2005學年第二學期高一英語教學計劃
1、 總體目標：
1） 爭取在2005學年第二學期使學生的英語語言素質有一定程度的提高。期中考試和期末考試進入段前三名；期中考試我教的班級平均分高出全段平均分3。01分；平均及格率高出段平均及格率15。2%。
2） 爭取在高一段學科競賽中有較多的學生獲獎，培養出一批尖子學生，帶動學習有困難的學生。
2、 具體的措施：
1） 加強備課的環節的細化；
2） 充分利用網絡資源；
3） 強化交際， 加強互動；
4） 發揮“空中課堂“的優勢，加強交際和答疑，培養學生的自主學習能力；
5） 每2、3單元測試一次；加強測試評價的調控，及時發現問題，解決問題；
6） 加強早讀課的指導， 做到每周二、四、五三天早讀下班輔導。
7） 保證當天作業兩天內一定完成全批全改。
3、 利用好期中考試和期末考試的調控作用，及時查漏補缺。
4、 堅持做好每周日下午4；00-5：00 的“空中英語課堂“的課程輔導，促進學生的自主學習能力的發展。搞好課題成果的原始材料的積累，完成課題研究的論文（已經完成），參加溫州市2006年教師優秀科研論文評比。
5、 認真完成高一英語研究性學習課程輔導，完成相關課題的指導和研究任務， 發表五篇相關的教學論文（《建構網絡環境下的高中英語研究性學習模式》已經發表于《外語基礎教育》2006年第1期）,《賓語從句六大考點》發表于《學生時代》2006年第1期。《利用Internet創新高中英語課堂教學的實踐與思考》發表于《浙江現代教育技術》2006年第一期。《高考英語任務型閱讀理解解析》發表于《學英語》高二聽說讀寫拌第28期第3版，以及浙江《教育信息報》2006年6月4日高考專刊上。
6、 保質保量地完成教育組的溫州市基礎教育科研課題；
7、 完成電教科研論文的撰寫（已經完成）參加2006年溫州市電化教育科研論文評比活動。
本學期， 我已經獲得溫州使006年研究性學習教學案例評比一等獎； 溫州市2006年高中英語教學案例評比三等獎； 溫州市2006年課堂教學評價改革教學案例評比三等獎。
8． 在校園網上傳精品課件46個； 上傳精品教案15個，上傳試卷30份； 在博客發表文章26篇。
Unit 13 Healthy eating單元教案
一、教學目標
Teaching Aims and Demands
1.Words and Phrases
Four Skills: stomach fever ought to examine plenty of diet keep up with make a right choice short of fit gain now and then.
2.train the students’ listening ability.
3.develp the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
Three Skills:
energy soft bar fuel chemical balance tasty boil mixture
Spoken English:
In the clinic / seeing a doctor:
What’s wrong with you? What’s the matter with you?
Lie down and let me examine you.
Let me have a look.
Where does it hurt?
Drink plenty of water and get some rest.
I’ve got a pain here. This place hurts.
There’s something wrong with back/my knee/my arm.
I don’t feel well.
Grammar:
Use of Language:
1. Master the function use of language as defined above.
2. Help the students to finish the tasks of listening, reading, writing, speaking presented in the book and the exercise book through using what the students have learned.
Learn the text about healthy eating. Get the students know about the basic knowledge of how to eat healthily.
Important points:
1. Talk about different kinds of food that one favorite.
2. Learn the basic knowledge of healthy eating.
3. Learn how to say in the clinic.
4. Grasp the language points and grammar in the text.
Difficult points: The use of modal verbs --- had better, should and ought to.
Teaching aids: computer or slider-projector
Way of Teaching: Communication way of teaching, discussion and group work.
高中英語綠色教案（1）
Unit 13 Healthy and Green eating
-. 教學目的和要求 ( Teaching aims and demands )
I: Topics 1. Talking about healthy food and junk food.
2. Talking about eating habits and health.
II: Functions
看病 ( Seeing a doctor )
Patient Doctor
I’ve got a pain here. Lie down and let me examine you.
This place hurts. Let me have a look.
I don’t feel well. Where does it hurt?
There’s something wrong with my back/ knee/arm. Drink plenty of water and get some rest.
You’d better have more green food and take enough exercise in the green fields.
提出建議和忠告 (Giving advice and making suggestions)
What can I do for you ? Can I help you? What’s the matter?
I advice you to ….? You’d better…. I think you should…
Why not …? I suggestion you should… Why don’t you …?
III: Vocabulary
1.Words: fat stomach fever salad peach ripe ought examine plenty soft bar fuel diet pace bean fibre mineral function chemical balance of nature fit unit digest gain sleepy brain peel tasty mushroom steam boil bacon lettuce mixture spoonful slice
2.Phrases:
junk food green food ought to plenty of keep up with make a choice
now and then roll up
IV: Grammar 情態動詞(1)-had better, should, ought to
1. 就某事向某人提出建議或發表自己的觀點-----使用 had better(not)
You had better get some rest. or You’d better get some rest.
2. 勸說某人做某事或不要做某事, 向某人提出忠告-----使用should(not) 或ought(not)to
You should /ought to be careful with fruit.
You should not /ought not to eat so much junk food. or You shouldn’t /oughtn’t to eat so much junk food.
二. 能力訓練 (Ability training )
1. Through the learning of Warming Up, Listening and Speaking, let Ss skillfully master and use the expressions of seeing a doctor, talking about eating habits and health.
2. Through the learning of the passage, develop the Ss’ knowledge of green food.
3. Master the patterns of giving advice and making suggestions.
三. 德育滲透 (Moral training teaching)
Through the learning and talking, let the Ss know the importance of balance eating and healthy eating and develop the good eating habits of having green food.
四. 美育滲透 (Art training teaching )
Develop the Ss’ good sentiment of loving their life and health and have good living habits.
Period 1 New words and Warming Up
Teaching Aims
1. Learn the new words and expressions.
2. Learn the Warming Up to arouse the Ss’ love in talking.
Important Points in Teaching
1. The use of some words: fat vitamin snack fever ripe plenty of
2. Sentence pattern: I think…
3.The sense of green food
Difficult Points in Teaching
1. the use of the words
2. talking in English
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching Methods Reading and speaking ；Pair/group work, individual work, class work
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Learning
1. Learn the new words and expressions.
Ask some Ss to read the new words and expressions, then correct some mistakes if there are any.
2.Explain some uses of the words.
Step 2 Presentation
Every day we have food. Green food makes us feel full and happy and it also helps to build our bodies. But have you ever thought what you eat is junk food? Today we’re going to learn something about food, junk food and green food.
Step 3 Lead-in
Revise the names of different foods we eat.
Step 4 Warming Up
I. Talk about the pictures on Page 1 by asking and answering the following questions:
What food is it ?
