Unit 5 Canada ---“The True North”(Vocabulary and Useful Expressions)
step 3 summing up
t:good jobs.today we will finish learning this unit.now let’s sum up what we have learned in this unit.here are some guiding notes to help you.please fill in the information sheet.
(show the card on the screen.)
what have you learned about nelson mandela.
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from this unit you have also learned
●useful verbs___________________________
●useful nouns___________________________
●useful expressions___________________________
●new grammar item___________________________
now i’ll give you some minutes to write possible answers.
suggested answers:
what have you learned about nelson mandela.
intelligent/determined/generous/kind/unselfish/hard-working/brave/confident
from this unit you have also learned
●useful verbs:
fight,advise,continue,vote,accept,guard,fear,reward,sentence
●useful nouns:
hero,quality,republic,principle,nationalism,livelihood,prison,prisoner,law,fee,gold,passbook,anc,youth,league,stage,position,violence,blanket,degree,terror,fear,cruelty,reward,right,criminal,leader,president
●useful expressions:
lose heart,in trouble,worry about,out of work,youth league,as a matter of fact,blow up,put...in prison,come to,power,set up,be sentenced to
●new grammar item:
the attributive clauses with when/where/why
step 4 learning tip
t:in the last periods,we have learned two passages about nelson mandela.so you have been very familiar with this kind of passage.here is a question for you to discuss.listen carefully.which learning tips do you think are more useful?are you clear about that?
ss:yes.
t:work in groups of four and discuss for a few minutes.then i’ll ask some students to express your opinions.you can begin now.
(a few minutes later.)
t:ok.are you ready now?
ss:yes.
t:who’d like to be the first to talk about your opinions?any volunteer?
s1:i think when we choose a famous person,we must try to find out as much as we can about his or her life.
s2:in my opinion,it is important to read what a famous person did and what people remember about him or her.
s3:i think it is also important to find some people who like him or her and some who do not.at the same time,we should try to find out for what reason they like this person or not.
t:very good.while you are doing this,you will be teaching yourself a useful way of learning.
step 5 project
t:now please turn to page 75.please look at the project.you know a great person need not to be famous.so your task is to look around your hometown and see if you can find anyone who has given up something to help others.then write a short report about research and read it to the class.please finish it after class.