Lesson3LifeStoriesTeachingAim:a.Learnsomeusefulreadingstrategy:predicting,generalidea,andworkingoutthemeaningofimportantwordsfromthecontext.b.Learntoretellastoryaccordingtotimeorderc.AccumulatesomesynonymsandantonymsStage1warmupGivestudentsabriefintroductionofHelenKeller,andgivethemsomeencouragingsentenceswrittenbyHelenKellertoappreciate.Stage2learningnewwordsa.GivingseveralpicturesandmatchthepictureswithEnglishnameb.Askingstudentstofillintheblankswithproperwordsfromthetext.Theycangettheanswerfromthecontext.Stage3readinga.Askstudentstoguesswhatthearticleisaboutbylookingatthepicturesandthetitle,andreadingthefirstfewsentencesofthepassage.b.Introducethereadingstrategytothem:Beforereading,lookatthetitle,picturesandthefirstcouplesoflinesofthetext.Lookforcluestohelpyoupredictwhatkindoftextitisandwhatitisabout.c.Readthetexttogetthegeneralidea.Ignorewordsyoudon’tknow.d.Readthetextagain.Trytoworkoutthemeaningofimportantnewwords.Useadictionaryifyoucan’t.e.Readanycomprehensivequestionsandtrytothinkofpossibleanswers.Thenfindanswerstoquestionsinthetext.f.AskstudentstopredictwhathappenedlatertoHelenKeller.Stage4UnderstandingofthewholepassageGivestudentssomecluestoworkoutthestructureofthepassage.Andaskstudentstoretellthestorytotheirpartner.Stage5anoralpracticeforstudents----WhatkindofteacherdoyouthinkAnneSullivanis?Stage6askstudentstofinishexercise3and4bythemselves.用心爱心专心1