Before reading, look at the title, pictures and the first couples of lines of the text.

Look for clues to help you predict what kind of text it is and what it is about.

Reading strategy (2)

Read the text to get the general idea. Ignore words you don't know.

Read the text again. Try to work out the meaning of important new words. Use a dictionary if you can't.

Read any comprehensive questions and try to think of possible answers. Then find answers to questions in the text.

Task 2: read the text and answer the following questions:

1. How was Helen Keller different from other children?

2. Why was her teacher so important to her?

3. How did she learn new words?

4. Why did she feel happy when she understood the meaning of the word "water"?

5. Why was the word "love" so difficult for Helen to understand?

6. Why did she think that love might be the sun?

7. How did she learn the word "think"?

8. What do the words "love" and "think" have in common?

Task 3: retell the story according to the clues

Can you figure out the whole process of Helen's learning?

Some of the clues are given here:

① getting to know Sullivan ...getting

② to know some words which can be touched...

①. the mystery of language was revealed to her ...

②. getting to understand some abstract words.

Ⅳ. Post-reading

Discussion:

What kind of teacher do you think Anne Sullivan is?

Try to use as many adjective words as you can:

Ⅴ. Language points: