Lesson 65

　　Teaching aims & demands:

　　Make the students understand Helen Keller by learning this lesson.

　　Also make them realize what they should learn from her.

　　Key points:

　　Grasp the text structure

　　Can use the useful phrases to make sentences with.

　　Procedures:

　　Step 1 Revision

　　Check the homework exercises.

　　Work in pairs to apologize to each other and to respond to the apologies by using the words: sorry / apologize / excuse / should.

　　Presentation:

　　Ask a few questions on the topic of disabilities. If a person cannot see anything at all, that person is said to be ____ (blind). If a person cannot hear anything at all, that person is said to be ____ (deaf).

　　People who are blind can learn to read books that are printed in a special way. What is the name of this writing system? (Braille)

　　Talk about the picture and describe what they can see.

　　Introduction to the writer:

　　The writer is Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American writer and lecturer. In 1887 Annie Sullivan came to look after her and became Helen’s teacher and lifelong companion. Helen Keller made rapid progress at school and in 1904 graduated from Radcliffe College with honors. She published many books and lectured to raise funds for the training of the blind and for other social causes.

　　Reading for general understanding.

　　What was the writer’s problem?

　　(She was deaf and blind and couldn’t speak.)

　　What did the writer learn during this period of her life?

　　(She learned the meaning of words, she learned to play and to laugh.)

　　Why did Helen Keller seem simple-minded before her teacher Annie Sullivan came?

　　What kind of person was Annie Sullivan?

　　Why was Annie considered to be a born teacher?

　　Was it difficult for Annie to teach Helen at the beginning? Why?

　　Why was April 5^th 1887 an important day for Helen Keller?

　　What was the first word taught to Helen? How was it taught to her?

　　Why did Helen reach out to Annie’s hand?

　　How did Helen feel when the word became meaningful to her?

　　What was one of the first things Annie did to Helen after teaching her some new words?

　　How did Annie teach Helen the words “laugh” and “jump”?

　　How was Helen made to be able to hear the noises of animals?

　　Learn how to use the following phrases:

　　George was a born leader. = George was born a leader.

　　Take sb. + by + the+ hand

　　Hit sb. + in / on + the + part of the body

　　Bring … into touch with

　　Anything / something / all (that)

　　Look back upon / on

　　Strike

　　Word study:

　　Prepositions: For / with / in / for / for / on / through / onto

　　touched, fingers, felt; tasted, tasted, tongue; sight, eye, see, looks; nose, smell, smell, smells; hear, listens to, watches, sounds

　　Homework

　　Read the text aloud after class.

　　Make sentences with the useful expressions learned in this lesson.

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　　Blackboard design:

　　Text structure