高一英语American literature教案2

Unit 10 American literature
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Most of us have heard of some world-famous writers such as Mark Twain,Jack London,Ernest Hemingway.Some of their works are well-known in the world.The topic of this unit is about American literature.Warming up gets students to know what a poem describes and what it means.In speaking,students are asked to talk about some American writers and their works Pre-reading and Post-reading get students to practise how to predict a story and how to describe a story.Reading tells us a love story written by American writer O.Henry.As for integrating skills,teacher should not only train the students’reading ability
In the aspect of Language Study,teacher trains Students’ability to use some key words and phrases.Teacher also helps students to review all the verb tenses.Listening helps students learn to grasp the detailed
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Alex Haley was born in the northeast of New York in 1921,but he spent most of his early life with his mother’s family in southern Tennessee.His grandmother told him stories about their family.Their history,she said,began with Toby.He was a slave from Africa and his
Alex Haley went to school and then to college.In 1939,he joined the US coastguard.As he was a Black,his job was to wait on tables and washed dishes.In his spare time,he learned to write stories.He served in the coastguard for 20 years.After he retired he put all his time into
Alex Haley remembered the stories his grandmother had told him.He began to study his family story:After a lot of research,Haley decided that Toby probably was Kunta Kinte for the West African Mandingo people.Kunta Kinte was caught near the village of Juffure on the Gambia River.He was sold as a slave in Annapolis,Maryland in 1707.Then Haley made a trip to Gambia and talked with a history expert in Juffure.The Africa histo
Alex Haley wanted to tell experiences of the Black people in 18th-and-19th century America.He spent 10 years researching and writing his family story for the book Roots.It was published in 1976.It was a special “Pulitzer Prize”.A few years later,a film series based on Haley’s
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (pen name Mark Twain) was born on November 30,1835 in Florida,Missouri.Twain is considered the greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature.His novels and stories about the Mississippi River:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(《汤姆·索亚历险记》)（1876）and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》
In 1839 the Clemens family moved to Hannibal,Missouri,on the Mississippi River where young Sam experienced the excitement and colorful sights of the waterfront.Like many authors of his day he had little formal education.His education came from the print shops and newspaper offices where he worked as a youth.In 1853 Clemens left Hannibal with a yearning(渴望) to travel.On a trip to New Orleans he persuaded a riverboat pilot to teach him his skill.By the spring of 1859 Clemens was a
At the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861) Clemens chose not to get involved and moved to Carson City,Nevada.After an unsuccessful attempt at gold and silver mining he joined the staff of a newspaper in Virginia City,Nevada.He first wrote under the pen name “Mark Twain” (meaning “two fathoms(英寻)”in riverboat-talk) in 1836.“Twain” wrote his first popular story,The Celebrated Jumping Frog
of Calaveras County(《卡拉维拉县有名的跳蛙》
He continued to travel as a correspondent for various newspapers,and in 1869 his travel letters from Europe were collected into the popular book,The Innocents Abroad（《傻子国外旅行记》）.Encouraged by his success Twain married Olivia Langdon and settled down in Hartford,Connecticut to his most productive years as a writer.Between 1873 and 1889 he wrote seven novels including his Mississippi River books as well as The Prince and the Pauper （《王子和贫儿》）（1882）
As Twain’s life and career progressed he became increasingly
pessimistic(悲观的)，losing much of the humorous,cocky(趾高气扬的) tone of his earlier years.More and more of his works experssed the gloomy(忧伤的；沮丧的) view that all human motives(动机) are ultimately selfish.Even so Twain is best remembered as a humorist who used his sharp wit and comic exaggeration to attack the false pride and self-
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1.Improve the students’
2.Improve the students’
1.How to improve the students’
1.Listening-and-answering activty to help the students go through with
Step Ⅰ Greetings
Gr
Step Ⅱ Warming up and Lead-in
T:I think most of you are fond of literature.I think you must be familiar with Chinese literature.But are you interested in American literature?Perhaps some of you have a hobby of reading novels or other
works written by foreign writers.Now let’s read the text written by Rudley Randall.(Bb:Rudley Randall) After you read it,I’ll ask you to
(Teacher gives students a few minutes to read the text,then teacher shows
4.Why does this have to be American literature?Could it be written by a
5.Think about the history and life in the United States.What special
T:Who’
S1:I think it’s a
S2:It’s about American blacks,I think.In the poem,the author expresses his deep feelings for his ancestor,though he is a slave.The poem reminds us