What kind of food is it ? Is it green food or junk food? Why ?Which do you like better? Why ?
II: Ask your partner what they eat for breakfast, lunch, snack and supper and say if what they eat is junk food or green food ?
Step 5 Listening
Do the listening practice in Students’ book at Page 2.
Listening: Part One
1: What’s wrong with Mike?
A :He has a headache. B: He has a stomachache.
C :He has a toothache.
2: What did Mike have for breakfast?
A :Two pieces of chocolate. a glass of coke, and two cookies, which are not green food.
B : A couple of sandwiches.
C : Two hamburgers.
Part Two
Which side of Mike’s stomach hurts?
His left side hurts.
2. Does Mike have a fever?
No, he doesn’t. His temperature is normal.
3. What does the doctor tell Mike to do?
Take some pills and call him if there is a problem.
Step 6. Speaking
看病 ( Seeing a doctor )
Patient Doctor
I’ve got a pain here. Lie down and let me examine you.
This place hurts. Let me have a look.
I don’t feel well. Where does it hurt?
There’s something wrong with my back/ knee/arm. Drink plenty of water and get some rest.
You’d better have more green food and take enough exercise in the green fields.
Do the speaking Practice of Speaking in Students’ book at Page 2 in pairs.
Situation 1
Student A (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him some advice.
Student B (Patient)
I cough all the time. I have a fever and a headache.
Situation 2
Student A (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him some advice.
Student B (Patient)
I can’t sleep at night, so I am always very tired.
Student A (Patient)
My left arm is broken. It really hurts.
Student B (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him or her some advice.
Situation 3
Student A (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him some advice about green food .
Student B (Patient)
I can’t sleep at night, so I am always very tired.
Step7. Discussion about green food
1. If you are to host a party for your family, what kind of food would you like to buy? Would you like to buy any green food? And why?
2. Is it important to keep the balance of nature?
Step 8 Homework
1.Read and recite the new words and expressions.
2.Get ready for the next period.
3.Introduce some idea about green food.
3. Finish off Period 1 Unit 13 in “Winner”.
The design of the writing on the blackboard
Unit 13 healthy eating
The first period
green good j unk food
all the time,
have a fever,
be careful .
in the future,
advise sb. To do sth.
had better(nott) do
教學反思：
1、教學有法， 但無定法， 教要得法。這節課，我始終在教學中滲透綠色教育思想教育，作了這方面的嘗試，使學生增長了關于綠色食品的知識， 使學生明白了保護環境， 促進國家可持續性發展的重要性。 我沒有故意做秀， 很好地實現了自然滲透的原則，比較好地進行了綠色教育德育滲透的效果。
2、語言是交際的工具， 我始終堅持聽說課的交際性原則， 讓課堂的Warming-up部分成分熱身， 讓學生的語言思維動起來；交流和討論非常充分。
3、這節的語言重點：建議的表達法和情態動詞的用法在實際的語境中讓學生深刻領悟到學以致用產生的效益。
4、綠色和交際是這節課的主旋律， 我一直讓學生交流著， 讓綠色貫穿了教學的整個過程， 包括教學課件和回家作業等。
PERIOD 2
Teaching Aids：Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
1.Aims of knowledge:
Learn and master the phrases
2.Ability aims:
1．Train the student’s reading ability.
2．Develop the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
1. Moral aims:
Enable the students to understand the best way to make sure that we will fell and look fine is to develop healthy eating habits by learning the reading text.
Teaching important points:
1. Improve the student’s reading ability.
2. Master the following phrase: keep up with, too much, make choices, be harmful to, lose weight, be prepared for.
Teaching difficult points:
How to make the students understand the reading material better and answer some questions on the passage.
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projecto3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Introduction
Yesterday we learned something about food. And we’ve3 known what food we eat is healthy food and what food is junk food. Who can give us an example? You try, please.
Using the questions on P3 to introduce the new text.
Step 2 Fast-reading
1.What does the “fuel ” mean in the first paragraph?
(It means different kinds of materials, such as protein, Calcium that we need to keep healthy.)2.What do we have to consider when we choose to buy or eat?
(What kinds of nutrients that the foods contain.)3.What made our eating habit changing?
(Many things: what people believe, advice from companies and stores.)
4. How can we feel and look fine?
(We ought to learn about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit.)
Explain the language points if necessary.
Step 3.Skimming
Paragraph 1 (T or F)
1.Choosing what to eat is not as easy as it once was any longer.
2.Our eating habits have changed while our way of life has not changed.
3.21-century people prefer traditional food very much.
4,we had better learn to make right choices about food to keep up with the high pace of modern life.
Para2.
Nutrients Function Sources
protein
calcium
Carbohydrates
Vitamins
fiber ,minerals
Carefully-reading
--How many parts can be divided into
--Three parts.
--What’s the main idea of each part?
1.our eating habits are changing.
2.why the eating habits are changing the best way to develop healthy eating habits？
Step 4 Talking
Ask the students to take out their menus and read them carefully. Then prepare a dialogue that may happen between a customer and a waiter/waitress.
Step 5 Homework
1. Finish Period 2 in Winner.
2. Recite the following sentence.
1) You ought to be careful with fruit.
2) Take this medicine three medicine three times a day.
3) I advise you not to eat fruit that is not ripe in the future.
3.Finish Post Reading exercises at Page 4
教學反思：
1、 這堂課在六班上得不大好， 計算機失靈； 在5班上得很順， 學生的餓焦急也比較流暢， 主要原因在于鋪墊比較很里， 讓學生實現了自然過度。
2、 對于第2段的整體理解部分表格設計得比較好， 有利于學生學會尋找信息， 提高思辯能力和分析問題能力的提高。
PERIOD 3（Reading 2）
Step 1.evision
1、 Check the reciting of key sentences。
2、 Check the homework
3、Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Step 2. Post Reading
1. What does the word” fuel” mean in the text above?
What about the word “green”?
Can you find any other words used in the same way?
3. The text gives examples of how people make choices about what they eat. List the examples and the reasons why people eat or don’t eat certain kinds of food, especially about the green food.
Step3 Language points
1.Our eating habits have changed, as has our way of life.
If we want to keep up with the high pace of modern life, we’d better ,make the right choices about what and how we eat.
2.keep up with1. 跟上 2. 和...保持聯系
They walked so fast that I could not keep up with them.他們走得那么快,我沒法跟上。
She has kept up with some of her friends since her retirement.
3.Some nutrients help build our body and make it stronger.
buildvt.1. 建筑; 造 2. 建立;發展;增進[(+up)]
4.Fish, meat and beans contain a lot of protein.
5.Other nutrients help keep our body functioning well.
functionn.[C] 1. 功能,作用 2. 職務,職責vi.1. (機器等)工作,運行 2. 起作用[(+as)]
The teacher did not explain its grammatical function.
