2022-2023学年高中英语新教材译林版（2020）必修二U4L4 INTEGRATED SKILLS （I） 教案.docx

1、英语（必修第二册）Unit 4 Exploring literature Integrated skills (I)湖南省湘阴县第一中学 瞿舸I. Learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students will be able to:1. gain some basic knowledge about literature, including characteristics, representative writers and classics of each type;2. analyse the popularity of diff

2、erent types of literature and explore the reasons; 3. distinguish different types of literature with ease and appreciate the features of each type. II. Key competence focus1. Gain some basic knowledge about literature, including characteristics, representative writers and classics of each type.2. Di

3、stinguish different types of literature.III. Predicted area of difficulty1. Distinguish different types of literature.2. Analyse the popularity of different types of literature and explore the reasons.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-inT introduces what he/she is reading recently and asks Ss some

4、questions about their reading habits. T: Recently, I am reading a fantastic novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone written by J. K. Rowling. It tells an incredible adventure of Harry Potter. Do you guys like reading too? What books are you reading recently or do you enjoy reading? Can you cla

5、ssify them into different types and share with your partners?【设计意图：让学生从熟悉的话题入手，激发学生用英语表达的主动性，带领学生迅速进入主题文学体裁的探讨，让学生主动参与教学活动，从而对后面的教学起到较好的铺垫作用。】Step 2 Understanding different types of literatureT leads Ss to learn the features of different types of literature in detail.T: Im very glad to hear that you

6、 guys have enjoyed reading very much and have already known some basic knowledge about literature! In todays class, we will study further about different types of literature systematically. Now, lets investigate them one by one.1. NovelT: Have you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Robinson Cruso

7、e? Do you know what type of literature do they belong to? (Answer: Novel) T: Can you list some other novels you know and their writers? (Possible answers: Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens)T: What features do novels have in common? Can you try to summarize?(Possib

8、le answer: Novels are long, detailed stories with many characters and are usually divided into several chapters.)2. Short storyT: Are you familiar with O. Henry? Have you read his works? (Possible answers: The Cop and the Anthem, The Gift of the Magi, The Last Leaf .)T: What type of literature do th

9、ey belong to? (Answer: Short story)T: Do you know more representative writers of short stories? (Possible answers: Maupassant, Anton Chekhov .) T: What are the features of short stories? Please have a discussion in groups and share your ideas with the class. (Possible answer: A short story is a shor

10、t piece of writing with a few characters.)3. PoetryT: “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” Have you ever heard about this famous line? Do you know which work it comes from and who the writer is?(Possible answer: “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley) T: What type of literature does

11、it belong to?(Answer: Poetry)T: Can you list some other famous poets and their masterpieces?(Possible answers: “Don Juan” by George Gordon Byron, “When you are old” by William Butler Yeats) T: What are the features of poetry? Please have a discussion in groups and share your ideas with the class. (P

12、ossible answer: Poetry often uses beautiful, artistic language to express feelings or describe situations and is written in separate lines.) 4. PlayT: Have you read Laoshes Teahouse? What type of literature does it belong to?(Answer: Play)T: Can you list some other plays and their writers?(Possible

13、answers: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, King LearWilliam Shakespeare, Thunder, SunriseCao Yu)T: What are the features of plays do you think? (Possible answer: A play is a story written for performance on the stage, usually made up of dialogues between characters and stage directions.)5. Autobiograp

14、hy & BiographyT: Are you familiar with Benjamin Franklin? What are his major achievements? T: Before Franklins invention, lightning destroyed or damaged many buildings. Franklins understanding of electricity allowed him to design the lightning rod, which was a metal rod attached to the high point of

15、 a building. He made many achievements in different fields. If you want to know more about him, you can read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. This book is written by Franklin himselfwe call this type of literature “autobiography”.T: Then what is biography? Biography is also about the story of

16、 a persons life, but it is written by someone else. Can you list some other biographies? (Possible answers: Steve Jobs: A BiographyWalter Isaacson, Marie Curie: A LifeSusan Quinn)T: So far, can you distinguish the main difference between autobiography and biography?(Possible answer: Autobiography is

17、 the story of the writers own life, while biography is the story of a persons life written by someone else.)【设计意图：让学生了解不同类型的文学作品特点。通过问题层层引导，深入分析，由浅入深、由表及里地不断深化学生的认知，引导学生深度思考，达到对知识的更深层次的理解。】Step 3 Watching the video1. Pre-watchingBefore watching the video, T leads Ss to have a guess about the popular

18、ity of different types of literature among students. 2. While-watching(1) T asks Ss to watch the video and complete the chart in part B1 on page 51.(2) T asks Ss to watch the video again and complete the notes in part B2 on page 51.3. Post-watchingT asks Ss to work in groups and discuss why some typ

19、es of literature are less popular and some are more popular. T: From your point of view, why novels and short story collections are very popular among students? And why autobiographies, biographies as well as poetry collections are the least popular types of literature? Can you share your ideas and

20、insights with other classmates based on your personal experience?(Possible answer: Because novels especially fantasy novels and short stories usually have interesting plots and are more effective than other types to get students immersed in reading. )【设计意图：这一环节让学生锻炼听与说的技能，提高学生的口语表达能力。引导学生联系自身经历与阅读体验

21、，进行探究思考与总结表达，充分调动学生的参与积极性。】Step 4 AssessmentT shows Ss some other famous works and asks them to identify what types of literature they belong to. (Answer: “The Road Not Taken”: Poetry; Pride and Prejudice: Novel; The Biography of Su Dongpo: Biography; La Parure: Short story; Romeo and Juliet: Play; My Autobiography: Autobiography)【设计意图：通过反向小测试，检查学生课堂所学，从而加深印象与认知，实现学以致用。】V. Homework1. Review the content on page 50, and preview the content on page 52.2. Make a table to list the books that you have read or like reading in terms of types of literature.