(共19张PPT)
Unit 5 Education
Lesson 1
Period 1
Warming up
What’s the meaning of “enlightening”
To enlighten means “to increase knowledge and awareness”.
In Chinese, it means “启迪,指导,教导”.
When did you have an enlightened moment
enlightened
I read a story and got inspired.
I watched other swimmers swim and learned how to swim on my own.
I thought very hard about a question and got enlightened.
I listened to my mother’s teaching and got inspired.
Warming up
Work with your deskmate. Place a blindfold (眼罩) over your eyes. Your deskmate tries to teach you how to read and write. Swap places after a few minutes.
Warming up
Share your feedback of the experience with the class. Elicit the ways to teach someone who is blind to read and write.
How much more difficult would it be to teach someone who is both blind and deaf to read and write
Warming up
(1) Who is Helen Keller
(2) What makes her special
(3) Why did she break things
(4) What do you think about her teacher
Read paragraphs 1-2 of the story. Discuss Helen Keller and her teacher’s characteristics and personalities.
Reading
Reading
Suggested answer:
think
water
doll
love
love
(3)
(4)
(6-9)
(10)
(11-12)
What is the difference between the two pairs of words
doll & water VS. love & think
Read the rest of the story. Which paragraphs are the words in
Reading
(1) How many words were taught to Helen What were they
Four words were taught to Helen in the story: “doll”, “water”, “love” and “think”.
(2) Which words were easier to learn Which were more difficult Explain why.
The words “doll” and “water” were easier to learn, because Helen could touch them. The words “love” and “think” were more difficult, because they were complex and abstract concepts that couldn’t be touched.
Try to answer the following questions.
Reading
Complete the diagram.
Reading
Suggested answers:
Reading
① For the word “doll”
Anne _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________.
② For the word “water”
Anne _________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
let Helen play with the doll, and then spelt the letters “D-O-L-L” on her hand
put one of Helen’s hands under the water. As the water flowed over Helen’s hand, Anne spelt out “W-A-T-E-R” into Helen’s other hand
Reading
③ For the word “love”
Helen thought at first it was the sweetness of flowers but later
______________________________________________________
______________. “You cannot touch love ___________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________.”
④ For the word “think”
When Helen was trying to solve a difficult problem, Anne ____ ______________________________________________________. In a flesh, Helen ________________________________________
______________________________________________________.
she drew me closer to her and said, “It is here”, pointing to my heart
but you feel the
sweetness that it pours into everything. Without love you would not be happy or want to play
Helen’s forehead and wrote the word “think” on her hand
touched
know that the word was the name of the process
that was going on in her head
Suggested answers:
Complete the diagram about how the learning process affected Helen by choosing from the expressions.
a felt hope and joy
b felt puzzled
c had a breakthrough
d thought it was a game
e got the world of words opened up to her
f understood the beautiful truth of the world
g knew the meaning of the word in a flash
h felt it was monkey-like imitation
Reading
d, h
a, e
b, f
c, g
How many parts can the story be divided into What is each part mainly about Underline the signal expressions that connect the description of Helen’s learning processes.
The story can be divided into three parts.
The first part is paragraph 1, about Helen.
The second part is paragraph 2, about Anne.
The third part is from paragraph 3 to paragraph 12, about how Helen learnt words.
Reading
Here are some signal expressions that connect the description of Helen’s learning processes:
Now that Helen grasped the key to language, she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could. … However, because Helen was so enthusiastic about learning, the result were amazing. …This soon led her to discover more complex words and changed her thinking process.
The word “think” was also a difficult one for Helen because it is such an abstract concept.
Reading
What qualities do you think Helen and Anne showed in the story Choose from the list below. Find evidence to support your opinion.
determined perseverant(有毅力的) kind patient diligent willing creative
eg.
I think that Helen was determined to try to understand a word. She kept asking Anne questions so that she could understand the word “think”. I think Anne was perseverant, patient and creative because she kept trying different ways and waiting for Helen to discover what words are.
Speaking
Fill in the blanks with the words from the story.
Practice
When Helen was young she lost her sight and hearing. With these 1 ________________ to her communication, Helen’s behavior was often 2 ___________ and sometimes she was 3 ___________, stubborn and angry with a 4 __________ to break things when she was not understood. Anne Sullivan was a 5 ________ teacher. Anne’s technique was simple and 6 ______________. She put an object into Helen’s hand and spelt out the word on her other hand. The 7 ________ knowledge she taught Helen gave her hope and joy. From “doll” and “water”, Helen’s knowledge and 8 __________ expanded and this changed her 9 _________ process. As Helen grasped the key to language, she discovered more 10 _________ words. Helen now understood the beautiful truth of the word “love”.
severe restrictions
unbearable
troublesome
tendency
superb
straightforward
precious
vocabulary
thinking
complex
Assignment
Write a story of how you learnt things when you were really young.
Goodbye!