1. Unit 4 Sharing
Reading A letter Home

2. 2008四川大地震

10. What do the pictures remind you of?
The pictures help us picture what happened in Sichuan.
Why are the victims reaching out their hands?

11. 2008 is a year of disasters, but it also witnessed many moving stories, for lots of v_______ went to help the victims.

12. Activity 2: What is a volunteer?
A volunteer is a person who offers service or help to others in need without being paid or rewarded.
Where there are people in need, there are volunteers.
What can you see in the sign?
A hand: _________________
A heart:_________________
A pigeon: _________________
A letter:_________________
help
love and care
peace
Y stands for youth

13. Activity 3: Look at the 2 pictures and predict.
1. What does the writer volunteer to do?
2. What can we know about the students’ learning conditions?
2. Students putting new grass on classroom roofs
1. My class

14. Activity 4: Talk about the title “A Letter Home” and structure of the letter.
Qs:
1. Where is the writer now?
2. Who is the writer writing to?
The structure of the letter:
An introduction:
Main body:
An ending:
Para1
Para2-8
para9

15. A Letter Home
Part 1 (para.1)
An introduction
Part 2
(para.2-8)
Main body
Para.2-3
Para. 4-8
Part 4 (para.9)
the ending
The close of the letter.
Is the writer’s homeland far away from PNG? (Papua New Guinea)
Why is the writer writing to Rosemary?
Besides the letter, what else is the writer sending to Rosemary? Why?
the conditions of the school
a visit to a local village

16. Activity 5: Close reading. (Para2-3)
Read the writer’s description of the school and make a brief introduction to the school. The following questions may help you.
1. What is the classroom made of?
2. How do the students go to school?
3. How are the learning conditions for the students? ( electricity; water; books; experiment……)
4. What’s the students’ attitudes towards learning?
…….
You are required to report the result in a short passage!! Do remember to use some connections.连词
This can be a sentence to start with:
What I first became aware of is the classroom……

17. How do you understand “Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their village after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I’m making any difference to these boy’s lives at all.”?

18. Activity 6: Read para4-8 and know about the local people’s life according to the following aspects at a close range.
Type of houses
Main food
Relationship of the villagers
Possessions
Cooking methods
Agriculture
Sleeping arrangement
Beliefs

19. Presentation: Pair work
Make up a dialogue talking about the local people’s life based on the following aspects.
Type of houses
Main food
Relationship of the villagers
Possessions
Cooking methods
Agriculture
Sleeping arrangement
Beliefs
Begin like this: I really admire you have such a wonderful chance. Can you tell me more about the local people’s life?

20. Activity 7: Further understanding
Find the sentences indicating that the writer is warmly welcomed in PNG in the letter.
Para2:
Para4:
Para5:
Para8:
When I reach the school grounds there are
lots of “good mornings” for me from the boys.
When we arrived at the village, Tombe’s mother,
Kiak, who had been pulling weeds in her garden,
started crying “ieee, ieee”.
Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform for Jenny and me…
We left the village the next morning after
many goodbyes and firm handshakes.

21. Post reading:
Activity 8:
Talk about the topic of the Unit “Sharing”.
What is the writer sharing with the students?
What is she sharing with us and her friend?

22. If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful.

23. Each contribution, no matter how small, can help make a difference.”

24. A proverb goes:
Roses given,
fragrance in hand.
赠人玫瑰, 手留余香。

25. There are millions of people suffering from hunger, war, poverty, disease, natural disasters, etc, waiting for help!

26. Activity 9:
Speech time:
Make a speech appealing to your classmates to help the victims in Southwest China suffering from drought.
Requirements:
Make clear what you are talking about.
List 2 or 3 things we can do for the victims.
End your speech with a slogan. 标语；口号
Language items to help you: on behalf of/ in favor of; make sb. aware of; Dying for / to; donate; …
Roses given, fragrance in hand. ……

27. Homework:
1. Find out more supporting details in Para2, Para4 and Para8 to show that most of the students live in a remote village.
2. Go through the reading passage once again and focus on the words in bold (黑体字). For more reference, turn to the Best Design. 优化设计
3. For further information about Papua New Guinea, surf the internet.