Loading... Please wait...The 2-3nd period---Reading of scene 3 and 4 of act 1
Teaching aims and demands:
Teaching procedures:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Step 1
Greeting and leading in
1. Greet everyone as usual.
2. Ask the students:
Do you want to be rich?
to lead in the question:
Suppose you get a large amount of money by buying lottery tickets (彩票) and become a millionaire (百万富翁).
What will you do with the money?
3. Can you do those things without spending the money?
Think about the questions and some students answer them.
Step 2 Brief introduction
1. Tell students that there is a man who can buy things without spending the money and show a picture of the book and to lead in the story.
2. Show Henry’s picture and introduce him simply.
1. Guess who the man is and look at the picture.
2. Listen carefully.
Step3 Fast-Reading
1. Get the students to read the text quickly and fill in the blanks.
1.Read the text quickly and fill in the blanks.
Step4 Watching the clip
1. Show the two brothers’ picture and introduce them simply.
2. Let students watch the clip of the movie and guess what the bet is.
3. Tell students the bet.
1. Listen carefully.
2. Watch the movie and try to guess what the bet is.
Step 3 Careful-Reading
1. Get the students to read the text and ask questions if they have any difficulty in understanding.
2. Ask the functions of the stage directions.
1. Read the text and ask if necessary for understanding.
2. Think about the functions of the stage directions.
Step 4 Consolidation
1. Get the students to listen to the tape of the text, read Henry’s words after the tape and think about Henry’s character.
1. Listen to and read after the tape, thinking about Henry’s character.
Step 5Discussion
1. Guide the students to find out what kind of person the character is:
Henry Adams
and encourage them to voice their opinions, making the students know more about a play. Work in groups to discuss the characters and then speak out their opinions.
Step 6 Acting out
1. Encourage students to act out the play.
1. Be brave to act out.
Step 7 Assignment
1.Read the play with emotion.
2.Finish Exercise 1 and 2 on Page 19.reading
Listen attentively and write down the assignment.
(scene 4 of act 1)
Step 1Revision and Leading-in
1. Review Act 1 Scene 3;
2. Arose the students’ interest in Scene 4.
Where will Henry go first as he has got some money?
1. Think about the questions and get some students answer them.
Step 2 Fast-reading
1. Get the students read the text quickly to know the following part of the story.
1. Read Scene 4 quickly and answer some questions.
Step 3 Careful-reading
1. Get the students read the text carefully and focus on the change of others’ attitude after Henry showing the bank note.
a. How do they change their attitude?
b. Why?
c. Humors and satires? 1. Read the text carefully and think about the change of people’s attitude.
a. From their words and behaviour.
b. Money worship.
c. The change of other’ attitude; the appearance of Mr. Clemens who shares the same name with the writer.
Step 4 Retelling
1. Get students retell Act 1 Scene4.
Fill in the blanks to retell the story.
Step 5 Enjoying the clip
1. Play the clip of the movie. Enjoy the movie.
Step 6 Film-dubbing
1. Guide the students to dub Scene4 of the play, paying attention to the characters.
Groups in four practise dubbing Scene 4.
Step 7 Assignment
1. Read the play again and again after class.
2. Finish Exercise 1 and 2 on Page 56.
Listen attentively and write down the assignment.