2005学年第二学期高一英语教学计划
1、 总体目标：
1） 争取在2005学年第二学期使学生的英语语言素质有一定程度的提高。期中考试和期末考试进入段前三名；期中考试我教的班级平均分高出全段平均分3。01分；平均及格率高出段平均及格率15。2%。
2） 争取在高一段学科竞赛中有较多的学生获奖，培养出一批尖子学生，带动学习有困难的学生。
2、 具体的措施：
1） 加强备课的环节的细化；
2） 充分利用网络资源；
3） 强化交际， 加强互动；
4） 发挥“空中课堂“的优势，加强交际和答疑，培养学生的自主学习能力；
5） 每2、3单元测试一次；加强测试评价的调控，及时发现问题，解决问题；
6） 加强早读课的指导， 做到每周二、四、五三天早读下班辅导。
7） 保证当天作业两天内一定完成全批全改。
3、 利用好期中考试和期末考试的调控作用，及时查漏补缺。
4、 坚持做好每周日下午4；00-5：00 的“空中英语课堂“的课程辅导，促进学生的自主学习能力的发展。搞好课题成果的原始材料的积累，完成课题研究的论文（已经完成），参加温州市2006年教师优秀科研论文评比。
5、 认真完成高一英语研究性学习课程辅导，完成相关课题的指导和研究任务， 发表五篇相关的教学论文（《建构网络环境下的高中英语研究性学习模式》已经发表于《外语基础教育》2006年第1期）,《宾语从句六大考点》发表于《学生时代》2006年第1期。《利用Internet创新高中英语课堂教学的实践与思考》发表于《浙江现代教育技术》2006年第一期。《高考英语任务型阅读理解解析》发表于《学英语》高二听说读写拌第28期第3版，以及浙江《教育信息报》2006年6月4日高考专刊上。
6、 保质保量地完成教育组的温州市基础教育科研课题；
7、 完成电教科研论文的撰写（已经完成）参加2006年温州市电化教育科研论文评比活动。
本学期， 我已经获得温州使006年研究性学习教学案例评比一等奖； 温州市2006年高中英语教学案例评比三等奖； 温州市2006年课堂教学评价改革教学案例评比三等奖。
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Unit 13 Healthy eating单元教案
一、教学目标
Teaching Aims and Demands
1.Words and Phrases
Four Skills: stomach fever ought to examine plenty of diet keep up with make a right choice short of fit gain now and then.
2.train the students’ listening ability.
3.develp the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
Three Skills:
energy soft bar fuel chemical balance tasty boil mixture
Spoken English:
In the clinic / seeing a doctor:
What’s wrong with you? What’s the matter with you?
Lie down and let me examine you.
Let me have a look.
Where does it hurt?
Drink plenty of water and get some rest.
I’ve got a pain here. This place hurts.
There’s something wrong with back/my knee/my arm.
I don’t feel well.
Grammar:
Use of Language:
1. Master the function use of language as defined above.
2. Help the students to finish the tasks of listening, reading, writing, speaking presented in the book and the exercise book through using what the students have learned.
Learn the text about healthy eating. Get the students know about the basic knowledge of how to eat healthily.
Important points:
1. Talk about different kinds of food that one favorite.
2. Learn the basic knowledge of healthy eating.
3. Learn how to say in the clinic.
4. Grasp the language points and grammar in the text.
Difficult points: The use of modal verbs --- had better, should and ought to.
Teaching aids: computer or slider-projector
Way of Teaching: Communication way of teaching, discussion and group work.
高中英语绿色教案（1）
Unit 13 Healthy and Green eating
-. 教学目的和要求 ( Teaching aims and demands )
I: Topics 1. Talking about healthy food and junk food.
2. Talking about eating habits and health.
II: Functions
看病 ( Seeing a doctor )
Patient Doctor
I’ve got a pain here. Lie down and let me examine you.
This place hurts. Let me have a look.
I don’t feel well. Where does it hurt?
There’s something wrong with my back/ knee/arm. Drink plenty of water and get some rest.
You’d better have more green food and take enough exercise in the green fields.
提出建议和忠告 (Giving advice and making suggestions)
What can I do for you ? Can I help you? What’s the matter?
I advice you to ….? You’d better…. I think you should…
Why not …? I suggestion you should… Why don’t you …?
III: Vocabulary
1.Words: fat stomach fever salad peach ripe ought examine plenty soft bar fuel diet pace bean fibre mineral function chemical balance of nature fit unit digest gain sleepy brain peel tasty mushroom steam boil bacon lettuce mixture spoonful slice
2.Phrases:
junk food green food ought to plenty of keep up with make a choice
now and then roll up
IV: Grammar 情态动词(1)-had better, should, ought to
1. 就某事向某人提出建议或发表自己的观点-----使用 had better(not)
You had better get some rest. or You’d better get some rest.
2. 劝说某人做某事或不要做某事, 向某人提出忠告-----使用should(not) 或ought(not)to
You should /ought to be careful with fruit.
You should not /ought not to eat so much junk food. or You shouldn’t /oughtn’t to eat so much junk food.
二. 能力训练 (Ability training )
1. Through the learning of Warming Up, Listening and Speaking, let Ss skillfully master and use the expressions of seeing a doctor, talking about eating habits and health.
2. Through the learning of the passage, develop the Ss’ knowledge of green food.
3. Master the patterns of giving advice and making suggestions.
三. 德育渗透 (Moral training teaching)
Through the learning and talking, let the Ss know the importance of balance eating and healthy eating and develop the good eating habits of having green food.
四. 美育渗透 (Art training teaching )
Develop the Ss’ good sentiment of loving their life and health and have good living habits.
Period 1 New words and Warming Up
Teaching Aims
1. Learn the new words and expressions.
2. Learn the Warming Up to arouse the Ss’ love in talking.
Important Points in Teaching
1. The use of some words: fat vitamin snack fever ripe plenty of
2. Sentence pattern: I think…
3.The sense of green food
Difficult Points in Teaching
1. the use of the words
2. talking in English
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching Methods Reading and speaking ；Pair/group work, individual work, class work
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Learning
1. Learn the new words and expressions.
Ask some Ss to read the new words and expressions, then correct some mistakes if there are any.
2.Explain some uses of the words.
Step 2 Presentation
Every day we have food. Green food makes us feel full and happy and it also helps to build our bodies. But have you ever thought what you eat is junk food? Today we’re going to learn something about food, junk food and green food.
Step 3 Lead-in
Revise the names of different foods we eat.
Step 4 Warming Up
I. Talk about the pictures on Page 1 by asking and answering the following questions:
What food is it ?
What kind of food is it ? Is it green food or junk food? Why ?Which do you like better? Why ?
