(_)主题任务(Core tasks)
任务一：短剧表演
活动时间：在学完本单元之后
活动形式：个人活动、两人小组活动、小组活动、全班活动
语言知识要求：本单元词汇与句型
语言技能要求：听、说、读、写
活动目的：以演感悟、以演促学
活动过程：
1．分配角色：把全班分成几个演出小组。每个小组由九人组成，分别担任导演、Rachel Verinder， Godfrey，Franklin Blake，Dr Candy，Sergeant Cuff， the Indians以及旁白等角色。导演负责总体规划，包括舞台设计、服装设计、排练等等。教师任顾问，对学生的语言、表情、动作要加以指导。
2．撰写剧本：由导演分配撰写剧本各部分任务，将小说改写成剧本。教师要指导学生写好剧本，要注意剧本所包含的要素等。
3．交流信息：检查各项工作落实情况，个人结合自己的角色，互相取长补短。
4．熟悉台词：各演员背诵自己的台词，体会角色的个性与心理，通过语言与动作表现人物的个性特征。演员熟悉台词、进行彩排。
5．道具准备：所准备的道具及服装要力求轻便、简易、逼真。
6．润色加工：就彩排的情况交流心得，逐步完善。
7．拍摄剧照：教师尽可能拍摄某个场面中的精彩片断，以便师生共同分享喜悦。
8．比赛演出：由老师和各组组长组成评委会，各组均登台演出，评委评分。
任务二：阅读侦探小说档案
活动时间：在学完本单元之后
活动形式：个人活动、结对活动、小组活动、全班活动
语言知识要求：本单元词汇与句型
语言技能要求：听、说、读、写
活动目的：培养学生课外阅读习惯
活动过程：
1．组织学生进行课外阅读，培养学生良好的课外阅读习惯。
2．教师可帮助学生制定课外阅读计划等，并有步骤地分阶段实施。
3．教师可以向学生推荐一些推理性小说供学生参考，例如：《福尔摩斯探案集》(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)，《三十九级台阶》(The Thirty-nine Steps)，《钢城》(The Caves of Steel)，《布朗神父探案集》(Father Brown Stories)等。
4．建议学生做好读书笔记，填入下列表格中。
5．有可能的话，进行讲故事比赛。
Reading Log Class_______ Name_______ Date_______
Reading material
Number of words Time taken to read(minute)
Comments
Impressive sentences
Level of
comprehension
Reflective reading
journal
(二)热身(Warming up)
创设情景，激趣导入
Everyone loves a good mystery story．Many people have read stories about Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle．Today we are going to read a story by another famous detective story writer Wilkie Collins．
1．Look at the title of this unit and try to guess what the text is about．
2．Do you know any detective stories?
3．What is most interesting about this mystery?
4．Do you like reading detective stories?
5．Wh0 is your favourite detective writer?
(三)听力(Listening)
1．利用插图，构建对话平台
在听前，教师须要求学生认真看图，构建师生对话的平台。例如：
T：What are the guests doing?
Ss：．．．
T：Are they happy right now?
Ss：．．．
T：What is Rachel Verinder thinking about?
Ss：．．．
2．培养问题意识，组织学生讨论
组织学生进行小组活动，针对图画展开想象，
提出更多的问题，激发思维。
3．完成课内题目，掌握听力要点
4．改写对话，培养学生的语言运用能力
要求学生把对话转述成一段叙述，培养学生的语言转换能力及概括能力。
学生可用如下开头：This is a picture of a birth． day party for a young woman called Rachel Verinder． There sits Miss Rachel at the table with a beautiful
diamond on her dress．．．
(四)口语(Speaking)
教师要鼓励学生在收集信息、处理信息和表达交流的过程中探索学习。要将自己置身于真实的环境中，将表演与真实情感有机地结合在一起。这样，有利于寓教于乐，激发学生的兴趣。
除课文的相关情景外，我们还可要求学生描绘当时的情形，如喧闹的声音等。例如，学生可能会使用如下的语句：
“The diamond is gone! Gone! Nobody knows how!”
“I myself saw Miss Rachel put the Diamond into the drawer last night!”
“We must call for the police!”
(五)读前(Pre-reading)
1．超前学习，体验探究
在学习《月亮宝石》时，有可能的话，鼓励学生自主提前学习这本书。学生可以上网下载或到图书馆借阅小说The Moonstone，这样可以培养学生自主学习的能力。
2．共同欣赏，集体解疑
教师要鼓励学生在阅读过程中相互学习，通过课外阅读，使学生加深对文学的感受、理解、欣赏，共同解决阅读中存在的问题，提高思维能力；在讨论中，学会欣赏他人的优点，让学生通过合作体会成功的喜悦。
(六)阅读(Reading)
1．巧妙设疑，激发思维
教师可设计如下问题：
What do you think is the most difficult part in the reading?
