Unit 4 Exploring literature Reading 课件 2024-2025学年高中英语译林版(2020) 必修第二册

Introduce myself. I love running and reading books. My favorite books are Lead- in What kinds of books do you like ? Why？ Novels, poetry, autography… are all literature. Predict what the passage is about Predicting The wonder of literature William J. Long an American writer Divided the passage into three parts and get the main idea of each part. Part 1 _______ Paragraphs 1-2 Introduction (the story of a little child and the man to lead to the topic) Part 2 ______ Part 3 _______ Summary: What is__________? ________________ Three qualities of literature literature Paragraphs 3-5 Globing reading Paragraph 6 Read paragraph 1 and answer three questions 1.What did the child find when he and his father were walking on the beach? He found a shell. 2. What did he hear ? He heard strange, low, musical sounds. 3. How did his father explain what he heard? He explained that the child heard nothing strange, and that the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears. Careful reading unnoticed sounds strange low musical sounds a shell with wonder / amazing too faint How can we enjoy the wonder of literature ? In order to enjoy and understand this new world， we need to _____ literature, and ______________ to explain it. The first step to enjoy and understand is to determine its significant _______. Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks Careful reading make an effort qualities love Read Paras 3-5 to finish the chart Qualities of literature (4)______________ Its permanence (3)_________________ __________________ _____________________ (2)__________________ _____________________ Its description of truth and beauty Its appeal to our feelings and imagination Universal interest Personal style Careful reading Read paragraphs 3 ,4 and 5 and underline the examples and tell us how you understand them. The examples? Yesterday’s flowers am I. Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. —Albert Camus The examples? “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?” Who was Helen? How do you understand the example? Appreciating and discussion Post reading What qualities do the classics have ? Discuss in groups of four and then choose one to present here the description of truth and beauty … the appeal to our feelings and imagination its permanence Qualities Can you share other qualities of literature? Post reading Post reading There are many popular sayings about reading literature wonder of literature unnoticed literature Books are the ladder of human progress. --- Gorky Reading is like one’s breathing, even if one doesn’t like it --- Harbor Li To kill a mockingbird. Discuss in groups to talk about your favorite work of literature by the three qualities. My favorite work of literature (name): ________________ The reason I like it: ________________ Three qualities: Its description of truth and beauty: (one example / one sentence / sentences in the book ) _______________________________ Its appeal to our feelings and imagination: (one example / one sentence/ sentences in the book ) __________________________________ Its permanence: (one example / one sentence / sentences in the book) __________________________________ Post reading Assignment 1. Search for more information about literature on the internet. 2.Write a short paragraph to introduce your favorite book by the three qualities of literature in the text. THANK YOU $$