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Let's enjoy a short vedio about Helen Keller and then answer some questions.
No. She lost her sight and hearing.
She knew about the world by
touching.
1. Could Helen Keller see and hear?
2. How did she know about the world?
Questions
Unit 2 Great People
lesson 10:
Touch the world
Tasks
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Reading&sorting
Filling&practicing
Reading&talking
Thinking&filling
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Summarizing&enjoying
Task1 Fast reading
Read the passage
and put the main
idea of each
paragragh
in correct orders.
( ) Helen Keller fell ill at the age of 19 months old.
( ) Helen Keller, a well-known writer and
educator, died at the age of 88.
( ) Luckily, in 1887, a young teacher named Anne
Sullivan began to help her.
( ) After finishing university, Helen visited many
countries to speak about her life.
( ) As Helen grew older, she made a lot of progress
and learned to read, write and even speak.
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Task 2 Reading and talking
Read the whole passage, then talk about the following questions in groups.
1. How many years did Helen Keller live in darkness
and silence?
2. What was Helen like before and after her illness?
3. How did Anne Sullivan teach Helen to learn? How
do you like Anne Sullivan?
4. Why is Helen Kelker a model for people around the
world and will be greatly missed?
Let's check the answers.
1.How many years did Helen Keller live in darkness and silence?
She lived in darkness and silence for over 86 years.
2.What was Helen like before and after her illness ?
She was happy and bright before her illness.
She became wild and difficult after her illness.
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3. How did Anne Sullivan teach Helen to learn?
4. How do you like Anne Sullivan?
She is helpful, kind and patient.
She spelled the words on Helen's
hands with her fingers.
Let's check the answers.
4. Why is Helen Keller a model for people around the world and will be greatly missed?
She was famous for her courage.
She did her best to help blind and
deaf people in her community.
She tried to live without any regret.
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Task 3 Filling&Practicing
Fill in the blanks
and practice the dialogue in pairs.
A: When did Helen Keller die? A: What unlucky thing happened
to her?
A: Who began to help Helen to
learn?
A: What kind of books did Helen
have?
A: How did Helen's teacher help
her at university?
A: What did Helen do after she
finished university?
that made her blind and deaf
courage
spoke about
professors' words
she could feel with her fingers
named Anne Sullivan
fell ill
the age of 88
B: She died at ______________.
B: When she was 19 months old,
she ______. She had a high fever _____________________________.
B: A young teacher _____________________.
B: She had special books that _____________________________.
B: She listened to the ___________________ and spelled them on Helen's hand.
B: She visited many countries and _____________ her life. She was famous
for her_________and hard work .
Let's practice the dialogue
with each other.
First watch a vedio about the dialogue. Then practice it in pairs and show it in front of the class.
A: When did Helen Keller die? A: What unlucky thing happened
to her?
A: Who began to help Helen to
learn?
A: What kind of books did Helen
have?
A: How did Helen's teacher help
her at university?
A: What did Helen do after she
finished university?
B: She died at the age of 88.
B: When she was 19 months old,
she fell ill. She had a high fever
that made her blind and deaf.
B: A young teacher named Anne
Sullivane.
B: She had special books that
she could feel with her fingers.
B: She listened to the professors' words and spelled them on Helen's hand.
B: She visited many countries and
spoke about her life. She was
famous for her courage and hard
work .
Task 4 Thinking&filling
Think about
the teacher's questions and fill in the blanks.
The writer
tries
to tell
us that
blind and deaf
Helen Keller
a model
much _______ than us.
as_____ as us.
Her life is much _________ than ours.
as _______ as us.
lucky
common
braver
harder
What can we learn
from Helen?
Task 5 Summarizing &enjoying
Stephen
Hawking
Zhang Haidi
Huang
Yangguang
Homework:
Introduce Stephen Hawking, Zhang Haidi and Huang Yanggang in English by checking their personal information on the Internet.
Tips:
1. When were they born?
2. What unlucky things happened to them?
3. What did they do to try to change their fate(命运)?
4. What a big difference did they make to the world?
5. What should we learn from them?
Thank you!