Warm up

Make a list of the activities you do everyday. Then ask your partners which ones he/she thinks would be difficult for blind and deaf people

routines

listening to musicdoing exercise

playing gameswatching TV

reading newspaper

playing football

going shopping studying

Unit 4: Special Education

Period: Reading

Disabled(adj) [dis'eibld]:khuyết tật

Vocabulary

They are disabled

The teacher is giving a demonstration to help her students understand the lesson

demonstration (n) [deməns'trei∫n] sự thể hiện, sự thuyết minh

What can we call 2 men in 2 pictures ……….?

They are mentally retarded

mentally retarded: chậm phát triển về trí tuệ

Vocabulary

1.disabled (adj) [dis'eibld] : khuyết tật

6. time-consuming (adj): tốn thời gian

2. demonstration(n)[deməns'trei∫n]: sự thể hiện, sự thuyết minh

3. mentally retarded: chậm phát triển về trí tuệ

4. opposition (n) [,ɔpə'zi∫n] : sự phản đối

5. make an effort: cố gắng, nỗ lực

Question:

What is the difference between Thuy’s class and other classes?

A B

1. disabled a. taking or needing a lot of time.

2. mentally retardedb. an act of showing or explaining how to do something

3. time – consumingc. unable to use a part of the body in the normal way.

4. demonstration d. attempt or try.

5. opposition e. less mentally developed than normal.

6. make an effort f. disagreement.

Task 1:Matching the words in column A with their definitions in column B

KEY: 1.c 2.e 3.a 4.b 5.f 6.d

Task 2:

Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children…….A. are from large families.B. are less mentally developed.C. love Maths very muchD. are disabled.

The evidence(Line 2 to 4 in paragraph 1)

“Thuy’s class is different from other classes. The twenty-five children, who are learning how to read and write in her clas, are disabled”

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

The evidence(Line 1 to 5 in paragraph 2)

“At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parentsof the disabled children. They used to believed thatTheir children couldn’t learn anything at all”

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

The evidence(Line 4 to 9 in paragraph 2)

“In the first week, only five children attended the class.Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realised that the young teacher was made great efforts to helptheir poor kids”

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.

The evidence(Line 1 to 5 in paragraph 3)

“Watching Thuy taking a class, one can see howtime-consuming the work is. During the maths lesson,she raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed the finger one by one”

5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as....... A. humorous. B. angry. C. suspicious. D. admiring

1. How many children are there in her class?

2. How are they ?

3. Do they live in poor or rich families?

4. What does the teacher use to teach the children maths?

Task 3: Read the passage again and answer the following questions

There are 25 children in her class.

They are disabled.

They live in poor families.

The teacher uses her fingers to teach the children maths

Homework• Learn by heart all the new words

•Do the gap-filling exercise in your textbook (page 46).