Nelson Mandela—a modern hero教案

→step 1 pre-reading
1. looking and answering
look at the six people in the part pre-reading and answer the following questions.
1)can you recognize them? who are they?
2)do you think they are important people? why or why not?
3)do you think all of them are great people?
one minute for students to think them over. then check with the whole class.
suggested answers:
2)yes, they are, because they have done something really important to benefit a country or the world.
3)no, i think not all of them are great people.
2. discussing and speaking
students read the information of each of the six persons, discuss in pairs what qualities make a great person and find out whether he is a great person or not.
when they are discussing, remind the students to use the following expressions for giving and asking for opinions:��
i think/i don’t think. . . ; in my opinion; i’m afraid. . . ; i agree/i don’t agree. . . ; i prefer. . . ; what’s your opinion? why do you think so? what do you think of. . . ?
several minutes later, ask some pairs to act out their dialogues.
a sample dialogue:
a:what qualities do you think make a great man?
b:in my opinion, a great man is one who has followed his or her ideas and sacrificed something so that they could be realized.
a:what is the difference between a famous person and a great person?
b:a famous person may be well-known but if he or she has not gone through struggles and difficulties for their noble cause, they can not be called a great person.
a:do you think william tidal is a great person?
b:yes. i think so. he had a strong belief that all people should be able to read the bible for themselves. so he translated and printed it into english although he was not allowed to do so. and later he died for his work.
a:i agree. william tyndale went through a lot of struggles and difficulties and even sacrificed his life to realize his dream. he is a great person that everybody who picks up the bible must think of. now, let’s come to norman bethune. what do you think of him?
b:. . .
→step 3 while-reading
1. lead-in and guessing
tell the students:so far we have talked a lot about great persons. do you want to know more about them and learn from them? well, we are going to read about nelson mandela, a great leader who fights for the rights of the black people and is considered as a modern hero. now open your books to page 34 and read the title of the text. can you guess what kind of writing the text is?
(a story is usually a piece of narrative writing. )
2. skimming for topic sentences and general idea