Unit 4. Special education

Welcome to our class
Look at these pictures and answer the question: What are they doing in these pictures?
Picture 1
She is listening to music.
Picture 2
He is watching TV.
Picture 3
He is using the computer.
Picture 4
They are reading books.
Picture 5
He is singing.
Picture 6
She is dancing.
Look at the pictures again. Then tell me which activities you think would be difficult for people who can’t speak, can’t hear or can’t see.
Eg: It is difficult for people who can’t see to read books.
Unit 4: Special Education
A. Reading
Look at the Braille Alphabet and find out the message that follows.
I
SEE
C A N N O T
… .………………....... …….....

disabled [d?s`e?bld] (adj)
dumb [d?m] (adj)
deaf [def] (adj)
mentally retarded [`ment?l?] [r?`t?:rd?d] (adj)
opposition [, p?`z??n] (n)
* Vocabulary:
ɔ
tàn tật
câm
điếc
thiểu năng trí tuệ
sự chống đối

prevent from [prɪ`vent] (v)
time-consuming [taɪm] [kən`su:mɪŋ] (adj)

demonstration [demən`streɪ∫n] (n)

proud of [prɑʊd] (adj)
* Vocabulary:
ngăn chặn
tốn thời gian
sự thể hiện, sự minh họa
tự hào
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.

Question 1 : Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children______
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
Are disabled
Question 2: At first the parents were _____the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D
Question 3: It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been__________ .
A. a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
B. a lot of protest from the parents against the class
C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
D. a belief in the parents’ opposition
Question 4: The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that_____ .
A. the children like Maths
B. the teacher is proud of her work
C. the teaching work takes time
D. adding and subtracting are important
Question 5: The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring
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5
3
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Task 2: Choose one of these stars below and answer the questions behind them.
Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the box.
read write disabled efforts opposition
time- consuming Maths arms fingers proud
Twenty-five(1) _________children have the chance of learning how to (2)_______and (3)_______ thanks to the (4)_______ of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with(5)__________from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later.
The teaching work in the special class is (6)_____________. For example, in a (7)_______ lesson, the teacher has to use her(8)_______and (9)_______ to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now (10)________and happy.
disabled
read
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
( adj )
( v )
( v )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
( n )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
Learn new words by heart
Prepare new lesson
HOMEWORK:

Question 1 : Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children______
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
Are disabled
1
Question 2: At first the parents were _____the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about
5
Question 3: It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been__________ .
A. a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
B. a lot of protest from the parents against the class
C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
D. a belief in the parents’ opposition
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Question 4: The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that_____ .
A. the children like Maths
B. the teacher is proud of her work
C. the teaching work takes time
D. adding and subtracting are important
4
Question 5: The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous
B. angry
C. suspicious
D. admiring 5
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Lucky Star !
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