河北省新乐市第一中学高中英语必修1课件：Unit 5 Nelson MandelaWriting.pptVIP

poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of Indian. She became a well-known person. When she travels the world, she opens many new schools and hospitals in poor countries. She is known for many great achievements, because of her hard work, kindness and persistence. I think she is really a great person in my eyes. We should give her the Nobel Peace Prize. Read a passage about a great person or write a short passage about a great person in your hometown. Homework Writing Lead in Look at some photos of famous people. No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6 No.7 No.8 No.9 How to write a discussion about a great person? Take Mandela as an example. Let me think about it! Make a list of the personal qualities you think Mandela has shown in his life. Put them together to compare your lists with another group. This will make sure that you do not overlook an important aspect of Mandela’s life. Then begin to organise your writing. Put your ideas into any order that seems sensible to yourselves and add the reasons or details to the ideas. Before writing you can follow these steps: Make sure that you give reasons for your opinions. If you are writing about Mandela’s qualities you can concentrate on two or three. If you are describing his life then you should group his life into periods: his studies, work for the ANC and its results, fight against anti-black laws, life in prison, after being released from Robben Island. Then you can either describe one period in your own words or describe the development in his life and ideas. Once the writing is completed, swap it with a partner and improve each other’s work. Remember to check grammar, punctuation and spelling. Then rewrite the passage. We will make assessment on your work. Look at the life of Nelson Mandela and find out what happened to him in 1999. In pairs discuss what qualities make Mandela a great man. Then you can begin organise your disc