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Analysis of the students

After six months' study, students have acquired some English reading skills and strategies, such as predicting, skimming and scanning. As teenagers, students tend to have strong curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. However, most students seldom have such experience as English literature reading, especially classical literary works from famous writers in typical English-speaking countries, which determines that teachers need to guide them to understand the literary background, the plot of the story and its value and moral so as to develop their interest in reading and form a correct outlook on life and values.

Teaching aims

After this lesson, the students will be able to

1)Know some information about the writer John Steinbeck and the novel The pearl.

2)Figure out the relationship among the characters in the story and understand the plot.

3)Get a logical moral of the story -- Greed is the root of all evil.

4. Teaching focus

Guide the students to figure out the theme and understand the moral of the story.

First period

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Warm-up and lead-in

Show some pictures of jewelry made by pearls letting students know the value of pearls.

Ask students two questions:

If you got an extremely big and beautiful pearl, what would you do with it?

2) If you were a very poor person with a family to support, what would you do with the pearl?

3. Introduce some information about John Steinbeck and the book in preparation for the listening part.

Step 2 Listening

Listen to the beginning and the end of the story to provoke students’ interest in reading the story.

Q1: How did Kino get the pearl?

When _______, he picked up a very large _____, inside which was a valuable pearl.

Q2: What did Kino expect to do with the pearl?

To ________ his baby and maybe buy _________ and ___________.

Q3: What did Kino do with the pearl in the end?

Step 3 Reading