The Million Pound Bank-Note
-----Unit3 （高一必修3人教新课标）
Teaching aims:
Talk about short stories and dramas.
Learn how to act out a play
Learn how to request and order food
Learn noun clauses as the object and predicative
The first period Intensive reading
Step I.Warming up
1.Mark Twain is probably one of the few American writers with whom students are already familiar. This exercise makes the teacher find out how much the students know about this writer and decide how much they need to know about the author before they read the play.
T: Do you know something about the American writer Mark Twain?
Ss: A little.
T: Today we will learn something about this great writer in the American history. Now please read “About Mark Twain” on page 23 so that you can know more about him.
Students read the passage about Mark Twain and answer the questions given in the form on page 23.
What’s the real name of Mark Twain?
When was he born and when did he die?
Do you know all the places where he lived?
Can you name three of his famous stories?
T: As we know, Mark Twain is known as a humorist during his life. And this is reflected in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE. So, today we will learn some parts of this famous play.
Step ⅡPre-reading
Get the students to discuss the question with their partners and then ask them to report their work. Encourage to express their opinions freely.
T: If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do? Why?
( Students have a discussion on this question. Whatever choice students make here, they should be ready to offer their classmates a good reason for it.)
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T: I think all of you have a good idea. Do you want to know what happened to Henry Adams in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE written by Mark Twain? Have you ever read the story? So this class we will learn the story together.
Step Ⅲ While reading
Scanning
Get the students to comprehend the whole scene quickly and accurately and meanwhile help them form a good habit of reading. Give the students some time to read through the scenes and then answer some questions
How did Henry Adams come to England?
Where did Henry work before? How much did he have?
What did the two gentlemen give Henry?
When can Henry open the letter.
After the students discuss the questions and then check the answers with the whole class.
T: Listen to the tape and try to find out the characteristics of the whole passage.
Ss: This is part of a play. So, the narration is written in the present tense.
T: OK. All of you have done a good job. Next, let’s read the scene again and do some exercises.
Step Ⅳ Post-reading
Do comprehending exercises and explain :
a large amount of: a large quantity of; a great deal of
e.g. They bought a large amount of furniture before they moved their new house.
make a bet: make an arrangement to risk money, etc. on an event of which the result is doubtful.
e.g. We made a bet on the result of the match.
permit sb to do something: allow somebody to do something
e.g. My mother doesn’t permit me to ride in the street after it rained.
by accident: as a result of chance
e.g. I only found it by accident.
stare at: look at somebody or something with the eyes wide open in a fixed gaze( in astonishment, wonder, fear, etc)
to be honest: to tell you the truth; to be frank
e.g. To be honest, I don’t think we have a chance of winning.
Step Ⅴ Homework
Review the key sentences in this part
Preview the words in the second period.
Act out the play in groups
The second period: Acting
Step I Acting
T: Are you ready to act out the play now< class?
Ss: Yes.
T: Good. Let’s welcome the first group and the second group please get prepared.
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T: Class, we should pay attention to some examples of Mark Twain’s humor in this scene, which will help us better understand the play and act it out more appropriately. Do you agree with me?
Ss: Yes, of course.
Step II Homework
Review what we learned in this unit
The Third period Watching the movie The Million Pound Banknote
课件26张PPT。A wonderful English WorldPre-reading:Background knowledge about
Mark Twain and his play .Getting to know a great literary giant:
Mark TwainTask 1:Samuel Langhorne ClemensHannibal, Missouri, along the MississippiThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Life on the MississippiThis play was made into a film. Two rich gentlemen in London made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound bank-note. An American young man who sailed too far was carried out to sea, but was saved by a British ship for London . So he was now in London , tired,hungry and penniless……
Task 2: Getting to know the story.While-reading: Try to gain as much information
as possible from the story through
reading and train reading skills.
While-reading: Task 1. Scanning Reading strategy: Go through the play for specific information.Don’t
read sentence by sentence. Characters （人物）：Henry Adams :a lost American businessman
in London“Roderick” and “Oliver” : two brothers and rich Englishmen
sailingcarriedspottedLondonTowards
nightfallLastlyAbout a month agoThe next morning Henry was _____ out of the bay.Henry was ______ out to sea by a strong wind.Henry was ________by a ship.Henry arrived in __________ by working as an unpaid hand.lostcalledletterRoderick gave Henry a _________
with money in it.
NowHenry was______ in London and wandering in the street.Just at that timeTo Henry’s surpriseletterWhile-reading: Task 2. Skimming Reading strategy: Go through the play for the gist which is the general idea of the play.Don’t worry about the language.Answer the following questions:
1. Where does Henry Adams come from? Does he know much about London?
2. What did he do in America?3. Why did he land in Britain?Henry comes from San Francisco.
No, he doesn’t know London at all.
He worked for a mining company.
He was sailing out the bay when he was
carried out to sea by a strong wind and
was survived by a ship for London.
Henry wandered in London streets.
About a month ago Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.
The next morning he was spotted by a ship.
Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.
On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.Put the following events
in correct order.
1.2.3.4.5.While-reading: Task 3. Detailed-reading Reading strategy: Read the play carefully and try to get as much information as possible .Try to keep them in mind. The story happened in _________ in ________. Henry, a tramp who came from ______________ landed in Britain ____________. He earned his ________ by working as an _________ hand. He was _____in the street in_____. Two rich brothers gave him a million pound bank-note because they had made
a_____.
London1903San Franciscoby accidentpassageunpaid lostragsbetRetell the story Think about what kind of person Henry was?Post-Reading： Henry was?It is my first trip here.
Well, to be honest, I have none. (no money)
Well, I can’t say that I have any plans. honest Henry was?I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand.
Could you offer me some kind of work here?
I don’t want your charity, I just want an honest job.Hard-working Henry was?Well, it may seem luck to you but not to me.
If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don’t think it’s very funny.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll be on my way.
Direct/StraightforwardLanguage PointsLet’s learn some important words and expressions:1. A large quantity of money= a large sum of money
2. Make a bet
make a bet on sth. With sb= bet on sth with sb.
I bet …= I’m certain…我肯定…
3. Permit sb. To do sth.
E.g. : Her mother would not permit her to come back late.
permit doing sth.
E.g. :We do not permit smoking in the office.
4. Find oneself carried out to sea (发现某人自己被漂流到海上）
find one’s +介词短语/分词 （发现某人自己不知不觉…)
He found himself walking in the direction of the park.
5. Account for （说明/解释某事的原因）
E.g. His illness accounts for his absence.
6. by accident= by chance
E.g. I only found it by accident.
7. stare at
stare at angrily= glare at
8. to be honest= to tell you the truth = honestly speaking
9. pretend to do pretend to be doing
10. take chances of doing sth./on sth.(冒险/碰运气）
Home work Rewrite the play in to a
story in your own words.