What do you think is the most interesting part in the reading?
2．克服困难，猜测词义
Write a definition，synonym，or description of the underlined words.
1)Godfrey is an elegant and successful bachelor with many lady admirers ___________
2)First of all，one of the guests，Godfrey，asks Rachel to marry him，but she declines．___________
3)Rachel’s mother hires the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the theft. ___________
4)Franklin，on the other hand，gives the detective as much assistance as he can． ___________
5)Sergeant Cuff has one vital clue．He has found a smear in the wet paint on the door of Rachel's sitting room that was not there during the party. ___________
答案：
1)unmarried man 2)refuses 3)look into
4)help 5)very important or necessary
(七)综合技能(Integrating skills)
1．阅读部分是本单元阅读课文的继续。这一部分解开了月亮宝石丢失的原因。教师可要求学生把小说梳理一遍。
Number the sentences to show the correct order.
( )B．Franklin had no memory of what he did with the diamond．
( )C．Godfrey asked Rachel to marry him and she accepted．
( )D．The diamond was set in the forehead of the God of the Moon once again。
( )E．But Rachel broke off the wedding for fear that Godfrey would marry her for her money．
( )F．Rachel，who had behaved strangely since the theft of the diamond，went to London．
( )G．Godfrey took the diamond from Franklin’s bedroom and decided to keep the Diamond to pay off his debts．
( )H．The Indians had followed Godfrey，killed him，and taken the Diamond．
( )I．Franklin read a letter written by Rosanna saying that she knew he had stolen the diamond．
答案：
(1)F (2)C (3)E (4)I (5)B
(6)G (7)H (8)D
2．写作部分提出了两个情景，让学生选择其中之一写一封信。教师要组织好合作小组，小组讨论，理清思路后再分别起草。写出草稿后可互相交换，进行评价和修改。教师可收几封信，向全班展示并进行评价。
3．若有可能，当学生完成了任务“Write a letter from Sergeant Cuff to Rachel apologising for his mistake．”可进一步要求学生以Rachel的口吻给Ser geant Cuff写封回信。
(二)测试性评价
1．Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbs．
1)Miss Verinder，my congratulations to you _______．your birthday gift．
2)It is no good falling _______ love with Godfrey．
3)I gave _______ smoking last week，but since I stopped I haven’t been able to sleep．
4)He is very kind；he shows much feeling _______ the weak．
5)He wanted to do the job，but he was so young that he was turned _______.
6) I don’t know the reason Rachel might have given _______ refusing him．
7)When the information was given to me，I was to pass it _______ to her．
8) He was tired--such a degree that he fainted．
2．Read the text again and study the sentences taken from the text，and then try to produce sentences of your own by using the underlined structure or expressions in the following sentences．
1)The novel The Moonstone is set in England in 1848，but the story really began 50 years earlier．
2)The diamond was cursed and the man! lived a sad，lonely life without friends or family．
3)When he died he left the Moonstone to his sister's daughter，Rachel，in an act of revenge， passing on his bad fortune to her．
4)Franklin，who is a smoker，is very considerate towards Rachel．
5)At the end of the party，everyone leaves except for Franklin and Godfrey，who are staying the night．
6)As the story develops，we discover some secrets about the people at the house that night，and the reasons why they might have stolen the diamond．
7)Whoever is guilty must have a stain on his or her clothes．
3．Fill in the blanks with proper words．
A formal letter is very 1) from an in for． mal letter．Formal letters are 2) to businesses． schools or government offices．Informal letters are for relatives or friends．You may write an informal letter 3) hand，but you should 4) a formal letter．An informal letter can be as 5) as you want it to be 6) a formal letter should be short, two or three paragraphs．You should 7) formal language in letters to businesses but informal language in letters to your friends．For example，in a formal letter you may say．“I would 8) your sending me the materials which I have requested．”In an informal letter you may say，“Please send me the papers I asked you 9) ．And formal and informal letters have different 10) ．
答案：
1．1 on 2 in 3 up 4 for 5 down
6 tor 7 on 8 to
2．1 The story is set in the Anti-Japanese War．
2 Since then they have lived a happy life．
3 Please read the note and pass it on to the monitor．
4 Jane likes Tom，because he is considerate towards others.
5 The classroom was silent，except for the scratching of pens on paper．
6 As-he grew up，he knew how to work for others．
7 Whoever does a good deed should be praised．
3．1 different 2 written 3 by 4 type 5 long
6 while 7 use 8 appreciate 9 for 10 forms