Unit 5 Nelson Mandela
– a modern hero
Teaching procedures
Period 1：ReadingI
Teaching goals
1. To talk about people’s qualities and inspire the students to discover the value of the great man’s work.
2. To read on capable people’s life stories and know more information about Nelson Mandela.
3. Enable the students to express their ideas logically.
Procedures
Step 1. Warming up
(Before class, get the Ss to enjoy a beautiful song Hero for 3-5 minutes. After enjoying, ask the Ss some questions in a moving atmosphere.)
T: Well, for a beautiful song, do you know what it is about?
S :Hero
Q: Who is your hero/heroine?/ Who do you admire in your heart?
Ss: …
Q: Why?
S: …
Q: Do you think he is a great man?
S: …waste
Q: Does he do anything for others? / What contributions does he make to society?
stayedS: …
(Show 4 pictures in talking part one by one)
pink是什么意思Q: How about this person? Do you admire him? Is he another hero in your heart? What do you know about him?
(Give background knowledge)
Conclusion: Let Ss say: so a great man is a man_______________________________________.
(Show a picture of. Nelson Mandela)
Q: What do you know about him? Is he a great man? Why?
(Get into Brainstorming)
T: It ems you know Nelson Mandela a little. Do you want to know more about him?Let’s read the following story and e what Elias thinks of Nelson Mandela.
Step 2.Fast Reading
Q: What does he think of Nelson Mandela?
Why?
What happened between Elias and Nelson Mandela?
Ss: In his opinion, Nelson Mandela is… . /He thinks Nelson Mandela is… .
Step 3 Careful reading
T: Here is your first impression about NM according to the Elias’ story. If you look through the story carefully, you’ ll find more. Ok, why not read the two passages and finish the following chart by answering the questions?
Q1: When and where was Elias born? What was he?
( 1940, born, black worker )
Q2: Was he educated? When? How long?
( 1946( six), educated, two years )
Q3: Why did he leave school so early?
( not continue the fee )
Q4: So what was the result? Could he get a job? What job? Was he happy then? Why?
( get, worried about, out of work, no passbook )
Q5.Who helped him? What did Nelson Mandela do at that time?
( Nelson Mandela, opened, advi )
Q6. Why was the day Nelson Mandela told him what to do and helped him the happiest day of his life?
( get …)
Q7. What did Nelson Mandela organize? Why did he organize it? / What was the situation at that time?
( ANC, no vote, not choo )
Q8: Where did they live?
over ( poorest )
Q9: What did Nelson Mandela say?
( accept, fight )
Q10: How to attack the law?
( broke, peacefully )
reply什么意思Q11: But did they answer violence with violence? Why?
( answer with violence, not allowed )
Q12: Did Elias like violence? Did he join the ANC Youth League? Why?
( realize his dream, make equal )
Q13: So how did they do?
(blow up )
Q14: What would be the result if they were caught?
( be put in prison )
Q15: Later, he was put in prison. What is the prison? Why were they so afraid of hearing of its name?
( Robben island, not escaped )
Q16: It was the hardest time of his life, right? But at this moment who appeared? Did he help him? How?
( began, taught )
Q17: Did Elias study hard? How?
( under…make candles..)
Q18: As a result, he became a good student. Did he want to study further? Was he allowed to do that? What idea did Nelson Mandela think of?
( allowed… not stopped…)
Q19: Could Elias get the degree? Why did he feel good about himlf?
（ not cleverer ）
Q20: Was Elias always staying in the prison? How long did he stay? Can he get a job? What job? Why?
( four, educated )
iataQ21: Could he do this job long? Why? So he lost the job. How long was he out of work? When did he find a job again? How?
(found out, twenty years, came to power, helped again )
Q22: Was Elias happy to accept this job? Did he give up this job? Why?
( bad, came back to , encourage, said,)十冬腊月
Q23: What did he think of this job now,? Why?berrk
( am proud to…)
Q24: What’s the purpo of writing this story? How does the writer tell? How many parts was the whole story divided? / How many times did Nelson Mandela offer help to Elias?
Ss: The purpo of writing this story is to … . The writer tells…by….
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