II: Ask your partner what they eat for breakfast, lunch, snack and supper and say if what they eat is junk food or green food ?
Step 5 Listening
Do the listening practice in Students’ book at Page 2.
Listening: Part One
1: What’s wrong with Mike?
A :He has a headache. B: He has a stomachache.
C :He has a toothache.
2: What did Mike have for breakfast?
A :Two pieces of chocolate. a glass of coke, and two cookies, which are not green food.
B : A couple of sandwiches.
C : Two hamburgers.
Part Two
Which side of Mike’s stomach hurts?
His left side hurts.
2. Does Mike have a fever?
No, he doesn’t. His temperature is normal.
3. What does the doctor tell Mike to do?
Take some pills and call him if there is a problem.
Step 6. Speaking
看病 ( Seeing a doctor )
Patient Doctor
I’ve got a pain here. Lie down and let me examine you.
This place hurts. Let me have a look.
I don’t feel well. Where does it hurt?
There’s something wrong with my back/ knee/arm. Drink plenty of water and get some rest.
You’d better have more green food and take enough exercise in the green fields.
Do the speaking Practice of Speaking in Students’ book at Page 2 in pairs.
Situation 1
Student A (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him some advice.
Student B (Patient)
I cough all the time. I have a fever and a headache.
Situation 2
Student A (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him some advice.
Student B (Patient)
I can’t sleep at night, so I am always very tired.
Student A (Patient)
My left arm is broken. It really hurts.
Student B (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him or her some advice.
Situation 3
Student A (Doctor)
Ask the patient what is wrong and give him some advice about green food .
Student B (Patient)
I can’t sleep at night, so I am always very tired.
Step7. Discussion about green food
1. If you are to host a party for your family, what kind of food would you like to buy? Would you like to buy any green food? And why?
2. Is it important to keep the balance of nature?
Step 8 Homework
1.Read and recite the new words and expressions.
2.Get ready for the next period.
3.Introduce some idea about green food.
3. Finish off Period 1 Unit 13 in “Winner”.
The design of the writing on the blackboard
Unit 13 healthy eating
The first period
green good j unk food
all the time,
have a fever,
be careful .
in the future,
advise sb. To do sth.
had better(nott) do
教学反思：
1、教学有法， 但无定法， 教要得法。这节课，我始终在教学中渗透绿色教育思想教育，作了这方面的尝试，使学生增长了关于绿色食品的知识， 使学生明白了保护环境， 促进国家可持续性发展的重要性。 我没有故意做秀， 很好地实现了自然渗透的原则，比较好地进行了绿色教育德育渗透的效果。
2、语言是交际的工具， 我始终坚持听说课的交际性原则， 让课堂的Warming-up部分成分热身， 让学生的语言思维动起来；交流和讨论非常充分。
3、这节的语言重点：建议的表达法和情态动词的用法在实际的语境中让学生深刻领悟到学以致用产生的效益。
4、绿色和交际是这节课的主旋律， 我一直让学生交流着， 让绿色贯穿了教学的整个过程， 包括教学课件和回家作业等。
PERIOD 2
Teaching Aids：Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
1.Aims of knowledge:
Learn and master the phrases
2.Ability aims:
1．Train the student’s reading ability.
2．Develop the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
1. Moral aims:
Enable the students to understand the best way to make sure that we will fell and look fine is to develop healthy eating habits by learning the reading text.
Teaching important points:
1. Improve the student’s reading ability.
2. Master the following phrase: keep up with, too much, make choices, be harmful to, lose weight, be prepared for.
Teaching difficult points:
How to make the students understand the reading material better and answer some questions on the passage.
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projecto3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Introduction
Yesterday we learned something about food. And we’ve3 known what food we eat is healthy food and what food is junk food. Who can give us an example? You try, please.
Using the questions on P3 to introduce the new text.
Step 2 Fast-reading
1.What does the “fuel ” mean in the first paragraph?
(It means different kinds of materials, such as protein, Calcium that we need to keep healthy.)2.What do we have to consider when we choose to buy or eat?
(What kinds of nutrients that the foods contain.)3.What made our eating habit changing?
(Many things: what people believe, advice from companies and stores.)
4. How can we feel and look fine?
(We ought to learn about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit.)
Explain the language points if necessary.
Step 3.Skimming
Paragraph 1 (T or F)
1.Choosing what to eat is not as easy as it once was any longer.
2.Our eating habits have changed while our way of life has not changed.
3.21-century people prefer traditional food very much.
4,we had better learn to make right choices about food to keep up with the high pace of modern life.
Para2.
Nutrients Function Sources
protein
calcium
Carbohydrates
Vitamins
fiber ,minerals
Carefully-reading
--How many parts can be divided into
--Three parts.
--What’s the main idea of each part?
1.our eating habits are changing.
2.why the eating habits are changing the best way to develop healthy eating habits？
Step 4 Talking
Ask the students to take out their menus and read them carefully. Then prepare a dialogue that may happen between a customer and a waiter/waitress.
Step 5 Homework
1. Finish Period 2 in Winner.
2. Recite the following sentence.
1) You ought to be careful with fruit.
2) Take this medicine three medicine three times a day.
3) I advise you not to eat fruit that is not ripe in the future.
3.Finish Post Reading exercises at Page 4
教学反思：
1、 这堂课在六班上得不大好， 计算机失灵； 在5班上得很顺， 学生的饿焦急也比较流畅， 主要原因在于铺垫比较很里， 让学生实现了自然过度。
2、 对于第2段的整体理解部分表格设计得比较好， 有利于学生学会寻找信息， 提高思辩能力和分析问题能力的提高。
PERIOD 3（Reading 2）
Step 1.evision
1、 Check the reciting of key sentences。
2、 Check the homework
3、Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Step 2. Post Reading
1. What does the word” fuel” mean in the text above?
What about the word “green”?
Can you find any other words used in the same way?
3. The text gives examples of how people make choices about what they eat. List the examples and the reasons why people eat or don’t eat certain kinds of food, especially about the green food.
Step3 Language points
1.Our eating habits have changed, as has our way of life.
If we want to keep up with the high pace of modern life, we’d better ,make the right choices about what and how we eat.
2.keep up with1. 跟上 2. 和...保持联系
They walked so fast that I could not keep up with them.他们走得那么快,我没法跟上。
She has kept up with some of her friends since her retirement.
3.Some nutrients help build our body and make it stronger.
buildvt.1. 建筑; 造 2. 建立;发展;增进[(+up)]
4.Fish, meat and beans contain a lot of protein.
5.Other nutrients help keep our body functioning well.
functionn.[C] 1. 功能,作用 2. 职务,职责vi.1. (机器等)工作,运行 2. 起作用[(+as)]
The teacher did not explain its grammatical function.
What is his function on the committee?
