U16-Lesson3 Life Stories Helen Keller Chen Yiwen

Lead-in What do you know about Helen Keller (1880--1968)?

What words can we use to describe Helen’s behaviour? stubborn troublesome unbearable

• How Helen learned words • Helen’s college education Prediction What is the text going to tell us? • How Helen learned words • Helen’s college education • Helen’s family background • Helen’s teacher • Helen’s achievements Ex. I

Careful reading How was Helen Keller different from other children? What do you know about Anne Sullivan? Ex. II

Read to learn Scanning: Which paragraphs are the words in? doll water love think love (3) (4) (7-9) (10) (11-12) Ex. IV

Read to learn What is the difference between the two pairs of words? doll & water VS. love & think

Read again water doll Anne let water flow over one of Helen’s hands and spelt the letters into the other hand. Helen had a burst of understanding. Anne Sullivan let Helen play with the doll and spelt the letters into her hand. “Think” was also difficult but Helen had a breakthrough. When Helen noticed her mistakes when making necklaces, Anne touched Helen’s head and spelt “think” into her hand. love think Anne put her arm gently round Helen. She drew Helen closer to her and pointed to her heart. After Helen asked again if love was the warmth of the sun, Anne told her that love could not be touched but she could feel the sweetness of love. love Ex. V

Careful reading (Para. 3&4) Words Significance of the process doll Helen thought this ____________. She did not know that _____________. It was _____________ imitation. water The world of words was ____________ to her. was a game words existed monkey-like opening up Ex. VI

Read Para. 7 to 9 What did Helen think ‘love’ was at first? Why was the word “love” so difficult for Helen to understand? How did Helen feel when she couldn’t understand “love”? She thought it was the sweetness of flowers and the warmth of the sun. Because it couldn’t be touched. She felt confused and disappointed. Ex. II

She said that love cannot be touched but one can feel the sweetness. Read Para. 10 to 12 How did she learn the word “think”? How did Anne explain “love”? She had a breakthrough while making necklaces. Anne touched her head and spelled the word into her hand when she was thinking and this helped her to understand the word. She said that love cannot be touched but one can feel the sweetness. Ex. III

Significance of the process Careful reading Words Significance of the process think It was the first time Helen had understood ___________________-- a word for something she couldn’t _____. love Helen finally understood _________________ of the word “love”. such a complex word touch the beautiful truth Ex. IV

Helen’s learning process and results (Para. 5-adj.) Vocabulary Helen’s learning process and results (Para. 5-adj.) Helen’s feeling when she didn’t understand the meaning of “love” (Para. 9-adj.) How Helen understood the meaning of “think” suddenly (Para. 10-phrases) The moment when Helen finally understood the truth of “love” (Para. 12-adj.) Ex. V

Helen’s learning process and results (Para. 5-adj.) Helen’s feeling when she didn’t understand the meaning of “love” (Para. 9-adj.) gradual painful amazing confused disappointed

The moment when Helen finally understood the truth of “love How Helen understood the meaning of “think” suddenly (Para. 10-phrases) The moment when Helen finally understood the truth of “love (Para. 12-adj.) ” had a breakthrough in a flash vivid

Gradual and painful process amazing results love understood love complex think had a breakthrough Gradual and painful process water opened up simple doll like a game

Para 1: About Helen and me Story by Anne Para 1: About Helen and me Helen was a _______ child before I became her teacher. There were _______ restrictions on her communication. She was __________ and her behavior was often ___________. Then I _______________ to help her. I was a _________ student at a school for the blind and I could __________ Helen’s difficulties. special severe stubborn unbearable was brought in former relate to

Para 3: Started to learn complex word Helen _____________ learn but sometimes she was confused when the meaning was not _________. It was a ________ and _______ process but the results were __________. The word “love” puzzled Helen very much because she didn’t understand anything unless she ________ it at that time. was eager to apparent gradual painful amazing touched

Para 4: The result “Think” was the first _________ word Helen understood. This was a _____________ in learning language. Finally in a _______ moment, Helen understood ________________ of “love”. These ________ knowledge helped Helen become a great writer in America. complex breakthrough vivid the beautiful truth precious

Writing Work in pairs. One of you is a journalist and the other is Anne Sullivan. Preparation: The journalist: Write down at least 3 questions to ask Anne about her life and her teaching experience. Anne: Read the information about Anne and list at least 3 most important things you want to tell the journalists.

Homework P 56 Ex. 5 P 57 Ex. 6