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Learn about optimism and perseverance
Using Language(2)
Unit 4
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Perce Blackborow's diary
Review the passage
INTRODUCTION
It's Perce Blackborow's story about an expedition to Antarctica with Sir Ernest Shackleton in August 1914.
DIARY I 1914.10.31
How he joined Sir Shackleton’s expedition.
DIARY II
1915.11.21
The crew had to abandon Endurance which was stuck and crushed by ice.
DIARY III
1916.5.20
How the crew managed to survive on ice while Sir Shackleton left to seek help.
A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE
Retell the passage
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tried to make their first land crossing of Antartica
got stuck in the ice
left Elephant Island for help
abandoned the ship and camped on the ice
stayed on the island
Revision
ONE
Lead-in
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Predict
What would
they suffer?
Will they get rescued?
How would they feel?
Would they get rescued?
How would they feel?
This is a continuation of the story of Shackleton's men who were left on Elephant island. Predict what the 22 crew members would suffer on Elephant Island.
They might suffer from coldness, hunger,loneliness and desperation.
They did everything to feed themselves and keep warm and tried to be cheerful.
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If you were one of the crew members on Elephant Island,
how could you cheer yourselves up in such a miserable place?
Do you think they would be rescued?
play Banjo
hold some activities
I predict that Shackleton would be successful in rescuing
his men, though I am not sure if all of them could survive
until he came back.
Two
Read for information
read the memoir
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A memoir is a narrative written (记叙文)about an important
event in the author's life that affected them in some way.
Characteristics of Memoirs:
1)A memory; a description of a true past event
2)Written in the 1st person
3)Reveals the feelings of the writer
4)Has meaning; shows what the author learned from the experience
5)About the author's experience more than about the event itself
Para 1
THE REWARD FOR PERSEVERANCE
We watched as Shackleton and the