摘要:
该高中英语课件围绕欧·亨利《二十年后》,以“故事要素—人物分析—结局预测—友谊主题”为核心,通过导入欧·亨利“意外结局”与普通人生活特点,读前观察图片预测情节,读中梳理20年前承诺与后续发展,读后先小组讨论预测结局再对比原文,构建“预测-验证-深化”学习支架,衔接故事要素运用与主题探究。
其亮点在于任务链设计层层递进,如小组讨论预测结局(15分钟)结合故事要素提出合理假设,锻炼逻辑推理与创新思维(思维品质);对比原文结局分析Bob与Jimmy性格差异,用细节支撑描述提升语言表达准确性(语言能力)。融入文学特色分析与自评表,作业含视频资源。学生提升文本解读与批判性思维,教师获清晰流程与评价工具,便于教学实施。
内容正文:
Developing ideas
Unit 4 Friends Forever
At the end of the class, we’ll be able to:
tell the story with the help of three key elements;
analyze the personalities of characters and make comments;
think of a possible and reasonable ending to the story;
figure out the core meanings of true friendship.
Learning Objectives
2
Read the introduction on P58.
The features of O. Henry’s stories?
1. surprise endings;
2. the everyday life of ordinary people
Lead-in
Activity 1 Observe and describe (2 mins, together)
Look at the picture and guess what happened in the story.
After Twenty Years
Pre-reading
What are the elements of a novel story?
characters, settings, plots, 4 “WH-”
Who?
Where?
When?
What?
What happened 20 years ago?(para.1)
the man:
Jimmy:
Dined together
Different choices
Made a promise
Wish
started for the West to make his fortune
stay in New York
What 's their promise?
They promised they would meet again exactly twenty years from that date and time.
What happened later?(para.3)
Have they kept in touch for 20 years?
What was the man doing over the past 20 years ?
Activity 4 Group discussion (15 mins, GW)
Work in groups of 4 and predict a possible and reasonable ending for the story.
Did Jimmy finally come to meet his friends?
What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?
What might happen between the policeman and the man?
Post-reading
Read the original ending and answer the questions:
Did Jimmy come?
Who was Bob? What is special about his identity?
What was Jimmy’s job?
Did Bob know whether Jimmy came?
Activity 5 Think and share (10 mins, IW+GW)
Post-reading
Are you surprised? And why?
Do you think Jimmy made a right choice? Why?
Bob personality
start for the West to make my fortune;
kept hustling around over it...
came a thousand miles to stand in this door;
the man wanted in Chicago
ambitious, adventurous, hardworking
cherish friendship, innocent and honest
dangerous
Jimmy personality
couldn't drag Jimmy out of New York;...it was the only place in the world.
finest chap in the world; always the truest, staunchest chap; he will never forget.
couldn't arrest Bob himself; got a plain clothes man to arrest.
conservative, stubborn
reliable; cherish friendship
righteous, devoted to his work, smart
Activity 6 Conclude (4 mins, together)
Conclude what we learn about friendship from this story.
key words: mistakes, something wrong; promise
Post-reading
Is Jimmy a qualified friend? If you were Jimmy, what would you do?
What can we learn from the story?
Assignment
Read a given ending on P62 of what happened after Bob was released from jail, and answer:
1. Was it surprised to you?
2. Do you like this ending?
【【短片】欧亨利 - 二十年后(中文字幕)】https://mbd.baidu.com/newspage/data/videoshare?nid=sv_826975200731839523&source=search&tpl=search
Self-evaluation
At the end of the class, can we:
tell the story with the help of three key elements?——activity 3
analyze the personalities of characters and make comments?——activity 4
write a possible and reasonable ending to the passage?
——activity 5
4. figure out the core meanings of true friendship?
——activity 6, 7
Rate yourself from 1-3
3: excellent
2: good, but can be better
1: needs after-class review&reflection
15
Thank You!
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