela
Information about Elias
1) What was Elias
2) How long had he studied in school Why did Elias leave school so early Could he write well
3) Where did he work
4) What problem was Elias facing
2. Read Para 3 ~5 and answer the following questions.
1) How did Mandela help Elias
Mandela told him how to get _________so that he could stay in Johannesburg and therefore he became more _________about his future.
2) How did Elias support Mandela
He joined ____________________________
He helped Mandela ______________ some government buildings.
3) What unfair situation did black people like Elias face in South Africa
They could not ________________ .
They couldn’t get ________________they wanted.
They had to live in ________________________
4) Why did Elias support violence when he did not like it
Because he knew it would help _________________________________________________.
Step 3 Post reading (Read the whole passage and answers the following questions)
1. The text can be divided into two parts. Choose the general idea of each part.
Part I (Para. 1-2)
A. The hard life of Elias before he met Mandela.
B. The experience of Elias
C. The experience of Mandela.
Part II (Para. 3-5)
A. what Mandela did
B. The change of Elias’ life after he met Mandela and what Mandela did.
C. Mandela helped Elias a lot
2. Timeline of Elias’ life (please find out what happened in Elias’ life in the following years)
1940:
1946:
1948:
1952:
1963:
Step 4 Summary (Fill the blank)
About Elias 1) He was only in school for ____ years and left school because his family couldn’t continue to pay ______ and _________.
2)He didn’t have a(n)__________ in Johannesburg and was afraid of ___________his job.
3) He ________ Mandela for help and later joined the __________.
4) He helped Mandela to _________some government _________to help achieve their dream.
About Nelson Mandela 5) He used to be a(n) ________ who gave help to _______ on their _______ .
6) He set up the ANC Youth League and called on the black to fight for equal rights in a __________ way. Only when this was not allowed did they decide to answer __________ .
About the black 7) They had almost no _______ at all.
8) They couldn’t _______ or choose _________ .
9)They could not get _________they wanted and were sent to live in ____________of South Africa.