选修十一《Module 5 The Last Laugh Listening and vocabulary》优秀教案

选修十一《Module 5 The Last Laugh Listening and vocabulary》优秀教案

本模块主要介绍英国古典文学中狄更斯作品及其生平，了解相关内容并掌握有关的词汇，培养有关的语言技巧。

Period 1 Reading

INTRODUCTION and READING AND VOCABULARY合并为第一课时“阅读课”。课文Oliver Asks for More 让学生了解狄更斯作品。学生课前自学、预习，以背景介绍导入新课，然后采取“自上而下”的阅读教学模式，引导学生关注文章的篇章结构、段落大意，得出“树型图”，进行“信息转换”，理解全文、复述意义。 教师还可以参考“教学资源”中 关于 Charles Dickens 相关信息的材料，帮助学生更多了解英国作品。

▇ Goals

●To learn to read passages with Inversion used for emphasis about literature

●To learn to read with strategies

■ Procedures

Step 1: Warming up by learning about Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens’ father was a clerk at the Naval Pay Office and because of this, the family had to move from place to place: Plymouth, London, and so on. It was a large family and despite hard work, his father couldn’t earn enough money. In 1823 he was arrested for debt and Charles had to start working in a factory, labeling bottles for six shillings a week. After leaving school, Charles started to work in a solicitor’s office. He learned shorthand and started as a reporter working for the Morning Chronicle in courts of law and the House of Commons.

In 1836 his first success was published, The Pickwick Papers. This was followed by more novels: Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39) and Barnaby Rudge (1841). He travelled to America later that year and aroused the hostility of the American press by supporting the abolition movement. In 1858 he divorced from his wife Catherine, who had borne him ten children. During the 1840s his social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage: Novels like David Copperfield (1849-50), A Tale of Two Cities (1959), Great Expectations (1860-61) only increased his fame and respect. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood was never completed and was later published posthumously.

Step 2: Before you read

Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling

Step 3: While you read

Cut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.

Step 4: After you read

Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. If possible, make your own sentences with these expressions.

Useful expressions from Oliver Asks for More

need washing, try to, in this way, become wild with hunger, be tall for his age, be used to doing, pick out, it was…who…, stare at, for support, not until, no sooner…than…, seize somebody’s arms, rush into the room, be sure of

Sentences made with expressions from Module 3

1. That young thief needs a good beating!

2. Most young smokers who try to quit usually do so on their own instead of using recommended methods.

3. In this way, I can finish the job ahead of time.

4. His face became red with cold

5. The merchant’s son is mature for his age.

6. I have always lived in the country but now I’m beginning to get used to living in the city.