Unit 5 Nelson Mandela a modern heroPart One: Teaching Design (第一部分：教学设计)Period 1: A sample plan for reading(ELIAS STORY)AimsTo talk about peoples qualitiesTo read aboutenablepeople s life storyTo study The Attributive Clause (where, when, why, prep. which/ whom)To learn to write lettersProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by describingBoys and girls,thismorning we lltakeup Unit5 in which we lllearnto describepeople. Now lets describe ourselves first. The questions in the warming up partwill help you find out what qualities you have. Then tell me what kind of a persondo you thinkyou are.Do you thinkyou have the qualitiesto be a greatperson? Whatqualities do you think we should find in a great person?a. Give the students one minute to answer the questions.b.Ask some studentsto talkabouttheirown qualitiesaccordingto theiranswers.c. Have a discussion with the whole class and help them to sum up the qualities that a great person has.( Suming up:A great person should be determined, hard-working, unselfish, andgenerous. He should follow his ideas and never lose heart when he is in trouble.He usuallygives up something to achievehis goals.He should be willingto do publicservicework withoutpay,be activein socialactivities,getson wellwithothers,and help others, etc.)Warming up by brainstorming用心爱心专心1Boys and girls,in Unit 5 we willtalkabout NelsonMandela,a greatleader who fightsfor the rights of the black people. When talking about a person, what adjectivescan you thinkofto describe hisorher qualities?What arethequalitiesyou shouldfind in a great person?(Adjectivesfordescribinga person:kind,honest,brave, loyal,happy,wise,smart,friendly,warm, cheerful,popular,generous, hard-working,diligent,weak,stupid,lazy,dishonest,mean,tense,cold,unkind,miserable,dull,strong-minded,determined,)Warming up by expressionsBoys and girls, we are going to learn about some great people in Unit 5. Can youname some great people? Now discuss in groups of four: Who do you admire most? What kind of person is he/she? What are the qualities that great people have in common?Sun Yat-sen (November 12,1866 March 12, 1925)was a Chinese revolutionaryleaderand statesman who is considered by many to be the“Father of Modern China” . Hehad a significantinfluenceintheoverthrowofthe Qing Dynastyand establishmentof the Republicof China. A founderof theKuomintang,Sun was thefirstprovisionalpresident of the Republic of China in 1912 and de facto leader from 1923 to 1925.He developed a political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People.Sun is uniquelyadmired by most Chinese.Yet,his lifewas one ofconstantstruggleand frequentexileasfewofhisvisionsforhis countrymaterialized.II. Pre-reading1. Now, look at the six people in the pre-reading part. Can you recognize them? Doyou thinkthey are importantpeople?(Yes.Because theyhave done somethingreallyimportantto benefitthe worldor a country.) But do you thinkallof them are great用心爱心专心2people?WilliamTyndale(sometimesspelledTindale)(ca.1484- October6, 1536) was a 16thcentury priest and scholar who translated the Bible into an early form of ModernEnglish.Althoughnumerous partialand completeEnglishtranslationshad been madefrom the 7th century onward, Tyndale s was the first to take advantage of the newmedium of print, which allowed for its wide distribution.2.Speaking task: Students read the information of each of the six persons and discuss in pairs to find out whether he is a great person or not according to the criteria they worked out in the previous step.Remind the students to use the following expressions for giving and asking for opinions:I think/I don t think ,;inmy opinion;I m afraid,;Iagree/don t agree ,;I prefer,;What s your opinion? Why do you think so? What do you think of,?A sample dialogue:A: Do you think William Tidal is a great person?B: Yes. I think so. He had a strong belief that all people should be able to readthe Bible for themselves.So he translatedand printedit intoEnglish althoughhewas not allowed to do so. And later he died for his work.A: Yes. I agree. William Tyndale went through a lot of struggles and difficultiesand even sacrificedhis lifeto realizehisdream. He isa greatperson that everybodywho picks up the Bible must think of. N