Module 4 A taste of literature Unit 8 课件 2025-2026学年沪教牛津版（2012）英语九年级上册

Surprise endings Unit 8 More practice 1. Know more about O.Henry's short stories and understand the important meaning of surprise endings to the works. 了解欧•亨利的作品并且理解意外的结局对于作品的重要意义。 2. Develop the habit of reading British and American literature (文学). 培养阅读英美文学经典的习惯。 3. Try to introduce and feel the spirit of literary works in various ways. 使用ai 工具等，多形式介绍作品，人物和精神内核 Let's read the fiction (小说) and see what happened. 图片来源于网络 p125 Read for structure What is the text type of the passage? A.a novel B.a drama C.a short story D.a poster Where When What Elements (要素) Read for structure At the studio，in a house In November Johnsy became very ill and the only chance for her was to Who Read for plots What is the correct order of the story? a. Sue found Mr Behrman and told him what happened. b. Johnsy was out of danger. c. Johnsy looked out of the window and counted the leaves. d. Johnsy was ill. e. Mr Behrman died. A. d-c-a-b-e B. d-a-c-e-b C. c-d-a-b-e D. a-c-d-b-e para.8 para.13 para.3 para.1 para.15 Read for plots opening rising action 1st. climax 2nd. climax falling action Johnsy was out of danger. The plot of "The last leaf". The leaves fell one by one. Johnsy became very ill. The last leaf fell and Johnsy would die. Mr Behrman died. A cold rain was falling. Read for plots Read for thinking What changed Johnsy？ 1.The fact that the leaf holds on and survives makes her believe that she is not going to die. 2.Behrman's vivid painting that keeps the last leaf forever. 3.Help and care from friends. What does the leaf symbolize？ What do you think of the ending of the story? Here are the tasks for your child to choose from: Group 1: Write about the changes in the character's mood and mindset. Group 2: Write a three-line poem for the mentioned character. Group 3: Act out or perform this story. Group 4: Use AI tools to create a comic strip / story poster. Group 5: Use AI tools to generate a video of this story. Check out the options below. Post reading Who "painted the leaf" for you in your life? Or have you ever "painted the leaf" for others? In real life Homework Super good ：recommend O.Henry to your friends. Very good: retell the plot of the text. Good: choose three sentences in the text and share. 2021 Blues 153288.0 2021 Blues 153288.0 $