1、Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank NoteThe first period Warming Up By LuxiaoniTeaching goals:1. Help students to learn more about the great writer Mark Twain.2. Arouse students interest in the famous play The Million Pound Bank Note.3. Get the students familiar with the new words.Teaching focus:1. New wo
2、rds2. The background and digest of each part of the playTeaching difficult points:The digest of each part of the play.Teaching procedures:Step 1: New words teachingPay special attention to the pronunciation of the words.Step 2: New words checkingPick out several new words and phrases learned in Step
3、 1 and ask students to give their Chinese meanings.Step 3: A brief introduction of Mark Twain including his works and remarks.Give students a short passage about Mark Twain and ask them to fill in the form.The passage:Mark Twain was born in Florida on November 30th, 1835. He was brought up in Hannib
4、al, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. He is best known for his novels set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Twain loved the river so much that even his pen name is about the river. “Twain” is an old word for “ two”. Th
5、e phrase “mark twain” means that the water is two fathoms deep. The authors real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.Real name:Meaning of his pen name:Birth date:Birthplace:Place where he grew up:His famous stories: Step 4: Discussion If you have got a large sum of money by chance, how will you spend
6、it? Have you ever made a bet? How do you feel when you win or lose a bet? Step 5: A Lead in ( to the play) Check the homework ( LE23 E3 Part 1, 2 &3), which help students to sum up each Act of the play. A brief introduction to the key roles in the play. Step 6: Homework. A. Prepare for the dictation. B. Best English P89-91 Cloze & Reading A&B