The refrigerator is not functioning well.
The sofa functions as a bed at night.
6.Vitamins help our body fight disease.
fightvt.1. 与...作战;与...斗争
fight with 和...斗争;fight for 为争取...而斗争
7.But the choice we make are not just about nutrition..
not just=not only
8.Many people make their choices about eating habits based on what they believe.
9.Organic vegetables are those that are grown without chemicals that can be harmful to human beings or the environment.
chemical
a化学的, 化学上的,化学用的 n.1. 化学制品;化学药品[C]
He devoted his life to chemical research.
He is experimenting with a new chemical.
be harmful to对什么有害(also 'do harm to')
Smoking is harmful to health.
10.Because we have so much to choose from, many companies offer advice about what we eat.to choose from
11.It is probably better if we spend our time and money on buying keeping a balanced diet. probablyad. 大概,或许,很可能（比可能性大，而且常有一定依据）
He will probably refuse the offer.
spend: spend...(in)doing; spend...(on)doing; spend...on/for sth
12.The same goes for 'crash diets' that some companies say they will make us lose weight fast.
go for适合于；对...适用
What he said about you goes for me too.
13.lose weight体重减轻
I think she might have lost a bit of weight.
put on weight/gain weight长胖
13.We ought to learn more about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit.
fit此处：健康的;强健的You look very fit, Mike.
14.Only in this way will we be ready for the challenges and opportunities in life.
Only in this way will we...
only+状语放在句子开头要引起主句倒装
Only when you grow up will you understand the importance of learning.
Only then could he thought of me.
15.Sugar is bad for your teeth and can make you gain weight.
be bad for对什么有害
be bad for 对什么有好处
be good/bad to 对某人好/不好
18.You have a bit of a fever.
a bit有点在修饰名词时要加of
Step 4,Discussion
Work in pairs. Discuss the questions below.
1. Why do people go to fast restaurant?
2. Why is it not good for you to eat too much sugar and fat?
3. Why are crash diets and supplements so popular?
4. What can we do to keep a balanced diet?
5. Do you like green food?
6. Is it necessary to advise more people to eat green food?
Step 5. Home work
1、 Recite the new words and useful expressions in Unit 13.
2、 Finish Period 3 in Winners
教学反思：
3、 在教学设计中我注意了绿色教育思想的渗透，加强了德育教育。
4、 我没有死板地只讲语言点， 我还注意了教学剃度的自然连接。
5、 语言的重点抓得比较准，学生的知识落实较好。 讨论花时间多了些， 导致同步训练没有落实， 只能通过回家作业来弥补。
Period 4
Teaching aims:
1.aims of knowledge:
1. Review the words learned in the last two periods.
2. Learn and master modal verbs:
had better, should, ought to
3.Ability aims:
1.How to guess the missing word according to the given sentence.
2. Let the students learn how to give advice or opinion about something, especially master how to use “should, ought to, had better and their negative forms” to give advice.
Teaching important points:
1.How to guess the missing word according to the given sentence.
2.Let the students learn how to give advice or opinion about something, especially master how to use “should, ought to, had better and their negative forms” to give advice.
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching difficult points
How to correctly use “should, ought to, had better and their negative forms” to give advice.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework.
Step 2 Grammars
First present the students the modal sentences with Modal Verbs and ask the students to make some sentences with them.
Step 3 Consolidation
(1) Finish the exercise on P5 and on P74
(2)Take out a piece of paper with the column “Ask Ss in order to make the students understand when you are giving advice it is better to use some sentences with had better (not), and ought (not) to, should (not). Then read a passage as an example and afterwards list the points you have to pay attention to when you give advice.
1.give advice that will really help the person.
2. be polite and sincere
at last get the students to finish the following practice.
Step 4 Homework
1. Finish the exercise 3 on P74 in the students’ workbook.
2. Finish Period 3 in Winners.
教学反思：
1. 这节课注意从语境出发让学生感受情态动词的特点：表现说话人的语气和态度。
2. 讲解部分比较详细，实例举得不够全面，旧了点，应该增加一些2004年和2005年高考试卷的情态动词部分的效果会更好。
PERIOD 5
Teaching aims;
1. Aims of knowledge:
1.Review the useful expressions learnt in this unit by making sentences with them.
2、Review how to use some Modal verbs to give advice or opinion about something.
2.Ability aims:
Let students know how to write recopies for their favourite dishes by reading “SNACKS” and two examples of recipes.
3．Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching important points:
1. How to master Modal verbs-had better, should, ought to
2. How to let the students understand the text “SNACKS” better and learn to write a recipe.
Teaching difficult point:
How to improve the students’ integrating skills.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Let some students read their reply to the letters on P74.
Step 2 Pre –reading and Reading
As we all know, people have to have food in order to live in our country, corn and wheat are the main crops in the north, while rice is the main food in the south. In western countries, bread is very important. Bread to western is just like rice to Chinese in the south. It is westerners’ most widely eaten food and is often called “the staff of life”. But in actual life, sancks are3 also very important for Chinese and foreigners. Do you often eat snacks?
Read the text on P6 and then get the students to find the main idea of it (Snacks is also important. we need to learn something about snacks and the way to prepare it.)
Step 3.Language points:
1.Even if we choose nutritious food for our main meals, we probably still need to refuel now and then.
Even if=even though，即使；尽管
2.now and then=a little now and a little then; every now and then，有时候
3.Most fruits are naturally sweet and we can eat them just the way they are
just the way thay are=in the way that they are
4.There are many recipes for simple and healthy snacks that taste great
and keep us going.
Step 4 Writing
Ask the students to work in pairs to write the recipe for their favourite dish.
We may first give the tips on P7 as a guide.
Step 5 Discussions
First ask the students to read the passage on P75 and then give the following questions as the topic for the students to talk: What is a couch potato?
What does one have to pay special attention to in order to keep healthy? (food and exercise etc.)
Step 6 Homework
1.Do a general survey in order to learn about the differences between people’s eating habits and try to find which is healthier.
1.Finish Period 4 in Winner
2.Make good preparations for the dictation of Unit 13
教学反思：这堂课上得很一般， 说不上满意， 也说不上不满意， 一句话缺乏闪光点。对学生的调动不够。
Period 6-7
Step 1.Revision
Let some students read their reply to the letters
Step 2.Dictation
Have a dictation about the key sentences, new words and useful expressions in Unit 13.
Step 3.workbook
1.May I take your order, please?
take your order餐馆常用语，order：叫(菜或饮料)
2.What do you recommend?
recommend:vt.1. 推荐,介绍[(+as/for)]
Can you recommend me some new books on this subject?
