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Lesson3 学案
★ I. we have met a lot of teachers, please share with us:
Who is your favorite teacher? _____________________________________________
Why do you like him or her? _______________________________________________
★II. Look up your dictionary to find out the meaning of underlined words.
1. The angels of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.
2. He used to explain things with practical examples and simplified things that seemed difficult.
3. I wasn’t a willing student and I shouldn’t have been so difficult at school.
4. I lack confidence.
5. He asked me to give a presentation to the class.
6. He was bright.
7. I wish they would decrease the size of classes.
8. Being a teacher has access to children’s minds.
9. What I’m doing is worthwhile.
★III. Find some basic information about Graham Lawrence and Mr.Jenkins, such as age, job.
Graham Lawrence _____________________________________________________________
Mr.Jenkins ____________________________________________________________________
★IV. Match the topics with the two short passages.
Passage1 (      )                 Passage2 (       )
A. how Mr. Jenkins thinks of Graham
B. something about Graham himself as a pupil
C. Mr. Jenkins’s attitude towards teaching
D. how important Mr. Jenkins was important to him at that time
★V. Read passage1
1. What kind of students was Graham?

2. How about him now?

3. Who made him change so much?

4. How?

5. What kind of teacher is Mr. Jenkins?

★VI. Read passage2
1. What does Mr. Jenkins think of Graham?
At first                   ______________________________________
When Graham got interested __________________________________________
Mr. Jenkins saw him on TV   ___________________________________________
2. What difficulties about teaching is Mr. Jenkins facing now?

3.Does Mr. Jenkins like being a teacher? Why?

VII. Say something based on the text1, using the words presented:
1. haven’t // since // often
2. not good at // because  // a bit
had no idea // not want to / either
found // boring // difficult
not a willing // confidence
3. became // for the first time
      Mr. Jenkins // interesting
      used to explain // simplified
      let // pour, asked //give a //the first time
You can begin with the following sentence:
I haven’t seen Mr. Jenkins since …

Say something based on the text2, using the words offered:
4.  Interested / changed
    give attention / love / bright / should have
5.  Teaching / stress / but have access to
    turn into / worthwhile
You can begin with the following sentence:
When he got interested,

VIII. Discussion:
Do you want to be a teacher? Why or why not/
What should an excellent teacher be?

Retell the story and test your memory

I haven’t seen Mr. Jenkins since I ______ school, but I often _____about him. I was a bit ____and wasn’t ________to learn. So I was not ________most subjects. I had no _______of what was taught and didn’t _____to learn. --- I lacked _________. So almost all my teachers found me _______. Then Mr. Jenkins began to teach me. His classes were __________. He explained things with ________examples and ________ difficult things---it was easy to learn! I got interested! I began to give my full __________and I was improving! He also brought back my confidence by letting me do what I was interested. For example, asked me to give a presentation
Thanks to his unique ways, I’m what I am now and I’ll remember forever!