Module 3: The Life of Mark Twain
新标准高中英语 必修5 cultural corner教学设计
一、教材分析: 本课是高二上学期必修五第三模块Module 3 Culture Corner 部分主要介绍美国著名作家马克.吐温的生平和在文学创作中的经历和成功。文章语言难度适中,对他的介绍会引起学生对外国文学的浓厚的学习兴趣。
二、教学目标
1.知识与技能:
1)Train the students’ speaking skills.
2)Develop the students’ reading skills.
3)Key words: resemble, create, exception, warn, determined, force, establish, reputation.
Key phrases: make one’s fortune; set off for…; to start with; lead a …life
Key patterns: V-ed 做状语
only to do 做结果状语
2.:过程与方法:
1)Train the students’ speaking ability through individual, pair work and group work.
2)Train the students’ reading skills by dealing with some reading activities.
3)Explanations to make the students master some language points.
3.情感与价值:
1) Try to raise the students’ cooperative awareness in their study by pair work or group work.
2) Stimulate the students to love foreign literature works and enrich their emotion.
三.教学重点:
1) Encourage the students to talk about Mark Twain and his works.
2) Help the students make sense of the passage.
3) Help the students improve their reading ability.
四.教学难点:
Lead the students to talk about something in class actively.
五.教学用具:
Some chalks ,several pieces of paper and double-sided adhesive tape
六、教学过程
Step1. Lead-in
T: Good afternoon, let’s begin our lesson. First let’s play a guessing game. If you guess right, a small gift will be given to you. Now please listen to me carefully. This is a person. He is born in America and he is humorous, he likes to travel and he is “The Father of American Literature.”
Do you know who he is?
??? S: Mark Twain.
??? T: Yes, it’s right. You are very clever. (小礼物:)?If you want to know more about Mark Twain, please turn to page 29.look at the
passage The Life of Mark Twain.(板书)
Step2: Fast-Reading
Please read the text quickly, try to finish the exercise using no more than 3words.
Para1: the meaning of his pen name
Para2: his experience
Para3: his reputation
(方法指导:The main idea of each paragraph often lies at the beginning of each paragraph or the last sentence of each paragraph.)
Step3: Intensive-Reading
T: Well done. you did a good job. Just now, you have got the general idea of the text, if you want to know the detailed information, please read the text again. Now, first, read the first paragraph, and answer the three questions.
1. What’s the real name of Mark Twain?
2. What does Mark Twain mean?
Now, please read the last two paragraphs and finish the exercises using the complete sentences.
As we all know, Mark twain led an adventurous life. As a teenager, he left school, and decided to make his fortune….To his disappointment, there were no boat for…What’s worse, no money left. As a result, he had to change his plan, working as a pilot. later, he became a journalist and began to write stories about life on the river. Eventually, he became the greatest writer in America. His vivid and amusing description makes him enjoy the reputation. (Pay attention to these linking words.)
Step4: Post-Reading
Based on these two reading activities please retell the text referring to these linking words.(范例)
Mark Twain is a ___pen___ name. It is a call used by __sailors___ on the Mississipi. Mark Twain lived an _adventurous__ life . As a teenager, he decided to _make his fortune_ in South America. So he __set off from Missouri for New Orleans. To his disappointment ,he can’t find a ___boat__ for south America. As a result, he had to change his plan.
He has been a _pilot __for several years. Later, he became a _journalist and wrote ___stories_ which happened on the _river, Mark Twain is famous for his _vivid_ and __ amusing _description . Which helps him to _____established __ the reputation.
Step3: Consolidation
Choose the best answers.
1.From the first paragraph, we can know that_____ .
Mark Twain’s life was full of adventure.
Mark Twain was just Huckleberry .Finn
Mark Twain was not a real name, but an invention.
Mark Twain was the real name of the author.
2. According to the passage, writers is often the same as_______.
A. the lives that they have ever been familiar with
B. the lives of characters they create
C. their family member themselves
D. the writers themselves
3.Which story was written by Mark Twain?
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. the adventures of a boy
C. beloved
D.A Tales of Two City
4.Mark Twain got to Amazon in order to_______.
A. meet some friends
B. buy some books
C. travel
D. get rich
5.We can conclude from the text that Mark Twain led an_______ life.
A. happy B. adventurous C. sad D. strange
Answers: CBADB
Step4: Homework:
Write a short passage about Chinese adventure stories.
(提示:You can use these linking words)
板书设计:
Module 3: The Life of Mark Twain
Para1: the meaning of his pen name
Para2: his experience
Para3: his reputation
Para1:
1.What’s the real name of Mark Twain?
2.What does Mark Twain mean?
Para2,3::
As we all know ,mark twain led an adventurous life.
As a teenager,…make his fortune…
To his disappointment….
As a result…
Later…
Eventually,…enjoy the reputation…
轻松驿站:
Humorous stories
1--Mark Twain in a reception response to a reporter's question, said : "The United States Congress is some dog * - dependence. "He will press the case made public. Washington must Members Mark Twain published in a newspaper revelation, apologized. Mark Twain wrote such an announcement before : I speak on the banquet, said that some members of Congress are raising dogs mother, I thought think that statement is inappropriate, but not the facts. The dean reported statement, I say as follows : The United States Congress is not some mother custody of the dog.
2--Mark Twain once with a wife sitting, he said to her : "Do you really beautiful," Mrs. arrogant answer : "Unfortunately, I can not equally praising you. "Mark Twain do not mind at all and said laughingly :" Lady, If, like me telling lies there. "