What is his function on the committee?
The refrigerator is not functioning well.
The sofa functions as a bed at night.
6.Vitamins help our body fight disease.
fightvt.1. 與...作戰;與...斗爭
fight with 和...斗爭;fight for 為爭取...而斗爭
7.But the choice we make are not just about nutrition..
not just=not only
8.Many people make their choices about eating habits based on what they believe.
9.Organic vegetables are those that are grown without chemicals that can be harmful to human beings or the environment.
chemical
a化學的, 化學上的,化學用的 n.1. 化學制品;化學藥品[C]
He devoted his life to chemical research.
He is experimenting with a new chemical.
be harmful to對什么有害(also 'do harm to')
Smoking is harmful to health.
10.Because we have so much to choose from, many companies offer advice about what we eat.to choose from
11.It is probably better if we spend our time and money on buying keeping a balanced diet. probablyad. 大概,或許,很可能（比可能性大，而且常有一定依據）
He will probably refuse the offer.
spend: spend...(in)doing; spend...(on)doing; spend...on/for sth
12.The same goes for 'crash diets' that some companies say they will make us lose weight fast.
go for適合于；對...適用
What he said about you goes for me too.
13.lose weight體重減輕
I think she might have lost a bit of weight.
put on weight/gain weight長胖
13.We ought to learn more about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit.
fit此處：健康的;強健的You look very fit, Mike.
14.Only in this way will we be ready for the challenges and opportunities in life.
Only in this way will we...
only+狀語放在句子開頭要引起主句倒裝
Only when you grow up will you understand the importance of learning.
Only then could he thought of me.
15.Sugar is bad for your teeth and can make you gain weight.
be bad for對什么有害
be bad for 對什么有好處
be good/bad to 對某人好/不好
18.You have a bit of a fever.
a bit有點在修飾名詞時要加of
Step 4,Discussion
Work in pairs. Discuss the questions below.
1. Why do people go to fast restaurant?
2. Why is it not good for you to eat too much sugar and fat?
3. Why are crash diets and supplements so popular?
4. What can we do to keep a balanced diet?
5. Do you like green food?
6. Is it necessary to advise more people to eat green food?
Step 5. Home work
1、 Recite the new words and useful expressions in Unit 13.
2、 Finish Period 3 in Winners
教學反思：
3、 在教學設計中我注意了綠色教育思想的滲透，加強了德育教育。
4、 我沒有死板地只講語言點， 我還注意了教學剃度的自然連接。
5、 語言的重點抓得比較準，學生的知識落實較好。 討論花時間多了些， 導致同步訓練沒有落實， 只能通過回家作業來彌補。
Period 4
Teaching aims:
1.aims of knowledge:
1. Review the words learned in the last two periods.
2. Learn and master modal verbs:
had better, should, ought to
3.Ability aims:
1.How to guess the missing word according to the given sentence.
2. Let the students learn how to give advice or opinion about something, especially master how to use “should, ought to, had better and their negative forms” to give advice.
Teaching important points:
1.How to guess the missing word according to the given sentence.
2.Let the students learn how to give advice or opinion about something, especially master how to use “should, ought to, had better and their negative forms” to give advice.
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching difficult points
How to correctly use “should, ought to, had better and their negative forms” to give advice.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework.
Step 2 Grammars
First present the students the modal sentences with Modal Verbs and ask the students to make some sentences with them.
Step 3 Consolidation
(1) Finish the exercise on P5 and on P74
(2)Take out a piece of paper with the column “Ask Ss in order to make the students understand when you are giving advice it is better to use some sentences with had better (not), and ought (not) to, should (not). Then read a passage as an example and afterwards list the points you have to pay attention to when you give advice.
1.give advice that will really help the person.
2. be polite and sincere
at last get the students to finish the following practice.
Step 4 Homework
1. Finish the exercise 3 on P74 in the students’ workbook.
2. Finish Period 3 in Winners.
教學反思：
1. 這節課注意從語境出發讓學生感受情態動詞的特點：表現說話人的語氣和態度。
2. 講解部分比較詳細，實例舉得不夠全面，舊了點，應該增加一些2004年和2005年高考試卷的情態動詞部分的效果會更好。
PERIOD 5
Teaching aims;
1. Aims of knowledge:
1.Review the useful expressions learnt in this unit by making sentences with them.
2、Review how to use some Modal verbs to give advice or opinion about something.
2.Ability aims:
Let students know how to write recopies for their favourite dishes by reading “SNACKS” and two examples of recipes.
3．Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching important points:
1. How to master Modal verbs-had better, should, ought to
2. How to let the students understand the text “SNACKS” better and learn to write a recipe.
Teaching difficult point:
How to improve the students’ integrating skills.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Let some students read their reply to the letters on P74.
Step 2 Pre –reading and Reading
As we all know, people have to have food in order to live in our country, corn and wheat are the main crops in the north, while rice is the main food in the south. In western countries, bread is very important. Bread to western is just like rice to Chinese in the south. It is westerners’ most widely eaten food and is often called “the staff of life”. But in actual life, sancks are3 also very important for Chinese and foreigners. Do you often eat snacks?
Read the text on P6 and then get the students to find the main idea of it (Snacks is also important. we need to learn something about snacks and the way to prepare it.)
Step 3.Language points:
1.Even if we choose nutritious food for our main meals, we probably still need to refuel now and then.
Even if=even though，即使；盡管
2.now and then=a little now and a little then; every now and then，有時候
3.Most fruits are naturally sweet and we can eat them just the way they are
just the way thay are=in the way that they are
4.There are many recipes for simple and healthy snacks that taste great
and keep us going.
Step 4 Writing
Ask the students to work in pairs to write the recipe for their favourite dish.
We may first give the tips on P7 as a guide.
Step 5 Discussions
First ask the students to read the passage on P75 and then give the following questions as the topic for the students to talk: What is a couch potato?
What does one have to pay special attention to in order to keep healthy? (food and exercise etc.)
Step 6 Homework
1.Do a general survey in order to learn about the differences between people’s eating habits and try to find which is healthier.
1.Finish Period 4 in Winner
2.Make good preparations for the dictation of Unit 13
教學反思：這堂課上得很一般， 說不上滿意， 也說不上不滿意， 一句話缺乏閃光點。對學生的調動不夠。
Period 6-7
Step 1.Revision
Let some students read their reply to the letters
Step 2.Dictation
Have a dictation about the key sentences, new words and useful expressions in Unit 13.
Step 3.workbook
1.May I take your order, please?
take your order餐館常用語，order：叫(菜或飲料)
2.What do you recommend?
recommend:vt.1. 推薦,介紹[(+as/for)]
Can you recommend me some new books on this subject?
