Project Designing a booklet Unit 2 Language Project Designing a booklet 金坛市第四中学 戴宁茹

Learning aims: 1.Learning about the development of Chinese characters 2.Understanding how the blind read by their special characters--Braille

Do you know the development of a certain word? Such as 月 Ⅰ、Lead-in The development of Chinese characters（汉字）reveals（反映）the development of our culture. Do you know the development of a certain word? Such as 月 Can you draw it ?

龟 鹿 鸟 马 鱼 象 鸡 虎

Read the passage and answer the following the questions ★When did Chinese writing begin? ★Who first invented Chinese writing ? ★How was Chinese writing invented? ★When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? .

★When did Chinese writing begin? ★Who first invented Chinese writing ? Thousands of years ago Cang Jie

★How was Chinese writing invented ★How was Chinese writing invented? ★When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? Cang Jie saw the tracks of animals in the snow and he got the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects In the 1950s

Listen to the tape carefully and divide article into several parts Brief of Chinese characters introduction Para.1 Para. 2 origins The of Chinese characters development and of Chinese characters Form Paras. 3-4 Simplified Chinese characters Para.5

1.Task One Read the first passage and fill in the chart.

Differences between Chinese and western languages Chinese language Western language Uses 1 to stand for ideas, object etc. Uses 2 Words are formed by putting together different 3 A word is often formed by putting some letters together. characters alphabet characters

The of animals in the snow are different The inventor’s name His finding(发现) The of animals in the snow are different His idea Using different to represent different objects. 2.Task Two. Read the second passage and know the beginning of Chinese characters. Cang Jie tracks shapes

3.Task Three Read para.3 and know the other ways of characters being formed.

Drawings of physical objects: Eg:mountain Expressing ideas: Combining two or more characters together. Eg: rest, prisoner Expressing directions or numbers: up, down

The time of the widespread use of simplified Chinese characters: 4.Task Four (Read para.4—5) Shortcoming: Method: The time of the widespread use of simplified Chinese characters: They do not show how they should be pronounced Have one part of a character indicate the and the other suggest the . meaning pronunciation The 1950s

Read The story of Braille and answer the following questions 1.Who introduced blind people to reading? 2. At Braille’s time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use? 3.What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school? 4. What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people?

1.Who introduced blind people to reading? Louis Braille 2. At Braille’s time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use? Books for blind people used paper pressed against metal wire to form letters. They were too heavy and not convenient for use at all.

3.What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school? He showed the students a system for passing messages at night during times of battle 4. What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people? His system allows blind people to read and write. It enables them to discover the world around them though they cannot see.

Where can you see Braille in our daily life? bus stop Where can you see Braille in our daily life?

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Name of the characters for the blind Inventor Original（本身的）method Disadvantages（不利之处） What gave him inspiration（灵感） Advantages Description（描述）of his invention

Braille Louis Braille Name of the characters for the blind Inventor Original（本身的）method Disadvantages（不利之处） What gave him inspiration（灵感） Disadvantages Description（描述）of his invention Advantages Braille Louis Braille Using paper pressed against metal wire to form letters Too heavy A soldier showed a system using paper with small,raised dots that could be felt with the fingers Too difficult to be of practical use A system with patterns of six raised dots representing each letter Easily recognized with fingers and written with a special typewriter

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