Unit16StoriesLesson3LifeStoriesTeachingAim:a
Learnsomeusefulreadingstrategy:predicting,generalidea,andworkingoutthemeaningofimportantwordsfromthecontext
Learntoretellastoryaccordingtotimeorderc
AccumulatesomesynonymsandantonymsStage1warmupGivestudentsabriefintroductionofHelenKeller,andgivethemsomeencouragingsentenceswrittenbyHelenKellertoappreciate
Stage2learningnewwordsa
GivingseveralpicturesandmatchthepictureswithEnglishnameb
Askingstudentstofillintheblankswithproperwordsfromthetext
Theycangettheanswerfromthecontext
Stage3readinga
Askstudentstoguesswhatthearticleisaboutbylookingatthepicturesandthetitle,andreadingthefirstfewsentencesofthepassage
Introducethereadingstrategytothem:Beforereading,lookatthetitle,picturesandthefirstcouplesoflinesofthetext
Lookforcluestohelpyoupredictwhatkin