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1、Unit 5 Text A Writing Three Thank-you Letters1Part 1 ReviewMain idea: on Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, I came up with the idea of expressing my gratitude to people who had helped me beforeLanguage points covered: Put awayGet to doing sth.In quest of2Part 2 (para. 10-17)Lan
2、guage study: To my fatherTo my grandmotherTo the school principal Focus: the three lettersGet to know some new words and the ways to use them!What can we learn from these letters?3Listen to this: enjoy this beautiful song.4Its not time to make a change. Just relax, take it easy 5Youre still young, t
3、hats your fault. Theres so much you have to know. Its not time to make a change. Just relax, take it easy 6Find a girl, settle down. If you want you can marry. Youre still young, thats your fault. Theres so much you have to know. 7Look at me, I am old, but Im happy. Find a girl, settle down. If you
4、want you can marry. 8I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy Look at me, I am old, but Im happy. 9To be calm when youve found something going on. I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy 10But take your time, think a lot. Think of everything youve got. To be calm w
5、hen youve found something going on. 11For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not But take your time, think a lot. Think of everything youve got. 1213How much does a letter matter to you?To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart. Phyllis T
6、heroux14Read it: now skim para. 11-15 and try to fill in the table.correspondentInformationLetter sent (reasons)fatherschool principalgrandmaThank him for teaching me from boyhood to love books and reading.Thank him for his morning school prayers. Thank her for teaching me how to tell the truth, to
7、share and to be forgiving, and for her good cooking and her sprinkling my life with stardust.A college professor Retired and lived in Ripley Lived in our hometown of Henning 15Letter to my father1.What do you think the father had done for his son? 2.What kind of person was the father?3.Was I greatly
8、 influenced by my father?“Here, this Thanksgiving at sea, I find my thoughts upon how much you have done for me, but I have never stopped and said to you how much I feel the need to thank you” And briefly I recalled for each of them specific acts performed on my behalf. (12)My love of books never di
9、minished and later led me toward writing books myselfI have felt a sadness when exposed to modern children so immersed in electronic media.(12)16Letter to the school principalI told him that whatever positive things I had done since had been influenced at least in part by his morning school prayers.
10、 (14)1.What kind of person was Mr. Nelson?2.What had I learned from his morning school prayers?20I reminded her of a dozen ways she used to teach me how to tell the truth, to share, and to be forgiving and considerate of others. I thanked her for the years of eating her good cooking, the equal of wh
11、ich I had not found since. Finally, I thanked her simply for sprinkle my life with stardust. (15)Letter to my grandma1.What kind of person was my grandma?2.What does “sprinkle my life with stardust” mean? 21Speak out: Lets practice gratitude! Please share with us how much you feel grateful to people
12、 who have ever sprinkled your life with stardust. 2223Write it down.Everyday, we are immersed in heart-felt gratitude. Please go to Stewarts and post your gratitude comment there to help raise peoples awareness of embracing a life filled with gratitude. Thank you.24Write it down Write three thank-y
13、ou letters respectively to his father, his grammar school principal and his grandmother in the name of Alex Haley.25SummaryListen to this:Listen to this: Father and SonFather and Son from from Ronan KeatingRonan KeatingRead it:Read it: skimmed para.11-15 and got a skimmed para.11-15 and got a basic
14、understanding of the three basic understanding of the three correspondents.correspondents.Speak out:Speak out: shared with the class your shared with the class your gratitude to someone.gratitude to someone.Write it down:Write it down: post your gratitude post your gratitude comment on comment on a
15、nd write three thank-you letters in and write three thank-you letters in the name of Alex Haley.the name of Alex Haley. . New WordsNew Wordson behalf ofon behalf ofdiminishdiminishimmerseimmerseSummary26Thank you.Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.28
