1、Unit 4 Friends foreverPeriod 3 Developing ideas教学设计 本课时为欧亨利的短篇小说After Twenty Years的节选，属于文学体裁，故事具有很强的可读性。学习本课时主要有三大任务，一是学习相关的单词和词组，掌握好基本的语言技能；二是引导学生了解欧亨利及其相关作品，培养起学生对英语文学的兴趣；三是本文节选并未给出故事结局，要求学生根据提示自行猜测，这给了学生很大的想象空间，有利于帮助学生培养开放性思维，教师应把握好这一机会。1. 语言能力目标（1） 学习本课时下的重点单词和词组，要求会读、会写、掌握意义及灵活运用。（2） 根据提示复述故事并表
2、演。2. 思维品质目标：（1） 根据提示预测故事结尾。（2） 能够用自己的话复述故事。3. 学习能力目标正确合理运用学习策略：（1） 资源策略：通过互联网，图书馆等获取资源，帮助自己了解相关知识；利用思维导图帮助自己串联故事，回忆故事情节。（2） 交际策略：学会与他人分享自己的想法和故事。4. 文化意识目标：了解欧亨利相关的背景知识，培养对英语文学的兴趣，树立起语言文学无界限的跨文化意识1. 重点 本课时的重点单词和词组2. 难点（1） 根据提示信息分场景复述故事。（2） 猜测故事结局。 Step 1 Lead inRead the short introduction to O.Henry
3、and answer the questions.Questions:(1) Have you read any stories written by O. Henry? Share one with the class. (If none student has ever read O. Henrys works, what should teacher do? Introduce some to them. Move to step 2)(2) Do you like stories with surprise endings? Why? (Open. Take Murder on the
4、 Orient Express for example.)Step 2. Learning to learnRead the complete short story After Twenty Years. By reading other short stories by O. Henry, such as The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf, you can get a deeper understanding of his works and the surprise endings of his stories.Step 3. Reading
5、Read the passage and find out why the man is standing outside the shop. (Because he promised that he would meet his best friend, Jimmy, after twenty years from the time they last saw each other.)Step 4. Group workTask 1. Think of a possible ending to “After Twenty Years” and find evidence to support
6、 to your ideas. Use the following questions to help you.(1)Did Jimmy come to meet his friend?(Yes or No, and Why)(Jimmy will meet me here if he is alive.)(2)What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?(3)What might happen between the policeman and the man?(The policeman arrested the man be
7、cause the man has a scar on his face)(The three questions are provided to help students make their own endings, but it is not necessary to use them, as long as students can have evidence to support their ideas.)Task 2. Read the note in the original ending and find out what actually happened?Step 5.
8、Think and share1. What does the note tell you about the ending of the story?2. How do you think Bob reacted when he read the note?(What were Bobs feelings after he read the note?)3. Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not?(Open.Tell students there is no standard answers.)4. Do yo
9、u like the ending? Give your reasons.(Open.Tell students there is no standard answers.)5. What would you do if your friends did something immoral, even illegal?Step 6. Retell and act.1. Think about what happened in detail for the three scenes based on the information you already knew about the story, and retell the whole story.The story is about two friends named Bob and Jimmy. Twenty years ago.2. Group work.(1)Choose a character(Bob, Jimmy, the policeman) to play and decide what you will say and do.(2)Act out the whole story.Step 7. Homework课后练习
