1. Freshman English [授課教師] Week 5:自我文化意識（自我意識） Strengths and weaknesses
10401 教案洪月女-The Missing Piece
文本 I am special
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2. Objectives
Students become aware of different roles they play, what roles they feel powerful/powerless, and what roles that can best define who they are.
Students understand their strengths and weaknesses, and decide what they can and want to do about the “missing piece” of their life.
Students learn to value themselves the respect the diversity of people they meet.

3. Your challenges
What are your challenges? Please give examples of real challenges you’ve faced.

4. The different types of disability are:
Mobility
Visual
Hearing
Development
Think of the challenges a person with each type of disability has to overcome.

5. We're The Superhumans

6. The Missing Piece
Please read and preview “The Missing Piece.” Check out the book online at search for information about the author, and read responses and critics to the book.
After reading, please answer some of the questions below.

7. Question Do you like the book? Who the book is intended for?
What is your missing piece?
What do you want to do about your missing piece? What can you do about it?
Are you still you without the piece?
Could you fill the empty place with something else, like with a different piece?
Are you somebody else’s “missing piece”?

8. Extra Reading activity-You Are Special
Read “You Are Special” and view the video online.

9. You Are Special Reading: You Are Special

10. You Are Special
Share responses to the book. Possible discussion questions are:
What do you like and dislike about this book?
Who the book is intended for?
Who does Eli symbolize?
What is the moral of this story?
If you were a Wemmick, for what would you get stars? Dots? What are some of the things that make you unique or special?
How might you view other people’s faults differently after reading this book?
How could the story end differently?

11. Writing: I am special statements
Please write “I am special statements.” Examples are:
I am special because…
I am special at home because…
I am special in my university because…
Then students share what they have written.