6 at a market / Kunta and some other Africans /sold to farmers / work in the fields / badly treated / try to run away / cut off part of his foot.
Get the Ss to tell the story in groups first. Then call out some of them to describe the pictures in class. Either the present tense or the past tense, can be used when telling the story, but it should be consistent.
Step 8 Interview
SB Page 10, Part 3. Get Ss to prepare their questions in pairs, then check these with the whole class. If necessary, using the following as hints：
How / first / learn / about your African ancestor?
Where / ancestor / come from?
Why / interested / in your “roots”?
What / you do / to find out more?
Why / you go / to Gambia?
How / get enough money / go to Gambia?
What / you discover / when / get to Gambia?
How / find out / about Kuntas disappearance?
Then get Ss to work in pairs and do the role play.
Get them to change roles and do it again. If you wish, you can get one or two pairs to act out the interview in front of the class.
Step 9 Workbook
Wb Lesson 54, Ex. 3.
Let the Ss go over the sentences and the answers.
They should do the exercise independently. Then check the answers with the whole class.
Homework
Read the passage again.
Finish off the Workbook exercises.
Lesson54 教学设计方案
------把54课当作听力课
Step I: Listen for the first time and answer:
1. What did he find when he travelled around the USA?
2. Why did he go to Africa?
3. In most parts of Africa, how did people keep the record of the family history?
Step II:Listen for the second time and answer:
1. Kunta Kinte travelled into the forest alone _D___.
A. to hunt animals and gather some food
B. to help the white men catch the black men
C. to work in the fields
D. to cut down a tree to make a drum
2. When Alex Haley became a writer he decided to___B_____.
A. travel around the USA
B. look for information about his ancestors
C. find out the word for “root” in his own language
D. find out who had caught his ancestor as a slave
3. Alex Haley did NOT find out ___C____ until he came to Gambia.
A. where his ancestors died and were buried
B. how many children his ancestors had had
C. which part of Africa his ancestor had come from
D. what the words for “river” and “guitar” meant
4. Alex Haley’s “roots” were ___B_____.
A. in the east of Africa
B. in the west of Africa
C. in the east of Gambia
D. in the west of Gambia
5. Which of the following statements is WRONG? [D]
A. Gambia is a small country on the west coast of Africa.
B. most of the people in Gambia can read and write.
C. In most parts of Africa stories are passed on by word of mouth.
D. Haley was financially supported by his boss, who shared the same family name — Kinte.
StepIII.Listen to the last paragraph and fill in blanks.