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Unit12 The Wonderland of Literature
Lesson6 Oral Communication
Lesson Objectives:
In this lesson, we will be able to:
1. 通过完成人物性格特征表分析范文内容;
2. 思考自己最喜欢的作品人物并绘制人物性格特征表;
3. 借助本单元所学的语法和目标语言及人物性格特征表完成作文并与同伴进行互评;
4. 通过了解作品人物,提升自己的意志品质。
Look at the pictures and speak out the names of the Characters and their traits.
Lead in
Sun Wukong
funny
brave
smart
honesty
Pinocchio
kind-hearted
brave
responsible
curious
Tom Sawyer loyal
brave
smart
adventurous
Lin Daiyu
tanlented
kind
soft-hearted
proud
Pre-reading
Activity 1 Pair work. Write down your answers to the following questions,
and then talk about your favorite traditional food.
1. Who is your favorite story character?
My favorite story character is Lin Daiyu. She is the main character of the novel A Dream of Red Mesions, one of the Four Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
2. Why do you like this story character?
First of all, she is extremely talented in writing poems. Whenever she gets together with friends, she can create beautiful and moving poems quickly. I admire her outstanding gift for literature very much. Besides, she has a kind and soft heart. She loves small flowers and feels sad when flowers fall down, which shows her gentleness and carefulness to nature. What’s more, she dares to keep her true personality. She never pretends to please others and always lives following her own mind.
3. What do you think of this story character?
In short, Lin Daiyu is talented, sensitive and sincere, a unique poetic girl in classical literature.Lin Daiyu is talented, sensitive and sincere, a unique poetic girl in classical literature.
My favorite story character
Activity 1 Pair work. Match the ideas with the paragraphs and then discuss how you will introduce your favorite story character.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
What do you think of this story character?
Why do you like this story character?
Who is your favorite story character?
Activity 2 Read the text and underline what the story character does.
My Favorite Story Character
My favorite story character is Sun Wukong, or the Monkey King. He is the main character of the novel Journey to the West, one of the Four Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
I like Sun Wukong for many reasons. We all know that he has magical power. He can change into anything. That makes him very funny sometimes and can help him fight his enemies.
Title
Beginning
Body
He is also very brave, smart and honest. He is never afraid of danger. He can always come up with ideas to deal with difficulties. Maybe, few people can realize that honesty is also one of his best qualities. We can see his master sometimes punishes him. But, why? He would not lie to his master!
In a word, Sun Wukong is a popular hero among people of all ages. He will always hold a special place in my heart as my favorite story character.
Body
Ending
Think about your own favorite story character and draw a character’s trait chart.
Character
What the character does
What the character is like
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・ ___________________________
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Tom Sawyer
He turns boring chores, like fence-painting into an exciting game.____
He helps his friend Becky and saves him from a cave.
He runs away to an island on the Mississippi River with his friend Huck Finn.
funny and clever
brave and kind
lively and
adventurous
Drawing
Activity 3 Draw a chart about your favorite story character, and then draft your essay. The phrases and sentence patterns may help you.
Useful phrases Useful sentence patterns
change into...
be afraid of...
come up with ideas
deal with... My favorite story character is...
I like... for many reasons.
He is also...
Maybe few people realize that...
In a word, ...
Draft your essay about your favorite story character with the help of the following questions.
1. Who is your favorite story character?
2. Why do you like this story character?
3. What do you think of this story character?
1. Who is your favorite story character?
My favorite story character is Pinocchio. She is the main character of the novel Pinocchio.
2. Why do you like this story character?
First, he is brave and curious. He is willing to go through different adventures to look for his father. Second, he makes mistakes but dares to correct them. He once tells lies and his nose grows longer, then he learns honesty is important. Most importantly, he turns from a naughty wooden puppet into a kind real boy with his efforts.
3. What do you think of this story character?
Pinocchio learns from lies and becomes honest. His growth teaches us honesty is the most valuable quality in life.
My Favourite story Character
My favorite story character is Pinocchio. She is the main character of the novel Pinocchio.
I like Pinocchio for many reasons. First, he is brave and curious. He is willing to go through different adventures to look for his father. Second, he makes mistakes but dares to correct them. He once tells lies and his nose grows longer, then he learns honesty is important. Most importantly, he turns from a naughty wooden puppet into a kind real boy with his efforts.
From Pinocchio, I know never to lie and keep being honest in daily life.
Sample
Activity 4 Rate your draft, and then complete your essay.
How well can you __________________? Self-rating Partner’s rating
express your love of reading
use the thinking skill of introducing a character’s traits
introduce your favorite writer
organize ideas into a well-balanced structure
use the theme vocabulary of the unit
use object clauses
use punctuation
spell the words
Please ask your partner to review your draft and offer suggestions for improvement.
1-Needs improvement; 2-Satisfactory; 3-Good; 4-Excellent
Summary
We have learned:
some new words and expressions to decribe the story character.
2. to use the suffix -ed/-ing more correctly.
3. to use the character’s trait chart to organize the passage more skillfully.
We can:
1. have a deep understanding of our own favorite story characters.
2. learn from our own favorite story characters to improve ourselves.
Homework
基础作业:
1. review the key points of this class;
2. go on polishing the passage you wrote in class to make it
more beautiful.
巩固提升:
Collect more story characters and search for more information about them. Then share them with your classmates.
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