Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Developing ideas 教学设计-2025-2026学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第一册

Teaching Plan for Three Days to See I. Teaching analysis: Teaching Contents Three Days to See by Helen Keller Type Reading Time 40mins Analysis of teaching content Title: Three days to See Thematic context: Man and Nature---blind people wanting to see Type of the passage: essay Content analysis: 【What】: This passage is an adaptation from Helen Keller’s prose Three Days to See, based on the topic of man and nature. As a prose, the passage tried to convey Helen’s wish to see for three days. In the passage, Helen expressed what she would like to see and do if she were able to see in the three days day by day. At the end of the passage, she gave a hint to people who are not disabled in the five senses. 【Why】 The writer tried to inspire the people without disabilities to appreciate what they have and what they are capable of. 【How】The writer presented the fact that most people didn’t appreciate what they have by telling the experience of her seeing friend. By sharing how she was eager to see, listing the beauties of the seeing world when she imagined what she would see if she had the chance and by directly providing a piece of hint, the writer intended to lead the people without disabilities to use their senses as if they would lose their senses. In that way, the readers are encouraged to appreciate what they have and what they are capable of. When expressing her wish, the writer applied subjective as she can hardly achieve her wish. When giving the hint, the writer applied parallelism to make her hint more persuasive. Learning Objectives After learning the passage, students will be able to: 1. understand the structure and main ideas of the essay. 2. identify the advantage of using parallelism by appreciating the use in the passage. 3. develop logical and critical thinking through comparison, inference, and imagination. 4. cherish what they have, learn to be grateful, and develop a positive attitude towards life in the face of difficulties by analyzing the writer’s writing purpose. Important and difficult points 1.to understand Helen’s three-day plan and her qualities 2.understanding the deeper meaning of sensory appreciation and expressing it logically in English. Teaching Methods interactive, task-based, cooperative Teaching aids A blackboard, chalks, a computer, multi-media，P-W-P pattern II. Teaching procedures: Steps Activities Aims Time Subject core competencies covered Step 1. Pre-reading Look at the picture and read a short passage to get to know about Helen Keller. To prepare the students for the topic with basic background information. 3 Step 2. First Reading Read the first sentence of each paragraph, decide the genre of the passage and divide the passage into 3 parts summarize the main idea of each part. To lead the Ss to figure out the structure and main idea of this passage. 5 Thinking quality: draw a conclusion of the information Step 3. Careful Reading Activity 1: Read the passage carefully and answer the 2 questions. 1. What did Helen’s seeing friend observe in the woods? How did Helen feel about that? 2. Why did Helen’s seeing friends observe nothing, while Helen who can’t see could find hundreds of interesting things only by touch? Activity 2: Read the passage and draw a mind map to show the understanding of questions 3 and 4. 3. What does Helen Keller plan to do on the first, second, and third day? 4. What Helen’s qualities are shown in these arrangements? Activity 3: Read the passage and answer the following questions. 5.What hint does Helen Keller give to readers ? 6. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage? 1. Lead the Ss to figure out what Helen wanted to see and why. 2. Lead the Ss to think further about what the writer tried to convey through her wish--- to value the beauty in humanity, nature and society. 3. Lead the Ss to identify parallelism and its function. 4. Lead the students to analyse the purpose of the arrangement of the three days. 22 Language ability: summarize information; express and interpret meaning Thinking capacity: analyze, deduce and judge author’s opinions Cultural awareness: relate to real life, and think about the relationship between man and themselves; Step 3. Post- Reading 1. Group work What should we appreciate and cherish in our lives and why? 2. Give a talk titled “If I Had Only Three Days to _______”(optional) To cultivate students’ collaborative learning; To practice language use 10 After the class Homework: 1. Experience what it is like to have a disability, such as eating in the dark, dressing with only one hand. Then write down the difficulties and feelings. 2. Read the full excerpt from “Three Days to See” by Helen Keller. 2 / 3 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $