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Unit 4 Exploring literature
Integrated skills (Ⅰ)
01
Lead-in
Do you like reading
What kinds of book do you usually read or enjoy reading
Lead-in
02
Types of literature
What type of literature do they belong to
Types of literature
Novel
A long, detailed story with many characters
Usually divided into several chapters
Charles Dickens:
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
Types of literature
A short piece of writing with a few characters
The Cop and the Anthem
The Gift of the Magi
The Last Leaf
Types of literature
Short story
If Winter comes,
can Spring be far behind
— “Ode to the West Wind”
Types of literature
— “Ode to the West Wind”
Using beautiful, artistic language to express feelings or describe situations
Often written in separate lines
George Gordon Byron:
“Don Juan”
William Butler Yeats:
“When you are old”
Types of literature
Poetry
What type of literature does it belong to
William Shakespeare:
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
King Lear
Cao Yu:
Thunder
Sunrise
Types of literature
Play
A story written for performance on the stage
Usually made up of dialogues between
characters and stage directions
Types of literature
Play
Types of literature
Autobiography
Writer:
Benjamin Franklin
a self-written account of the life of oneself
a detailed description of a person’s life
Types of literature
Biography
Writer:
Romain Rolland
Types of literature
Autobiography vs Biography
Types of literature
Autobiography
Biography
The story of the writer’s own life
The story of a person’s life written by someone else
03
Watching
What types of literature are the most popular
What types of literature are the least popular
Please have a guess:
Pre-watching
Prediction
a, e
d
b, c
While watching
Complete the chart
200
30
30
200
70
120
While watching
Complete the notes
Why novels and short story collections are very popular among students
Why autobiographies, biographies as well as poetry collections are the least popular types of literature
Post-watching
Discuss
04
Assessment
Assessment
“The Road Not Taken”
(by Robert Frost)
Pride and Prejudice
(by Jane Austen)
The Biography of Su Dongpo
(by Lin Yutang)
La Parure
(by Guy de Maupassant)
Romeo and Juliet
(by William Shakespeare)
My Autobiography
(by Charlie Chaplin)
Novel
Short story
Poetry
Play
Autobiography
Biography
1. Review the content on page 50, and preview the content on page 52.
2. Make a table to list the books that you have read or like reading in terms of types of literature.
Homework