Teaching goals
1.To talk about people’s qualities and inspire the students to discover the value of the great man’s work.
2.To read on capable people’s life stories and know more information about Nelson Mandela.
3.Enable the students to express their ideas logically.
Procedures
Step 1. Warming up
(Before class, get the Ss to enjoy a beautiful song Hero for 3-5 minutes. After enjoying, ask the Ss some questions in a moving atmosphere.)
T: Well, for a beautiful song, do you know what it is about?
S :Hero
Q: Who is your hero/heroine?/ Who do you admire in your heart?
Ss: …
Q: Why?
S: …
Q: Do you think he is a great man?
S: …
Q: Does he do anything for others? / What contributions does he make to society?
S: …
(Show 4 pictures in talking part one by one)
Q: How about this person? Do you admire him? Is he another hero in your heart? What do you know about him?
(Give background knowledge)
Conclusion: Let Ss say: so a great man is a man_______________________________________.
(Show a picture of. Nelson Mandela)
Q: What do you know about him? Is he a great man? Why?
(Get into Brainstorming)
T: It seems you know Nelson Mandela a little. Do you want to know more about him? Let’s read the following story and see what Elias thinks of Nelson Mandela.
Step 2.Fast Reading
Q: What does he think of Nelson Mandela?
Why?
What happened between Elias and Nelson Mandela?
Ss: In his opinion, Nelson Mandela is… . /He thinks Nelson Mandela is… .
Step 3 Careful reading
T: Here is your first impression about NM according to the Elias’ story. If you look through the story carefully, you’ ll find more. Ok, why not read these two passages and finish the following chart by answering these questions?
Q1: When and where was Elias born? What was he?
( 1940, born, black worker )
Q2: Was he educated? When? How long?
( 1946( six), educated, two years )
Q3: Why did he leave school so early?
( not continue the fee )
Q4: So what was the result? Could he get a job? What job? Was he happy then? Why?
( get, worried about, out of work, no passbook )
Q5.Who helped him? What did Nelson Mandela do at that time?
( Nelson Mandela, opened, advise )
Q6. Why was the day Nelson Mandela told him what to do and helped him the happiest day of his life?
( get …)
Q7. What did Nelson Mandela organize? Why did he organize it? / What was the situation at that time?
( ANC, no vote, not choose )
Q8: Where did they live?
( poorest )
Q9: What did Nelson Mandela say?
( accept, fight )
Q10: How to attack the law?
( broke, peacefully )
Q11: But did they answer violence with violence? Why?
( answer with violence, not allowed )
Q12: Did Elias like violence? Did he join the ANC Youth League? Why?
( realize his dream, make equal )
Q13: So how did they do?
(blow up )
Q14: What would be the result if they were caught?
( be put in prison )
Q15: Later, he was put in prison. What is the prison? Why were they so afraid of hearing of its name?
( Robben island, not escaped )
Q16: It was the hardest time of his life, right? But at this moment who appeared? Did he help him? How?
( began, taught )
Q17: Did Elias study hard? How?
( under…make candles..)
Q18: As a result, he became a good student. Did he want to study further? Was he allowed to do that? What idea did Nelson Mandela think of?
( allowed… not stopped…)
Q19: Could Elias get the degree? Why did he feel good about himself?
（ not cleverer ）
Q20: Was Elias always staying in the prison? How long did he stay? Can he get a job? What job? Why?
( four, educated )
Q21: Could he do this job long? Why? So he lost the job. How long was he out of work? When did he find a job again? How?
(found out, twenty years, came to power, helped again )
Q22: Was Elias happy to accept this job? Did he give up this job? Why?
( bad, came back to , encourage, said,)
Q23: What did he think of this job now,? Why?
( am proud to…)
Q24: What’s the purpose of writing this story? How does the writer tell? How many parts was the whole story divided? / How many times did Nelson Mandela offer help to Elias?
Ss: The purpose of writing this story is to … . The writer tells…by….
Step4 Retelling
T: We have known what happened between Elias and Nelson Mandela. Suppose you were Nelson Mandela/ Elias’ wife, would you like to tell us something impressive?
Retelling (Choose one of them to retell )
1. Suppose you were Nelson Mandela, retell the story.
2. Suppose you were Elias’ wife, retell the story.
Step5. Role play (an interview )
T: All of you did a good job. Next, after Nelson Mandela and Elias’ wife, it is Elias’ turn to tell us some stories. One of you act as Elias, who is the tour guide on Robben Island. And the other three, you are tourists and you can ask questions that you want to know. Maybe these tips will help you!
How did you get to know Nelson Mandela?
What did he do to help you keep your job in a gold mine?
Can you explain to me some of Nelson Mandela’s political ideas or beliefs?
What was Nelson Mandela’s way of fighting? Why did he change to violence?
What was life like on Robben Island?
We know you couldn’t read or write, for you left school early, but now you can.
Where did you learn to read and write?
Why did you become a tour guide? What do you think of your present job?
(Let students come to the front to show their interview. Students can start the interview like this:
Tourist: How did you get to know Nelson Mandela? What did he do to help you keep your job in a gold mine?)
Step6. Homework
1. Try to find out some useful expressions and phrases.
2. Work in four to find more information about Nelson Mandela.
附板书设计: （Blackboard Design）
The relationship between Elias and Nelson Mandela
Elias Mandela
black worker opened
educated, two years advise
out of work happiest get
no vote organize
not choose accept/fight
poorest join broke peaceful
blow up help
put in prison began
hardest taught
not allowed allowed…to
get a degree degree not stopped
feel good
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