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1. Teaching aims:
(1). Get the students to learn the useful new words and expressions
(2). Develop the stu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dents reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.
(3). Get the students to learn noble qualities from great persons.
2. Teaching important points:
(1). Vocabulary and grammar.
(2). Get the students to learn about Nelson Mandela.
(3). Get the students to learn different reading skills.
3. Teaching difficult points:
—Enable the students to learn how to give their opinions.
4. Function:
(1). Asking for opinions
What do you think ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of … what’s your opinion
What are your ideas Do you have any thoughts on that
(2). Giving opinions
I think / I don’t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )think … I believe / I don’t believe (that) …
In my opinion … To my understanding …
5. Grammar:
The attributive clause.
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Step 3. Reading
Skimming ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) for topic sentences: give the students some minutes ,ask them to read the text fast and find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Topic sentence of paragraph 1 The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
Topic sentence of paragraph 2 Sadly I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried about whether I would be out of work.
Topic sentence of paragraph 3 The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest day of my life.
Topic sentence of paragraph 4 The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.
Topic sentence of paragraph 5 We first broke the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed… only then did we decided to answer violence with violence.
Main idea of the passage Elias described h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow Nelson Mandela helped the black people through his own experience.
Scanning for detail information
When did Elias first meet Nelson Mandela
What did Elias think of him after he first met him
What was Elias’ first job What did Nelson Mandela do to help him keep his job
What kind of unfair situation did black people in South Africa face
Why did Elias help Nelson Mandela blow up some government buildings
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