T:Your answer sounds reasonable.Who is the volunteer to answer the
S3:I’ve learnt something about him.He was an American poet.He was born in Washington D.C.in 1914.He was the founder and chief editor of a
publishing house in Detroit.He was the major publisher for the poetry of American blacks.The Burning City was one of his poetry
T:Very good.Now the fourth question.Who’
S4:The poem talks about “Slave traders”.That has something to do with American Blacks.As we know,American blacks are mostly slaves taken from Africa by slave traders.In the text,the author is in praise of their ancestors,who were slaves.From the content of the text,we can guess it must be American literature and it can’t be written by a poet from another
S5:We all know that America is a country which contains people from different parts of the world.So American literature has a wide variety of styles.But from the history of America,we can guess the important themes in its literature are Native Americans,Pioneers,Slavery and the Civil
Step Ⅲ Listening
T:Next,let’s do some listening.Before listening to the tape,I’d like you to answer some ques
1.Are you a member of any club or taking part in activities that help you
3.What other clubs or activities could you think of to practise English in a
S6:Yes.I’m a member of English Corner,which is a club for us to practise English.I often take part in the activities in it.I think it is very helpful for
T:No wonder your spoken English is so good.Now,Li Xiang,did you ever
S7:I’m sorry.I seldom go there.I only went there several times last week because I couldn’t understand others when they speak everything in
T:I advise you to go to Speaking Corner more often.There is a famous saying,“Practice makes perfect.” If you often go there,I’m sure you can improve your listening ability and you can also speak fluent English.Do
S7:I see.I’
S8:I think we can practise English in other activities such as English Summer Camp,English Speech Contest,English Short Play
T:Your ideas sound very good.Now I’ll play the tape for you.After listening to the tape,you are asked to answer the questions on the screen.You’
(Show the questions on th
2.Why is this activity successful,while a Speaking Corner was not?Give
3.What are the advantages of their club activities according to Ann,Ben
(Teacher plays the tape for the first time for students to get the general idea.Then teacher plays the tape again so that students can get the detailed information.For some details,teacher may pause and play the tape more times until students can understand them well.After that,teacher asks some students to give their answers.Meanwhile,teacher
Step Ⅳ Speaking
T:Have you ever heard of a famous American writer named Mark Twain?(Show a picture of Mark Twain on the screen.)Can you say someth
s9:OK.Mark Twain was born in the early 19th century.His real name was
Samuel Clemens.“Mark Twain” was his pen name.He is well-known in the world as a humorist,a frontier and a philosopher.His famous works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Life on the Mississippi,Jumping
(Bb:Mark Twain,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Life on the Mississippi,Jumping Frog)
T:Perhaps you’ve heard about other American writers and their works.Now look at the screen and match the writers with the
(Teacher writes the following on the blackboard and then asks a student
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Suggested answers:1.e 2.d 3.c
T:The major themes in the literature of a country reflect important events or periods in the history of that country.Therefore,important themes in American literature are Native Americans,Pioneers and the Civil War,and the relations between America and Europe.Now choose one theme and
discuss what type of story you would like to read.You can use the
5.Where w
(Teacher asks students to work in pairs and lets them have discussions.A few minutes later,teacher asks students to present the outcome of their
T:OK.I’ll ask some students to present the outcome of your discussion to
S10:I’m glad to.I like to read both stories and novels.I read stories for school and novels for pleasure.I think an interesting story should have an exciting plot.As we know,a plot is a plan or outline of the events in the story of a play or novel.Only when a story has an exciting plot can it
attract readers.For example,I’ve read some works of Mark Twain.“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is one of them.It describes a boy named Tom Sawyer,who lives with his younger brother aid and Aunt Polly in a remote town on the banks of the Mississippi River.Si d is a “model” boy.He is obedient,demure and sneaky.But Tom is quite the opposite of his brother.He disobeyes the cruel and unjust teacher,Mr Dobbins and is busy with outside matters at the lessons.One night Tom Sawyer,together with his friend Huck Finn,ha
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Step Ⅴ Summary and Homework
T:In this period we’ve talked about something about American literature.We have known more about American writers and their works.We’ve also done some listening.After class,remember all the new words we learnt in this class and preview the next three parts:Pre-reading Reading and Post-reading.OK.So much for today.Class is over.
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Blackboard
Unit 10
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