高三英语教案 Unit 10 American literature (详细教案)
I sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs.
Jim: He is willing to sell his most prized possession, his watch, to buy Della a nice gift.
You've cut off your hair?
Jim: He realizes that Della will not need the combs he bought her for a while.
Isn't it grand, Jim?
Della:She really wants to make Jim happy.
What could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?
Della: She doesn't have very much money and she is worried that she can't buy a nice present for Jim.
Don't you like me now?
Della: She is worried that Jim will not like her with short hair.
You won't care, will you?
Della: She is worried that Jim will not like her with short hair.
In what order are the lines spoken in the story? (2, 6, 8, 4, 7, 5, 3, 1)
Plot
What is the climax of the story?
What is the end of the story?
What are the characteristics of the story?
The ending of the story is surprising.
Step 2. Analyzing the feelings
T: What’s the clue/chain of the story?(Repeat the structure of the story)
--------- LOVE
T: How does the writer describe the deep love of the main characters?
Eg: Jim loved Della deeply .
Find out sentences showing his love to Della.
Conclusion: By way of words and actions.
T: Another example.
Della didn’t have enough to buy Jim a gift. She was sad.
Get the feelings of Della from what she said and did.(find the sentences in the passages)
Collect the students’ sentences and explain something difficult.
T: Find another example and try to analyze it in the same way.(homework)
(goal: To learn to analyze the feelings of the characters by his or her actions and words.)
Step 3 Creativity
Jim gave up his watch to buy a gift for Della, and Della thought of him more than herself. So she really wanted to buy back Jim’s watch. How could she raise the money?
( Goal: to develop the students’ creativity)
Step 4 Discussion(group work)
At the end of the story, O.Henry seems to be saying two different things. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions
“And here I have told you the story of two children who were not wise. Each sold the most valuable thing he owned in order to buy a gift for the other. But let me speak a last word to the wise of these days: Of all who give gifts, these two were the most wise.”
Who are the two children?
Jim and Della
Why does O' Henry refer to them as "children"?
Although they are both young adults, they are simple like children in many ways.
How were they unwise?
They sold valuable things to buy gifts that they didn't really need to buy in the first place, because they were truly in love.
How were they wise?
They thought only of the other person and not of themselves when they gave their gifts.The main theme of the short story: Love is the greatest gift of all.
(Goal: to understand the story better.)
Step 5 Reading aloud
Play the tape for the students to follow.
Step 6.Writing
T: Well, now you’ve learned the story,and I hope you can recommend it to your friends. You can describe the plot to make them interested in it; or you can write a summary of the story and give your own opinion about the story.
1.Get the students to describe the pictures on Page 89
Picture1:Della, poor, bargained when buying necessities in daily life to save money for the present for Jim.
Picture2: Proud of her beautiful hair, fought with her own mind before finally decided to sell it to get some money.
Picture3: Jim, sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs for Della.
Picture4: Both of the presents couldn’t be used, but they got real love.
Then describe the plot of the story and give your opinions on it to each other orally.
Write it down as your homework.
Step 7.Summary
•T:The proverb “Love is the greatest gift of all” best describes the main theme of A Sacrifice For Love (The Gift of the Magi) .this is the love beween husband and wife.Besides Love between husband and wife. Can you name some other kinds of love?
There are other kinds of love. Love between parents and children, friends, classmates, teachers and students. There’s even love to a stranger , animals and to the whole world. Think of your own story about love or the story you have heard or read about love and share them tomorrow.
( Goal: To further understand the theme----love)
Step 8 Homework
Write the plot down as homework.
Try to share with classmates your own story about love or the story you have heard or read about love.
Try to read another short novel of O Henry, “The Last Leaf”, for example.
Jim: He is willing to sell his most prized possession, his watch, to buy Della a nice gift.
You've cut off your hair?
Jim: He realizes that Della will not need the combs he bought her for a while.
