必修一Unit 5教案

Unit 5 Nelson Mandela --- a modern hero Teaching aims:
1. Topic
The qualities of a great person;
The lives of some great people.
2. Useful words and expressions:
quality ，mean, active , generous, self, selfish, selfless, selflessly, devote, devoted, found , republic, principle, peaceful, mankind , lawyer, guidance, legal, fee, out of work, hopeful, youth, league, Youth League, stage, vote, attack, violence, as a matter of fact, blow up, equal, in trouble, willing , unfair, turn to , lose heart, escape, blanket, educate, educated, come to power, beg, relative, terror, cruelty, reward, set up, sentence, be sentenced to , anti-, anti-black, president , opinion
Functional items:
A. Giving opinions:
Why do you think so?
What do yo u think of …?
What’s your opinion?
I agree/ don’t agree.
I think/don’t think….
I prefer….
In my opinion….
I’m afraid…
B. Making comments:
Good idea!
That’s an excellent idea.
3. Structures
The attributive clause (II)
由where, when, why, 介词+ which, 介词+ when 引导的定语从句。

The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away.
This was a time when you had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.
The reason why I got a job was because of my hard work.
…we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government.
The person to whom you should be grateful for a peaceful South Africa is Nelson Mandela.
Teaching procedures
Period 1 Warming-up and Reading
Step 1. Warming up
1. Ask Ss some questions:
What are the qualities you should find in a great person?
Who do you think is a great person?
What qualities do you have?
2. Ss read and understand the words on page 3
3.
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Show Ss some pictures about six great persons and let them guess who they are.
2. Ask Ss to tell why they are important persons in history.
Step 3 While-reading
1. First reading: Ss read the text and finish comprehending 1 on page 35.
2. Ss read again and make a timeline of Elias’ life until he met Nelson Mandela.
1940______________ 1942 ______________
1944 ______________ 1946 ______________
1948 ______________ 1950 _______________
1952 ______________ 1954 _______________
3. Ss read the whole passage and see how many parts the text can be divided into, and give the general idea of each part.
Suggested answers:
Part I paragraph 1-2
The life of Elias’ before he met Nelson Mandela.
Part II paragraph 3-5
The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and wha t Mandela did.
Step 4 After-reading
Ss discuss:
How the ANC Youth League fights the Government?
What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?
Step 5 Extensive reading
Get the Ss to learn more about Nelson Mandela.
Ss read the passage: the r est of Elias’ story on page 38, and answer the following questions:
1. When did Elias lose his job?
2. Does Elias like his present work?
Homework
1. Recite the key sentences in the text.
2. Retell the text.
Period 2 (language learning and grammar)
Step 1. Revision
Ss try to retell the text, using their own words.
Step 2. Language points
1. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was ….
2. advise…on
3. be …away
4. Less important than…
5. Only then did we decide to…(倒装句)
Step 3 discovering useful words and expressions
1. Ss read Elias’ story again and try to find words that mean the same in the form on page 36.
2. Ss read the passage on page 36, part 3 and try to complete the it with proper words.
Step 4. Grammar: The attributive clause
1. Ss read the following sentences and try to find the rules.
The mines where I got a job were 9km from my home.
The reason why I got a job was because of my hard work.
The time when I joined the ANC Youth League was late at night.
The government building where we voted was very grand.
The date when I arrived was the 5th August.
2. Practice: Ss finish the sentences on page 36, part 2.
Step 5. Practice
1. Ss do Wb using structures: exercise 1.
2. Ss do the exercise 2 on page 71, join two sentences into an attributive clause.
Period 3 Speaking
Step 1. Revision
Dictation: The teacher speaks the following sentences in Chinese, the Ss write them down in English.
1. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
2. He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems.
3. I worried about whether I would become out of work.
4. We were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government.
5. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison.
6. I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.
Step 2. Talking
1. Ss answer the question:
What are the qualities you should find in a great person?
2. Ss in groups talk about their heroes on page 69. When they discuss, try to use the following words:
Good idea!
That’s an excellent idea!
I agree/ don’t agree.
I prefer…
In my opinion…
I think/don’t think…
I’m afraid…
Who is your hero?
Did he do anything for others?
Why do you think so?
Why do you like him so much?
What are/ were his best qualities?
What do you think of …?
What’s your opinion?
Step 3. Speaking task
Ss in groups and try to finish the speaking task on page 73.
1. Ss read the passage and get to know what they are go to do;
2. Ss in groups and begin to discuss;
3. Ss should take notes while they are talking;
4. Ss should choose one to give a talk to the class.
5.
Step 4. Debating
Ss divide into two parts and debate.
Topic: Mao Zedong is a great person in history.
Mao Zedong is not a great person in history.
Period 4 Extensive reading (Reading Task on P73)
Step 1. Pre-reading
Show some pictures and ask Ss to say something about Bill Gates.
T: Do you know who he is?
S: Bill Gates.
T: Who can say something about him?
S: Bill set up his own company “Microsoft”.
He makes most people in the world use the computer.
He makes us learn about the world at home.
T: Do you think Bill Gates a great man?
Ss discuss and answer.
Step 2. Reading
Ss read the passage on page 73 and fill in the information sheet.
Information about Bill Gates
Job
Achievements
What did he give up for his beliefs?
Why does he have enemies?
Why attacked by the government?
Step 3. Discussion
Ss in groups discuss what kind of person Bill Gates is.
Suggested answers:
I think Bill Gates is a great man because he set up the biggest Internet cooperation “Microsoft”
in the world. He made a lot of money with his software and gave his millions of dollars to help the education and health of many children around the world. His cooperation also provides a lot of job chances.
Period 5 Listening
Step 1. Using language- listening
Ss are asked to discuss the questions “What things do you think were unfair in South Africa?” to find out the listening points first, then listen to the tape three times to choose the best answers and answer the two questions.
Ask the Ss pay much attention to these important points while listening. And tell them to take notes like this:
Passbook: a book…
Underground;
Surface:
Live:
Finish exercises 2\3 on P38
Step 2. Listening
Ss turn to page 69 and listen to the tape. Before they listen, ask them to read the statements in part 1 first.
Listen to the tape again to finish EXX2-3.
Step 3. Listening task
1. First listening: Ss turn to page 72 and try to tell which one is true and why in part 1.
2. Ss listen again ,answer questions in part 2 and complete the tables of part
3.
3. After listening: if time permits, ask two Ss to answer the question:
Who do you think caused the accident?
Period 6 Writing
Step 1. Pre-writing
1. Ask the Ss to say something about Nelson Mandela.
2. Ss read more about his life.
Step 2. While-writing
1. Ss collect their ideas for the summary. Write them down in order.
2. Ss begin the short passage about their ideas on Nelson Mandela with their summary.
Step 3. Writing task
Ask the Ss write a great person in their eyes.
Give the Ss a possible version after they finish it.
Mother Teresa
Personal information Was born in Y ugoslavia, on August 27, 1910, a nurse, got the Noble Peace Prize
Hard work
Achievement
Help the poor and comforting the dying in the street of the city; her work spread to others parts of
India
Good qualities Hard-working, kind-hearted, persistent
Your opinion A well-known person, worth the prize
Period 7
Teachers can use this period freely.
Suggestion:
Teachers can use this period to let Ss sum up what they have learned and explain what Ss couldn’t understand very well in this unit. Teachers can also add more practice in this period to consolidate what the Ss have learned. Finally, ask the Ss to finish checking yourself. It is very important to improve their learning.。