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《英语》(选择性必修·第四册)
Unit 1 Honesty and responsibility
Reading (I)
I. Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. understand the story by getting the plot and some detailed information;
2. know some basic information about O. Henry and appreciate the surprising ending;
3. think creatively and come up with their own ending of the story;
4. have a better understanding of honesty and responsibility.
II. Key competence focus
1. Figure out the plot of the story.
2. Have a better understanding of honesty and responsibility.
III. Predicted area of difficulty
Think creatively and come up with their own ending of the story.
IV. Learning procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
If you are an honest and responsible monitor, but you see your best friend cheat in the exam, will you tell the teacher truth?
Step 2 Fast reading
1. Find the setting and characters of the story.
Setting
Characters
2. Please arrange the following sentences in the correct order.
( ) Jimmy was on the beat before 10 p.m.
( ) Bob suspected the thrid man was not Jimmy.
( ) Bob was arrested by a plain-clothes man.
( ) Bob didn’t recognize Jimmy and chatted with him
( ) Bob knew the truth by the note of Jimmy.
Step 3 Careful reading
(1) Why did Bob stand in the doorway of a store to wait for his friend?
(2) Why had Bob left New York twenty years before?
(3) What time did the man in the long overcoat meet Bob?
(4) How did Bob realize that the man in the long overcoat was not Jimmy?
(5) When did Jimmy know Bob was the criminal wanted in Chicago?
Step 4 Critical thinking
Read the note from the ending and answer the question:
Why couldn’t Jimmy arrest Bob himself ?
Step 5 Continuation after reading
Supposing the story did not end here, what would happen next? Please write it down with your partner.
“Could I speak to Jimm