unit 4- special education-reading

Look at these pictures and answer the question: What are they doing in these pictures? Picture She is listening to music Picture He is watching TV Picture He is using the computer Picture They are reading books Picture He is singing Picture 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 •prevent from [prɪ'vent] (v) ngăn chặn •time-consuming [taɪm] [kən'su:mɪŋ] (adj) tốn thời gian •demonstration [demən'streɪ∫n] (n) thể hiện, minh họa •proud of [prɑʊd] (adj) tự hào Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their definitions in B A 1.Disabled B a Taking or needing a lot of time b An act of showing or explaining how to something 3.Gradually c Unable to use a part of the body in the normal way 4.Time-consuming d Slowly, over a long period of time 5.Demonstration e Less mentally developed than normal 2.Mentally retarded Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D Question : 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 much D 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 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 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 time- consuming disabled Maths efforts arms opposition fingers proud ( adj ) disabled Twenty-five(1) _children have the chance of learning (v) (v) (n) read write efforts how to (2) _and (3) _ thanks to the (4) _ of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy opposition Although her idea, at first, met with(5) from the (n) parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later time-consuming The teaching work in the special class is (6) _ For ( adj ) (n) example, in a (7) _ lesson, the teacher has to use Maths (n) (n) her(8) _and (9) _ to teach the children how to add arms fingers and subtract The children are now (10) and happy (proud adj ) HOMEWORK: -Learn new words by heart -Prepare new lesson Question : 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 much D 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 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 ... 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 Question 3: It can be... disabled children, more children attended her class later time-consuming The teaching work in the special class is (6) _ For ( adj ) (n) example, in a (7) _ lesson, the teacher has to use... 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 Question 3: It can be