1、The Sixth Period从容说课This is the sixth period of this unit.In this period，first learn and master the new words and expressions.In this lesson，students will do some writing，listening and speaking practice.By these practices，they should achieve their ability to get information by listening and develop
2、their ability to use English to express themselves both orally or in a written form.Meanwhile it is also important to motivate them to learn from the good qualities of the great people.So，there are some exercises about listening，writing and speaking.When doing these exercises，the students should be
3、reminded of some skills about them.三维目标1.Knowledge：Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.Words：leader，president，anti，anti-black，sentence，sincerelyPhrases：set up，be sentenced to2.Ability：（1）Develop students ability to use English to express themselves both orally or in a writt
4、en form.（2）Achieve the students ability to get information by listening.3.Emotion：Motivate students to learn from the good qualities of the great people.教学重点（1）Enable the students to write a letter with the guide.（2）Improve the students writing，speaking and listening ability.教学难点How to write a defin
5、ition letter with the guide.教具准备The multimedia and the blackboard.教学过程Step 1 GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step 2 Pre-writingT：Today well do some writing practice.After we finish reading the reading passage “Elias story”，we know some information about Nelson Mandela.Would you please say so
6、mething about him？Ss：Yes.T：Whod like to have a try？S1：I want a try.He was the first black president in South Africa from 1994 to 1999.He was born in 1918 and worked for the equal rights for the blacks of South Africa for many years.As early as in 1940，while he was still at university，he took his fir
7、st actions.In 1944，he helped to found the ANC Youth League.During the 1950s，he led many peaceful actions.His enemies hated him and he had been kept a prisoner from 1962 to 1989，but he never gave up the struggle for the freedom of all the blacks，so he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.T：Youve do
8、ne a good job.As we all know，Mr Mandela had been put in prison from 1962 till 1989.Now imagine he is in prison.Youre going to write a letter to the president of South Africa asking him to set him free.So first you need to know more about his life.Here is a form about his life on Page 39.Please look
9、at it carefully.（Give the students three minutes to read it.）T：Now collect your ideas for the letter.In order to persuade someone to do something，you should choose proper facts to support your ideas. You can write them down in any order.And then sort them out into an order，which seems good to you.（S
10、ome minutes later.）T：Have you collected your ideas and sorted them out？Ss：Yes.T：Good.Now would you please tell me the reason why you think Mr Mandela should be set free？Whod like to be the first one？S1：Let me try.Although Mr Mandela was one of the leaders who called on black people to blow up some g
11、overnment buildings，he had no choice but to do that.He said they broke the law in a way which was peaceful.Only when this was not allowed did they decide to answer violence with violence.T：So you mean the government forced him to break the law，so it is necessary to set him free.Good.Another reason？S
12、2：In my opinion，it is natural for Mr Mandela to encourage violence against anti-black law.At that time，there were a lot of laws stopping the blacks rights and progress.The black people reached a stage where they have almost no rights at all.Black people had no vote and could not choose who ruled the
13、m.The parts of town where they were sent to live were decided by white people.They could not get jobs they wanted.The places where they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa.No one could grow food there.As a matter of fact，black people did not like violence.But they knew it was to
14、 realize their dream of making black and white people equal.Step 3 WritingT：A good reason.Maybe you have a lot of reasons for freeing Mr Mandela.But time is limited.So lets begin to write the letter.You can write to the President of South Africa like this，and finish your letter like this.Dear Presid
15、ent，I am writing to ask you to free Nelson Mandela.Here are some reasons why I think he should be freed.One possible version：Dear President，I am writing to ask you to free Nelson Mandela.Here are some reasons why I think he should be freed.First，it is natural for Mr Mandela to encourage violence aga
16、inst anti-black law.At that time，there were a lot of laws stopping the blacks rights and progress.The black people reached a stage where they have almost no rights at all.Black people had no vote and could not choose who ruled them.The parts of town where they were sent to live were decided by white
17、 people.They could not get jobs they wanted.The places where they were sent to live were the poorest areas in South Africa.No one could grow food there.As a matter of fact，black people did not like violence.But they knew it was to realize their dream of making black and white people equal.Second，alt
