(人教新目标)八年级英语
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Section B 2a-2e
An old man tried to move the mountains
Unit 6
Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, I will be able to...
Language competence:Master the new words and target language:wife, husband, shine, bright, ground, lead, voice, braveUnless he left the children to die in the forest,the whole family would die.
Learning ability :1.Know the elements and the structures of the play.2.Understand the plots of the play.3.Act out the play vividly.
Cultural consciousness:Improve students’ interest in learning English and encourage students to be smart, brave,and calm when they face difficulties.
Thinking quality:Develop students’ critical thinking ability by comparing and discussing
Hansel and Gretel
It’s a classic German fairy tale. It was collected in the Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
(格林童话)
Elements (要素) of the play
Background 背景
Scene 幕
Character人物
Dialogue对白
A
Dear Mr. Liu,
My problem is that I can't get on with my family. I always fight with my brother....
Yours,
Li Ming
C
A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog. She says, "I thought you said your dog does not bite!" The shopkeeper replies, "That is not my dog!"
B
Scene One
Snow white:I am a princess...
Scene Two
Queen: (to the mirror)
Mirror,mirror on the wall,who is the most beautiful of all?
Text Types文本类型
A play
A letter
A short story
Who
Where
What
When
Know the background.
main characters
Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother.One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow.The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest,the whole family would die.Gretel heard this,and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister.
If he didn’t leave the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die.
2C Read the rest of the play fast and match the descriptions with each scene scene.
A. The children get lost.
B. The children wake up.
C. The children cannot find the pieces of bread.
D. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan.
E. The children surprise the parents.
F. Hansel has to change his plan.
G. The children learn that something bad is going to happen.
Structures(结构)of the play.
Beginning
Development
Climax(高潮)
Ending
Analyze characters.
SCENE ONE: __________________________________
Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us?
Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us.
Gretel: How can you save us?
Hansel:Be quiet!I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now,go to sleep.
The children learn that something bad is going to happen.
SCENE TWO:____________________
Wife: Get up,lazy children!
Husband: Yes,dears.You must come with me to the forest to get wood.
Wife: Here’s some bread.Don’t eat it until you get to the forest.
The children wake up.
order 命令
Hansel made the first plan.
They came back home.
The first plan.
Hansel got some ___________.
Then, __________them along the way.Finally,_________the stones home when the moon was_______________.
white stones
followed
shining bright
dropped
Know more about the stepmother.
SCENE FOUR : ___________________________________
Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest!
Husband: We thought you were never coming back.
Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father.
Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon.
Wife: No. You can’t go out now.
The children surprise the parents.
new order
Hansel made the second plan.
Hansel dropped______________
instead of stones.
Finally, maybe the______ate pieces of bread.
They got lost.
The second plan.
Hansel:Never mind!Just keep walking.
pieces of bread
birds
Read Scene 7 to the last para.carefully.
1. What do they see following the birds?
2. Who might the old woman be, a nice old lady or a witch(巫婆)?
They see a wonderful house made of bread, cake and candy.
The answer varies.
Listen to the play.
Choose one scene to act out.
facial expression 面部表情
tone 语气
pronunciation 发音
body language 肢体语言
Standards 标准
...
Scene1
Show Time
Scene1
Scene1
Show Time
Scene 3
Scene1
Show Time
Scene 4
What can you learn from the play,especially Hansel?
Keep on going!
Never give up trying!
Homework
Level 1: Read the play more to prepare for the Second English Textbook Play Contest.
Level 2: Write an ending of the play according to your imagination.
Bye-bye!
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