Unit 4 The wonder of literature Reading课件-2025-2026学年高一英语译林版必修第二册

Unit 4 The wonder of literature 参赛教师：刘文彬 译林版英语高一必修二 2026年祁阳市优质教学资源评选活动 1 Unit4 Reading The wonder of literature Read the descriptions about a book. Tell me the name of the book. Lead-in: a guessing game Both his parents were killed by an evil wizard. He has a scar on his forehead. He made great friends in a magic school Its theme is about friendship and bravery. Guessing Game 1 There are four people traveling to the West for Buddhist scriptures. They beat monsters and overcome difficulties all the way. Their hard work finally pays off. Guessing Game 2 Guessing Game 3 It describes the rise and fall of four families. It is a tragedy(悲剧). It vividly reflects the life in Qing dynasty. interesting attractive inspiring arouse readers’ imagination. be popular throughout history Qualities What qualities do you think a great work of literature should have? Para.3 Para. 1 Para.2 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 What’s the main idea of this passage? The passage is mainly about the ______________ of literature. wonder/qualities Read for main idea of each paragraph Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 Introduction The description of truth and beauty Permanence of literature To enjoy and understand literature Summary The appeal to our feelings and imagination Part 3: Summary Part 2: Three significant qualities Part 1: Introduction to the topic (by the story of a child and a man) Divide it into______ parts 3 Read for structure Para. 1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Para. 1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 argumentation（议论文） Para.1 : Watch a video Para.1: Retell the story A child and a man ______________________________________. The child found__________ and held it to his ear. He heard ________________________________ which seemed to be from another world. He was amazed by ______________________________________. The man_____________that the child heard nothing strange and that the shell caught a range of sounds ________________________________. were walking on the beach a shell strange,low,musical sounds the unnoticed music of the old explained too faint for human ears What’s the function of the story? How is the story of the child and the man related to the topic of literature? Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature. A reader and a wise man ____________________________. The reader found__________ and held it to his eyes. He read ________________________which seemed to be from another world. He was amazed by __________________________. The wise man______________that the reader read nothing strange and that the book caught a range of words _______________________. were walking in a bookstore a book strange,difficult words the unnoticed words of the old explained too faint for human eyes Para. 2: Read and think 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 Para 3-5 : Finish the chart The first quality of literature is its description of truth and beauty. Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds. A hundred men may pass a field and see only dead grass; but a poet stops, looks deeper, sees truth and beauty, and writes, “Yesterday’s flowers am I.” One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before. Point Explanation Example Para 3 : Read for the structure Yesterday’s flowers am I Why does the author give the example of a poet? A. To ask us to care the truth and beauty of literature. B. To ask us to read more poems written by the poet. C. To stop to look at the dead grass and write poems. D. To stop to talk with a sensitive human soul. The examples? Is para. 4 an PEE structure? The second quality of literature is its appeal to our feelings and imagination. Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says. When Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus asks in the presence of Helen, “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?” he opens a door through which our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism. Point Explanation Example （2021天津卷）Things are connected. Let your expertise（专长） in one field fuel（燃烧） your passions in all related areas. Some of your interests may not appear to be connected but, once you explore their depths, you discover that they are. My editor Toni, who is also a writer, has edited（编辑） several history books. She has decided to study Chinese history. Fascinated（着迷） by the structural beauty of the Forbidden City as a painter, she is equally interested to learn more about Chinese philosophy（哲学）. “I don’t know where it will lead, but I’m excited I’m on this pursuit（追求）.” What does the author intend to show with the example of Toni? A. Passion alone does not ensure a person’s success. B. In-depth exploration makes discoveries possible. C. Everyone has a chance to succeed in their pursuit. D. Seemingly unrelated interests are in a way connected. 