Unit 8 Literature Lesson 1 The last leaf 导学案-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大新版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit8 lesson1学案 1.重点单词&短语： 2.作者介绍： O. Henry whose original name is William Sidney Porter, American short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular the life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on a character through humor, grim or ironic(严峻或讽刺）, and often had surprise endings, a device that became identified with his name and cost him critical favor when its vogue had passed. 3.Text structure: 4.Timeline 5.Think and share ① What do you think Sue’s comment “it’s Behrman’s masterpiece” means? _________________________________________________________________ ② What do you think the story is trying to express? ___________________________________________________________________ ③ Does the ending of the story surprise you? If yes, how? What do you think of such an ending? ____________________________________________________________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$