1、Unit 1 The written wordReading 1Teaching 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 procedures
2、: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 classic
3、 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 classic lit
4、erature?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 is Engla
5、nds 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 _.Key: clas
6、sic 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. To pers
7、uade 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 further co
8、mprehension 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 gravestone (to
9、mb)?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 6 Post-re
10、ading 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.
