百万英镑的语言和写作教学设计

Module 3 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

Knowledge aims:

Language points in the play:

1) Words: permit, wander, penniless, spot, fault, unpaid, seek, patience

2) Phrases: make a bet, go right ahead, by accident, stare at, account for, on the contrary

3) Sentence patterns: Object and predictive clauses.

Learning methods

Listening, speaking, reading and writing

Step1 Revision

1. There are three main characters in the play. Who are they?

They are Roderick, Oliver and Henry.

2. What do you know about Roderick and Oliver?

They are brothers, English, living in London, wealthy, making a bet on a penniless American. 3. And Henry?

He is young, American businessman, is lost in London, penniless, is wandering outside the brothers’ house, is being given a million pound note.

He used to be rich, had a boat, but when he was sailing out of the bay, he met a strong wind. And a ship spotted him on the sea and took him to England.

Now he just want a job.

Words flashback:

wealthy make a bet penniless businessman wander spot

The group who can read the words get one point.

The group who can read the words louder get two points.

Purpose: This step will help the students to recall the topic and something about the context. Step2 Word study

I. Guess the meaning of each red words.

1. At this moment, they see a penniless young man wander ing on the pavement outside their

house.

Someone who is penniless has hardly any money at all. (poor, a young man without any money)

If you wander in a place, you walk around there in a casual way, often without intending to go in any particular direction.

A pavement is a path with a hard surface, usually by the side of a road

2. Would you please come in? Permit me to lead the way, sir.

Your teacher, Miss Wang, permitted me to have a class here.

Our school doesn’t ______ students to smoke. (allow, permit)

3. It was all my fault.

A fault is a mistake. If you caused sth bad happened, you would have to be responsible for it.

4. The next morning I’d just about given myself up for lost when I was spot ted by a ship.

(found)

5. I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.

6. Roderick asked Henry to have patience.

Purposes: Let the students find the formation and usage of the new words in the play through the teacher’s explanation.

II. Word formation

penny penniless pavement movement

permit (allow) permitted permitted spot spotted spotted

unpaid paid appearance appear patience patient

Purposes: Let the students remember the formation of the word again.

III. Word check (Can you fill in the blanks according to your memory?) (one word one mark) penny ---________ (身无分文的)

permit _______(过去式) _________(过去分词)

spot _______(过去式) _________(过去分词)

paid _______(反义词)

appear __________(名词形式)

patient ________(名词形式)

Purposes: To check whether they have mastered the formation of the word.

IV. Competition

Fill in the blanks, using the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(one word two marks)

1. His anger showed that he was _________ (satisfied) with our answer.

2. Though he is ten years old, he is still ______ (able) to talk to us.

3. We were amused at his funny ________ (move) in doing morning exercises.

4. The sudden ________ (appear) of a policeman caused the thief to run away.

5. He was disappointed so often that he became ________ (hope).

(uncountable, unsatisfied, unimportant, unusual, unable)

(movement, pavement, achievement)

(careless, useless)

(performance, disappearance, appearance, importance)

Purposes: This part is used to extend their knowledge of word formation.

Step3 Phrase study

I. The original sentences from the play

’d mind us asking a few questions.

# --- May I use your dictionary? ---Go ahead.

# He made this mistake by accident, not on purpose.

My finger got hurt by accident by a piece of paper. (

3. I earned my passage by working as an unpaid my appearance.

# His illness accounts for his absence. ()

# You think you are clever; on the contrary, I think that you are very foolish.

你自以为很聪明, 相反地, 我确信你很傻。

5. His eyes stare at what is left of the brother’s dinner on table.