Unit 10 American literature (简案)

Unit 10 American literature (简案),标签：高中英语教案,http://www.xuehuiba.com

Teaching aims:
1. Goals:
Talk about American Literature
Practise predicting and describing what a story might be about
Review all the verb tenses
Write a book review
2. Special focus:
Improve reading skills and Enlarge vocabulary.
a. Direct Ss to read the 3 passages on the text book;
b. Guide Ss to learn to use the following words and expressions:
Contribute to, adapt to, get accustomed to, garment, shabby, take pride in, attend to, etc.

Period 1 Reading
A Sacrifice for Love (1)
Step 1. Warming up
Task 1. guide the students to get to know some famous American writers and their works by the forms of a competition:
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer ---- Mark Twain
The Beast in the Jungle ----Henry James
A Farewell to Arms ----- Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea ----- Ernest Hemingway
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ----Mark Twain
The Gift of the Magi ---- O. Henry
The Call of the Wild ----Jack London
The Scarlet Letter ---- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Step 2. Scanning
Task 2. Read the passage and try to answer the questions:
Whatˇs the story about?
What are Jimˇs wages?
What price does Della pay to buy her present?
What are the coupleˇs two most pr

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ecious possessions?
Step 3. While-reading:
Ask students to fill in the chart to see if they have got a general understanding of the whole passage.

Main Idea
Paragraph 1 Della wept because she had little money to buy Jim a present this Christmas.
Paragraph 2 Della and Jimˇs living conditions.
Paragraph 3 Della wanted to buy Jim a Christmas present, which was worthy of being own by Jim.
Paragraph 4 The young couple owned two precious things, one was Jimˇs gold watch, and the other was Dellaˇs hair.
Paragraph 5 Dellaˇs beautiful hair.
Paragraph 6 Della decided to sell her hair in order to buy a present for her beloved.
Paragraph 7 Della got twenty dollars and then she began to buy Jim a Christmas present.
Paragraph 8 She spent 21 dollars on a gold watch chain.
Paragraph 9 Della did her hair and looked like a little school girl.
The main idea of the passage: The story tells that a woman called Della sold her beautiful hair to buy her husband a Christmas present ---- a gold watch chain.
Step 4. Post-reading
Task 3: Answering the questions on P85.
Step 5 Homework
Finish all the exercises on Word Study and Grammar on p86-87.

Period 2. Integrating Reading Skills
A Sacrifice

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for Love (P89)
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the Ss how further they understand the American literature.
2. Check the homework. If necessary, give some examples to review the different tenses of verb.
Exercise 1 &2 on p220-221 is specially designed to check the Ss if they are familiar with the Grammar.
Step 2. Scan the passage and find the main idea, then analyze the passage if possible.
Task: Read the passage in three minutes, and sum up every paragraph with one sentence:
P1: Della was anxious to wait for Jim and was afraid that Jimˇs love would go without her beautiful long hair.
P2: Jim was burdened with the family and had no money to buy even e new overcoat or gloves.
P3: Jim stared at Della with a strange expression on his face.
P4: Della explained why she had her hair cut off.
P5: Jim was still confused.
P6: Jim was awake and expressed nothing could make him love Della any less.
P7: Della was so happy when she sea a set of beautiful and expensive combs Jim bought her.
P8: Della showed him her gift---- a gold watch chain that was worthy of his gold watch.
P9: Jim told Della he sold his watch for her combs.

Step 3. Read the passage again and appreciate the ¨love〃 again, and then finish the exercises at

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tached to the passage.

Step 4.Extensive reading:
Ask the students to find more short stories by American writers to read after class.

Period 3. Integrating Reading and Writing Skills
Regret (p221-222)

Step 1. Warmming-up
Task 1 :
Do the oral pratice on p218, and enable the students to practise predicting and describing what a story might be about
Step 2. Reading
Task 2: Read the passage and finish the exercises. If possible, guide the students to analyze some long and complex sentences.

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