Module 8 Unit 1 Helen Keller

Let’s play games! The teacher will say some sentences in English. If the sentences are about you, please stand up quickly and say “That’s me!”

Guessing game

Who is she? She is a famous American author. She was blind and deaf, so she couldn’t see or hear. She wrote a book Three Days to See. Who is she?

Answer. When was Helen born? Where was Helen from? Did she learn to read and write? Did she write a book about her life?

When was Helen born? She was born in Where was Helen from? She was from America. Did she learn to read and write? Yes, she did. Did she write a book about her life? Yes, she did. Answer.

SB P30

be born in + 年 + in + 地点 出生于哪年什么 地方 我于 1987 年出生于青岛。 I was born in 1987 in Qingdao. life n.( 名词 ) 生活 sad adj.( 形容词 ) 悲伤的、难过的、痛苦的 tried—try try hard 努力尝试 Explanation

difficult adj.( 形容词 ) 困难的 be difficult for… 对 … 很困难 数学对我来说很难 Math is difficult for me. go around the world 环游世界 normal adj. 正常的 write a book/books about… 写关于 … 的书 她写了一本关于语文的书 She wrote a book about Chinese. famous adj. 著名的、闻名的 be famous for… 因 … 而著名 中国因长城而著名。 China is famous for the Great Wall.

Tom ___ _____ ____ 1999___ Qingdao. 汤姆 1999 年在青岛出生。 Mr Zhang ____ ______ when he ___ 25. 张先生 25 岁时非常出名。 It was very _______ ____ Helen to read and write. 对于海伦来说，读和写非常的困难。 He _____ __ book ______ Pandas. 她写了一本关于熊猫的书。 Exercise wasbornin wasfamouswas aboutawrote fordifficult

Exercise Helen Keller was_______ in 1880 _____ America. She was _______ and ______, so she ________ see or hear. And she ________ talk. But she ________ learn. She __________ to read and write, but it ______ very __________ for her. She ______ around the ______ to tell her story and she said “Blind people are _______ people.” Helen ______ books about her ______. She was_______ and she _______blind people everywhere. learned born could deafblind couldn’t in couldn’t wasdifficult wentworld normal helpedfamous lifewrote

A: What could you do when you were three years old/a baby? B: I could speak and sing. A: What couldn’t you do? B: I couldn’t run. How about you? A: I could speak but I couldn’t sing. Dialogue

Pair work A: What could you do when you were three years old/a baby? B: I could … A: What couldn’t you do? B: I couldn’t … How about you? A: I could…but I couldn’t…

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. --Helen Keller 只要面对太阳，你就看不到阴影 。 －－海伦 · 凯勒

Survey Work in groups( 小组 ) and make a survey （ 调查）. Try to ask your group memebers （小组成 员） the following questions and fill in the blanks. What could you do when you were 2 years old? What couldn’t you do? Prepare an oral report for us. （准备一个口 头报告。）

What could you do when you were two years old? What couldn ’ t you do? Name Drink milk Speak English Play football …

Example In my group, we all couldn’t ride a bike when we were 2 years old. Tom couldn’t play basketball/…but he could…

Suppose( 假设 ) you have a friend named Mike in America. You would like to tell him what your group members could or could’t do when they were young. Please write an to him. Writing

Dear Mike, Thanks for your letter. You want to know something about my group members. Well, in my group, Tom could…when he was three years old, but he could’t…_____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Best wishes. Yours, ______

Words Phrases Sentences Summary

All the students should remember the new words, phrases and sentences. Finish your writing. Try to find more information about Helen Keller and preview Module 8 Unit 2. Homework

Thanks for listening!