Issue 437

大连枫叶国际学校 尹丽恒

Voice of courage p(2)

I. Warming up

Would you give up if you faced the gun? Why?

II. Fast-reading

Read the article quickly and guess the meaning of these words:

education               to be brave enough to do sth

gun                              sth happens slowly.

gradually                      teaching sb about things like reading, writing

courage                        the ability to do sth dangerous without showing fear

dare                             a weapon

III. While-reading

Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following about Malala is TRUE?

A. She is from Birmingham.

B. She was shot on the way home.  

C. She forever lost her sight and voice.

D. She is considered a famous writer.   

2. What put Malala in danger?

A. She was against the Taliban’s religion.

B. She strongly disagreed with educating girls.

C. She tried to explain her religion to the Taliban.

D. Her support for girls’ education rights.

3. The EU awarded Malala a human rights prize because of _____.

A. her book I Am Malala

B. her speech at the United Nations

C. her meeting with world leaders

D. her courage to fight for education rights for girls

 4. What did Malala do to fight for girls’ education rights?

a. Wrote a blog attacking the Taliban.

b. After being threaten, she insisted on girls education.

c. Worked hard to encourage girls back to school. 

d. Meeting world leaders and write a book. 

A. a b d              B.  a  c  d        C. a b c          D. b c d

Key: BDDC

IV. Post reading

Discussion:

1. If you were Malala, would you insist on (坚持) your aspirations?

2. How can you encourage others and yourself in daily life?

3. Write a letter to Malala

Do chimps have bigger brains? P(5)

I. Warming up--guess

Whose memory is better? Why?

II. While-reading

Read and choose:

1. What did Tetsuro Matsuzawa’s study find?

A. Chimpanzees can remember all of their friends.

B. Chimpanzees have better memories than humans.

C. Chimpanzees do things to improve their memory.

D. Chimpanzees can do many things better than humans.

2. Which of the following is TRUE of the test?

A. Five chimps and human volunteers were tested.

B. The numbers firstly disappeared after a second.

C. Humans made fewer mistakes than chimps.

D. The chimps did a better job than humans.

3. During evolution, humans _____.

A. lost 98.8 percent of their DNA shared with chimps

B. needed very good memories to survive

C. gained skills but also lost skills

D. learned to compete against chimps

4. What made humans lose their memory skills?

A. Humans had no good ways to improve memories.

B. Humans had to make room for new skills.

C. Humans shared our DNA with chimps.

D. Humans just forgot how to remember.

Key: BDCB

III. Post-reading

Do you believe a chimp has a better memory than us?  Why or why not?

Wearing my tag of pride p(6)

I. Warming up

What can a tag stand for (代表)?

II. Fast reading

1. What kind of life did the author’s family have?

2. Why did the boy’s mom make him a home-made tag?

3. What did classmates think of the tag?

4. What did the author feel about his tag at last?

III. While-reading

Choose the best answer:

1. How did the writer feel about his name tag at first?

A. He felt proud.

B. He felt lucky.

C. He felt ashamed.

D. He felt excited.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should appreciate parents’ love.

B. Learn to be different with others.

C. We should be friendly with classmates.

D. Always try your best and be proud of yourself.

Key: CD

IV. Post reading- discussion

Discussion:

     1. If you were the author, would you wear the home-made tag? Why?

     2. When are you proud of yourself?  

Role play:

One student acts as the author, other students try to have a conversation to talk about the tag.

Students should focus on the appearance and the action to show their feeling.

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