Unit 8 Literature Lesson 1 The Last Leaf 阅读课件 2022-2023学年高中英语北师大新版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 8 Literature Lesson 1 The Last Leaf Have a guess: guess who he is based on these clues. One of the world’s three great masters of short stories Main work: The Gift of Magi The Last Leaf The Cop and the Anthem be called Prose Laureate of Manhattan and Father of short stories Activate and Share How much do you know about O. Henry? Find some background information about him. Search online if necessary. 1. Where was O. Henry from? a. UK b. France c. USA 2. As a writer, he was most famous for _______. a. novels b. short stories c. poems 3. He started the writing style of _______. a.surprise endings b. humorous starts c. sad endings Read and Explore 1.What is really Pneumonia? A.An art person. B.A disease. C.A patient. D.A village. 2.According to the doctor,what can be helpful to contribute to Johnsy’s recovery? A.Good medicine. B.Her own hopeful thoughts. C.A nice drawing. D.The last ivy leaf. Task 1 Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. Read and Explore 3.Hearing what Sue said about Johnsy, Behrman thought ___________.  A.Johnsy was too sick to cure B.the last leaf couldn’t fall C.he would do something helpful D.he could help Sue paint a masterpiece 4.What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.Mr Behrman managed to prevent the last leaf from falling. B.Before Sue visited Mr Behrman he had been ill badly. C.Mr Behrman had a large quantity of masterpieces. D.Mr Behrman saved Johnsy by painting the last leaf. Task 2 Read the whole passage and complete the table. The background of the story (para.1-2) ·Time:in ①__________ ·Place:Greenwich Village (The art people came together) ·Character:Sue and Johnsy having their ②__________ ·Setting: Johnsy was affected with Pneumonia. Johnsy is dying (Para.3-6) ·The doctor claimed that Johnsy had only 10% chance to live. Thinking ③______________ thought about the future and living may be helpful. ·Sue drew in Johnsy’s room and attempted to ④____________________. Johnsy counted backwards the left leaves