3.A hamburger is a dish while the others are not.
while:而，強調對比關系
4.You should avoid eating vegetables that are grown with too many chemicals.
avoid:避免，后接ing形式
5.You must pass your driving test next time you take it.
next time:連詞用法
6.There is a species of inactive people, namely the 'mouse potato.'
namely:ad. 即,那就是
Only one person can answer the question namely you.
只有一個人能回答這個問題,那就是你。
7.The best source for calories is carbohydrates.
sourcen.[C]1. (河的)源頭;水源 2. 根源;來源 3. 提供消息(或證據)者;消息(或證據)來源 4. 出處;原始資料
Do you know the source of Amazon River?
They are required to publish the sources of their campaign funds.
The news comes from a reliable source.
The library has quantities of reference sources.
8.A healthy diet should include a variety of food, most of which should be rich in nutrients.
be rich in富于...的,有很多...的The country is rich in resources.
9.Vegans do not eat or use any animal products.
product:n.[C]產品,產物;產量;出產
They came here in search of new markets for their products.
Step4.Practice:“《大贏家》第13單元綜合測試”試卷講評
教學反思：這兩節的教學反思覺得很難寫， 我覺得自己至少講解得很清楚， 能夠聯系高考從高一開始就對學生進行了高考知識和能力的訓練。 我認為這是很好的一種知識與能力的儲備， 有利于學生思維能力的發展。
Unit 14 Festivals
I. Teaching aims and demands 教學目標和要求:
1.Topics 話題
1。.Talking about festivals and customs
2.Function: 交際功能
表達和支持某意見(Expressing and supporting an opinion)
In my opinion we should... I believe we should... I don t think it s necessary to...
We must decide... I hope we can make a decision. If we do this,we can...
I think that...should...
3.Vocabulary 重點詞匯和短語
theme; parade; holy; Easter; symbol; conflict; argument; opinion; major; probably; honour; ancestor; principle; nation; purpose; creativity; faith; commercial; joy; light; similar; generation; salute; kiss; cheek; nod; celebrate; respect; gift; cycle; fool; invitation
dress up; in one s opinion; play a trick on sb; take in
4.Grammar:語法
情態動詞(2)---must, have to and have got to
1 能夠用英語表達做某事的重要性或必要性---must/have to/have got to
2 能夠用英語表達做某事不重要或不必要---don t have to/haven t got to
3 能夠用英語堅決表達某事不可接受或不可取---must not
II. Difficult points
III. Main teaching aids教具：A tape-recorder; Multimedia, projector, role cards
Ⅳ. Main teaching methods 教法：
1. The interaction between the teacher and the students, and among the students themselves; Attention to the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing; and so on.
2. Listening-and–answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.
3. Use both individual work and group or pair work to make every student work and think in class
V. Teaching procedure：
Period 1
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Step 1 Lead-in
1. First, greet Ss with the questions “How are you feeling today?” “ Do you feel happy today?”
Then, Teacher (T) can lead in the topic festival/ holiday by asking some questions such as:
When do you usually feel happy? (Ss can give different answers)
Do you feel happy when there is a festival and you have holidays?
Then which festival or holiday do you like best? And why?
1. Chinese have many festivals. How many Chinese festivals do you know? And what are they?
( the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao), Tomb Sweeping Festival (Qingming), Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang), National Day, New Year’s Day, Chinese Youth Day, Party’s Day, Army’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Tree-planting Day…)
Which is the greatest and the most important festival to our Chinese people? When do Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival? How long does the Spring Festival last? Why do Chinese people celebrate it? What is the theme of the Spring Festival? How is it celebrated?
3.Different cultures have different kinds of customs and festivals. How many foreign festivals do you know? And what are they?
( Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Ramadan, Day of the Dead (from Mexico), Bon Odori Festival/ Ghost Festival (from Japan) (盂蘭盆節), Mardi Gras, Kwanzaa…)
Step 2 Warming up
1. Show the Ss three pictures and ask them to discuss in pairs according to the following guiding questions:
Q1: Do you know the names of the festivals? (Halloween, Bon Odori, Day of the Dead)
Q2: Do you know which countries the festivals come from?
Q3: What are the people in the pictures doing? Why are they doing this?
2. Ask individual students to talk about the three festivals. The information of the festivals should include the name of the festival, when, where and how to celebrate it.
3. Which Chinese festival is similar to the three festivals? (Tomb Sweeping Festival)
Then get Ss to compare the Chinese Tomb Sweeping Festival with one of the three festivals. (Differences: time, people, place, the way of celebrating, etc. Similarity: ghost festival)
Step 3 Dialogue
Get Ss to work in pairs to make up a dialogue. One describes his/her favorite Chinese festival and the other describes his/her favorite foreign festival. Trying to compare them.
(The following form is presented for Ss to prepare.)
Festival Time Customs
When is the festival celebrated?
Who celebrates the festival?
How do people celebrate it?
Why do people celebrate it?
What are some important themes, “family” and “peace”?
How old is the festival?
Step 4 Listening
1. Pre-listening: Present three pictures about Mardi Gras, Ramadan and Easter and let Ss to guess out the names of the festivals from what they can see from the pictures.
2. While-listening: Do the three festivals one by one. For each one, Ss can listen to it twice. The first time, Ss’ task is to find correct answers to the choices in the book. The second time, Ss’ task is to check their answers and T check the correct answers with the whole class.
3. Post-listening: Get Ss to listen to each festival again. While listening, try to take notes and get more information about the festival. Then ask Ss to describe the three festivals in their own words.
Step 5 Summary
Help Ss to have a revision of the festivals learnt in this class.
T: Different histories and cultures have different kinds of festivals and customs. We should get to know they all play important parts in learning a country’s language. We should respect and show positive attitudes towards foreign festivals and customs as well as Chinese ones.
Step 6 Homework
1. Listening work: Listen to the listening material about Christmas in workbook on page 77.
2. Written work: Write a description of your favorite festival. The description should include 1) the name 2) the time 3) characteristics 4) activities, etc.
3. Finish Period 1 in Winners
4. Preview Reading for the next period.
教學反思：
1、 這節課貫徹了交際性的聽說課教學原則--交際充分。
2、 對話的表格化線索降低了學生口頭表達的難度。
3、 聽力的難度較大， 我使用了提示語來幫助學生克服困難，效果還比較好。
4、 說的部分學生的文化基礎較表達比較困難， 說明我的鋪墊做得不夠。
Period 2: Reading
Step 1 Revision
1、Check the homework exercises
2．Get Ss to work in pairs to match the festivals in Column A with the information in Column B.
