江苏省常州市西夏墅中学译林牛津版高中英语教案 选修八：UNIT 1 THE WRITTEN WORD——READING 1.doc

1、牛津高中英语教学设计单元：Unit 1 The written word板块：Reading 1Thoughts on the design: 本教学方案分为四个部分，分别为lead-in、 reading comprehension、 post-reading activities 与 homework。 在lead-in环节，教师将要求学生讲述一些中外古典著作，尤其有关Charles Dickens其相关著作的情况作为本课的开端，以增加其文学知识及激发其学习情趣。在reading comprehension环节，教师将以快速读、细读等方式培养学生的阅读能力。在post-reading 部分

2、，设计讨论题对学生进行发散性思维的培养以及巩固所学。所有步骤通过PPT展示出来。Teaching aims:1. Students are expected to gain some knowledge about classic literature and some insight into how to write an essay about literature;2. Students are expected to improve their reading skills by participating in the activities designed.Teaching pr

3、ocedures:Step 1 Lead- in:Before class, ask students to search on the Internet or in books about famous Chinese and foreign classic literature, Charles Dickens and his works. Ask students to focus on the following questions:What is the definition of classic literature? What famous Chinese and foreign

4、 classic literature have you read?Who is Charles Dickens? What books did he write? .Begin the class by having students report their findings to the class. Step 2 Reading comprehension:Fast reading: Ask students to skim the essay and try to find answers to the following three questions:1. What is cla

5、ssic literature?2. Who is Charles Dickens?3. Who is the main character in the novel Great Expectations?Answers:1. Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were so well written that people still read them today.2. Dickens

6、is Englands greatest writer.3. Pip is the main character in the novel Great Expectations.Step 3 Second reading for general ideas:Ask students to scan the essay and try to find out the structure of the text: Part one: information about _.Part two: information about _.Part three: information about _.K

7、ey: classic literature; Charles Dickens; the book Great expectationsStep 4 Reading strategy:1. What does a persuasive essay try to do? 2. Whats the writers point of view in this essay?3. How does the author try to convince the reader?Key: 1. To convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view. 2

8、. To persuade us to appreciate classic literature.3. At the start, she asks us to change our minds about classic literature. Then she gives us interesting facts about Charles Dickens and his book, Great Expectations, which makes us want to read the book at the end of the essay.Step 5 Listening and f

9、urther comprehension of each part: Part one: Questions: 1. Why dont many people read the classics?2. What does Liz think about classic novels?Multiple choice exercise (PPT1820) Part two: Questions: 1. When and where was Charles Dickens born? 2. What books did he write?3. What is written on his grave

10、stone (tomb)?Present brief introduction to Dickens and works by Charles Dickens.Part three: Questions:1. What are the main elements of a novel?2. What does Pip learn by the end of the novel? 3. Whatre the main elements (要素) to consider when reading a novel?4. What makes a good persuasive essay?Step

11、6 Post-reading activities: Discussion:Can you think of some possible endings for the novel?Consolidation1. 2 matching exercises. (PPT 33-34)2. Fill in the blanks with the following words. (PPT35-36)Step 7 Homework:1. Read the text again and try to retell the story of Great Expectations.2. Think of some possible endings for the novel and write it down.