1、 选择性必修一 Unit 2 Onwards and upwards (4) 高一年级 英语 Writing about an experience At the end of the class, students will be able to 1. get the main idea and information of the authors experience “Dining in the Dark”; 2. learn the structure of writing about an experience; Objectives At the end of the class,
2、 students will be able to 3. find the useful expressions used in writing about an experience; 4. write about an experience; 5. revise students own and others writing. Objectives Read and Predict. Read and answer the questions. Q1. Why did the author go to the “dark restaurant”? Q2. What difficulty d
3、id the author have during the meal? Q3. How did the author feel after finishing the meal? Read and answer the questions. Recently I dined at a “dark restaurant”, where people eat in complete darkness, served by blind staff. I wanted to understand the experience of being blind, and I thought eating w
4、ould be the most difficult activity. Read and answer the questions. It was a difficult meal. Because we couldnt see where anything was, my friend and I knocked over glasses and dropped food. My senses of taste and smell became more sensitive, and I ate much more slowly, trying to guess what I was ea
5、ting. Read and answer the questions. Pouring water was very difficult, plus I kept drinking from my friends glass. After failing to pick up any food with a fork for five minutes, I decided to use my hands. I reached down, expecting rice and vegetables, but instead stuck my hand into a bowl of warm,
6、thick soup. Read and answer the questions. “Its best to use a spoon for this course,” the waiter said into my ear, helpfully but much too late. Even using a spoon, most of the soup ended up on my shirt. I felt embarrassed, even though no one could see me. Read and answer the questions. Our waiter ad
7、vised us to lift the plates and bowls close to our faces. However, I still left the restaurant feeling hungry, though I was much more aware of the challenges that blind people face. Q1. Why did the author go to the “dark restaurant”? Answer the questions. Recently I dined at a “dark restaurant”, whe
8、re people eat in complete darkness, served by blind staff. I wanted to understand the experience of being blind, and I thought eating would be the most difficult activity. Answer the questions. Answer: Because the author wanted to understand the experience of being blind, thinking eating would be th
9、e most difficult activity. Answer the questions. Q2: What difficulty did the author have during the meal? Answer the questions. It was a difficult meal. Because we couldnt see where anything was, my friend and I knocked over glasses and dropped food. Answer the questions. My senses of taste and smel
10、l became more sensitive, and I ate much more slowly, trying to guess what I was eating. Answer the questions. Pouring water was very difficult, plus I kept drinking from my friends glass. Answer the questions. After failing to pick up any food with a fork for five minutes, I decided to use my hands.
11、 I reached down, expecting rice and vegetables, but instead stuck my hand into a bowl of warm, thick soup. Answer the questions. Even using a spoon, most of the soup ended up on my shirt. I felt embarassed, even though no one could see me. Answer the questions. Answer: 1. The author knocked over gla
12、sses and dropped food. 2. The author ate much more slowly, trying to guess what was being eaten. 3. Pouring water was very difficult. Answer the questions. Answer: 4. After failing to pick up any food with a fork for five minutes, the author decided to use hands, but stuck one hand into a bowl of wa
13、rm, thick soup. 5. Even using a spoon, most of the soup ended up on the authors shirt. Answer the questions. Q3: How did the author feel after finishing the meal? Answer the questions. Our wariter advised us to lift the plates and bowls close to our faces. However, I still left the restaurant feelin
14、g hungry, though I was much more aware of the challenges that blind people face. Answer the questions. Answer: The author left the restaurant feeling hungry, though much more aware of the challenges that blind people face. Answer the questions. An experience Experience when where who what why how fe
15、eling Writing about an experience Person: I / we . Tense: Past tense Order: Time order Structure: Writing about an experience Structure Beginning (topic sentence) Body Ending (feeling, comment.) Writing about an experience Language we can use in writing an experience. I wanted to understand the expe
16、rience of. And I thought eating would be the most difficult. It was a difficult., because. Pouring water was very difficult, plus. Writing about an experience Language we can use in writing an experience. After failing to., I decided to use. . helpfully but much too late. Even using., most of the so
17、up ended up. I felt embarrassed, even though. Writing about an experience Language we can use in writing an experience. However, I still left . feeling hungry, though I was much more aware of the challenges that the blind people face. An experience How do you write Why do you write What do you write
18、 Useful expressions This is the most interesting/ wonderful/ regretful. thing that I will never forget. I will remember. that happened. forever. I shall never forget the first. I experienced when. Useful expressions On my way to. I saw. Suddenly. Although., I still remember the experience. I will re
19、member this experience forever, for. Writing about an experience Experience of being blind: Please play a game called “the blind traveller”, in which you have to walk through barriers with the eyes blindfolded. Writing about an experience Notes: 1. What kind of experience you had 2. What the most di
20、fficult thing was and why 3. How you overcame the difficulty 4. What you have learnt Evaluation Chart Structure Correctness Content Completion (information) Accuracy (language) Coherence (text) CommunicationAppropriateness Students Work Today in class, we played a game called “the blind traveller”,
21、in which one has to walk through barriers with the eyes blind- folded. At first I think it was easy, but when I was blindfolded, I felt very helpless. There was darkness around me. When I took the first step, I fell off the barrier. Students Work The most difficult thing is the fear of darkness. Alt
22、hough I remembered the position of the barrier, but my first step was wrong. When the fear surrounded me, I heard my classmates call my name and guided me to move on. I was gradually full of confidence. Students Work Suddenly, I felt a helping hand in front of me, eventually, I made it. Without my c
23、lassmates help, I couldnt finish the game. This made me realize the challenges that the blind people face. And I decided to help the blind people whenever they need help. Students Work Today in class, we played a game called “the blind traveller”, in which one has to walk through barriers with the e
24、yes blind- folded. At first I think it was easy, but when I was blindfolded, I felt very helpless. There was darkness around me. When I took the first step, I fell off the barrier. Students Work The most difficult thing is the fear of darkness. Although I remembered the position of the barrier, but
25、my first step was wrong. When the fear surrounded me, I heard my classmates call my name and guided me to move on. I was gradually full of confidence. Students Work Suddenly, I felt a helping hand in front of me, eventually, I made it. Without my classmates help, I couldnt finish the game. This made
26、 me realize the challenges that the blind people face. And I decided to help the blind people whenever they need help. Sample Today in class, we played a game called “the blind traveller”, in which one has to walk through barriers with the eyes blind- folded. It is through this experience that I sta
27、rted to realise how inconvenient life could be for a blind person. Sample Not being able to see where I was going, I kept going off the path, and turning in the wrong direction. Whats more, without the ability to accurately locate the position of the barriers, I often fell over them, even though I w
28、as moving at an extremely slow speed. Sample And a loss of balance increased the difficulty of the short journey. After falling over more than ten times, I finally reached my destination on hands and knees. Sample Without sights I couldnt even complete the short journey of no more than 15 meters smo
29、othly, let alone overcome all the other various difficulties. I do realise that life must be much more challenging for the blind people. Writing about an experience How do you write Why do you write What do you write Homework Choose one of the tasks to finish. 1. Revise the short passage written in class. 2. Try to experience what it is like to have a disability and write a short passage to describe your experience.
