(共30张PPT)
Lesson 1 Enlightening a Mind
UNIT 5
EDUCATION
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
read and talk about ways to learn;
read for general understanding;
read for specific information.
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
Pre-reading
If you were a teacher, how would you teach a blind student to read and write?
How about teaching someone who is both blind and deaf?
3. Have you heard Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan
Read the text to know how the teacher teach Helen Keller who is both blind and deaf.
Activity 1 Fast reading
1.The text is mainly about ________________________________________.
2.Figure out the main idea of each part with your deskmate.
Part 1 (Para.1) ____________________________________________
Part 2 (Para.2) _____________________________________________
Part 3 (Paras.3-5) _________________________________________
Part 4 (Paras.6-11) ________________________________________
While-reading
how Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller words
Helen Keller was an exceptionally special girl.
Helen’s teacher,Anne Sullivan.
How Anne taught Helen some easier words.
How Anne taught Helen more difficult words.
3.In which order does the author organize the passage
A.Time. B.Place.
C.People. D.The process of learning words.
4.What’s the purpose of the text
A.To tell us the story between Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.
B.To tell us how to teach someone who is both blind and deaf.
C.To tell us how Helen Keller grew into a famous and successful woman.
D.To tell us the meaning of education and how to enlighten a mind.
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Activity 2 Careful reading
Ⅰ. Read para. 1 and answer the following questions.
1.Who is Helen Keller
Helen Keller was an exceptionally special girl who still couldn’t speak,read or write and needed to have everything done for her by the time she was seven years old.
2.What makes her special
She couldn’t see or hear.
3.How about Helen Keller’s characteristics and personalities
She was troublesome,stubborn and got angry easily when no one understood her.
Ⅱ. Read para.2 and answer the question.
How about Anne Sullivan’s characteristics and personalities
Anne Sullivan was a superb teacher who could relate to Helen’s difficulties.
Tip:She’d had eyesight problems early in life as well so she could relate to (=understand) Helen’s difficulties.
She was sympathetic.
Ⅲ.Read paras.3-5 and answer the questions.
1.What is the meaning of “enlighten” in the title “Enlightening a mind”?Look it up in the dictionary.
To enlighten someone means to give them more knowledge and greater understanding about something.
2.Who enlightened whose mind
Anne Sullivan enlightened Helen Keller’s mind.
3.How did Anne give Helen more knowledge and greater understanding about something in this passage
Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller four words in her own way.
4.Which words were easier to learn?Which were more difficult?Explain why.
(1)The words “doll” and “water” were easier to learn,because Helen could touch them.
(2)The words “love” and “think” were more difficult,because they were complex and abstract concept and couldn’t be touched.
5.How did Anne teach Helen the four words?Complete the chart.
Word Teaching method
doll (1)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
water (2)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
love Helen thought at first it was the sweetness of flowers but later (3)__________________________________________________________________________.“You cannot touch love either;(4)______________________________________________________________________________________________.”
think When Helen was trying to solve a difficult problem,Anne (5)_____________
________________________________________________________.
In a flash,Helen (6)______________________________________________
__________________________________.
Anne let Helen play with the doll,and then spelt the letters “D-O-L-L” on her hand.
Anne 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.
Anne drew Helen closer to her and said,“It is here,” pointing to Helen’s heart
but you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything. Without love you would not be happy or want to play
touched Helen’s forehead and wrote the word “think” on her hand
knew that the word was the name of the process that was going on in her head
6.Complete the diagram about how the learning process affected Helen by choosing from the expressions.
a.felt hope and joy e.got the world of words opened up to her
b.felt puzzled f.understood the beautiful truth of the word
c.had a breakthrough g.knew the meaning of the word in a flash
d.thought it was a game h.felt it was monkey-like imitation
doll water love think
__ had a burst of understanding;__ felt confused and disappointed;__ __
dh
ae
bf
cg
7. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.With Anne’s enlightenment,great changes happened to Helen.Find the evidence in the passage.
(1)By the time she was seven years old,she still couldn’t speak,read or write and needed to have everything done for her...She was sometimes troublesome,stubborn and angry,and had a tendency to break things when no one understood her.(L1-5)
(2)This precious knowledge gave her hope and joy. Finally,she got the world of words opened up to her.(L26-27)
(3)Now that Helen grasped the key to language,she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could.(L28-29)
(4)As Helen’s knowledge and vocabulary expanded,she asked more and more questions.This soon led her to discover more complex words and changed her thinking process.(L32-34)
Activity 1 What qualities do you think Helen and Anne showed when Anne enlightened Helen’s mind Choose from the list and find evidence to support your opinion. (Critical thinking)
Post-reading
determined perseverant kind patient diligent willing creative
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.
