Teaching plan for L86-87 Unit 22
---By Eagle
I. Teaching material analysis
L86,87 is a abridged version of the nevel“A Tale of Two Cities”，written by Chales Dickens, one of most famous novelists in the history of British literature. The “two cities”refers to Paris , the scene of the story, and London, where the hero of the novel spent his remaining years, Its basic plot-theme is Dr Manette’s imprisonmend and its consequences.
The text is designed to develop Ss’ reading ability and know how the novel is developed so as to enrich their reading expericence, meanwhile get the Ss to know sth about the cruel exploitation and oppression done by the French neble to the poor and how the poor resisted in the 18th century.
II. Teaching lmporant points
a. lmprove Ss’ ability of reading comprehension
b. Learn and master the words and expressions, like deed, in publcc, disturb, in peace, make sure of , suffer from.
c. Grasp the main idea of the text and know the relation among the characters. Devetop Ss’ ability of predicting the consequences of the story, or how to arrange a story.
III. Difficulties:
How to understand the details of the story, especially, the time order and the relation among all the characters.
IV. Teaching Metheds
Task-based approach
Communication approach
Paraphrasing and word guessing
Inductive method to help the Ss to grasp the main points of the text.
V. Teaching aids
CAI. Tape recorder
Procedures:
Step. Lead-in
Slide1: a variety of novels(小说)——Jane Ire，war and peace(战争与和平)、Oliver Twist(雾都孤儿)、A Tale of Two cities(双城记)
Activity: free talk
Purpose: to get familiar with Ss and lead in the topic
1. What novel would you like to read?(get Ss’ ideas)
2. Once you choose to read a novel, what’s the first thing you like to do?(Get Ss’ ideas)
3.Present “A Tale of Two cities”and predict the story.
(Background: A Tale of Two cities , written by Charles Dickens, took the French Revolution in the 18th century as the background and the two cities refer to Pairs, scene of the story and London. At that time, the French nobles(贵族) treated the poor of the cities and the peasants badly)
Step2:Reading
1.Fast-reading
Activity:Fast reading
Purpose: To have a general idea of the passage.
1.How many characters are mentioncd in the story?
2.Collect as much imformation as they can about Dr Manette?(8个)
2.Careful reading
Activiby1:Answer some questions
Purpose: To understand the passage better and develop Ss’ ability of guessing words.
a. When and where did the story happen?
b. Why is the past perfect tense often used? Like, They had come from England , having heard the strange news that Dr Manette was alive……
c.What’s the order of the three events?
1.Dr Munette was set free
2.Dr Manette was kept a prisoner for many years
3.Lucie Manette heard the news that her father was alive and set free
d. What’s the meaning of “mentally disturbed”in the sentence.
e. Who was Charles Darney? And why had he left France to live in England.
f. How do you understand the sentence“so he left France, preferring to give up the fortune that would one day come to him”
Activity2: Careful reading
Purpose: To understand the passage thoroughly
1.Relations between the main characters and finish the notes.
2.Arrange the following things in the correct order?
Sstep 3: Finish
ing the task
①Why did Charles Dickens mention that the two young man, Charles Darley and Sydney Carton looked so much like each other.
②Why did the writer write “An English spy told the Defarges,a revelutionary leader, that Sydney Carton in Pairs and he was the nephew of Marquis……”
③What did sydney carton promise Lucie Manette?
Activity:make up stories
Purpose: To develop Ss’ability of speaking and thinking
a letter addressed to Charles Darney
go back to France→arrest: be sentenced to death, special medicine. Change clothes, send to sleep, be carried out of , take the place of
Step4:More reading L87
Activity: Reading
Purpose: To get more informatiol about the novel
a.How did the revolutionaries cause charles Darney back to France?
b.Why was Dr Manette allowed to visit Charles in prison?
c.For what was charles sentenled to death eagerly?
d.How did sydney carton save charles?
Step5: Activity: replace the end of the story
Purpose: To encourage them to devolop their own thinking.
1.What would happen when sydney was recognied not to be charles.
2.Was Charles rearrested or did he return to Londen?
3.How might the story end?
HW: Read more about the works of Dickens
Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》
David copperfield《大卫·科波菲尔》
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