The Freedom Fighters教案

step 4 speaking
 turn to page 26 and read the notes about john brown and harriet tubman . work in groups of three. discuss the lives of them and talk about the reason why certain things happened and how they changed history.
(write the following on the blackboard and allow the students enough time to practise their dialogues. finally ask a pair to act out their dialogue.)
useful expressions:
what happened first was that…
…happened as a result of…
you could expect…because…
that led to…
one of the reasons why…is…
…is often followed by…
step 5 homework
 review the text.
the second period
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.
2. read the text and grasp the main idea of it.
3. learn the fine qualities of martin luther king, jr.
teaching important points:
1. master the usage of some useful words and expressions.
2. improve the students’ reading ability.
teaching difficult points:
1. how to grasp the main idea of a text or a passage.
2. how to use some words and expressions freely.
teaching methods:
1. fast reading and careful reading to improve the students’ reading ability.
2. pair work or group work to make every student work in class.
3. discussion to help the students grasp the detailed information.
teaching aids:
the blackboard
teaching procedures:
step 1 greetings and revision
step 2 pre-reading
ask students to look at the pictures on page 27 and then make them have a short discussion in pairs and describe what they see to each other.
(students practice for a moment and then teacher asks some of them to describe the pictures.)
step 3  reading
 show the following sentences on the blackboard and give the students several minutes to finish the task.
decide which of the following sentences are true.
1. martin luther king, jr. was born in 1865.
2. black people refused to take buses for more than 18 months.
3. black girls could not marry white boys.
4. king spent some time in prison.
5. martin luther king, jr. died of cancer in washington.
after reading, ask students to discuss the following questions:
1. what was the situation for the blacks in the southern states at that time?
2. explain in your own words what the first paragraph is about.
3. martin luther king, jr. fought for the civil rights of black people in america. which civil rights did he want black people to get?
4. king believed that he could reach his goal through peaceful actions, not through violence. give examples of such peaceful actions.