Unit 5 Nelson Mandela — a modern hero

unit 5 nelson mandela — a modern heropart one: teaching design (第一部分：教學設計)period 1: a sample plan for reading(elias’ story)aimsto talk about people’s qualitiesto read about enable people’s life story to study the attributive clause (where, when, why, prep.＋ which/ whom)to learn to write lettersproceduresi. warming up warming up by describing boys and girls, this morning we’ll take up unit 5 in which we’ll learn to describe people. now let’s describe ourselves first. the questions in the warming up part will help you find out what qualities you have. then tell me what kind of a person do you think you are. do you think you have the qualities to be a great person? what qualities do you think we should find in a great person?a.       give the students one minute to answer the questions.b.       ask some students to talk about their own qualities according to their answers.c.       have a discussion with the whole class and help them to sum up the qualities that a great person has.(suming up: 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.)warming up by brainstormingboys and girls, in unit 5 we will talk about nelson mandela, a great leader who fights for the rights of the black people. when talking about a person, what adjectives can you think of to describe his or her qualities? what are the qualities you should find in a great person?(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,)warming up by expressionsboys and girls, we are going to learn about some great people in unit 5. can you name some great people? now discuss in groups of four: who do you admire most? what kind of person is he/she? what are the qualities that great people have in common?sun yat-sen (november 12, 1866–march 12, 1925) was a chinese revolutionary leader and statesman who is considered by many to be the “father of modern china”. he had a significant influence in the overthrow of the qing dynasty and establishment of the republic of china. a founder of the kuomintang, sun was the first provisional president of the republic of china in 1912 and de facto leader from 1923 to 1925. he developed a political philosophy known as the three principles of the people. sun is uniquely admired by most chinese. yet, his life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile as few of his visions for his country materialized.