Unit 8 Literature Lesson 1 The last leaf 语言点课件-2023-2024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 ----By O. Henry Miss Wang Reading Class 1 WordStorming hunt for unseen adj. place v. barely adv. adj.空白的 raise one’s spitit claim v. 坚持下去 disbelief n. curtain n. crime n. vi.盯着 icy adj. count vt. adv.倒着 nonsense n. masterpiece n. foolish adj. remaining adj. leaf n. slip v. light v. Leading-in Look and guess Which novel can you think of？ Who is the author? The Gift of Magi Activate and Share 1 How much do you know about O. Henry? Find some background information about him. 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. surprising endings b. humorous starts c. sad endings √ √ √ “ O.Henry-end” “The Last Leaf ” is one of O. Henry’s most famous short stories. Read the story quickly and then filling the forms. The last leaf Who When Where Setting What Johnsy Behrman in _________ November in Village Pneumonia arrived and spread Pneumonia Greenwich _________ Fast-reading _______→a patient Sue →a painter Doctor This article is a novel written by O Henry, so we must kown elements of the novel, such as what is the main character of the novel, when and where the story takes place, what is the background of the story, and how the story develops Next I will play an audio, please quickly scan the whole article, at the same time, be sure to grasp the key information to solve the problem 大家一起讲答案 So how does the story go? We may not be able to answer that question right now. So let's get more details. We need to read the article closely to get the general plot 6 1. By doing what, who solved the problem? 2. Was the problem solved? What happened to the main characters? Read and Explore Read the story quickly and answer the questions. Yes, Johnsy was alive after she saw the last leaf. Mr Behrman dies of pneumonia because he painted an