3.A hamburger is a dish while the others are not.
while:而，强调对比关系
4.You should avoid eating vegetables that are grown with too many chemicals.
avoid:避免，后接ing形式
5.You must pass your driving test next time you take it.
next time:连词用法
6.There is a species of inactive people, namely the 'mouse potato.'
namely:ad. 即,那就是
Only one person can answer the question namely you.
只有一个人能回答这个问题,那就是你。
7.The best source for calories is carbohydrates.
sourcen.[C]1. (河的)源头;水源 2. 根源;来源 3. 提供消息(或证据)者;消息(或证据)来源 4. 出处;原始资料
Do you know the source of Amazon River?
They are required to publish the sources of their campaign funds.
The news comes from a reliable source.
The library has quantities of reference sources.
8.A healthy diet should include a variety of food, most of which should be rich in nutrients.
be rich in富于...的,有很多...的The country is rich in resources.
9.Vegans do not eat or use any animal products.
product:n.[C]产品,产物;产量;出产
They came here in search of new markets for their products.
Step4.Practice:“《大赢家》第13单元综合测试”试卷讲评
教学反思：这两节的教学反思觉得很难写， 我觉得自己至少讲解得很清楚， 能够联系高考从高一开始就对学生进行了高考知识和能力的训练。 我认为这是很好的一种知识与能力的储备， 有利于学生思维能力的发展。
Unit 14 Festivals
I. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标和要求:
1.Topics 话题
1。.Talking about festivals and customs
2.Function: 交际功能
表达和支持某意见(Expressing and supporting an opinion)
In my opinion we should... I believe we should... I don t think it s necessary to...
We must decide... I hope we can make a decision. If we do this,we can...
I think that...should...
3.Vocabulary 重点词汇和短语
theme; parade; holy; Easter; symbol; conflict; argument; opinion; major; probably; honour; ancestor; principle; nation; purpose; creativity; faith; commercial; joy; light; similar; generation; salute; kiss; cheek; nod; celebrate; respect; gift; cycle; fool; invitation
dress up; in one s opinion; play a trick on sb; take in
4.Grammar:语法
情态动词(2)---must, have to and have got to
1 能够用英语表达做某事的重要性或必要性---must/have to/have got to
2 能够用英语表达做某事不重要或不必要---don t have to/haven t got to
3 能够用英语坚决表达某事不可接受或不可取---must not
II. Difficult points
III. Main teaching aids教具：A tape-recorder; Multimedia, projector, role cards
Ⅳ. Main teaching methods 教法：
1. The interaction between the teacher and the students, and among the students themselves; Attention to the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing; and so on.
2. Listening-and–answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.
3. Use both individual work and group or pair work to make every student work and think in class
V. Teaching procedure：
Period 1
Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a slide projector3.a computer for multimedia use
Step 1 Lead-in
1. First, greet Ss with the questions “How are you feeling today?” “ Do you feel happy today?”
Then, Teacher (T) can lead in the topic festival/ holiday by asking some questions such as:
When do you usually feel happy? (Ss can give different answers)
Do you feel happy when there is a festival and you have holidays?
Then which festival or holiday do you like best? And why?
1. Chinese have many festivals. How many Chinese festivals do you know? And what are they?
( the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao), Tomb Sweeping Festival (Qingming), Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang), National Day, New Year’s Day, Chinese Youth Day, Party’s Day, Army’s Day, Teachers’ Day, Tree-planting Day…)
Which is the greatest and the most important festival to our Chinese people? When do Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival? How long does the Spring Festival last? Why do Chinese people celebrate it? What is the theme of the Spring Festival? How is it celebrated?
3.Different cultures have different kinds of customs and festivals. How many foreign festivals do you know? And what are they?
( Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Ramadan, Day of the Dead (from Mexico), Bon Odori Festival/ Ghost Festival (from Japan) (盂兰盆节), Mardi Gras, Kwanzaa…)
Step 2 Warming up
1. Show the Ss three pictures and ask them to discuss in pairs according to the following guiding questions:
Q1: Do you know the names of the festivals? (Halloween, Bon Odori, Day of the Dead)
Q2: Do you know which countries the festivals come from?
Q3: What are the people in the pictures doing? Why are they doing this?
2. Ask individual students to talk about the three festivals. The information of the festivals should include the name of the festival, when, where and how to celebrate it.
3. Which Chinese festival is similar to the three festivals? (Tomb Sweeping Festival)
Then get Ss to compare the Chinese Tomb Sweeping Festival with one of the three festivals. (Differences: time, people, place, the way of celebrating, etc. Similarity: ghost festival)
Step 3 Dialogue
Get Ss to work in pairs to make up a dialogue. One describes his/her favorite Chinese festival and the other describes his/her favorite foreign festival. Trying to compare them.
(The following form is presented for Ss to prepare.)
Festival Time Customs
When is the festival celebrated?
Who celebrates the festival?
How do people celebrate it?
Why do people celebrate it?
What are some important themes, “family” and “peace”?
How old is the festival?
Step 4 Listening
1. Pre-listening: Present three pictures about Mardi Gras, Ramadan and Easter and let Ss to guess out the names of the festivals from what they can see from the pictures.
2. While-listening: Do the three festivals one by one. For each one, Ss can listen to it twice. The first time, Ss’ task is to find correct answers to the choices in the book. The second time, Ss’ task is to check their answers and T check the correct answers with the whole class.
3. Post-listening: Get Ss to listen to each festival again. While listening, try to take notes and get more information about the festival. Then ask Ss to describe the three festivals in their own words.
Step 5 Summary
Help Ss to have a revision of the festivals learnt in this class.
T: Different histories and cultures have different kinds of festivals and customs. We should get to know they all play important parts in learning a country’s language. We should respect and show positive attitudes towards foreign festivals and customs as well as Chinese ones.
Step 6 Homework
1. Listening work: Listen to the listening material about Christmas in workbook on page 77.
2. Written work: Write a description of your favorite festival. The description should include 1) the name 2) the time 3) characteristics 4) activities, etc.
3. Finish Period 1 in Winners
4. Preview Reading for the next period.
教学反思：
1、 这节课贯彻了交际性的听说课教学原则--交际充分。
2、 对话的表格化线索降低了学生口头表达的难度。
3、 听力的难度较大， 我使用了提示语来帮助学生克服困难，效果还比较好。
4、 说的部分学生的文化基础较表达比较困难， 说明我的铺垫做得不够。
Period 2: Reading
Step 1 Revision
1、Check the homework exercises
2．Get Ss to work in pairs to match the festivals in Column A with the information in Column B.
