1、Enjoying novels-ReadingBook 10 Unit 5Learning Goals知识目标To help students understand the problems that women writers had during their careers and to explain the development of the novel in the nineteenth century.能力目标To improve students reading comprehension ability by applying skimming，scanning and wo
2、rd-guessing skills.德育目标To Insprire students interest in Western novels and authors.Self-Learning：Skimming1.How many parts can the passage be divided?What does each part mainly focus on?Key：part1(paragraph1)：The introduction to the background and five authoresses.part2 (paragraph2-6):The five authore
3、sses and theirachievements in literature.part 3(paragraph 7):Compared with Charles Dickens,these women writers impact was greater.Self-Learning：Skimming2.Whats the aim of this passage?The aim of this passage is twofold:Aim 1:to help students understand the problems that women writers had during thei
4、r careers Aim 2:to explain the development of the novel in the nineteenth century.Self-Learning：ScanningScan the passage and underline the names of the English Authoresses in the 19th century mentioned in the passage,their representative works and the issue each writer was most concerned with.Self-L
5、earning：Comprehending1.Dealing with part1(paragraph1)Find out some key words that describe what difficult background the authoresses faced and how they managed it.consensus,oppose,restriction,no equality,lack of opportunity,discrimination,a generally held view,ban;twist,strange,contradiction,courage
6、ous,gifted,get round.Retell this paragraph according to the key words.Self-Learning：Comprehending2.Dealing with part2(paragraph2-6)Pay attention to the five great women writers-their names,works,issue addressed in her novel and the reasons for success.Self-Learning：ComprehendingName:Jane AustenWork:
7、Pride and PrejudiceIssue addressed in her novel:The problems and limitations of women s choicesReasons for success:Content,refreshingly light and ironic styleSelf-Learning：ComprehendingName:The three Bronte sisters (Anne,Charlotte,Emily)Work:Jane EyreIssue addressed in her novel:Women s struggle aga
8、inst their restricted roles in societyReasons for success:Explicit way of writing about women s feelingsSelf-Learning：ComprehendingName:George Eliot Work:Silas MarnerIssue addressed in her novel:Morally ambiguous concessions people make in life to succeed Reasons for success:(not mentioned in the te
9、xt)Self-Learning：Comprehending3.Dealing with part3(paragraph7)Why Charles Dickens and his work David Copperfield are mentioned in paragraph 7?A.To show there were also some excellent male authors in the 19th centuryB.To compare male and female authors in the 19th century C.To praise these women writ
10、ers great achievement as authors by comparingD.To introduce David Copperfield to readersCooperative inquiryRead the passage and answer the questions.1.Why do you think so many authoresses wrote about love and marriage?2.Which writer was the most reserved in her descriptions of feeling?Why do we stil
11、l read her books?3.In which way were George Eliots books similar to those of Charles Deckins?4.In which way were George Eliots books similar to those of Charlotte Bronte?Discuss the questions in groups and give your opinions.Cooperative inquirySuggested answers to the questions:1.This was the experi
12、ence and the dilemma for these women writers and this was also a common longing for most women.2.Jane Austin was most reserved in her description of personal feelings.We read her books for their humour,irony and characterization.Cooperative inquirySuggested answers to the questions:3.George Eliots b
13、ooks were concerned with the way social pressures made people behave badly or stupidly,while Charles Dickens novels are concerned with injustice in society.So both are concerned with society and its effect on the individual but they deal with it from different points of views.4.George Eliot describe
14、s the personal distress that people bring upon themselves when they behave badly according to the expectations of society at that time.Charlotte Bronte describes how emotional necessity makes people behave against the expected behaviour of society.So they are both concerned with how a persons feelin
15、gs affect their decisions.Skill PracticingTry to fill in the blanks according to Paragraph 7Charles Dickens(1812-1870)_ as a literary critic of the_ of his society.His novels describe the_ of poor people who did not possess money or a sponsor to _ their path.In David Copperfield,the hero experiences
16、 suffering before he meets his_,kind and tolerant aunt,Betsy Trotwood.David _ from her truly generous nature,and_ his education,wealth and happiness to her care.Charles Dickens_ today _as one of the great writers of the 19th century.stands outinjusticeshardshipssmootheccentricbenefitsowesconfirmedis
17、Skill PracticingWord Practice1.Can you believe that there used to be a c_ in society that opposed the writing of novels by authoresses?2.Perhaps you think that discrimination of this kind was(有效的)_ a very long time ago.3.In a strange（矛盾）_,this period produced five of the most courageous and gifted a
18、uthoresses.4.Those who _ _ this ban were:Jane Austen,the three Bronte sisters(Charlotte,Emily and Anne),and the writer known as George Eliot.5.It was also in her refreshingly light and(讽刺的)_ style,evident from the first sentence of the novel:onsensusin forcecontradiction got roundironicSkill Practic
19、ingWord Practice6.Sceptical reviewers did not(看穿)_ this(诡计)_ and gave their approval to their work.7.Her novels were revolutionary for the(直率的)_ way they described women struggling against their restricted roles in society.8.Being immediately(向.欢呼)_ as the masterwork of a great genius,Jane Eyre beca
20、me a great success.9.The book was a r_ after the more reserved feelings expressed in Jane Austens novels10.The fifth p_ authoress of this period was George Eliot(1819-1880).11.Her novels examined the morally（模糊的退让）_ people make in their lives in order to succeed.see through deceptionexplicithailedev
21、elationremierambiguous concessionsSkill PracticingAs writers,the authoressses are successful,but are they successful as women?Write your opinion within 120 words in English.(Jane Austen,Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte never married;Charlotte Bronte married a man who was poor and unimportant and died during her pregnancy;George Eliot was considered an immoral woman for living with a married man for 25 years.)Thanks
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