1、Unit 5 EducationLesson 1Period 1Warming upWhats the meaning of“enlightening”?To enlighten means“to increase knowledge and awareness”.In Chinese,it means“启迪，指导，教导”.When did you have an enlightened moment?enlightenedI read a story and got inspired.I watched other swimmers swim and learned how to swim
2、on my own.I thought very hard about a question and got enlightened.I listened to my mothers teaching and got inspired.Warming upWork with your deskmate.Place a blindfold(眼罩眼罩)over your eyes.Your deskmate tries to teach you how to read and write.Swap places after a few minutes.Warming upShare your fe
3、edback of the experience with the class.Elicit the ways to teach someone who is blind to read and write.How much more difficult would it be to teach someone who is both blind and deaf to read and write?Warming up(1)Who is Helen Keller?(2)What makes her special?(3)Why did she break things?(4)What do
4、you think about her teacher?Read paragraphs 1-2 of the story.Discuss Helen Keller and her teachers characteristics and personalities.ReadingStructurePara 1An exceptionally special girlCouldnt speak,read or write,needed to have everything done for her by 7Reason:couldnt see or hearUnbearable behaviou
5、rtroublesome,stubborn and angrya tendency to break things when not understoodPara 2A superb teacherFormer student at a school for the blindHad eyesight problems early in lifeReadingSuggested answer:thinkwaterdolllovelove(3)(4)(6-9)(10)(11-12)What is the difference between the two pairs of words?doll
6、&water VS.love&thinkRead the rest of the story.Which paragraphs are the words in?Reading(1)How many words were taught to Helen?What were they?Four words were taught to Helen in the story:“doll”,“water”,“love”and“think”.(2)Which words were easier to learn?Which were more difficult?Explain why.The wor
7、ds“doll”and“water”were easier to learn,because Helen could touch them.The words“love”and“think”were more difficult,because they were complex and abstract concepts that couldnt be touched.Try to answer the following questions.ReadingComplete the diagram.ReadingSuggested answers:Reading For the word“d
8、oll”Anne _ _.For the word“water”Anne _ _.let Helen play with the doll,and then spelt the letters“D-O-L-L”on her handput one of Helens hands under the water.As the water flowed over Helens hand,Anne spelt out“W-A-T-E-R”into Helens other handReading For the word“love”Helen thought at first it was the
9、sweetness of flowers but later _.“You cannot touch love _.”For the word“think”When Helen was trying to solve a difficult problem,Anne _ _.In a flesh,Helen _.she drew me closer to her and said,“It is here”,pointing to my heartbut you feel thesweetness that it pours into everything.Without love you wo
10、uld not be happy or want to playHelens forehead and wrote the word“think”on her handtouchedknow that the word was the name of the processthat was going on in her headSuggested answers:Complete the diagram about how the learning process affected Helen by choosing from the expressions.a felt hope and
11、joyb felt puzzledc had a breakthroughd thought it was a gamee got the world of words opened up to herf understood the beautiful truth of the worldg knew the meaning of the word in a flashh felt it was monkey-like imitationReadingd,ha,eb,fc,gHow many parts can the story be divided into?What is each p
12、art mainly about?Underline the signal expressions that connect the description of Helens learning processes.The story can be divided into three parts.The first part is paragraph 1,about Helen.The second part is paragraph 2,about Anne.The third part is from paragraph 3 to paragraph 12,about how Helen
13、 learnt words.Reading Here are some signal expressions that connect the description of Helens learning processes:Now that Helen grasped the key to language,she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could.However,because Helen was so enthusiastic about learning,the result were amazin
14、g.This soon led her to discover more complex words and changed her thinking process.The word“think”was also a difficult one for Helen because it is such an abstract concept.ReadingWhat qualities do you think Helen and Anne showed in the story?Choose from the list below.Find evidence to support your
15、opinion.determined perseverant(有毅力的)kind patient diligent willing creativeeg.I think that Helen was determined to try to understand a word.She kept asking Anne questions so that she could understand the word“think”.I think Anne was perseverant,patient and creative because she kept trying different w
16、ays and waiting for Helen to discover what words are.SpeakingFill in the blanks with the words from the story.PracticeWhen Helen was young she lost her sight and hearing.With these 1 _ to her communication,Helens behavior was often 2 _ and sometimes she was 3 _,stubborn and angry with a 4 _ to break
17、 things when she was not understood.Anne Sullivan was a 5 _ teacher.Annes technique was simple and 6 _.She put an object into Helens hand and spelt out the word on her other hand.The 7 _ knowledge she taught Helen gave her hope and joy.From“doll”and“water”,Helens knowledge and 8 _ expanded and this
18、changed her 9 _ process.As Helen grasped the key to language,she discovered more 10 _ words.Helen now understood the beautiful truth of the word“love”.severe restrictionsunbearabletroublesometendencysuperbstraightforwardpreciousvocabularythinkingcomplexAssignmentWrite a story of how you learnt things when you were really young.Goodbye!