Column A Column B
1.Ramada A. celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month
2.the Lantern Festival B. chocolate, bunnies, colored eggs for its symbols
3.Mardi Gras C. Muslims fast during the daylight day
4.Dragon Boat Festival D. catching “beads, doubloons and cups” thrown by parades
5.Valentine’s Day E. honoring love and lovers
6.Halloween F. eating Zongzi to honor Qu Yuan
7.Double Ninth Festival G. the time of ghosts, spirits, gravestones
8.Thanksgiving Day H. meaning clear and bright, mourning the dead
9.Easter I. offering thanks, family gatherings and meals
10.Tomb Sweeping Festival J. on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month as Senior
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Make a comparison of Chinese Spring Festival and Christian Christmas.
T: Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? (the Spring Festival) And which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in western countries? (Christmas)
Both of them are quite popular in the world. What are the differences between them?
Festival
aspects Chinese Spring Festival
Christmas
Time From the 1st day to the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month On Dec. 25
Preparation Do spring cleaning, do Spring Festival shopping (new clothes, delicious food, fireworks, New Year paintings, etc.), decorate the houses with Spring Festival couplets, paper cuts, Chinese knots… Do cleaning, do Christmas shopping (gifts, cards, sweet, cookies, etc.), decorate the houses with Christmas tree and colored lights…
Special Food New Year’s cake, dumpling ( jiaozi) , sweet dumpling (tangyuan)… Candies, cookies, pudding…
Gifts Anything (foods, fruits, clothes, drinks…) Anything (foods, fruits, drinks, desserts,Christmasdecorations)
Major Activities Have family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve, pay New Year’s visits, recreational activities (dragon dance, lion dance, stilt-walking…) Family reunion, have a big dinner on Christmas Eve…
purpose Bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year, hoping for the best and the good future. Celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
Note: The italicized words in the form above are suggested answers.
Step 3 Reading
T: Do you know there is another festival which follows Christmas Day in America. It is an important festival to African Americans. Is there any one who knows the name of the festival? SS:Kwanzaa.
1.Fast reading: Read the text on page 10 fast and try to get a general idea of Kwanzaa from the text. T can present a diagram of the information about Kwanzaa to help Ss to finish this task.
Questionnaire: When is Kwanzaa celebrated? How long does it last?
Who created the festival of Kwanzaa? (Dr Maulana Karenga) Who usually celebrates Kwanzaa? Why is it celebrated? What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?)
1. Careful reading: Get Ss to read the text carefully to get more details. After reading, Ss are asked to do True or False exercises.
1) African Americans have a long history and a rich culture, so Kwanzaa is an old festival. ( F ) (a young festival)
2) People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture. ( F ) ( to celebrate African culture)
3) The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili, one of the largest languages in Africa. ( T )
4) The African first-fruit festivals are completely different from each other. ( F ) ( to have many things in common )
5) Kwanzaa is celebrated on Christmas Day. ( F ) ( from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 )
6) Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals. ( T )
7) People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principles. ( T )
2. Dialogue.
Suppose you are the reporter of Overseas Wind Programme of Huipu Students’ Broadcasting. Now you are chosen to interview the foreign teacher John about the festival of Kwanzaa. Make up a dialogue with your partner. One acts the role of the reporter, and the other acts the role of John. The dialogue can begin like this:
Reporter (R): Good afternoon, everyone. Here is our Overseas Wind Programme. Today, we have a foreign guest in our progamme. He is our foreign teacher John. Hello, John.
John (J): Hello.
R: Welcome to our Overseas Wind Programme. Today we have a topic about the festival of Kwanzaa. So would you like to introduce Kwanzaa to us? …
J: …
Step 4 Discussion
Topic1: Do you agree festivals can help us understand our history and culture? How do they help us understand our history and culture?
Topic2: Nowadays more and more festivals have been created in my cities for various purposes, such as developing local economy, making the city well-known, etc. Our city Linhai created the Festival of the Great Wall in the South. It has been celebrated for three years. However, some Linhainese think holding such a festival causes some problems to the city. What effects does the Festival of the Great Wall in the South bring to us? Make a list
Good Effects Bad Effects
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Step 5. Homework
1. Oral Work: Read and recite the new words learnt in this class.
Read and recite some beautiful and useful sentences in the text.
2. Written Work: Suppose you are the journalist of Huipu Sunshine Magazine. You are going to write a passage about Kwanzaa.
3. Finish Period 2 in Winners
教學反思：
這節課處理得比較好的地方在于：
一、讀前通過對于圣誕節和春節的對比引入閱讀教學；
二、讀中的圖表閱讀線索分析能夠充分調動學生的積極性， 促進了學生思維能力的提高和發展。
Period 3/4 Language Study & Grammar
Step 1 Revision
Get Ss to have revision of the text The Birth of Kwanzaa. Ss are required to answer the following questions about Kwanzaa.
Q1: Who created Kwanzaa?
Q2: Is it a young or an old festival? When was it born?
Q3: When is Kwanzaa celebrated?
Q4: Who celebrate the festival of Kwanzaa?
Q5: Why is it celebrated?
Q6: What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?
Then T can ask individual Ss to give a short talk about Kwanzaa according to the questions above.
Step 2 Language points (in the text The Birth of Kwanzaa)
T: Now we have a good knowledge of Kwanzaa by reading the text. And there are some useful and important words and expressions in the text as well. It is necessary for us to learn and master them well. What useful words and expressions have you found from the text?
1. Let Ss do a word matching exercise to check whether Ss master the new words well.
1. nation A. a strong wish to succeed in doing something
2. faith B. large community of people; country
3. determination C. belief in something or someone
4. purpose D. an action meant to deceive (欺騙) someone
5. generation E. a reason for doing something
6. ancestor F. the people born at a certain time
7. peace G. a person in your family who lived a long time ago
8. trick H. quietness and calm
(suggested answers:1-B 2-C 3-A 4-E 5-F 6-G 7-H 8-D )
Then check answers to the exercises in Word Study on Page 13.
(suggested answers: theme, faith, purpose, nations, determination, joy, ancestors, birth, peace, treated)
2. Deal with the language points in the text. Get Ss to enjoy the text by listening to the tape. Ask Ss to read after the tape in low voice, and pay attention to the pronunciation, intonation and pause while listening.
1) Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.（現在分詞作后置定語，表示名詞中心詞與分詞是主動關系。）
Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival created to celebrate the culture and history of AfricanAmericans.（過去分詞作后置定語，表示名詞中心詞與分詞是被動關系。）
The dog following Mr. Wang into the room is my dog.
The man followed by a group of students is our teacher, Mr. Wang.
2) The week following Christmas Day, many African-American families get together to greet the new year and think about the past.
get together: 聚會
On New Year’s Eve we Chinese get together for a family reunion dinner
get somebody together:把…聚集起來
Every Monday morning, our school leaders get all the students together to have a meeting.
get-together n.聚集
Every year my classmates in junior middle school have a get-together.
3)…so that… 表示目的
He works hard so that he can get high marks in the exam.