Column A Column B
1.Ramada A. celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month
2.the Lantern Festival B. chocolate, bunnies, colored eggs for its symbols
3.Mardi Gras C. Muslims fast during the daylight day
4.Dragon Boat Festival D. catching “beads, doubloons and cups” thrown by parades
5.Valentine’s Day E. honoring love and lovers
6.Halloween F. eating Zongzi to honor Qu Yuan
7.Double Ninth Festival G. the time of ghosts, spirits, gravestones
8.Thanksgiving Day H. meaning clear and bright, mourning the dead
9.Easter I. offering thanks, family gatherings and meals
10.Tomb Sweeping Festival J. on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month as Senior
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Make a comparison of Chinese Spring Festival and Christian Christmas.
T: Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? (the Spring Festival) And which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in western countries? (Christmas)
Both of them are quite popular in the world. What are the differences between them?
Festival
aspects Chinese Spring Festival
Christmas
Time From the 1st day to the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month On Dec. 25
Preparation Do spring cleaning, do Spring Festival shopping (new clothes, delicious food, fireworks, New Year paintings, etc.), decorate the houses with Spring Festival couplets, paper cuts, Chinese knots… Do cleaning, do Christmas shopping (gifts, cards, sweet, cookies, etc.), decorate the houses with Christmas tree and colored lights…
Special Food New Year’s cake, dumpling ( jiaozi) , sweet dumpling (tangyuan)… Candies, cookies, pudding…
Gifts Anything (foods, fruits, clothes, drinks…) Anything (foods, fruits, drinks, desserts,Christmasdecorations)
Major Activities Have family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve, pay New Year’s visits, recreational activities (dragon dance, lion dance, stilt-walking…) Family reunion, have a big dinner on Christmas Eve…
purpose Bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year, hoping for the best and the good future. Celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
Note: The italicized words in the form above are suggested answers.
Step 3 Reading
T: Do you know there is another festival which follows Christmas Day in America. It is an important festival to African Americans. Is there any one who knows the name of the festival? SS:Kwanzaa.
1.Fast reading: Read the text on page 10 fast and try to get a general idea of Kwanzaa from the text. T can present a diagram of the information about Kwanzaa to help Ss to finish this task.
Questionnaire: When is Kwanzaa celebrated? How long does it last?
Who created the festival of Kwanzaa? (Dr Maulana Karenga) Who usually celebrates Kwanzaa? Why is it celebrated? What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?)
1. Careful reading: Get Ss to read the text carefully to get more details. After reading, Ss are asked to do True or False exercises.
1) African Americans have a long history and a rich culture, so Kwanzaa is an old festival. ( F ) (a young festival)
2) People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture. ( F ) ( to celebrate African culture)
3) The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili, one of the largest languages in Africa. ( T )
4) The African first-fruit festivals are completely different from each other. ( F ) ( to have many things in common )
5) Kwanzaa is celebrated on Christmas Day. ( F ) ( from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 )
6) Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals. ( T )
7) People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principles. ( T )
2. Dialogue.
Suppose you are the reporter of Overseas Wind Programme of Huipu Students’ Broadcasting. Now you are chosen to interview the foreign teacher John about the festival of Kwanzaa. Make up a dialogue with your partner. One acts the role of the reporter, and the other acts the role of John. The dialogue can begin like this:
Reporter (R): Good afternoon, everyone. Here is our Overseas Wind Programme. Today, we have a foreign guest in our progamme. He is our foreign teacher John. Hello, John.
John (J): Hello.
R: Welcome to our Overseas Wind Programme. Today we have a topic about the festival of Kwanzaa. So would you like to introduce Kwanzaa to us? …
J: …
Step 4 Discussion
Topic1: Do you agree festivals can help us understand our history and culture? How do they help us understand our history and culture?
Topic2: Nowadays more and more festivals have been created in my cities for various purposes, such as developing local economy, making the city well-known, etc. Our city Linhai created the Festival of the Great Wall in the South. It has been celebrated for three years. However, some Linhainese think holding such a festival causes some problems to the city. What effects does the Festival of the Great Wall in the South bring to us? Make a list
Good Effects Bad Effects
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Step 5. Homework
1. Oral Work: Read and recite the new words learnt in this class.
Read and recite some beautiful and useful sentences in the text.
2. Written Work: Suppose you are the journalist of Huipu Sunshine Magazine. You are going to write a passage about Kwanzaa.
3. Finish Period 2 in Winners
教学反思：
这节课处理得比较好的地方在于：
一、读前通过对于圣诞节和春节的对比引入阅读教学；
二、读中的图表阅读线索分析能够充分调动学生的积极性， 促进了学生思维能力的提高和发展。
Period 3/4 Language Study & Grammar
Step 1 Revision
Get Ss to have revision of the text The Birth of Kwanzaa. Ss are required to answer the following questions about Kwanzaa.
Q1: Who created Kwanzaa?
Q2: Is it a young or an old festival? When was it born?
Q3: When is Kwanzaa celebrated?
Q4: Who celebrate the festival of Kwanzaa?
Q5: Why is it celebrated?
Q6: What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?
Then T can ask individual Ss to give a short talk about Kwanzaa according to the questions above.
Step 2 Language points (in the text The Birth of Kwanzaa)
T: Now we have a good knowledge of Kwanzaa by reading the text. And there are some useful and important words and expressions in the text as well. It is necessary for us to learn and master them well. What useful words and expressions have you found from the text?
1. Let Ss do a word matching exercise to check whether Ss master the new words well.
1. nation A. a strong wish to succeed in doing something
2. faith B. large community of people; country
3. determination C. belief in something or someone
4. purpose D. an action meant to deceive (欺骗) someone
5. generation E. a reason for doing something
6. ancestor F. the people born at a certain time
7. peace G. a person in your family who lived a long time ago
8. trick H. quietness and calm
(suggested answers:1-B 2-C 3-A 4-E 5-F 6-G 7-H 8-D )
Then check answers to the exercises in Word Study on Page 13.
(suggested answers: theme, faith, purpose, nations, determination, joy, ancestors, birth, peace, treated)
2. Deal with the language points in the text. Get Ss to enjoy the text by listening to the tape. Ask Ss to read after the tape in low voice, and pay attention to the pronunciation, intonation and pause while listening.
1) Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.（现在分词作后置定语，表示名词中心词与分词是主动关系。）
Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival created to celebrate the culture and history of AfricanAmericans.（过去分词作后置定语，表示名词中心词与分词是被动关系。）
The dog following Mr. Wang into the room is my dog.
The man followed by a group of students is our teacher, Mr. Wang.
2) The week following Christmas Day, many African-American families get together to greet the new year and think about the past.
get together: 聚会
On New Year’s Eve we Chinese get together for a family reunion dinner
get somebody together:把…聚集起来
Every Monday morning, our school leaders get all the students together to have a meeting.
get-together n.聚集
Every year my classmates in junior middle school have a get-together.
3)…so that… 表示目的
He works hard so that he can get high marks in the exam.
