高中英语M3U3 reading-teaching plan

Teaching plan for M3U3 Reading: The Million Pound Bank Note

I. Teaching aims:

At the end of the class, the students will be able to：

1.Learn more about Mark Twain and the beginning of the play;

2.Explore the characters’ actions, feelings and intentions beyond the conversations;

3.Practice their summarizing ability;

4.Think the implied message in this play.

II. Teaching procedures:

Step I. Lead-in (7’)

1.Self-introduction and recall students’ knowledge of Mark Twain by showing them

his information.

2.Show the film clip of the reading and list some questions for students to think while

watching.

Purpose: To give students background information of the writer Mark Twain. Arouse their interest for the film script and let them have the first impression for the characters. Step II. Reading (20’)

1.Skim the play excerpt. Students will choose a key word for each part divided by

teacher and are encouraged to give a main idea for each part.

Purpose: To let students get the general idea of the text and let them practice the ability of summarizing.

2.Close-reading for each part:

1) Part One: Read the narrator’s line and find the detailed information of the setting.

2) Part Two: Analyze the brothers’ questions to get a full picture of Henry. Find out the development of characters’ feelings and compare them.

3) Part Three: Analyze Henry’s personal quality and find out why the brothers cho ose Henry as the note-receiver. Complete the summary of Part Three.

Purpose:Students are encouraged to infer characters’ actions, feelings and intentions through detailed reading so as to understand the development of the plot.

Step III. Writing (7’)

Write a summary for Part Two based on teacher’s guidance.

Purpose: Students will be able to practice their summarizing ability by changing play conversations to a written narrative.

Step IV. Evaluation and homework (6’)

1) Ask some students to show their writing pieces and comment on them. 2) Show teacher’s example of this exercise and point out some important elements. 3) Give students a follow-up exercise to practice their writing after class.

Purpose: Students can learn from each other’s works and learn what they need to keep in mind when writing a summary for a longer text.