Literature - Hello! Beyond Words Term 2 - أول اعدادي

UNIT 10 5 Literature Lesson objectives: • Read and understand a short story about girls with disabilities •Summarize a story concisely 52 52 2 Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions. 1 What are Paralympic sports? 2. Why do some people use a wheelchair? 3 Who can play wheelchair tennis? Read and listen to the story. Check your answers to Exercise 1. Meeting Rana Today, I watched a Paralympics sports event. These are sports for people with a disability. There was the final of the wheelchair tennis and an Egyptian girl won. She was so fast! The next day, I was very surprised because I saw the tennis player in the wheelchair. I was with some friends in a café and she was at the next table. "I watched you win your tennis game yesterday," I said to her. "What an achievement! You were amazing." "Thank you," said Rana. She looked at me and said, "Do you play tennis, too?" "No!" I laughed, because I, too, used a wheelchair. I couldn't walk after I had a sickness when I was a child. "Don't laugh!" said Rana. "You can play tennis like me, if you want. I can help you." Then, Rana told me her story. She was always good at sports, and she was very good at tennis. "Don't play tennis against Rana!" her older sister Malak always said. "If I play her, I lose every time! She's so good." Rana liked to play tennis after school and on the weekends. "I think she'll play at Wimbledon one day!' said her father. "Or perhaps she'll join the Egyptian Olympic Team!" said her mother. One day, something terrible happened. Rana was crossing the road when a car hit her. She had to go to hospital for many weeks. "I'm sorry, but you won't walk again, Rana," said the doctor. "You'll have to use a wheelchair." Rana was very sad. It took her a long time to understand that she although could not walk, she could do many things. Her father told her about wheelchair tennis, and soon she was playing the sport every week. A year later, she joined the Paralympic tennis team and now she was a champion. And that was when I saw her. "If you want to play tennis, don't let your wheelchair stop you," Rana said. Now, I'm playing wheelchair tennis every week too. Perhaps one day, I'll join a Paralympic tennis team, like Rana!

3 Match the words in bold in the story (1-5) to their definitions (a-e). 1 disability UNIT 10 a very bad 2 event b something that makes it difficult for someone to do things the way most people do 3 final C something that happens or takes place 4 sickness d the last game in a competition, which decides the winner 5 terrible e a disease or unhealthy condition 4 Read the story again and answer the questions. 1 Where did the writer meet Rana? 2 Why do you think the writer laughed? 3 When did Rana start to play wheelchair tennis? 4 What did the writer learn from Rana? ⑤ Read the Reading skills box and then read the story again. What information should you put in a summary of the story? Circle all the important information. Work in pairs. Did you circle the same information? 6 Use your work in Exercise 5 to write a concise summary of the story. Write about 50 words. Writing a concise summary When you write a summary, decide on the important information. Stories often include speech, details, and information that is not important to understand the story. You do not need to include these in your summary. BOOK CLUB Discuss the questions in pairs or groups. How did reading the story make you feel? What did you learn from this story about overcoming difficulties? What do you do if you have a problem or difficulty? 53