江苏省沭阳县潼阳中学高中英语选修八教案：U1 READING1 .doc

1、高二英语教案课 题 M8U1 Reading课时第1课时授 课 时 间教 学 目 标1.Enable the students to learn about classic literature and how to write a persuasive essay.2.Train the students reading ability教学重、难点1.Get the main points about theessay2.Enable the students to get some information about literature and understand the struct

2、ure of persuasive essays.教、 学 具The multimedia and the blackboard教师活动内容、方式学生活动内容、方式旁注Step1: Lead-in1) Movie-appreciation:Do you know something about the film?Suggested answers:The story is based on Dickenss famous novel “Oliver Twist”. Its an example of classics. Classics are the antiques of the lite

3、rary world. In this unit, well have the chance to get more information about classic literature.2) Background information:Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He had a happy childhood after his family moved to Chatham. At the age of 12, Dickens had to leave school beca

4、use his father was imprisoned for debt. The poverty and adversity Dickens experienced as a child greatly influenced his later views on social reform. Before his death on 9 June 1870, he wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprising endings.Step 2:

5、pre-reading activitiesPay attention to the Reading strategy of the article, focusing on the way the author tries to convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view. Point out these places in the essay:1. To reconsider our ideas about classic literature.2. To pay attention to the information tha

6、t makes us interested but not enough to give away the story.Step 3: Fast reading 1)With the reading strategy above, lets do our Reading. Read it quickly and try to grasp the main idea of the text and finish Part A on Page 2Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the

7、three questions in part A on Page 2. Suggested answers A 1 Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written and received. 2 Englands greatest writer.3 Seven years old.Step 4: Detailed reading 1) Second reading t

8、o complete Parts C1 , C2 and D Suggested answersC1 1 Because they think they are old-fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.2 She doesnt think that they are old-fashioned or boring.3 Joe is a kind and simple man.4 On his gravestone it reads, By his death, one of Englands greate

9、st writers is lost to the world.5 A stranger.6 Because he thinks Joe is not clever enough and far from being a well educated gentleman.7 He learns that wealth does not buy happiness and that friends are more important than a fancy education.8 An example of character development is the change in Pip

10、from being concerned only with money to seeing that money is not the most important thing in life.C2 1 d 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 eD 1 c 2 d 3 e 4 a 5 g 6 f 7 h 8 b2) Finish part E as you are listening to the tape:AnswersE (1) authors (2) Pip (3) husband (4) England (5) symbol (6) novel (7) fortune (8) gentleman (9) shallow (10) theme Step 5.Homework1.Read the review of the famous novel Les Miserables in part B on page 105 of the Workbook.2.Preview words of Reading.