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7B Unit 4 Our animal friends
A blind man and his “eyes”
Reading
Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you are expected to…
Read a story about a blind man and his guide dog, and understand the plot.
Learn about the story elements and plot development while practicing reading skills such as skimming.
Foster awareness of caring for animals and living in harmony with them.
Animals are man’s good friends.
They are very helpful to us.
Do you know these animals?
dolphins
cows
bees
hens
sheep
dogs
Discuss with your partner: How do these animals help us?
Brainstorming
Look after sheep.
Guard our homes.
Catch thieves.
Help blind people.
Look for missing people…
They are very _________.
important
friendly
helpful
What happened to this lady?
Warm-up
Watch a video and then answer the questions.
What’s special about the dog?
6
What is wrong with this lady?
She can’t see anything.
=She’s blind adj. 瞎的;失明的
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Is there anything special about the dog?
It’ s a guide dog. A guide dog helps lead blind people and barks when there is danger.
Pre-reading
Look at the tittle, instruction and pictures and then answer questions.
1. What does the word “eyes” mean?
A. glasses B. blind dog
C. John Dancer D. fireman
2. What is the article about?
A. A holiday. B. A hotel.
C. A fire. D. A training.
3. What type is the article?
Narration(叙述).
Exposition (说明).
C. Argumentation. (议论)
D. Practical writing.(应用文)
读前 基础
10
Fast reading
Who are in the story?
Where were they?
When did the story happen?
John Dancer and Charlie.
They were at a hotel.
It happened in the evening.
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Detailed-reading
Opening: Para1-2.
1. John is not welcome to stay.
2. John can’t go anywhere by himself.
3. The receptionist didn’t lead Charlie and John to their room.
True or false.
F
T
F
What happened then?
John was very tired.
Charlie started barking.
Smoke started to come in from under the door.
The fireman didn’t want to take Charlie.
Finally, the fireman got Charlie out of the building too.
He soon fell asleep.
John woke up and smelt smoke.
With Charlie’s help, John _______________ along the bottom of the door. Then he________ on the floor next to Charlie and _______.
John would not go without his “eyes”.
They were both safe.
put some wet towels
got down
waited
Middle&Ending: Para 3-4
Read together and fill in the following table with information from para 3-4.
Time
Place
Characters
Story Beginning
(1-3) A blind man couldn’t go anywhere _______ his dog. One evening, they _________ a hotel, but the receptionist didn’t _____ his dog into the hotel. He ________ about the dog and the receptionist ___ them __ their room.
Middle
(4) At midnight, the dog ______ and the man smelt smoke. With ____________, he put some wet towels along the ______ of the door. Then he _________ on the floor next to his dog and _______.
End
(5) Soon the fire engine arrived and ______ the man and his dog were both____.
Elements of the story
without
arrived at
allow
led to
barked
his dog’s help
bottom
finally
got down
waited
John Dancer, Charlie, a receptionist and a fireman
At a hotel
One evening
explained
safe
4 basic elements
When Where
Who What
Post-reading
Put the pictures in right order and work with your partner to retell the story.
1
2
3
4
5
6
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Post-reading
Discuss in groups and answer following questions.
Did Charlie save John or did John save Charlie?
They helped each other.
Charlie saved John.
John saved Charlie.
VS
barked, woke up
wouldn’t go without Charlie
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good friends
family members...
we should _______ and ___________ dogs and other animals around us.
What’s the relationship between John and Charlie?
an owner and his dog
a blind man and his eyes
protect
love
Words and expressions
和…一起
拯救
到达
允许
引导
入睡
smell:闻到
在…的帮助下
底部
I know about how dogs help people.
I can read an article about a blind man and his guide dog.
Self-assessment
I can use some key words and useful expressions.
I understand that animals are our friends.
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
I know the development of a story:
Opening, Middle, Ending
Yes No
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Homework:
Must do: 1. Finish the vocabulary practice on p55
2. Make a list of things that we can do for animals
Choose to do: Students work in groups of four to role-play a scenario simulating police inquiries after a fire.
After the fire, a policeman is asking what happened.
Thanks
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