…so+adj.+that 從句
He works so hard that he gets high marks in the exam.
4) in common 共同
Mr. and Mrs. Li own the store in common.
have something/nothing in common (with sth.) （與…）有共同點
I have nothing in common with my sister.
5) honour (=honor Am.E) n./v.
n. [ C ] “ 榮幸，使感到光榮的人或事”, 一般用單數形式。
To host the 29th Olympic Games is a great honour for China.
v. Every year we honour our past relatives and ancestors before a memorial in Tomb Sweeping Festival.
I felt highly honoured when the teacher spoke highly of me before classmates.
in one’s honour; in honour of something/somebody.為了紀念、尊敬某人/某事
Dragon Boat Festival is created in honour of the famous poet Quyuan.
6) as well as 與…一樣好， 不僅…而且
She cooks as well as her mother.
Christine can speak Japanese as well as English
His children as well as his well were invited to the party.
A as well as B …謂語動詞單復詞由A決定
7）nation, country, state 三者的區別
三個都有“國家”的意思，但側重點不同。
nation著重指人民、民族、國民。
The whole nation was in deep sorrow at this bad news.
country著重指疆土、國土、家園，也可指一個人的祖國或國籍所在， 還可指鄉村。e.g. The soldier fought bravely for their country.
state著重指政策、政權、政府和國家機器， 還可指組成國家的州，特別是美國。e.g. Highways in China belong to the state./ How many states are there in the United States of America.
8) purpose: with/ for the purpose of (doing) something 表目的
He went to the supermarket for the purpose of buying something to eat.
on purpose 故意地，特意地
I came here on purpose to see you .
9) faith: have/ lose faith in…對…有/失去信心
I have faith in you, you will do it well.
Keep/break faith with somebody 對…某人守/不守信用
We will not treat him as our friend as he breaks faith with us.
10) believe in … 信仰，信任，贊成
We believe in his good character.
11) light v. (lighted/ lighted; lit/ lit)
Step 4 Grammar
1. Presentation : Present a sign “No Rubbish”
Ask Ss “What can you see in the sign?” “What does the sign tell us?” “Can we throw rubbish in this place?”“Where must we throw the rubbish?” “What should we do if we cannot find a dustbin at once?”
T presents the following two sentences on the screen.
①We mustn’t throw the rubbish in the place with a sign“No Rubbish”, and we must throw the rubbish into the dustbin.
②We have to keep the rubbish in hand or in a plastic bag until we find a dustbin, if we cannot find a dustbin at once.
2. Get Ss to compare the two sentences above and explain how to use the modal verbs“must” & “have to”.
must is often used when you think that it is necessary to do something. have to is often used when someone else thinks it is necessary or there seems to be no other choice.
must is used to talk about an obligation that depends on the person speaking or listening, while have to is generally used to talk about obligations that come from “outside”.
must--subjective have to --objective
I must be back by ten every night.( I think it is necessary for me to be back by ten every night.)
I have to be back by ten every night. ( I don’t want to be back by ten every night, maybe my mother thinks it’s necessary.)
3. Tell Ss in informal English, “have got to” can be used instead of “have to”. e.g. It is getting late,
I’m afraid I have got to (=have to) go.
4. Forms in tense & Negative form
forms in tense: must, must have to, had to
negative form:
must--must not(mustn’t)(=not be allowed=be forbidden)
have to -- do not have to (don’t have to)(=needn’t)
e.g. It is a secret, you mustn’t tell others.
It is none of your business, I don't have to tell you about this.
Step 5 Practice
1. Look at the following table of greeting manners. Decide which are necessary and which are not. Make sentences using must, have to or negative forms.
Greeting manners
get off the bike when you greet someone salute
bow kiss on the cheek
nod hug
smile look into the eyes
take off your hat shake hands
Example: When you greet a friend who you know very well, you don’t have to shake hands.
If you want to make friends with someone, you have to smile more often.
2. Suppose you are spending the Spring Festival at your grandparents’ house. Complete the sentences with have got to.
1) Your school starts tomorrow, so you have got to go back today.
2) You broke your grandma’s favourite vase, so
3) Your parents went back to work three days ago, so
4) Your grandparents have give you quite a lot of money, so
5) You have done your homework all wrong, so
6) You do not know when you should go to school tomorrow, so
7) _______________________, so ______________________
8) ______________________, so________________________
Step 6 Discussion
Ask Ss to have a discussion of Dos and Don'ts at school, using the modal verbs: must & have to
Dos Don’ts
We must keep the classroom clean. We mustn’t jump the queue in thedining hall.
We have to wear school uniforms We don’t have to use credit card in the every day.
Step 7 Homework
1. Make sentences with the following expressions: get together, in common, honour (v./n.), as well as, with/for the purpose of (doing) sth., have/lose faith in …
2. Finish off the grammar exercises in Workbook
3. Collect information about Earth Day, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Day of the Dead, and April Fool’s Day.
教學反思：
1、這兩節課語言點處理得比較好， 抓住了單元的重點， 思路分析到位。另外，選用的課件設計水平很高對教學起到了很好的輔助作用。
2、這個單元的語法-情態動詞比較難處理， 我堅持從語境出發效果還可以。如果在增加幾個同步的練習，其效果會更好。
Period 5 Speaking & Integrating Skills
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a slide projector
3.a computer for multimedia use
Step 1 Lead in
In this unit, we have learnt a variety of festivals in the world, and as we know all of them celebrate different things, so their themes are quite different. What themes of the festivals do you know? ( peace, family, environment, nature, memory of great men, etc.)
Step 2 Reading (Integrating skills)
1. Get Ss to read the four festivals Earth Day, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Day of the Dead, and April Fool’s Day, and try to get information about each one as much as possible.
2. Ask Ss following questions about each festival.
(Earth Day): When is Earth Day celebrated? What does it celebrate?
What does it tell us? What could we do to celebrate Earth Day?
(Martin Luther King, Jr Day): When is Martin Luther King, Jr Day celebrated? When did it become a national holiday? What is the theme of the 2002 holiday? What do you think “A Day On, Not A Day Off!” means? Martin Luther King, Jr Day is created in honour of Martin Luther King, are there any other great men or women whose memory should be celebrated? How would you celebrate the memory of them?
(Day of the Dead):Is it an old festival? What does it come from? What’s the theme of Day of the Dead? What do people do on that day? Why do so many festivals honour our ancestor?
(April Fool’s Day): What do people do on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever heard of an April Fool’s trick? What happened? What do we call the person who is taken in?
Step 3 Speaking
Suppose our country is going to create a new holiday, and there are four choices. They are Peace Day, Happiness Day, Friendship Day, and Nature Day. What Day of the four days do you think is the best one?
Fist, get Ss to discuss in pairs.
