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Teachers and Students
--Important Qualities
Activate and Share
What qualities do you think teachers need and why?
to understand students
to make friends with students
to make students feel confident
to be patient
to be creative
to explain things with practical examples and in simple language
Read and Explore
Prediction
Who wrote the texts? What are they mainly about?
In-depth Comprehension (page 8)
Para 1
• There isn’t any subject I did well in.
• I used to be a student with poor academic performance.
• After going to Mr Jenkins’ class, I became interested in math for the first time.
Para 2
☑ How did I think of science before Mr Jenkins taught me?
☑ How did Mr Jenkins make me interested in science?
• “Hydrogen” was the only term I didn’t know in science class.
• Mr Jenkins tried to make complex/complicated and abstract things easy to understand.
• An experiment helped stir/arouse my interest in science.
Para 3
☑ How did Mr Jenkins made me confident about learning?
• Graham considers his teacher as a source of inspiration.
• Mr Jenkins has a great influence on Graham’s choice of career.
Think and Share
What made Graham a successful person?
What makes a good teacher? Write about one or two important qualities and why.
In-depth Comprehension (page 9)
Para 1
☑ How has Graham changed with the help of his teacher?
• Mr Jenkins feels proud of Graham.
• Graham used to be hard to deal with.
Para 2
• Para 2 is mainly about Jenkins’ attitude towards students.
• Jenkins treats every student as equal.
• Jenkins has faith in every student regardless of their present academic performance.
• Every student is unique, so educators should tap their potential and help them find a suitable way of success.
Para 3
• Para 3 is mainly about Jenkins’ belief in teaching.
• An important part of being a teacher is that you can get to your students’ inner world.
• Mr Jenkins thinks his efforts are paid off if he can contribute to his student’s success.
Think and Write
Think of a teacher who has helped you a lot. Write about it in roughly 40 words.
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