内容正文:
Unit 6 From Nobody to Somebody
Reading for Writing
国家中小学课程资源
通过本课的学习,学生能够:
基于写作目的,文体和要求,分析语篇结构,列出他们崇敬的人的思维导图,谋篇布局,拟定框架,完成写作任务。
通过自评和互评,改进文章的结构、内容和语言。
了解和学习不同的人的故事和其背后的精神。
Learning Objectives
Lead in
Look at the pictures and speak out the names and their spirits.
creative
caring
devoted
positive
persistent
hard-working
Reading for writing
A true hero in my eyes
Activity 1 Pair work. Talk about the person you admire most in your life, and draw a thinking map about him/her.
_______________________________.
________________________________
_______________________________.
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________.
The person I admire
Who is the person?
How do you know about him/her?
What does he/she do?
Why do you admire him/her?
______________________________.
For example
My mother
She has been with me since I was born
She is a teacher who takes good care of
our family
Because she is hard-working, kind, and always supports me when I meet difficulties.
Look at the thinking map below and guess who is the person Lingling admires.
From the July 1st Medal Awarding Ceremony in 2021
She was a village Party secretary.
She refused to settle down in a big city after graduating. Instead, she went back to her hometown village and helped villagers grow and sell oranges to be lifted out of poverty.
The person I admire
Who is the person?
How do you know about him/her?
What does he/she do?
Why do you admire him/her?
She is Huang Wenxiu.
/'sekrətri/ n. 秘书
/'setl/ v. 定居
/lɪft/ v. 解除
/'pɒvəti/ n.贫穷
Guessing
Activity 2 A. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
For me, the person I admire most is Huang Wenxiu, a woman who gave her life to fighting against poverty in the countryside.
In 1989, Huang Wenxiu was born in a poor village in Guangxi. She dreamed of studying at a good university. In 2016, she graduated with a master’s degree from Beijing Normal University. However, instead of settling down in a big city, Huang chose to go back to her hometown village, and worked as a village Party secretary. She spent two months visiting 195 poor families across the village.
Activity 2 A. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Many villagers doubted Huang’s ability. Huang showed great patience and creativity to prove herself. She invited experts to teach the villagers to grow orange trees. Besides, she helped villagers sell oranges online. In just over a year, most of the poor families were lifted out of the poverty.
In the summer of 2019, a flood took Huang’s life when she was on her way to the village from home. However, Huang’s spirit will never die. I hope one day I can also do something to help people around me, just like my hero Huang Wenxiu.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Introduction
Heroic acts
Her spirits
Activity 2 A. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Activity 2 B. Read paragraph 1 carefully and find out the attributive clauses.
For me, the person I admire most is Huang Wenxiu, a woman who gave her life to fighting against poverty in the countryside.
先行词
关系词
the person
a woman
\
who
Activity 2 B. Read paragraph 2 carefully and fill in the blanks.
In 1989
In 2016
She __________ in a poor village in Guangxi.
was born
She chose to work as a _____________________ instead of _____________ in a big city after getting a master’s degree in Beijing Normal University.
village Party secretary
settling down
Activity 2 B. Read paragraph 2 carefully and answer the questions.
1. What problems did she meet during her work?
2. How did she deal with them?
There were up to 195 poor families across the village.
Many villagers doubted her ability.
She spent two months visiting all the poor families.
She showed great patience and creativity.
She invited experts to teach the villagers to grow orange trees.
She helped them sell oranges online.
3. What was the effect of her efforts?
In just over a year, most of the poor families were lifted out of the poverty.
/daʊt/ v. 怀疑
/'peɪʃns/ n. 耐心
Activity 2 B. Summarize the structure of paragraph 2.
In 1989
In 2016
Since then
She __________ in a poor village in Guangxi.
was born
She chose to work as a ___________________ instead of _____________ in a big city after getting a master’s degree in Beijing Normal University.
village Party secretary
settling down
There were up to 195 poor families across the village.
Many villagers doubted her ability.
She spent two months visiting all the poor families.
She showed great patience and creativity.
She invited experts to teach the villagers to grow orange trees.
She helped them sell oranges online.
In just over a year, most of the poor families were lifted out of the poverty.
Her birth
Her experiences before working
The problems
The solutions
The effects
Activity 2 B. Read paragraph 3 carefully and answer the questions.
1. How old was Huang Wenxiu when the flood took her life?
2. What is her spirit?
3. What does the writer learn from her?
She was 30 years old.
She made every effort to help poor villagers without asking for paying back. She devoted her life to making her hometown better selflessly.
The writer hopes to do something to help people around him/her.
Activity 2 C. Read the text again and complete the chart.
Character
What the character does
What the character is like
1. It took her two months to _____
____________________________.
2. She guided the villagers to ____
____________________________.
____________
1. _____________
2. _____________
_____________
____________
Activity 3 A. Pair work. Talk about the person you admire most in your life and draw a thinking map about him/her.
The person I admire
Who is the person?
How do you know about him/her?
What does he/she do?
Why do you admire him/her?
The person I admire
Para. 1 Introduction
Para. 2 Heroic acts
Para. 3 Spirits
name and achievements
Birth
Experiences before ...
Problems
Solutions
Effects
what you learn from him/her
Activity 3 A. Pair work. Talk about the person you admire most in your life and draw a thinking map about him/her.
Character
What the character does
What the character is like
He chose to work in the countryside instead of living in the city.
2. He spent his life developing hybrid
rice to help feed more people.
____________
1. _____________
2. _____________
_____________
____________
Yuan Longping
Activity 3 B. Draw a chart about the person you admire most.
Creative
Responsible
Activity 3 C. Draft your essay with the help of useful phrases and sentence patterns.
Useful phrases Useful sentence patterns
be born in
instead of ...
graduate from
choose to do ... The person I admire most is ...
Besides, ...
Some years later, ...
I hope one day I ...
A possible version:
The person I admire most is Yuan Longping. He was born in 1930. He graduated from college and chose to work in the countryside instead of living in the city. He spent his life developing hybrid rice to help feed more people. Some years later, he became a great scientist. I hope one day I can also help people like him.
The Person I Admire Most
The person I admire most is Zhang Guimei, a devoted educator who devotes her life to helping girls in poor areas being educated.
Born in 1957, Zhang has spent years in mountainous Yunnan. Seeing many girls drop out of school due to poverty, she worked tirelessly to build a free girls’ high school. She raised funds door to door, overcame countless difficulties, and even fought illness to stay with students. Under her guidance, thousands of girls from poor families have entered universities and changed their fates.
Zhang’s selflessness and hard work deeply move me. I hope to learn from her spirit to study hard, and maybe in the future, use my knowledge to help those in need, just like this amazing woman.
You can also learn from this essay.
Activity 4 Rate your draft, and then complete your essay.
1-Needs improvement; 2-Satisfactory; 3-Good; 4-Excellent
How well can you ______________? Self rating Partner’s rating
express your view of the meaning of life
use the thinking skill of describing character traits
introduce a person you admire most
organize ideas into a well-balanced structure
use the theme vocabulary of the unit
use attributive clauses
use punctuation
spell the words
We learn:
• about Huang Wenxiu—a hero who gave her life to helping villagers fight aganist poverty.
• how to analyze a character and understand a text about “A true hero in my eyes”
• useful vocabulary and sentence patterns for describing a person.
We can:
write about the heroes we admire most in our lives.
Summary
1. review the useful expression in this lesson
2. better your essay with the help of your teachers
and classmates.
search for more information about ordinary heroes online and share them with your classmates.
Homework
You should
You may
Thank you!
$