Nelson Mandela—a modern hero教案
3)do you think all of them are great people?
2. discussing and speaking
discuss in pairs what qualities make a great person and find out whether each of the six persons is a great person or not.
→step 3 while-reading
1. lead-in and guessing
tell the students:we are going to read about nelson mandela. look at the title of the text. can you guess what kind of writing the text is?
2. skimming for topic sentences and general idea
3. scanning for detail information
do exercise 1 and exercise 2 in the part comprehending.
4. further understanding
1)what disadvantages did elias have in finding a job?
2)how did the white people stop the black people from being treated fairly?
3)how did the new government in south africa treat the white people?
4)why did elias support mandela?
5)why did he support violence when he did not agree with it?
5. language problems
while checking the answers with the whole class, deal with any language problems.
6. reading aloud to the recording
→step 4 after-reading
1. discussing and answering
1)do you think it is fair to treat others badly for things they cannot change, like the colors of skin or eyes or the race one belongs to? give a reason.
2)what do you learn about nelson mandela from elias’ story?
3)do you like the way elias tells his story? give a reason.
2. playing an interview game
work in pairs. suppose one is a journalist, and the other is elias. a journalist is interviewing elias.
→step 5 consolidation
ask the students to retell elias’ story according to the following clues:elias’ problem; mandela’s help; elias’ support.
→step 6 homework
1. finish off the related exercises in the textbook.
2. read the text elias’ story again and try to retell it.
板書設計
unit 5 nelson mandela—a modern hero elias’ story
topic sentence of paragraph 1 the time when i first met nelson mandela was a very difficult period of my life.
topic sentence of paragraph 2 sadly i did not have this passbook because i was not born there and i was worried about whether i would be out of work.
topic sentence of paragraph 3 the day when nelson mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the happiest day of my life.
topic sentence of paragraph 4 the last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.
topic sentence of paragraph 5 we first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed. . . only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.