Then, ask individual Ss to report their decision using the following structures:
I think that the new holiday should be________. On this day, ________are allowed. People will __________. The holiday will be celebrated on _________and people will celebrate by______________. I think this is the best idea because___________.
Step 4 Tasks
Task 1: Design your new favourite holiday or festival and give reasons.
Report your new holiday or festival, using the following expressions:
In my opinion, we should… I believe we should…
I don’t think it is necessary to… We must decide…
I hope we can make a decision. If we do this, we can…
Task 2: Create your own festival. Get Ss to write a short description of their created festival according to the form below.
Name of the festival: ________________________________
Date: __________________________________________
Meaning: _________________________________________
Principles: __________________________________________
How is the festival celebrated? ___________________________
What is the symbol of the festival? _______________________
Step 5 Writing
T: Now you have created your new festival, you may want your friends to join the celebration of your new festival. So you should invite your friends to attend your celebration activity. Then how will you invite your friends? Here an invitation is needed.
T can present a sample of invitation and tell Ss how to write an invitation. Information needed in an invitation should include: what, when, who, why, and where? (see tips on page14)
Sample:
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Silver,
We are having a small At-home party with a few close friends at our house on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00 o’clock.
We should be very pleased if you could honour us with your company.
Sincerely yours,
John Brown
Step 6. 書信文體的寫作特點：
1、 分三段寫：第一段說明寫信的目的； 第二段回復對方的要求； 第三段、要求與問候。
2、 以第一或第二人稱為主， 以現在時態為主；
Step 7.Practice
Write a letter to your favourite star.
Step 8.Homework
1. Writing: Use the information about the festival you have created to write an invitation. Your invitation letter should explain your festival and tell the guest how it will be celebrated.
2. Make good preparations for the dictation of Unit 14
3.Finish Period 4 in Winners
教學反思：
1、這節課以說帶動寫。通過充分的交際， 先讓學生積累必要的語言素材， 同時為后面的作文的處理創造良好的條件。這一點今后要堅持。
2、作文的講解， 我先介紹課本的范文， 再介紹書信類贖買內表達的特征，最后布置當堂寫作訓練和講評。
3回家作業量適宜，再布置一個寫作練習作為課堂寫作訓練的延續。
Period 6
Step 1. Revision
Check the homework exercises
Step 2.Composition Correcting
常見錯誤:
1. 句子結構混亂， 體現在狀態與動作混淆；
2. 書信格式錯誤；
3. 句子中的關鍵詞選用不當；
4. 語法錯誤和邏輯錯誤；
Step 3 Integrating skills
After fast reading, do the following True-or-False exercises.
1. Our body doesn’t need to refuel if we choose nutritious food for our main meals.
2. Good snacks should come from different food groups and should not have too much fat or sugar.
3. Fruits and vegetables don’t give us any vitamins.
4. Most fruits need cooking.
5. Fruits and vegetables are the only healthy snacks.參考答案：1. F 2.T 3.F 4.F 5F
Step 3 Listening to the Passage
Step 4 Reading comprehension
1.After fast reading, discuss these questions with your partner.
2.We can do a lot of things or organize some activities that improve or protect the environment, for example cleaning up the school yard, picking up trash, planting trees etc.There are several similar festivals or days in China that are devoted to the environment and helping people in the community, e.g. tree-planting day and Lei-Feng Day Have a short discussion.
3.To have “a day off” means to stay at home from work for a day, usually to relax. A “day on” means that although an American doesn’t work that day, they should do something serious to honour the man for whom the holiday is given.It is not a time for us to rest, but a time to think about and do something important and great.
Give the students some explanations when necessary.
Step 5 Writing
Sample festival creations:
Name of the festival Space Flight day
Date October 15th
Meaning Remembering the unforgettable day when the first manned space flight was successfully made
Principles Creativity collective work unity love
How is the festival celebrated Making model spaceship
The symbol Wearing clothes with five stars
Name of the festival Grandparent’s Day
Date April 15
Meaning To honour the hard work and caring
Principles Respect dignity
How is it celebrated? Children vist or call their grandparents
The symbol The Chinese character for long life
Step 6.總結擴展
Step 6 Necessary language points
Today we ve done some listening and speaking, and learn how to give advice and some everyday English used between doctors and patients.
3. Integrating skills
1.It is the reminder that we need to care about the world we live in.
reminder [用法]n.[C]1. 提醒者,提醒物,令人回憶的東西
2. 提示,幫助記憶的記號
2.The festival honours both the living and the dead.
the living and the dead [用法]the+形容詞表示一類
3.It is not a sad day, but rather a time to celebrate the cycle of life.
cycle:n.[C]1. 周期;循環;一轉 2. 整個系列;整個過程 3. 腳踏車;摩托車
vi./vt. (使)循環,輪轉 vi. 騎腳踏車(或摩托車)
[舉例]The seasons of the year make a cycle. 一年四季構成一個循環。
I cycled to the beach. 我騎車去海灘。
4.Our friends play tricks on us and try to fool us.
trick [用法]n. 1. 詭計;騙局;謀略;花招 2. 惡作劇 3.戲法,把戲;特技,妙計
vt./vi.1. 哄騙
[舉例]He got into the castle by a trick. 他耍了個花招混進了城堡。
Daily practice is the trick in learning a foreign language.
每天練習是學會一門外語的訣竅。
No one understood how I did the card trick.
誰也沒有看出來我是怎樣玩紙牌戲法的。
5.If a person is taken in, he or she is called April Fool .
take in [用法]1. 讓...進入;接受 2. （此處）欺騙
Step 7 Homework
1、 Finish Winners Period4Unit 14
2、Make good preparations fot the dictation of Unit 14
教學反思：這節課以聽帶動泛讀是一種新的教學嘗試,效果還可以,至少學生的學習積極性比較高。
高一第十五單元The Nechlace
I. Teaching aims and demands 教學目標和要求:
1.Topics 話題
1.Talking about drama and theatre
2.Talking about the play The Necklace
2.Function: 交際功能 征求許可(Ask for permission)
Could we/I...? May/Can I...? Shall we...? Is it possible...? Do you mind...?
討論可能(Talk about possibilities)
It can t be... It could... He might... They must...
3.Vocabulary 重點詞匯和短語
dormitory; recognise; surely; diamond; explain; ball; jewellery; franc; continue; lovely; debt; precious; positive; attend; earn; lecture; silly; mosquito; bat; besides; outline; plot; quality
call on; bring back; day and night; pay off; at most; act out
4.Grammar:語法
情態動詞(3)---must, can/could, may/might
1 能夠用英語有把握地猜測某人或某事物現在的情況---must/can t
2 能夠用英語不十分有把握地猜測某人或某事物現在的情況---can/may/could/might
II. Difficult points
III. Main teaching aids教具：A tape-recorder; Multimedia, projector, role cards
Ⅳ. Main teaching methods 教法：
1. The interaction between the teacher and the students, and among the students themselves; Attention to the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing; and so on.
