Unit 4 Friends Forever Continuation Writing 读后续写新课讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit4 Friends Forever Continuation Writing Teaching goals: I. Knowledge: Read to get the main idea of the reading material, including not just the theme but the beginning, building up, conflict, resolution, and ending of a story. II. Abilities: Reading comprehension, thinging, creativity and writing. Passing love on. Important points: Comprehend the material, underlining the expressions to show the characters’ conversation, action, feeling and expression as well as the background, start, development, climax, resolution and ending of the story. Difficult points: Connect the first sentence of each continued paragraph with the reading material given reasonably and logically. Teaching methods: Expanation, reading, discussion, practice and estimation. Teaching process Step I. Lead in Brainstorming: 1. In terms of friends, what adjectives can be used to introduce one? friendly, Kind, enthusiastic, generous, faithful, loyal, helpful... 2. What can one do for his or her friend(s)? lend a hand, do a favor, keep one’s promise, keep one’s word, comfort, accompany, keep one company, support... Step II. Pesentation Show the students’ continued stories of the excerpts of “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry (P58-60), based on the note from Jimmy to Bob. Project two or three stories to the class. One version (completing the blanks as an example) Both Bob and Jimmy kept their words, But unfotunately, Jimmy realised that Bob must have broken the law because Bob was the man wanted in Chicago. He was unable to arrest his formaer friend in person who just came to meet him as promised. Instead, he just asked one of his fellow polceman in plain clothes to arrest Bob. Bob was put in prison/jail. Further thinking What can you guess would happen in anther twenty years, when Bob and Jimmy were 58 and 60? (What would their life be like then?) The students talk about their own thoughts in groups before getting one or two groups to show their opinions to the rest. Step III. Readi