…so+adj.+that 从句
He works so hard that he gets high marks in the exam.
4) in common 共同
Mr. and Mrs. Li own the store in common.
have something/nothing in common (with sth.) （与…）有共同点
I have nothing in common with my sister.
5) honour (=honor Am.E) n./v.
n. [ C ] “ 荣幸，使感到光荣的人或事”, 一般用单数形式。
To host the 29th Olympic Games is a great honour for China.
v. Every year we honour our past relatives and ancestors before a memorial in Tomb Sweeping Festival.
I felt highly honoured when the teacher spoke highly of me before classmates.
in one’s honour; in honour of something/somebody.为了纪念、尊敬某人/某事
Dragon Boat Festival is created in honour of the famous poet Quyuan.
6) as well as 与…一样好， 不仅…而且
She cooks as well as her mother.
Christine can speak Japanese as well as English
His children as well as his well were invited to the party.
A as well as B …谓语动词单复词由A决定
7）nation, country, state 三者的区别
三个都有“国家”的意思，但侧重点不同。
nation着重指人民、民族、国民。
The whole nation was in deep sorrow at this bad news.
country着重指疆土、国土、家园，也可指一个人的祖国或国籍所在， 还可指乡村。e.g. The soldier fought bravely for their country.
state着重指政策、政权、政府和国家机器， 还可指组成国家的州，特别是美国。e.g. Highways in China belong to the state./ How many states are there in the United States of America.
8) purpose: with/ for the purpose of (doing) something 表目的
He went to the supermarket for the purpose of buying something to eat.
on purpose 故意地，特意地
I came here on purpose to see you .
9) faith: have/ lose faith in…对…有/失去信心
I have faith in you, you will do it well.
Keep/break faith with somebody 对…某人守/不守信用
We will not treat him as our friend as he breaks faith with us.
10) believe in … 信仰，信任，赞成
We believe in his good character.
11) light v. (lighted/ lighted; lit/ lit)
Step 4 Grammar
1. Presentation : Present a sign “No Rubbish”
Ask Ss “What can you see in the sign?” “What does the sign tell us?” “Can we throw rubbish in this place?”“Where must we throw the rubbish?” “What should we do if we cannot find a dustbin at once?”
T presents the following two sentences on the screen.
①We mustn’t throw the rubbish in the place with a sign“No Rubbish”, and we must throw the rubbish into the dustbin.
②We have to keep the rubbish in hand or in a plastic bag until we find a dustbin, if we cannot find a dustbin at once.
2. Get Ss to compare the two sentences above and explain how to use the modal verbs“must” & “have to”.
must is often used when you think that it is necessary to do something. have to is often used when someone else thinks it is necessary or there seems to be no other choice.
must is used to talk about an obligation that depends on the person speaking or listening, while have to is generally used to talk about obligations that come from “outside”.
must--subjective have to --objective
I must be back by ten every night.( I think it is necessary for me to be back by ten every night.)
I have to be back by ten every night. ( I don’t want to be back by ten every night, maybe my mother thinks it’s necessary.)
3. Tell Ss in informal English, “have got to” can be used instead of “have to”. e.g. It is getting late,
I’m afraid I have got to (=have to) go.
4. Forms in tense & Negative form
forms in tense: must, must have to, had to
negative form:
must--must not(mustn’t)(=not be allowed=be forbidden)
have to -- do not have to (don’t have to)(=needn’t)
e.g. It is a secret, you mustn’t tell others.
It is none of your business, I don't have to tell you about this.
Step 5 Practice
1. Look at the following table of greeting manners. Decide which are necessary and which are not. Make sentences using must, have to or negative forms.
Greeting manners
get off the bike when you greet someone salute
bow kiss on the cheek
nod hug
smile look into the eyes
take off your hat shake hands
Example: When you greet a friend who you know very well, you don’t have to shake hands.
If you want to make friends with someone, you have to smile more often.
2. Suppose you are spending the Spring Festival at your grandparents’ house. Complete the sentences with have got to.
1) Your school starts tomorrow, so you have got to go back today.
2) You broke your grandma’s favourite vase, so
3) Your parents went back to work three days ago, so
4) Your grandparents have give you quite a lot of money, so
5) You have done your homework all wrong, so
6) You do not know when you should go to school tomorrow, so
7) _______________________, so ______________________
8) ______________________, so________________________
Step 6 Discussion
Ask Ss to have a discussion of Dos and Don'ts at school, using the modal verbs: must & have to
Dos Don’ts
We must keep the classroom clean. We mustn’t jump the queue in thedining hall.
We have to wear school uniforms We don’t have to use credit card in the every day.
Step 7 Homework
1. Make sentences with the following expressions: get together, in common, honour (v./n.), as well as, with/for the purpose of (doing) sth., have/lose faith in …
2. Finish off the grammar exercises in Workbook
3. Collect information about Earth Day, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Day of the Dead, and April Fool’s Day.
教学反思：
1、这两节课语言点处理得比较好， 抓住了单元的重点， 思路分析到位。另外，选用的课件设计水平很高对教学起到了很好的辅助作用。
2、这个单元的语法-情态动词比较难处理， 我坚持从语境出发效果还可以。如果在增加几个同步的练习，其效果会更好。
Period 5 Speaking & Integrating Skills
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a slide projector
3.a computer for multimedia use
Step 1 Lead in
In this unit, we have learnt a variety of festivals in the world, and as we know all of them celebrate different things, so their themes are quite different. What themes of the festivals do you know? ( peace, family, environment, nature, memory of great men, etc.)
Step 2 Reading (Integrating skills)
1. Get Ss to read the four festivals Earth Day, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Day of the Dead, and April Fool’s Day, and try to get information about each one as much as possible.
2. Ask Ss following questions about each festival.
(Earth Day): When is Earth Day celebrated? What does it celebrate?
What does it tell us? What could we do to celebrate Earth Day?
(Martin Luther King, Jr Day): When is Martin Luther King, Jr Day celebrated? When did it become a national holiday? What is the theme of the 2002 holiday? What do you think “A Day On, Not A Day Off!” means? Martin Luther King, Jr Day is created in honour of Martin Luther King, are there any other great men or women whose memory should be celebrated? How would you celebrate the memory of them?
(Day of the Dead):Is it an old festival? What does it come from? What’s the theme of Day of the Dead? What do people do on that day? Why do so many festivals honour our ancestor?
(April Fool’s Day): What do people do on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever heard of an April Fool’s trick? What happened? What do we call the person who is taken in?
Step 3 Speaking
Suppose our country is going to create a new holiday, and there are four choices. They are Peace Day, Happiness Day, Friendship Day, and Nature Day. What Day of the four days do you think is the best one?
Fist, get Ss to discuss in pairs.
