Unit8-surprise-endings-Period-6.doc

Period 6
教学内容
More practice (p.125), Culture corner (p.126), Project (pp.127-128)
教学目标
语言知识
了解单词ivy, vine, earn, upstairs, icy和短语(be) out of danger。
语言技能
1. 通过补充阅读，进一步了解欧·亨利的作品。
2. 能够理解意外的结局对作品的重要意义。
文化意识
培养阅读英美文学经典的习惯。
情感态度
1. 体会人与人之间真诚互助的感情，感悟“希望”对于生活的意义，培养积极面对苦难的精神。
2. 通过小组分工合作完成课题，培养团队合作精神。
教学重点
理解故事内容，体会故事的“意外的结局”和小说的主旨。
教学难点
能够理解意外的结局对作品的重要意义。

教学过程

教学过程

Step 1 学习More practice板块的内容。
1. 学生阅读补充阅读篇章，然后回答下列问题。学生了解单词ivy,
vine, earn, upstairs, icy和短语(be) out of danger。
● Where was Sue and Johnsy’s studio? (At the top of a house.)
● When did Johnsy become very ill? (In November.)
● What was Johnsy’s only chance? (Her only chance was for her to
want to live.)
● What was Johnsy’s only hope? (To see the last leaf fall.)
● Did the last leaf fall that night? (Yes, it did.)
● Who painted the leaf on the wall? (Mr Behrman.)
● What happened to Mr Behrman at last? (He died.)
2. 学生阅读补充阅读篇章，然后完成练习A，理解故事的内容。
3. 学生再次阅读篇章的结尾，讨论并回答下列问题。
● What do you think of Mr Behrman?
● If we meet with difficulty, what should we do?
4. 学生讨论练习B的问题。教师邀请部分学生上台和全班分享自
己所知道的这类故事。

Step 2 学习Culture corner板块的内容。
1. 教师展示白象的图片，引出Culture corner 板块的主题White
elephants。
2. 学生阅读Culture corner板块的图文，然后回答下列问题。
● In which country were white elephants thought to be a gift from
the gods? (Ancient Thailand.)
● What did white elephants stand for? (They stood for peace and
wealth.)
● White elephants could work for people, couldn’t they? (No, they
couldn’t.)
● What would the king do if he didn’t like a person? (He would
give him a white elephant.)
● What did the king do so? (Because taking care of a white
elephant cost a lot of money.)
● What does “a white elephant” mean today? (It means something
which costs us a lot of money and which we do not want or which
is useless.)
3. 学生分组讨论以下问题。
● Have you ever received a white elephant?
● What was it and what was wrong with it?

Step 3 完成Project板块的任务，选择一则英语短篇小说，并为这则短篇小说制作一份宣传海报。
1. 学生阅读第127页的引言和A部分的内容。教师告诉学生：可以从本模块所学的六个故事中选择一个，或选择自己喜欢的一则英语短篇小说，并为这则短篇小说制作一份宣传海报，参加“阅读周”的展示活动。
2. 学生以小组为单位，根据B部分的要求，撰写故事的梗概，并配上插图。

Step 4 完成Self-assessment板块关于单元学习情况的自我评价。
回家作业
1. 根据Project板块C部分的提示，查找有关作者的生平、所选故事的特征及重要性等方面的材料，然后通过小组合作制作宣传海报。
2. 选择性完成《练习册》第125至128页Integration的练习。