LifeStoriesLesson3,Unit16Reading

DoyouknowHelenKeller?Nowlet’swatchavideoclipaboutHelen’schildhood.Canyouseewhatwasspecialabouther?BlindDeafrestrictionsBecauseoftheserestrictionsonhercommunication,Helencouldnotspeak,readorwrite.Iftherearerestrictionsonus,wecannotdothingsfreely.WhatdoyouthinkofHelen’sbehavior?1A__________persondoesnotliketochangehis/heridea.2A____________personwillcausealotoftrouble.3An_____________personisonethatpeoplecannotstand.unbearablestubborntroublesometrouble+someun+bear+able(v.)stubborntroublesomeunbearableReadthefirstTWOparagraphsandanswerthefollowingquestions.WhatkindofateacherdidHelenneed?Why?WhatdidAnneSullivandobeforeshebecameateacher?WhatdidAnneSullivanneedtodofirsttoprepareHelentolearnlanguage?Sheneededasuperbteacher,becauseshecouldn’tseeorhear.SheneededtostopHelen’stroublesomebehaviourfirst.Whatdoes“superb”mean?Shewasaformerstudentataschoolfortheblind.Whatdoes“former”mean?BrainstormingImagineyouareMissSullivan,anddiscussingroupshowyoucanteachthefollowingwordstoHelen:

love

waterthink

Remember!Helencannotseeorhearanything.SkimtherestofthetextquicklyandreorderthesewordsaccordingtowhenHelenlearnthem.dolllovethinkwaterdollwaterlovethinkloveWhatisthedifferencebetweenthetwopairsofwords:doll&waterVS.

love&think?ReadthetextagainandworkinpairstofindouthowAnneSullivantaughtthewordstoHelen.AnneSullivanletHelen______________thedolland________thelettersinto__________________.Anneletwater________overoneof______________and__________thelettersintotheother_______.Anne_______Helenclosertoherandpointedto______________.WhenHelen_________abouthermistakeswhenmaking____________,AnnetouchedHelen’s_______and_________“think”into_________________.AfterHelenaskedagainiflovewas__________,Annetoldherthatlovecouldnotbe___________butshecouldfeelthe__________oflove.dollwaterthinkloveloveplaywithherhandspelledflowHelen’shandsspelledhanddrewherheartthoughtnecklacesspelledheadherhandthesuntouchedsweetnessWorkinpairs.Taketurnstoaskandanswerthefollowingquestions.HowdidMissSullivanteachHelentheword“doll”?“water”?“love”forthefirsttime?“think”?“love”forthesecondtime?Readthetextforthethirdtimeandfillinthechartinpairs.WordslearnedHowHelenfeltwhenlearningthewordsWhatitmeanttoherdollShefeltexcited.waterlove(the1sttime)Shestillcouldnotunderstandanythingthatshecouldnottouch.think———————————love(the2ndtime)Sheknewherteacherlovedherandhowtoexpressherownfeelings.Itwasjustagameforher.Shedidnotknowwordsexisted.Shefelthopefulandjoyful.Shebegantoentertheworldoflanguage.Shewaspuzzled.Shefeltconfusedanddisappointed.Itwasthefirsttimeshehadunderstoodanabstractword.Shefeltthemeaningof“love”wasbeautiful.Combinetheinformationinthegraphandthechartabove,andworkingroupstoretellthestorywiththekeywordsprovided.

playwith…spell…excited…game…notexistFlow…spell…hopeful…joyful…worldoflanguagedrawcloser…heart…puzzled…confused…Mistakes…head…spell…firsttime…abstractlikethesun…cannottouch…sweetness…bea