Unit 5 Literature:The Dream Keeper

课件17张PPT。
DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
--Langston HughesLangston Hughes (1902~1967)
(African-American poet and writer)
Unit 5 Section One
opening doors to literatureThe Dream Keeper 1. When the girl was little, she was
happy because she never thought
about her purpose.
2. She climbed up a mountain to look for
her dream.
3. The birds she met have the same
dream.
4. Though she found the dream keeper,
she still didn’t know her dream at last.
TFFFSkim the whole story ( T or F ) Put them into right orderC. A girl could talk to the birds but she lost
herself. A. She met a dragonfly, which helped her.D. Finally she found the Dream Keeper and
she found her dream.E. She asked several birds what were their
purposes.B. She walked deep into the forest to search
her dream. As the girl grew older, what did she want
to know?Reading for details 1st partWhy am I here? Where am I going?
Who am I?2. Why did she think the birds might know
the answers?Because there was no hesitation in their flight
and there was no hesitation in their song.to fly above the earthto be a messengerto love the flowersto live in beautyto help people find their dreamsReading for details 2nd part1. According to the text, a (an) ____told her to
visit the Dream Keeper.
A. swan B. dragonfly
C. hummingbird D. eagle
2. According to the last paragraph,
we know ____.
A. the girl didn’t find her dream
B. the Dream Keeper wouldn’t tell her her dream
C. the girl understood all the birds at last
D. she was unhappy with her dreamBCReading for details 3rd & 4th partsCloze testOnce upon a time, a girl 1 could talk
to the birds lived in the forest and
played happily. She never thought about
her 2 in life. But as she grew 3 ,
she had many questions to ask. Walking
4 in the forest, she thought there was
no 5 in birds’ flight and in their
songs. Surely they knew their purpose. whopurposeolderdeephesitationShe asked an 6 , a hawk, a 7
and a 8 separately. Finally a dragonfly
told her to visit the 9 10 , who
could 11 her dream into her ears.
Then from within her 12 , she
understood all of the birds, got to know
her dream and she 13 _ it and she
was 14 .
Cloze testeaglehummingbirdswandreamkeeperwhisperheartfollowedhappyAnd she will whisper your dream into your ear.
(P. 56)
Then the grass quivered and the leaves rustled
and a voice as beautiful as spring whispered.
(P. 57)Eg. 这两个女孩在图书馆里低声说话。Eg. The two girls were whispering in the library.The wind whispered in the forest.2.There is no hesitation in their flight.
There is no hesitation in their song. (P. 56)
hesitation n. Eg. At that very moment, the man rushed into
the fire to save the little girl without any hesitation.hesitate v.Eg. Tom always hesitates at nothing.3. She listened for the wind, but the air
was still. (P. 57)
But you must be still. (P.57)still (adj.): motionless, without movementEg.---Just a minute, please, photographer.
I want to remove my hat.
--- Okay, everybody, hold ____! Say “cheese”!
A. quiet B. silent C. still D. calmCThe last sentence
Then from within her own heart she …
(prep. prep.)Eg. Suddenly an enemy rushed out with a
gun from behind a tree.
Retelling the story once upon a time / long ago
talk to the birds,
never thought about…
grew older, deep in the forest,
birds knew their purpose,
eagle, hawk, hummingbird, swan,
dragonfly, the Dream Keeper,
whisper …into …
knew her dream, happy
Surf the internet and try to find some information about
the writer Langston Hughes and his great works
---- poems, stories, novels and so on.
2. Please write a passage with the title “I have a dream”.
3. If possible, see the movie “下一站，天后” from Hong Kong
or “Billy Elliot” from France, and do a movie review.
Assignment (optional)Thank you