Then, ask individual Ss to report their decision using the following structures:
I think that the new holiday should be________. On this day, ________are allowed. People will __________. The holiday will be celebrated on _________and people will celebrate by______________. I think this is the best idea because___________.
Step 4 Tasks
Task 1: Design your new favourite holiday or festival and give reasons.
Report your new holiday or festival, using the following expressions:
In my opinion, we should… I believe we should…
I don’t think it is necessary to… We must decide…
I hope we can make a decision. If we do this, we can…
Task 2: Create your own festival. Get Ss to write a short description of their created festival according to the form below.
Name of the festival: ________________________________
Date: __________________________________________
Meaning: _________________________________________
Principles: __________________________________________
How is the festival celebrated? ___________________________
What is the symbol of the festival? _______________________
Step 5 Writing
T: Now you have created your new festival, you may want your friends to join the celebration of your new festival. So you should invite your friends to attend your celebration activity. Then how will you invite your friends? Here an invitation is needed.
T can present a sample of invitation and tell Ss how to write an invitation. Information needed in an invitation should include: what, when, who, why, and where? (see tips on page14)
Sample:
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Silver,
We are having a small At-home party with a few close friends at our house on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7:00 o’clock.
We should be very pleased if you could honour us with your company.
Sincerely yours,
John Brown
Step 6. 书信文体的写作特点：
1、 分三段写：第一段说明写信的目的； 第二段回复对方的要求； 第三段、要求与问候。
2、 以第一或第二人称为主， 以现在时态为主；
Step 7.Practice
Write a letter to your favourite star.
Step 8.Homework
1. Writing: Use the information about the festival you have created to write an invitation. Your invitation letter should explain your festival and tell the guest how it will be celebrated.
2. Make good preparations for the dictation of Unit 14
3.Finish Period 4 in Winners
教学反思：
1、这节课以说带动写。通过充分的交际， 先让学生积累必要的语言素材， 同时为后面的作文的处理创造良好的条件。这一点今后要坚持。
2、作文的讲解， 我先介绍课本的范文， 再介绍书信类赎买内表达的特征，最后布置当堂写作训练和讲评。
3回家作业量适宜，再布置一个写作练习作为课堂写作训练的延续。
Period 6
Step 1. Revision
Check the homework exercises
Step 2.Composition Correcting
常见错误:
1. 句子结构混乱， 体现在状态与动作混淆；
2. 书信格式错误；
3. 句子中的关键词选用不当；
4. 语法错误和逻辑错误；
Step 3 Integrating skills
After fast reading, do the following True-or-False exercises.
1. Our body doesn’t need to refuel if we choose nutritious food for our main meals.
2. Good snacks should come from different food groups and should not have too much fat or sugar.
3. Fruits and vegetables don’t give us any vitamins.
4. Most fruits need cooking.
5. Fruits and vegetables are the only healthy snacks.参考答案：1. F 2.T 3.F 4.F 5F
Step 3 Listening to the Passage
Step 4 Reading comprehension
1.After fast reading, discuss these questions with your partner.
2.We can do a lot of things or organize some activities that improve or protect the environment, for example cleaning up the school yard, picking up trash, planting trees etc.There are several similar festivals or days in China that are devoted to the environment and helping people in the community, e.g. tree-planting day and Lei-Feng Day Have a short discussion.
3.To have “a day off” means to stay at home from work for a day, usually to relax. A “day on” means that although an American doesn’t work that day, they should do something serious to honour the man for whom the holiday is given.It is not a time for us to rest, but a time to think about and do something important and great.
Give the students some explanations when necessary.
Step 5 Writing
Sample festival creations:
Name of the festival Space Flight day
Date October 15th
Meaning Remembering the unforgettable day when the first manned space flight was successfully made
Principles Creativity collective work unity love
How is the festival celebrated Making model spaceship
The symbol Wearing clothes with five stars
Name of the festival Grandparent’s Day
Date April 15
Meaning To honour the hard work and caring
Principles Respect dignity
How is it celebrated? Children vist or call their grandparents
The symbol The Chinese character for long life
Step 6.总结扩展
Step 6 Necessary language points
Today we ve done some listening and speaking, and learn how to give advice and some everyday English used between doctors and patients.
3. Integrating skills
1.It is the reminder that we need to care about the world we live in.
reminder [用法]n.[C]1. 提醒者,提醒物,令人回忆的东西
2. 提示,帮助记忆的记号
2.The festival honours both the living and the dead.
the living and the dead [用法]the+形容词表示一类
3.It is not a sad day, but rather a time to celebrate the cycle of life.
cycle:n.[C]1. 周期;循环;一转 2. 整个系列;整个过程 3. 脚踏车;摩托车
vi./vt. (使)循环,轮转 vi. 骑脚踏车(或摩托车)
[举例]The seasons of the year make a cycle. 一年四季构成一个循环。
I cycled to the beach. 我骑车去海滩。
4.Our friends play tricks on us and try to fool us.
trick [用法]n. 1. 诡计;骗局;谋略;花招 2. 恶作剧 3.戏法,把戏;特技,妙计
vt./vi.1. 哄骗
[举例]He got into the castle by a trick. 他耍了个花招混进了城堡。
Daily practice is the trick in learning a foreign language.
每天练习是学会一门外语的诀窍。
No one understood how I did the card trick.
谁也没有看出来我是怎样玩纸牌戏法的。
5.If a person is taken in, he or she is called April Fool .
take in [用法]1. 让...进入;接受 2. （此处）欺骗
Step 7 Homework
1、 Finish Winners Period4Unit 14
2、Make good preparations fot the dictation of Unit 14
教学反思：这节课以听带动泛读是一种新的教学尝试,效果还可以,至少学生的学习积极性比较高。
高一第十五单元The Nechlace
I. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标和要求:
1.Topics 话题
1.Talking about drama and theatre
2.Talking about the play The Necklace
2.Function: 交际功能 征求许可(Ask for permission)
Could we/I...? May/Can I...? Shall we...? Is it possible...? Do you mind...?
讨论可能(Talk about possibilities)
It can t be... It could... He might... They must...
3.Vocabulary 重点词汇和短语
dormitory; recognise; surely; diamond; explain; ball; jewellery; franc; continue; lovely; debt; precious; positive; attend; earn; lecture; silly; mosquito; bat; besides; outline; plot; quality
call on; bring back; day and night; pay off; at most; act out
4.Grammar:语法
情态动词(3)---must, can/could, may/might
1 能够用英语有把握地猜测某人或某事物现在的情况---must/can t
2 能够用英语不十分有把握地猜测某人或某事物现在的情况---can/may/could/might
II. Difficult points
III. Main teaching aids教具：A tape-recorder; Multimedia, projector, role cards
Ⅳ. Main teaching methods 教法：
1. The interaction between the teacher and the students, and among the students themselves; Attention to the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing; and so on.
