高三下册英语《Module 3 A taste of literature Unit 5 The surprising stories of O. Henry》精品课教案

高三下册英语《Module 3 A taste of literature Unit 5 The surprising stories of O. Henry》精品课教案

The students will be exposed to descriptive words of characters in the story;

2. Skills:

The students will practise reading and speaking by answering the questions;

The students will learn how to appreciate the short story through analyzing the characters;

3. Affections and attitudes:

The students will develop an interest in reading O. Henry’s short stories;

The students will know more about life and become braver;

Teaching Aids: Multi-media and Blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

I. Warm-up:

Interactive Task 1: a brief introduction of what will be covered this lesson;

Teacher:

A brief introduction of today’s reading material

Expose students to information about O. Henry

Students:

Get a general idea of today’s reading material;

Purpose: To get all the students involved and prepared for reading the story. Today, we are going to read a short story adapted from O. Henry’s The last leaf. Have you ever read the story?

Ss: …

So you won’t have too many difficulties understanding the story. But we will read the story in its original language, English, rather than Chinese. Try to read and see how O. Henry wrote it in his language. First, what do you know about O. Henry?

Ss: …

He did experience a lot and see a lot of life. That’s the reason why his stories tell about joys, sorrows, and sufferings of ordinary people.

II. Reading

Interactive Task 2: Read the short story and understand the background; characters and the plot;

Teacher:

1. Lead students to go through the story with the help of pictures and questions;