2. Listening-and–answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.
3. Use both individual work and group or pair work to make every student work and think in class
Period 1
Ⅰ.Teaching Goals:
1.Talk about drama and theatre.
2.Use the modal verbs:must,can/could,may/might
(1)ask for permission;(2)ask about possibilities
3.Write and act a simple play.
Ⅱ.Teaching Time:
Five periods
Ⅲ.Background Information：
1.About the Author
Guy de Maupassant,the well-known French shortstory writer and novelist,was born on August 5,1850.When he was young,he had a great interest in literature.He practised writing literary works under the guidance of the famous novelist Flaubert.And Balzac was another teacher of his.So he wrote in the tradition of 19th century French realism,and became one of the most famous French critical realists of the late 19th century.
Maupassant's stories were built around the everyday life of the simple humble people.He had a fine use of irony.His style was direct and simple,with attention to realistic details.He saw clearly the toil,sufferings and the bitterly ironic happenings in human lives.At his best,he was able to put into a few pages a life story which would take other writers a whole volume to describe.
Most of Maupassant's works are about the peasant life in Normandy,the France-Prussian War and the life of the petty bourgeoisie.As he had held a number of government positions in Parice since 1871,he became familiar with the life of the government workers.And this experience helped him create his best short story“The Diamond Necklace”,from which our present text is adapted.Almost a hundred years after its first publication the story still touches the readers deeply to their hearts.
Maupassant suffered a great deal from illness in his late life.Yet he struggled to continue writing with tremendous will power.He had but a short life,and died at the age of 43(on July 6,1893).
2.About the Text
This short play is a stage version of The Necklace,one of Maupassant's best-known short stories.It tells about a vain woman,wife of a small clerk,who borrowed a diamond necklace to go to the palace ball.But unfortunately she lost the necklace.Then she and her husband had to work ten long years to pay for it.
The heroine was named Mathilde,who used to be a pretty girl.Being born in a clerk's family,she had no hope of marrying a man of wealth and position.So she let herself be married to Pierre Loisel,a small clerk in a government office.They were not rich and lived a simple life.
One evening her husband brought home an invitation for the palace ball.It was the first time in their lives that they had been invited to an important occasion like this.But the wife did not feel happy at all,because she had no dress for the ball.As the ball was very important to Pierre,he decided to buy her a new dress,which cost about four hundred francs.That was all he had saved.But Mathilde had no jewellery and she didn't want to go to the palace without jewelley.Her husband suggested that she should go and borrow some jewellery from a rich friend of hers,Jeanne Forrestier.Jeanne was very kind and friendly.She brought out her jewelry for Mathilde to choose from.Mathilde borrowed a diamond necklace.
Mathilde was the prettiest woman that night at the palace.She was a great success.All the men wished to dance with her.She danced madly,forgetting herself,her husband,her home and all.
On the way home Mathilde found that the necklace was gone.She and her husband returned to the palace and looked for it in every room but couldn't find it,and they never saw it again.They had to borrow thirty-six thousand francs,buy a diamond necklace exactly like the one they had lost and return it to Jeanne.Then they worked hard for ten years to pay for the money.
At the end of ten hard years,Mathilde had changed a great deal and looked so old that Jeanne couldn't recognize her when they met in a park one day.When Jeanne heard Mathilde's story,she was amazed.She told Mathilde that the necklace she had lent her ten years before was made of glass.It was worth five hundred francs at the most.
IV.Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a slide projector
3.a computer for multimedia use
Period 2
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the following words:
footprint shoeprint fingerprint tire mystery mysterious scary dormitory
2.Do some listening.
3.Do some speaking by acting out some short plays.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Do listening and speaking practice.
2.Improve the students' listening ability.
3.Improve the students speaking ability by acting out some short plays in English.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.How to finish the task of speaking.
2.How to make up short plays.
Teaching Methods:
1.Warming up to arouse the students' interest in creating good stories.
2.Listening-and-choosing activity to help the students go through with the listening material and understand it.
3.Making and acting out simple plays to practise the students' speaking ability.
4.Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a slide projector
3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ. Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step Ⅱ. Lead-in
T:Have you read thrilling and exciting stories?
S1:Yes,I've read one.It is Huckleberry Finn.It was written by Mark Twain.It tells us something about a boy who met with much danger and trouble.
T:Have you seen the soul-stirring film?
S2:Yes.I have seen the film“Titanic”.It tells us that the largest and finest ship at that time sank because it hit an iceberg.It is terrible to see the ship sink under the sea.
T:I think most of you have seen the film.It is really a good and soul-stirring film.It won its Oscar.It is well worth seeing.OK.Which of you had adventurous experience?
S3:I had one.
T:Would you like to tell us your experience?
S3:I'd love to.One afternoon when I went home after school,I found our door open.Suddenly I felt something happen.It was a thief who broke into my house.I was about to leave for help when the thief saw me,He tied me to a chair and took away our money and some valuable things.It took me an hour to untie the rope and call the police.
T:What an advanture experience!Sometimes,all of us are likely to be in trouble.What should we do when we get into trouble?Now we'll have a discussion in pairs.Begin,please.
(After two minutes,teacher collects some advice from the students and shows them on the screen.)
Dos
Find a good chance to get rid of dangerous situation
Call 110 for help.
Ask neighbours for help.
Use your clever head to defeat the other.
Don'ts
Don't enter the dangerous situation.
Don't fight with him,for you are weak.
…
T:Your advice is very good.
Step Ⅲ. Warming up
T:Today a foreign senior boy and a Chinese senior girl are travelling on a small island.They have adventurous experience.Now open your books and look at the pictures in Unit 15.Make up a story about something happening to the boy and the girl.Prepare it in four groups.
(Teacher gives students enough time to prepare it.Then ask one group to read the story.)
T:(After some minutes.)Are you ready?Now I'll ask one group to read the story to the whole class.Which group will try?
Group 2:A foreign senior boy and a Chinese senior girl were travelling on a small island when they met an old wise man with long beard.They talked with the man,who had a map in his hand.He told them there were valuables in a certain castle according to the map.So the boy and the girl came to a secret chambers in a mysterious castle on the island and they found a box full of jewellery.They were very excited.And they were thinking about what to do when a huge monster appeared.The monster was angry with them and began to run after them.They were frightened and ran quickly.But the monster went on running after them and they couldn't get away from the monster.At that time the wise old man suddenly appeared before them and helped them leave the dangerous situation.At last he told them that everyone liked treasures.But only when we worked hard by hand to get treature could we own them.
T:Thank you for your story.
Step Ⅳ. Listening
T:Now let'