Unit 5 Nelson Mandela第六課時
writing
第一步：學生討論問題：
1. what do you think is the purpose of this passage?
2. do you think elias tells his story well? give a reason.
3. what is the tone of elias' story? do you think you like him because of the way he tells his story? give a reason.
通過對這些問題的討論，學生可對兩篇 reading passage 的篇章結構，陳述的順序及語氣等有一定了解，這對他們之后的寫作有很大幫助;
第二步：學生討論已學的關于曼德拉的事跡并閱讀關于曼德拉的身平事跡( on page 39)；
第三步：小組活動，討論：imagine now mr mandela is in prison. as a high school student who is against racial discrimination, will you do something to save him? what can you do and what will you do to persuade the government to free him?
第四步：小組代表匯報討論內容；
第五步：寫一封信給 the president of south africa；先讓學生整理思路，列好提綱，做好寫作的準備；
第六步：二十分鐘內完成寫作；個別學生宣讀自己的作文，其余同學學習其中精彩的部分。
學生范文
dear president,
i am writing to ask you to free nelson mandela. here are some reasons why i think he should be free.
as we all know, people with different colors should be equal. nelson mandela devoted all his life to realize this dream. i n1994, he founded the anc youth league to call on people to struggle for their rights to vote. in 1952, he opened a law office to help the poor black people in johannesburg on their problems. the black people loved him.
in 1962, mandela encouraged people to use violence against anti-black laws to get their rights, so he was sentenced to five years hard labor. one year later, as one of the leaders of the anc, he led them to blow up the government buildings to realize their dream of making black and white people equal, so that he was again sentenced to prison for life on robben island until now.
i think, what he did was for his people, his country, not for himself. he has an unselfish and brave heart. as he is a great man, you should set him free.
best wishes!
yours truly,
mary smith
project
第一步：教師提問：do you think there is a great person in your hometown? what did he or she do to make you believe that he or she is a great person? can you tell us something about him/ her?可提示列舉一些偉人以打開學生思路, 如王若飛（ 貴州），毛澤東（湖南）葉劍英（廣東）等；
第二步：分成四人小組討論寫下一份報告；
第三步：學生代表宣讀報告。
homework:
1. prepare for the words dictation;
2. hand in your group report on the great person in our hometown.