Nelson Mandela—a modern hero教案

to consolidate the contents of the reading passage, the students should be required to retell the passage in their own words at the end of the class. in order to arouse the students’ interest, the teacher can hold a competition between groups.
教具重點 
1. get the students to know about the qualities a great person should have.
2. get the students to learn about nelson mandela.
3. get the students to learn different reading skills.
教學難點
1. develop the students’ reading ability.
2. enable the students to learn how to give their opinions.
教學方法
1. task-based teaching and learning
2. cooperative learning
3. discussion
教具準備
the multi-media and other normal teaching tools
三維目標
knowledge aims:
1. get the students to learn the following useful new words and expressions in this passage:hero　quality　willing　active　republic　fight　peaceful　prison prisoner　period��law　advise　continue　fee　gold　youth　league　stage vote　position accept violence equal　lose heart　in trouble　worry about　out of work　youth league　as a matter of fact　blow up　put. . . in prison
2. get the students to know the qualities of a great person.
3. get the students to learn about nelson mandela.
ability aims:
1. develop the students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.
2. enable the students to learn how to give their opinions.
emotional aims:
1. get the students to learn noble qualities from great persons.
2. get the students to learn from nelson mandela to develop their moral qualities.
教學過程
設計方案（一）
→step 1 warming up
discuss the following questions to lead in the topic:the qualities a great person should have.
1. when talking about a person, what adjectives can you think of to describe his or her qualities?
2. what kind of a person are you? do you think you have the qualities to be a great person?
3. what are the qualities you should find in a great person?
ask the students first to brainstorm the questions, then to describe themselves. tell them the adjectives in the box in the part warming up on page 33 will help them find out what qualities they have. finally have a discussion with the whole class and help them to sum up the qualities that a great person should have.
suggested answers:
1. adjectives for describing a person:kind, honest, brave, loyal, happy, wise, smart, friendly, warm, cheerful, popular, generous, hard-working, diligent, weak, stupid, lazy, dishonest, mean, tense, cold, unkind, miserable, dull, strong-minded, determined. . .
3. a great person should be determined, hard-working, unselfish, and generous. he should follow his ideas and never lose heart when he is in trouble. he usually gives up something to achieve his goals. he should be willing to do public service work without pay, be active in social activities, gets on well with others, and help others, etc.