典范英语8_09 黑夜挣扎

Discussion
What kind of jobs did the children in the story do?
Did children in rich families, like Harriet, work?
Why did children of poor families have to work?
---William Blake Songs of Experience
Historical Background
Victorian Era
The Reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Queen Victoria
Children in the Victorian Era
Children in Poor Family
Children in Rich Family
Children at Work
Reading aloud
Read Chapter 1
Read and think
Retelling
Chapter 2: The Chimney Sweep
Chapter 3: Will loses his way
I was in a narrow lane which sloped steeply down to the right. It was hemmed in on both sides by tall buildings with clammy grey walls. In front of me were railings…On the railings…（P47）
William Blake
(1757-1827)
And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins and set them all free; Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run, And wash in a river, and shine in the sun. Then naked and white, all their bags left behind, They rise upon clouds and sport in the wind; And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy, He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.
I saw the canvas sheet, scrabbled under it and I found myself on a dusty wooden platform. A little light filtered through the canvas, green and shadowy, and there was a damp, musty smell.（P42）
Songs of Innocence
And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark, And got with our bags and our brushes to work. Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm; So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.
"The Chimney Sweeper"
A little black thing among the snow, Crying! 'weep! weep!' in notes of woe! 'Where are thy father and mother? Say!' 'They are both gone up to the church to pray. 'Because I was happy upon the heath, And smiled among the winter's snow, They clothed me in the clothes of death, And taught me to sing the notes of woe. 'And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury, And are gone to praise God and His priest and king, Who made up a heaven of our misery.'
Chapter 4: Harriet
Chapter 5: Discovery
Chapter 6: The new boy
Character Analysis
Main Characters:
Tess ( the housemaid)
Mrs. Hutton (the housekeeper)
Miss Harriet (the daughter of Dr. Gooch)
Do children work nowadays? What kind of jobs do
they do?
Should children have jobs?
Language Appreciation
Descriptions of environment:
It was a black door, with a brass knocker shaped like a snake coiled round a stick. （P1）
"The Chimney Sweeper"
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.
Will (a chimney sweep)
Mr. Fry (a chimney sweep)
Dr. Gooch ( the host )
An Example:
Character
Appearance Personality Facts
Mrs. Hutton
A lady with a red round face Kind-hearted, merciful, … P4: she asked Tess to have some milk before work.
Writing
Suppose you were Will. Rewrite the story from your point of view.
Write a review of the story in nore's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved: so I said, "Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet; and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight, That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.