2. Listening-and–answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.
3. Use both individual work and group or pair work to make every student work and think in class
Period 1
Ⅰ.Teaching Goals:
1.Talk about drama and theatre.
2.Use the modal verbs:must,can/could,may/might
(1)ask for permission;(2)ask about possibilities
3.Write and act a simple play.
Ⅱ.Teaching Time:
Five periods
Ⅲ.Background Information：
1.About the Author
Guy de Maupassant,the well-known French shortstory writer and novelist,was born on August 5,1850.When he was young,he had a great interest in literature.He practised writing literary works under the guidance of the famous novelist Flaubert.And Balzac was another teacher of his.So he wrote in the tradition of 19th century French realism,and became one of the most famous French critical realists of the late 19th century.
Maupassant's stories were built around the everyday life of the simple humble people.He had a fine use of irony.His style was direct and simple,with attention to realistic details.He saw clearly the toil,sufferings and the bitterly ironic happenings in human lives.At his best,he was able to put into a few pages a life story which would take other writers a whole volume to describe.
Most of Maupassant's works are about the peasant life in Normandy,the France-Prussian War and the life of the petty bourgeoisie.As he had held a number of government positions in Parice since 1871,he became familiar with the life of the government workers.And this experience helped him create his best short story“The Diamond Necklace”,from which our present text is adapted.Almost a hundred years after its first publication the story still touches the readers deeply to their hearts.
Maupassant suffered a great deal from illness in his late life.Yet he struggled to continue writing with tremendous will power.He had but a short life,and died at the age of 43(on July 6,1893).
2.About the Text
This short play is a stage version of The Necklace,one of Maupassant's best-known short stories.It tells about a vain woman,wife of a small clerk,who borrowed a diamond necklace to go to the palace ball.But unfortunately she lost the necklace.Then she and her husband had to work ten long years to pay for it.
The heroine was named Mathilde,who used to be a pretty girl.Being born in a clerk's family,she had no hope of marrying a man of wealth and position.So she let herself be married to Pierre Loisel,a small clerk in a government office.They were not rich and lived a simple life.
One evening her husband brought home an invitation for the palace ball.It was the first time in their lives that they had been invited to an important occasion like this.But the wife did not feel happy at all,because she had no dress for the ball.As the ball was very important to Pierre,he decided to buy her a new dress,which cost about four hundred francs.That was all he had saved.But Mathilde had no jewellery and she didn't want to go to the palace without jewelley.Her husband suggested that she should go and borrow some jewellery from a rich friend of hers,Jeanne Forrestier.Jeanne was very kind and friendly.She brought out her jewelry for Mathilde to choose from.Mathilde borrowed a diamond necklace.
Mathilde was the prettiest woman that night at the palace.She was a great success.All the men wished to dance with her.She danced madly,forgetting herself,her husband,her home and all.
On the way home Mathilde found that the necklace was gone.She and her husband returned to the palace and looked for it in every room but couldn't find it,and they never saw it again.They had to borrow thirty-six thousand francs,buy a diamond necklace exactly like the one they had lost and return it to Jeanne.Then they worked hard for ten years to pay for the money.
At the end of ten hard years,Mathilde had changed a great deal and looked so old that Jeanne couldn't recognize her when they met in a park one day.When Jeanne heard Mathilde's story,she was amazed.She told Mathilde that the necklace she had lent her ten years before was made of glass.It was worth five hundred francs at the most.
IV.Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a slide projector
3.a computer for multimedia use
Period 2
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the following words:
footprint shoeprint fingerprint tire mystery mysterious scary dormitory
2.Do some listening.
3.Do some speaking by acting out some short plays.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Do listening and speaking practice.
2.Improve the students' listening ability.
3.Improve the students speaking ability by acting out some short plays in English.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.How to finish the task of speaking.
2.How to make up short plays.
Teaching Methods:
1.Warming up to arouse the students' interest in creating good stories.
2.Listening-and-choosing activity to help the students go through with the listening material and understand it.
3.Making and acting out simple plays to practise the students' speaking ability.
4.Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a slide projector
3.a computer for multimedia use
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ. Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step Ⅱ. Lead-in
T:Have you read thrilling and exciting stories?
S1:Yes,I've read one.It is Huckleberry Finn.It was written by Mark Twain.It tells us something about a boy who met with much danger and trouble.
T:Have you seen the soul-stirring film?
S2:Yes.I have seen the film“Titanic”.It tells us that the largest and finest ship at that time sank because it hit an iceberg.It is terrible to see the ship sink under the sea.
T:I think most of you have seen the film.It is really a good and soul-stirring film.It won its Oscar.It is well worth seeing.OK.Which of you had adventurous experience?
S3:I had one.
T:Would you like to tell us your experience?
S3:I'd love to.One afternoon when I went home after school,I found our door open.Suddenly I felt something happen.It was a thief who broke into my house.I was about to leave for help when the thief saw me,He tied me to a chair and took away our money and some valuable things.It took me an hour to untie the rope and call the police.
T:What an advanture experience!Sometimes,all of us are likely to be in trouble.What should we do when we get into trouble?Now we'll have a discussion in pairs.Begin,please.
(After two minutes,teacher collects some advice from the students and shows them on the screen.)
Dos
Find a good chance to get rid of dangerous situation
Call 110 for help.
Ask neighbours for help.
Use your clever head to defeat the other.
Don'ts
Don't enter the dangerous situation.
Don't fight with him,for you are weak.
…
T:Your advice is very good.
Step Ⅲ. Warming up
T:Today a foreign senior boy and a Chinese senior girl are travelling on a small island.They have adventurous experience.Now open your books and look at the pictures in Unit 15.Make up a story about something happening to the boy and the girl.Prepare it in four groups.
(Teacher gives students enough time to prepare it.Then ask one group to read the story.)
T:(After some minutes.)Are you ready?Now I'll ask one group to read the story to the whole class.Which group will try?
Group 2:A foreign senior boy and a Chinese senior girl were travelling on a small island when they met an old wise man with long beard.They talked with the man,who had a map in his hand.He told them there were valuables in a certain castle according to the map.So the boy and the girl came to a secret chambers in a mysterious castle on the island and they found a box full of jewellery.They were very excited.And they were thinking about what to do when a huge monster appeared.The monster was angry with them and began to run after them.They were frightened and ran quickly.But the monster went on running after them and they couldn't get away from the monster.At that time the wise old man suddenly appeared before them and helped them leave the dangerous situation.At last he told them that everyone liked treasures.But only when we worked hard by hand to get treature could we own them.
T:Thank you for your story.
Step Ⅳ. Listening
T:Now let'