Activity 2 Summary
Helen Keller was a very special girl 1.________ needed a superb teacher. Her behaviour was often 2.__________(bearable) and she was stubborn because she couldn’t speak,read or write when she was seven years old.Anne Sullivan 3._______________(recommend) to help Helen.Anne 4._______(have) eyesight problems early in life as well so she could relate 5.__ Helen’s difficulties.Her first goal was to stop Helen’s troublesome 6._________(behave) and gave Helen lots of love.
who/that
unbearable
was recommended
had had
to
behaviour
Anne’s technique was simple and straightforward.One day Anne put one of Helen’s hands under the water.As the water flowed over the hand,Anne 7._____________(spell) out “W-A-T-E-R” into Helen’s other hand.Suddenly,Helen realised that the movement of the fingers meant the cool liquid 8._______(flow) over her hand.This precious knowledge gave her hope and joy.9._______(final),the world of words was opening up to her.
Gradually,Helen understood the meaning of “love” and “think” 10.____ the help of Miss Sullivan.
spelled/spelt
flowing
Finally
with
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
—Helen Keller
1.Helen’s parents got a superb teacher recommended to them,a woman named Anne Sullivan.
[句式分析] 此句为________;got a superb teacher recommended是_______________结构,a superb teacher与recommend之间是被动关系;named Anne Sullivan是_____________作__________修饰a woman。
[自主翻译]
简单句
get sb/sth done
过去分词短语
后置定语
海伦的父母经人推荐,聘请了一位名叫安妮·莎莉文的优秀老师。
Sentences analysis:
2.Anne spelt words by writing on Helen’s hand so that Helen could get a mental picture of the words.
[句式分析] 此句为_______________句;主句为__________________________________________;so that引导_________________,意为“________________”。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
Anne spelt words by writing on Helen’s hand
目的状语从句
为了,以便
她在海伦手上拼写单词,使海伦联想到单词的画面。
3.As Anne wrote on Helen’s hand,Helen suddenly realised that the movement of the fingers meant the cool liquid flowing over her hand.
[句式分析] 此句为_____________句;句子主干为_______________________;as引导_____________,意为“_____________”;that引导_________;flowing over her hand是____________作________修饰liquid,liquid与flow之间是________。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
Helen suddenly realised
时间状语从句
当……的时候
宾语从句
现在分词短语
后置定语
主动关系
安妮在海伦手上写的时候,海伦突然意识到,手指的动作代表的是流过自己手掌的清凉的液体。
4. Now that Helen grasped the key to language, she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could.
[句式分析] 此句为_________句;句子主干为 ________________
______________________________________;now that引导______________,表示“____________”。be eager to do sth 意为_______________。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could
原因状语从句
既然,由于
渴望做某事
由于海伦理解了语言的关键,她非常渴望学习更多语言,并且尽可能运用它。
5. Children who can see and hear learn language easily, but for Helen, it was a gradual and sometimes painful process.
[句式分析] 此句为 ___ 连接的 _____ 句;第一个主句为 Children who can see and hear learn language easily,who引导_________,修饰children;第二个主句为 ______________________________。
[自主翻译]
it was a gradual…painful process
but
并列
定语从句
正常的孩子能听、能看,学起语言来很容易。但对海伦来说,学习语言是个渐进的过程,有时会很痛苦。
6. Trying to learn the word “love” was an experience that she remembered well.
[句式分析] 此句为_________句;句子主干为 ________________
__________________________, trying为 ________ 作主语;that引导 ___________, 先行词experience在从句中作_______, 指物,故用关系代词that,也可用________。
[自主翻译]
Trying to learn the word “love” was an experience
主从复合
动名词
定语从句
宾语
which
她很清楚地记得学习“love”这个单词的难忘经历。
7. I thought it strange that my teacher could not show me love.
[句式分析] 此句为 __________ 句,主句为_________________;it为 _________, 从句that my teacher could not show me love是真正的宾语。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
I thought it strange
形式宾语
我觉得很奇怪,因为我的老师不能给我展示什么是爱。
8. She was making necklaces with the help of Anne when she noticed that she had made some mistakes.
[句式分析] 此句为____________________句式,表示“____________________”, that引导__________。
[自主翻译]
be doing...when...
正在做……这时……
宾语从句
她正在安妮的帮助下做项链,这时她发现自己犯了一些错。
9.In a flash I knew that the word was the name of the process that was going on in my head.
[句式分析] 此句为 ________句,主句为______;第一个that引导_________,第二个that引导________,先行词为process,指物,亦可用_______引导。
[自主翻译]
主从复合
I knew
宾语从句
定语从句
which
瞬间我就明白了,我头脑中进行的活动就是这个词的意思。
10.It was the first time Helen had understood such a complex word—a word for something she couldn’t touch.
[句式分析] 此句为It is/was the+序数词+time that sb have/had done sth句式,主句be动词为is时,从句用__________,主句be动词为was时,从句用___________。she couldn’t touch作_________修饰something,省略了关系代词 ____。
[自主翻译]
现在完成时
过去完成时
定语从句
that
那是海伦第一次明白一个如此复杂的词语的意思——一个(代表)她触摸不到的东西的词语。
Helen Keller learnt things by touching, feeling and thinking, and she really inspired a lot of people. What have you learnt from her Write a short essay and share with your partner.
Homework