曾昭賢

I.Teaching Aims and Requirements

1.By observing the picture and the title ，students learn to predict the main idea of the text .

2.to get the students to understand the contents and the structure of the text by scanning reading .

3. make students to develop the spirit of never giving up In the face of difficulty .

Ⅱ.Teaching Key Points

1. To make clear to students the contents and the structure of the text

2. To enable students to get the main idea of the text

Ⅲ.Teaching Difficulties

To get students to further understand the text by asking the two difficult questions.

a. What made Helen Keller a successful learner ？

b.What made Anne Sullivan an excellent teacher ？

Ⅳ.Teaching Methods

Students-centered ， individual work， pair work， group work

Ⅴ.Teaching Aids：

Multi-media， pictures， text-books， storybooks

Ⅵ.Teaching Procedures

Step Ⅰ Lead-in

1. Greetings

2. Show a book called Three Days to See in Chinese to students saying ： if you have only three days to see ， what would you like to do ？ then show a picture of Helen to lead in the new lesson .

Step Ⅱ Reading

1. First-reading： Teacher asks Students to predict the general idea of the text.

What does the passage talk about？

A. her college education

B. her achievement

C. her teacher

D. her husband

2.Second-reading： Get the main idea of each paragraph and match the headings with each paragraph.

3. Third-reading： Students read the whole text carefully to answer the questions

1.How was Helen keller different from other children？

2. Why was her teacher so important to her？

3. How did she learn new words？

4.Why was the word ‘love ‘so difficult for Helen to understand？

5.Why did she think that love might the sun？

Step Ⅲ Voice Your Opinion

What do you think happened later to Helen keller？

Step IV post –reading

Arrange students to interview in pairs about Helen kellers learning the four words

Student A is a reporter . Student B is a Helen keller

Step V Homework

Rewrite the text

How was hellen keller different from other children ？

Who helped Helen learn language ？

What do you think of the teacher ？

Step VI after-class activity

Encourage students to go to the library or surf the internet for some books of Helen keller ‘s. like ：

Three days to see

The story of my life

Courage in the dark

The miracle worker

（責編 田彩霞）