Unit8 The world of literature Reading 1课件2026-2027学年译林版英语九年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕欧·亨利短篇故事《最后一片叶子》展开，涵盖文学体裁认知、情节梳理、角色分析及主题探究等核心知识点。课堂导入通过“叶子象征意义”提问激活思维，预读环节结合故事音频与情节预测，再以事件排序、正误判断等任务为支架，帮助学生逐步构建故事脉络。 其亮点在于以任务驱动和多元分析培养核心素养，如角色职业表格、情节变化时间轴锻炼思维品质，讨论“最后一片叶子象征意义”提升文化意识，音频资源与Free talk活动增强语言能力。实例包括Behrman角色职业与性格分析、Johnsy病情变化表格，教学方法注重文本细读与合作探究，助力学生提升文学理解与表达能力，为教师提供系统教学流程和可操作活动设计。

Unit8 The world of literature The last leaf 1 Lead in What can a leaf stand for? Or something else? Life? Hope? The last leaf By O.Henry What type of literature is it? A short story usually focuses on one event, has a single plot, a single setting, a limited number of characters and covers a short period of time. 1.What are some of your favourite short stories? 2.Have you heard of O. Henry? What is he famous for? Free talk O. Henry was a great American short story writer. He is famous for his surprise endings. Readers are always shocked by the unexpected endings of his stories. The Gift of the Magi is one of his most popular short stories, and we will read The Last Leaf later in this lesson. Pre-reading Predict:What will happen in this story according to the title? Listen to the audio of the story and read the text silently while listening. Task 1:Skim the article and finish Exercise A on the textbook: put the events in correct order. g Johnsy started getting well. a Johnsy heard that Behrman died. b Johnsy got sick. c The doctor worried that Johnsy didn’t want to live. d Sue discussed Johnsy’s sickness with Behrman. e Johnsy started counting leaves. f Behrman painted a leaf on the wall. 7 1 2 4 3 5 6 1.Sue, Johnsy and Mr Behrman lived in the same building. _____ 2.Sue and Johnsy were both sick. _____ 3.Johnsy thought she would die when the last leaf fell from the tree. _____ 4.Behrman was also a young painter. _____ 5.Behrman got the disease from Johnsy. _____ 6.Sue did not know who painted the leaf on the wall in the end. _____ Task 2:Read the short story again. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false ones. T F Only Johnsy was sick. T F an old painter over sixty. F 5.He became ill because he stayed out in the cold all night. F Sue knew that Behrman painted the leaf. Analyze the settings The settings Time Place in a cold rainy autumn/winter an apartment building Task 3: Analyze the article Analyze the characters Name Hometown Job Johnsy / Sue / Behrman / / / Analyze the characters Name Hometown Job Johnsy / Sue / Behrman / / / “She has a very small chance,” the doctor said to Sue. “If people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them.” a doctor Analyze the characters Name Hometown Job Johnsy / Sue / Behrman / / / Old Behrman, who lived on the first floor of their apartment building, was also a painter. He was over sixty. He had always talked of painting a masterpiece, but he had yet to start it. a painter a painter a painter a doctor Analyze the characters Name Hometown Job Johnsy / Sue / Behrman / / / a painter a painter a painter a doctor ●What was the relationship between Behrman and the two girls? They were neighbours and lived in the same apartment. Analyze the plots ●What happened to Johnsy? She was seriously ill in bed. “She has a very small chance,” the doctor said to Sue. “If people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them.” Johnsy lay there, very thin and very quiet, and burning with a fever. Analyze the plots ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? Time Condition Feelings One day “She has a very small chance,” the doctor said to Sue. “If people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them.” Had a small chance to live very weak Analyze the plots ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? Time Condition Feelings One day “She has a very small chance,” the doctor said to Sue. “If people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them.” Had a small chance to live very weak ●What was Johnsy doing at that time? Johnsy lay there, very thin and very quiet, and burning with a fever. Analyze the plots ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? Time Condition Feelings One day “She has a very small chance,” the doctor said to Sue. “If people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them.” Had a small chance to live very weak ●What was Johnsy doing at that time? Johnsy lay there, very thin and very quiet, and burning with a fever. “Leaves. On the tree. When the last leaf falls, I must go too.” Hopeless Analyze the plots Time Condition Feelings 2nd day very weak Hopeless ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? One day Had a small chance to live After a night of beating rain and wild wind, there was still one dark green leaf left on the tree. “It is the last one. It will fall today,” said Johnsy, “and I shall die at the same time.” very weak Hopeless Analyze the plots Time Condition Feelings 2nd day very weak Hopeless ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? One day Had a small chance to live very weak Hopeless The next morning “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wrong I was,” said Johnsy. “It is wrong to want to die.” Johnsy was getting better. got better Hopeful Analyze the plots Time Condition Feelings Numbers of leaves 2nd day very weak Hopeless ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? One day Had a small chance to live very weak Hopeless The next morning got better Hopeful Five “There goes another one. Only five are left now.” Analyze the plots Time Condition Feelings Numbers of leaves 2nd day very weak Hopeless ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? One day Had a small chance to live very weak Hopeless The next morning got better Hopeful Five still one on the tree After a night of beating rain and wild wind, there was still one dark green leaf left on the tree. “It is the last one. Analyze the plots Time Condition Feelings Numbers of leaves 2nd day very weak Hopeless ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? One day Had a small chance to live very weak Hopeless The next morning got better Hopeful Five still one on the tree The next morning, the leaf was still there. “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wrong I was,” still one on the tree ●What did the leaf look like? After a night of beating rain and wild wind, there was still one dark green leaf left on the tree. “It is the last one. It will fall today,” said Johnsy, “and I shall die at the same time.” ●What was the weather like that evening？ After a night of beating rain and wild wind, there was still one dark green leaf left on the tree. “It is the last one. It will fall today,” said Johnsy, “and I shall die at the same time.” Analyze the plots Time Condition Feelings Numbers of leaves 2nd day very weak Hopeless ●How did Johnsy`s condition and feelings change? One day Had a small chance to live, very weak Hopeless The next morning got better Hopeful Five still one on the tree still one on the tree Things happened to Behrman drew the leaf and died “Mr Behrman died. He was ill because of being out in the cold all night. Look at the last leaf. Didn’t you ever wonder why it never moved when the wind was blowing? It’s Behrman’s masterpiece—he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.” ●Is the leaf a real one? ●Who drew the leaf? “Mr Behrman died. He was ill because of being out in the cold all night. Look at the last leaf. Didn’t you ever wonder why it never moved when the wind was blowing? It’s Behrman’s masterpiece—he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.” ●Is Behrman a successful painter? Task 4: Describe Sue & Old Behrman with simple adjectives Name Personality Sue Behrman kind, caring, supportive friend ordinary-looking but warm-hearted, selfless Post-reading Activity 1:Explore the writing features of the novel ●Did you expect this ending? What do we call this kind of ending? Surprise ending ●Why is this ending powerful? A surprise ending can change the reader’s view of an entire story and allow them to enjoy the details of it in a new light. This often makes the story last longer in the readers’ memory. Activity 2: Theme Elevation Discussion：What does the last leaf symbolize? For Johnsy: hope to live For Behrman: love, kindness and self-sacrifice Homework 1.Read the text fluently, sort out the key phrases of this lesson. 2.Summarize the story in 80 words. 3.Read another short story by O. Henry, 《The Gift of the Magi》, and experience its surprise ending. $