18、hough Mr Mandela was one of the leaders who called on black people to blow up some government buildings，he had no choice but to do that.He said they broke the law in a way which was peaceful.Only when this was not allowed did they decide to answer violence with violence.Finally，it is not a good way
19、of solving the problem to put Mr Mandela in prison.When Mr Mandela is in prison，there is a lot of violence.Therefore，you should free him and then have a discus-sion with him about the future of South Africa in a equal way.I am looking forward to your reply.Yours sincerely，（Your name）Step 4 Listening
20、 taskT：So much for the writing.Lets turn to the listening task.As we all know，when we look at people or things，we may have a different point of view from others.For example，yesterday we read a passage about Bill Gates.The follower of him thought there is not a man better than Bill Gates while the co
21、mpetitor believed that he was a computer bully.Now we are going to listen to the listening task at Page 72.Before you listen to the tape，please read the questions fast to find out the listening points first.While you read，youd better make notes of the listening points.Now，Ill play the tape twice.Ple
22、ase listen carefully and pay more attention to the important points.You may make notes for you to remember each of the important points.Are you ready？Ss：Yes.T：Lets begin.（Some minutes later，discuss the answers with the whole class.Before that，let the students discuss the answers in pairs.Play the ta
23、pe if necessary.）Step 5 Speaking taskT：In the last period，some students thought Bill Gates is a successful and rich man but is not a great man.So what qualities do you think are needed to make a great person？Try to work out reasons so that your choice is not just your point of view.To do this we nee
24、d to choose some qualities that everyone agrees great men have.Here is a list of qualities that are set out.intelligent determined generous kind unselfish hard-working brave confidentYou are going to choose four that you consider are the most important for a great person.While you are choosing each
25、one，think of someone you know or have heard of that has that quality.First please choose four qualities that are needed to make a great person.Are you clear？（Some minutes later.）T：Have you finished choosing？Ss：Yes.T：Well，please prepare to give a talk to the class.You should explain why you chose eac
26、h one and who shows it.You can begin your talk like this：To my understanding，a great person is someone who _.Now Ill give you five minutes to prepare.（Five minutes later.）T：Who have finished your talk？Any volunteer？S1：Let me try.To my understanding，a great person is someone who is unselfish，for exam
27、ple，Norman Bethune.He went to aid the Chinese against the Japanese invasion in 1938.In China he formed the first mobile medical unit，which could be carried on two mules.But he died of an infection due to the lack of penicillin，the infection occurred during surgery due to a lack of surgical gloves.He
28、 is a great hero and will be remembered by Chinese people forever.Now next to his tomb in China there is a statue，a museum，and a hospital dedicated to him.T：Anybody else？S2：I want a try.To my understanding，a great person is someone who is brave and determined.Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President o
29、f the United States of America.He served as President from March 4，1861，until April 15，1865.Abraham Lincoln was born in a poor family.He had very little formal schooling and was mostly self-educated.He eventually became a lawyer.During Lincolns presidency，the Southern states left the Union because L
30、incoln and the Northern states were against slavery.Six weeks after becoming President，the Civil War began.In this war，the Northern states fought the Southern states.The Civil War lasted from 1861 until 1865.On Jan.1，1863，Lincoln eventually freed of all slaves in the USA.Lincoln was re-elected Presi
31、dent in 1864.Lincoln was shot on April 14，1865.Lincoln had been attending a play at Fords Theater in Washington D.C.Lincoln died the next morning.The whole nation was in deep sorrow.He was considered as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the U.S.A.Step 6 Writing taskT：Excellent jobs.Ju
32、st now we discussed what qualities that are needed to make a great person.Can I ask you a question：Who is the great person you admire？S3：My heroine is Madam Curie.Madam Curie is a French professor of physics.She was born in Poland in 1867.In 1891 she went to study in Paris University because at that
33、 time women were not admitted to universities in Poland.When she was studying in Paris，she lived a poor life，but she worked very hard.In 1895 she married Pierre Curie，and then they worked together on the research into radioactive matter.They discovered two kinds of radioactive matterpolonium and rad
34、ium.In 1904 she and her husband received a Nobel Prize for Physics.After Mr Curie died in 1906，she went on with her research.She received a second Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.So she became the first scientist in the world to win two Nobel Prizes.S4：My hero is Lei Feng.Lei Feng was a soldier of
