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Teaching

Plan Teaching material

Run, Patti, Run

Students

Grade 2 Teacher

Dai Xi from Nanjing No.14 Senior School Teaching aims By the end of this lesson, students will be able to 1. find out Patti’s dream and the good qualities that made her dream possible；

2. give an ending to the article and explore the deep meaning of the title；

3. explore the theme: how to go beyond oneself.

Teaching focuses and difficulties 1. The supporting details of Patti’s qualities.

2. The deep meaning of the title.

Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in 1. Enjoy a song “Dream it Possible”.

2. Ask Ss the questions. (1) What is your dream? (2) What difficulties may you have to make your dream possible?

Step 2 Read for Patti’s experience

1. Ss read the article and answer the following questions. (1) What was Patti's dream?（break the chains）Q: What do the chains stand for? (2) What difficulty did she meet? (epileptic—physically disabled) (3) How did she make her dream possible? 2. T divides the article into three parts and help them get the answer to the third question.

Part 1 How to set goals

Ss finish the flow chart and think “Why did the goals become bigger and bigger?“

(Go beyond herself)

Part 2 How to reach goals

a. Ss read and discuss the qualities of Patti based on what she did, giving evidence to support their conclusions. They may use the following sentence structure. I think Patti is __________, because in line ___ it says__________,which means____________. b. Q: Who ran with her? What do they stand for?( society)

Part 3 Her achievement a. Discuss the relationship between society and Patti. (support, contribution) Q: Why does the writer think she is noble? b. Draw a mind map to conclude her characteristic: physically disabled, mentally strong Ss find one sentence in the article to describe the mind map.

“ She focused not on what she had lost, but on what she had been left.”

c. Lead to the writing style: make contrast.

Step 3 Read to infer the ending 1. Show Ss more sentences where the writer makes contrast. 2. Ss work in pairs to give their endings. 3. Compare their endings with the writer’s version.

Step 4 Explore the title Q: What does “Run, Patti, Run” mean? Is it only the title?

In what circumstance do we say “Run, ***, Run”?

What’s your understanding of the title?

Step 5 Reflection How will you make your dream possible?( By running? Other ways?)

Step 6 Homework 1. Surf the Internet and find out more similar inspiring stories. Share them with your classmates. 2. Write a reflection on Patti's story.