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SB1U2 Onwards and upwards
Period 2 Understanding ideas
Lead in:
Have you seen these classics of the world literature?
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1 ____________ has the same birthday as her most famous character: 31 July.
2 ____________ may have written and hidden several unpublished works.
3 ____________ had to pay to have her poetry published.
Clue 1
Emily Brontë’s Bill(账单)
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Publication of Poetry £x,xxx
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Medicine £x,xx
Clue 2
Date of Birth
Date of Birth
J.K.Rowling
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1965.7.31
Harry Potter
1980.7.31
Clue 3
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Find out their names
according to the 3 clues(线索)
1 ____________ has the same birthday as her most famous character: 31 July.
2 ____________ may have written and hidden several unpublished works.
3 ____________ had to pay to have her poetry published.
J.K. Rowling
J.D. Salinger
Emily Brontë
Understanding ideas
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1. In what situation will we hear the sentence?
2. What does the sentence stand for?
Prediction
Divide the whole passage into parts and get the main idea of each part.
Part 1: Para( ) _______________________________________________
Part 2: Para( ) _______________________________________________
Part 3: Para( ) _______________________________________________
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A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Three writers’ experiences of getting rejected.
Perseverance is the key to success.
Introduction
Examples
Conclusion
Detailed reading:
Read para 2 carefully and answer the question.
1. What problems did J.K. Rowling overcome?
She spent years surviving on little money and her first book received criticism from publishers and was rejected twelve times.
2. How did she react when J.K.Rowling received her first rejection letter? How about the eventual outcome?
She stuck the first rejection letter on the kitchen wall and continued to write her novel all her time. Harry Potter becam