单击此处编辑母版文本样式 第二级 第三级 第四级 第五级 （2021天津卷）Things are connected. Let your expertise（专长） in one field fuel（燃烧） your passions in all related areas. Some of your interests may not appear to be connected but, once you explore their depths, you discover that they are. My editor Toni, who is also a writer, has edited（编辑） several history books. She has decided to study Chinese history. Fascinated（着迷） by the structural beauty of the Forbidden City as a painter, she is equally interested to learn more about Chinese philosophy（哲学）. “I don’t know where it will lead, but I’m excited I’m on this pursuit（追求）.” What does the author intend to show with the example of Toni? A. Passion alone does not ensure a person’s success. B. In-depth exploration makes discoveries possible. C. Everyone has a chance to succeed in their pursuit. D. Seemingly unrelated interests are in a way connected. 单击此处编辑母版文本样式 第二级 第三级 第四级 第五级 （2021天津卷）Things are connected. Let your expertise（专长） in one field fuel（燃烧） your passions in all related areas. Some of your interests may not appear to be connected but, once you explore their depths, you discover that they are. My editor Toni, who is also a writer, has edited（编辑） several history books. She has decided to study Chinese history. Fascinated（着迷） by the structural beauty of the Forbidden City as a painter, she is equally interested to learn more about Chinese philosophy（哲学）. “I don’t know where it will lead, but I’m excited I’m on this pursuit（追求）.” What does the author intend to show with the example of Toni? A. Passion alone does not ensure a person’s success. B. In-depth exploration makes discoveries possible. C. Everyone has a chance to succeed in their pursuit. D. Seemingly unrelated interests are in a way connected. 单击此处编辑母版文本样式 第二级 第三级 第四级 第五级 Paragraph 5:Draw a mind map Universal interest 01 Personal style 02 Permanence The quality? the most basic of human nature reflect love and hate joy and sadness fear and hope because No writer can describe human life without reflecting his own life and experiences. Para.5 : Watch a video Appreciate the poem Is it a beautiful poem? Which lines do you like best? How can the poet make his beloved one live forever? What is its theme about? How do you feel after reading it? What occurs in your mind? Discuss in groups to appreciate the poem by the three qualities. I think this poem is _________, because___________. My favourite lines are__________________________. Its theme is about___________. By___________, the poet makes his beloved live forever. When I am reading the poem, I can imagine________ and I feel__________. Discuss in groups to appreciate the poem by the three qualities. Homework Books are the stepping stones to human progress 书籍是人类进步的阶梯。 ——Gorky 高尔基 THANK YOU Teaching Design Teaching material analysis M2U4 Exploring literature Reading: The wonder of literature The text introduces to us the wonder of literature with its three qualities and lists some examples for students to feel them specifically, inspiring students to go into the world of literature by themselves. Besides, the PEE structure used in paragraph 3-5 helps form persuadive argumentation, deserving our notice. Students analysis Knowledge base: average vocabulary and comprehension level and limited reading experience of English literature. Emotion base: curious about the wonder of English literature and willing to explore it. Teaching objects 1. understand the three qualities of great literature; 2. appreciate the three qualities in an excerpt of great literature and get inspired to read more classics. Teaching philosophy Students-oriented Life-oriented Output & input Teaching methods Communicative approach Task-based approach Teaching key point Understand and appreciate the three qualities of great literature. Teaching difficult points: 1. Cultivate students’ ability of literature appreciation and promote students’ pursuit of beauty; 2. Analyze the writing skills used in the text. Teaching procedure Before reading, I let students have a guessing game. Give them some descriptions and let students guess the literary works. This helps lead to the topic “Literature”. Aim: figure out the structure of the passage and three qualities of literature; practice students’s scanning ability. Aim: help students understand the charm of literature---an unnoticed world to human’s soul; figure out the structure of paragraph 3-5 for argumentation. Para 6: 1. What does the man stand for? 2. What does the child stand for? 3. How is the story of the child and the man related to the topic of literature? Paragraph3&4: watch a passage video and tell the strucure, master the “PEE”structure:Point、Explanation and Example. This helps to improve students’ analytical thinking ability. Then make some practice. Paragraph5: read for the structure and draw a mind map. Aim: analyze the excerpt from the three qualities to better appreciate the unique style, truth and beauty reflected, imagination provoked and its permanent property.This can strengthen their reading interest and motivation, cultivate their love of life and promote their pursuit of beauty. Para 1: Para 6: Appreciate an excerpt from Ask Me in terms of the three qualities of literature. In the end, I will assign the homework. Let students share their feelings about the poem and analyze their favorite lines by answering some questions. Blackboard design THANK YOU Lavf57.62.100 Lavf57.25.100 $