Isn't it grand, Jim?
Della:She really wants to make Jim happy.
What could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?
Della: She doesn't have very much money and she is worried that she can't buy a nice present for Jim.
Don't you like me now?
Della: She is worried that Jim will not like her with short hair.
You won't care, will you?
Della: She is worried that Jim will not like her with short hair.
In what order are the lines spoken in the story? (2, 6, 8, 4, 7, 5, 3, 1)
Plot
What is the climax of the story?
What is the end of the story?
What are the characteristics of the story?
The ending of the story is surprising.
Step 2. Analyzing the feelings
T: What’s the clue/chain of the story?(Repeat the structure of the story)
--------- LOVE
T: How does the writer describe the deep love of the main characters?
Eg: Jim loved Della deeply .
Find out sentences showing his love to Della.
Conclusion: By way of words and actions.
T: Another example.
Della didn’t have enough to buy Jim a gift. She was sad.
Get the feelings of Della from what she said and did.(find the sentences in the passages)
Collect the students’ sentences and explain something difficult.
T: Find another example and try to analyze it in the same way.(homework)
(goal: To learn to analyze the feelings of the characters by his or her actions and words.)
Step 3 Creativity
Jim gave up his watch to buy a gift for Della, and Della thought of him more than herself. So she really wanted to buy back Jim’s watch. How could she raise the money?
( Goal: to develop the students’ creativity)
Step 4 Discussion(group work)
At the end of the story, O.Henry seems to be saying two different things. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions
“And here I have told you the story of two children who were not wise. Each sold the most valuable thing he owned in order to buy a gift for the other. But let me speak a last word to the wise of these days: Of all who give gifts, these two were the most wise.”
Who are the two children?
Jim and Della
Why does O' Henry refer to them as "children"?
Although they are both young adults, they are simple like children in many ways.
How were they unwise?
They sold valuable things to buy gifts that they didn't really need to buy in the first place, because they were truly in love.
How were they wise?
They thought only of the other person and not of themselves when they gave their gifts.The main theme of the short story: Love is the greatest gift of all.
(Goal: to understand the story better.)
Step 5 Reading aloud
Play the tape for the students to follow.
Step 6.Writing
T: Well, now you’ve learned the story,and I hope you can recommend it to your friends. You can describe the plot to make them interested in it; or you can write a summary of the story and give your own opinion about the story.
1.Get the students to describe the pictures on Page 89
Picture1:Della, poor, bargained when buying necessities in daily life to save money for the present for Jim.
Picture2: Proud of her beautiful hair, fought with her own mind before finally decided to sell it to get some money.
Picture3: Jim, sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs for Della.
Picture4: Both of the presents couldn’t be used, but they got real love.
Then describe the plot of the story and give your opinions on it to each other orally.
Write it down as your homework.
Step 7.Summary
•T:The proverb “Love is the greatest gift of all” best describes the main theme of A Sacrifice For Love (The Gift of the Magi) .this is the love beween husband and wife.Besides Love between husband and wife. Can you name some other kinds of love?
There are other kinds of love. Love between parents and children, friends, classmates, teachers and students. There’s even love to a stranger , animals and to the whole world. Think of your own story about love or the story you have heard or read about love and share them tomorrow.
( Goal: To further understand the theme----love)
Step 8 Homework
Write the plot down as homework.
Try to share with classmates your own story about love or the story you have heard or read about love.
Try to read another short novel of O Henry, “The Last Leaf”, for example.
Period 4
Teaching objectives:
Review the story .
Learn the use of some words and useful expressions.
Teaching Important Points:
1. How to guess the missing word according to the given sentence or passage.
2. Learn the use of some key words and useful expressions
Teaching Difficult Point:
Master the use of the key words and useful expressions.
Teaching Methods:
1. Grammar method.
2. Explanation and inductive methods to make the students master the interchanges of direct and indirect objects.
3. Individual, pair work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
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