Unit1Nothingventured,nothinggainedPartOne:TeachingDesignPeriod3:AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage(“OPTIMISMHELPEDUSPERSEVERE
”)AimsTohelpstudentsreadthepassage“OPTIMISMHELPEDUSPERSEVERE
”Tohelpstudentstousethelanguagebyreading,listening,speakingandwritingProceduresI
WarmingupbylearningmoreaboutSirErnestShackletonIn1914SirErnestShackletonandacrewof27setsailforthelastunclaimedprizeinthehistoryofexploration:thefirstcrossingonfootoftheAntarcticcontinent
Withineighty-fivemilesofthecontinenttheirshipEndurancewastrappedandslowlycrushedbypackice
Withnocommunicationtotheoutsideworldtheirordealwouldlasttwentymonths
WithShackleton'sinspiringleadershipthecrewstruggledtostayaliveinoneofthemostinhospitableregionsoftheworld
Miraculously,notonemanwaslost,survivingextremecold,breakingicefloes,leopards