35、 the peoples Liberation Army of the PRC.He was characterized as a selfless and modest figure after his death and an idol to many.After his death in 1962 Former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong started what was to be known as the Study Lei Feng Campaign，designed to use Lei as a good example to the Chinese
36、 People to help others and put others priority over selfs when the time requires so.S5：In my opinion，Liu Xiang is my hero.He was born in Shanghai.In 2002，Liu launched his career in fine style by a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 meters hurdles.Still young，Liu has improv
37、ed steadily，and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event.In the final，he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson.T：Yes.Every one has different answers from others.Now please write a passage about him/her after class.You can write
38、 your passage according to the following structure.（Show the card on the screen.）Para 1：Personal information.Para 2：His/her hard work and achievements.Para 3：His/her good qualities.Para 4：Your opinion.Step 7 SummaryT：In this lesson，we do some writing，listening and speaking practice.By these practice
39、s，we achieve your ability to get information by listening and develop your ability to use English to express themselves both orally or in a written form.Meanwhile motivate you to learn from the good qualities of the great people.Step 8 HomeworkWriting a passage about a great person.板书设计Unit 5 Nelson
40、 Mandelaa modern heroThe Sixth PeriodPara 1：Personal informationPara 2：His/Her hard work and achievements.Para 3：His/Her good qualities.Para 4：Your opinion.活动与探究This activity is to ask the students to do some research on how to improve their writing ability.First the students are asked to make a sum
41、mary of the difficulties they have in doing the writing exercises，which helps them to make it clear what should be done to make progress in writing.Second ask the students to sum up some writing skills.备课资料Letter Writing TipsA writinghelp- we have one cardinal rule for all letter writing as follows：
42、“If you cant make your point in one page or less，you arent ready to write the letter.”With rare exceptions，this should be your goal in all letter writing，regardless of the subject.Keep it short，factual，and to the point.Dont write it more than one page in length，unless there is some compelling reason
43、 to make it longer.Studies have shown that busy business people do not like to read beyond the first page.If your letter is longer，there is a good chance it will be dumped in a “read later” pile，which often ends up never getting read.Remember，when letter writing，detailed information can be relegated
44、 to attachments that can be referred to by name in the body of the letter.Stick to the absolute essential facts in the main letter.Here are a few practical writinghelp- letter writing tips that you may find helpful when writing that next letter：Keep it short and to the point.Letters involving busine
45、ss （personal or corporate） should be concise，factual，and focused.Try to never exceed one page or you will be in risk of losing your reader.A typical letter page will hold 350 to 450 words.If you cant get your point across with that many words you probably havent done enough preparatory work.If neces
46、sary，call the recipient on the phone to clarify any fuzzy points and then use the letter just to summarize the overall situation.Focus on the recipients needs.While writing the letter，focus on the information requirements of your audience，the intended addressee.If you can，in your “minds eye” imagine
47、 the intended recipient seated across a desk or boardroom table from you while you are explaining the subject of the letter.What essential information does that person need to know through this communication？What will be their expectations when they open the letter？Have you addressed all of these？Us
48、e simple and appropriate language.Your letter should use simple straightforward language，for clarity and precision.Use short sentences and dont let paragraphs exceed three or four sentences.As much as possible，use language and terminology familiar to the intended recipient.Do not use technical terms
49、 and acronyms without explaining them，unless you are certain that the addressee is familiar with them.Re-read and revise it.Do a first draft of the letter，and then carefully review and revise it.Put yourself in the place of the addressee.Imagine yourself receiving the letter.How would you react to i
50、t？Would it answer all of your questions？Does it deal with all of the key issues？Are the language and tone appropriate？Sometimes reading it out loud to ones self can be helpful.When you actually “hear” the words it is easy to tell if it “sounds” right or not.Check spelling and grammar.A letter is a d
51、irect reflection of the person sending it，and by extension，the organization that person works for.When the final content of the letter is settled，make sure that you run it through a spelling and grammar checker.Sending a letter with obvious spelling and grammar mistakes looks sloppy and unprofessional.In such cases，the recipient cant really be blamed for seeing this as an indication as to how you （and your organization） probably do most other things.
