人教版高中英语选修十Unit 3 Fairness for all 单元教案

Unit 3 Fairness for all

I 教学内容分析
本单元的中心话题是“废除种族隔离，实现人人平等”。通过阅读日记、小说、名人演讲等体裁的文章让学生了解20世纪50至60年代美国存在的种族隔离情况及广大黑人为了废除种族隔离制度而做出的各种努力。
Warming Up 部分提供了三个名人的照片，他们分别是美国第16任总统亚伯拉罕·林肯、著名的民权运动领袖马丁·路德·金和歌唱艺术家保罗·罗伯逊，他们都死美国历史为废除黑人奴隶制、推进民权运动做出了重要贡献的人物。
Pre-reading 部分通过团片和文字说明让学生理解上世纪50年代美国黑人在教育、选举、住房、交通等当面遭受歧视的状况，以便为学生下一步的阅读提供一定的背景知识。
Reading 部分选取的是一篇虚构的黑人妇女写的日记，这篇日记真实的记录了标志50年代民权运动起端的蒙哥马利市黑人妇女罗莎·帕克斯抵制公共汽车上的种族歧视事件，通过作者本人的亲身参与，以第一人称叙事的方式让学生体会当时黑人拒绝乘坐公共汽车的决心和团结一致进行斗争的精神。
Comprehending 部分第一个练习提出了七组问题，就文章的主要内容，背景知识及学生的理解等方面，检测学生整体的理解能力。练习2要求学生将所提供的九个句子按时间顺序排序，并写一个简短的小结，以加深对课文的理解。练习3提供了三句人权方面的言论供学生讨论，引起他们对美国民权运动史的兴趣。练习4是选做题，呈现了三个情景，让学生讨论在这样的情景下如何改变人们的观点。该练习的目的是说明改变人的观点因其性质不同而有截然不同的方法；激烈的矛盾则需斗争的方式；思想矛盾可用批评或说服的方式。
Learning about Language 部分紧密围绕本单元话题，通过语境运用本单元的词汇、设计了有关词汇填空、标点符号、词语释义和阅读及绕口令的练习并综合复习了多种时态的用法。
Using Language部分安排了听说读写活动。听力部分安排的是小说《杀死一只知更鸟》重有关的对话，而且语言学习部分已节选了该小说的一小段故事，因此学生对小说的内容应有程度的了解。读、写、说部分选取的是马丁路德金在1963年8月于美国首都华盛顿哥伦比亚区发表的“我有一个梦想”的著名演讲的片段，要求学生富有表情地朗读这篇演说，注意它的节奏和语调，让学生理解该篇演说所采用的修辞手段以及所表达的情感。在阅读和理解的基础上，要求学生按照课文提示写出一篇生动的演说，并在全班同学面前进行演讲
Summing Up 部分归纳了本单元的主要学习内容，包括让学生说出他们所学到的有关马丁路德金的知识，列出他们最感兴趣的学习内容及有用的词汇和习惯用语，并要求以do something的形式总结道目前为止所学到的有用时态
II．教学重点和难点
1． 教学重点
（1）了解在美国民权运动中起重要作用的历史人物和相关事件及学习相关词汇和表达法
（2）了解种族隔离制度对美国政治生活和日常生活的影响。
（3）复习各种时态的用法。
2．教学难点
（1）各种时态的用法
．教学计划
本单元建议分为四个课时：
第一课时：Warming Up, Reading I
第二课时：Learning about language
第三课时：Reading and writing and Speaking
第四课时：Listening
IV. 教学步骤：
Period 1
Warming-up, Reading I
Teaching Goals:
? Enable students to know some background information of the Civil Rights Movement and develop students’ ability to master the basic strategy of reading narrative passage by using Inquiry-Answer．
? Help students to pick out the clues of the events and grasp the whole process Of the important movement．
? Help students master the reading strategies-prediction，inquiry and processing.
Teaching Procedures:
? Warming-up
Step 1. Background knowledge
Purpose: To help the students understand Civil Rights Movement
1. Show some pictures of the discriminated blacks in history.
2. present some knowledge of Civil Rights Movement
What is racism?
? The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Situation of blacks before 1955
? Blacks must:
? Sit at the back of buses or trolleybuses(无轨电车)
? Drink from a particular fountain for blacks only
? Eat in a special part of restaurant
? Register(登记) to vote (but it they do they could lose their job)
? Go to special schools for blacks
Segregation
? Segregation was an attempt by many white Southerners to separate the races in every aspect of daily life.
? Segregation became common in Southern states following in 1877. These states began to pass local and state laws that specified certain places “For Whites Only” and others for “Colored.”
? African Americans had separate schools, transportation, restaurants, and parks, many of which were poorly funded and inferior to those of whites.
Abraham Lincoln
? The sixteenth president of the US.
? Issued Emancipation Proclamation (奴隶解放宣言)
? Free the slaves in the southern states of America
? Assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in 1865.
Martin Luther King .Jr
? Pivotal (关键) figure in the Civil Rights Movement
? His lectures, speeches – conscience of a generation.
? I have a dream…
? Shot while speech in Lorraine Motel in 1968.
Paul Robeson
? An American singer, actor, and political activist.
? He fighted for equality and justice for black people.
Civil Rights Movement
? Boycotts (refusals to buy particular products),
? Sit-in (quite sit down as demonstrations)
? In 1963 a march to Washington led by Martin Luther King.
? The Civil Rights Act of 1964
? The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Step 2 Discussion
Purpose: Let students think about the equal rights of people and prepare for the reading part.
1. Ask the students to talk about:
? What do you think of the following words in The Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
--- The Declaration of Independence
2. Ask the students to discuss:
If you were the blacks, what would you do to fight for your equal rights?
? Reading
Step 1. Pre-reading
Purpose: to provide some background knowledge of Rosa-parks
? In December 1955, Rosa Parks, was told to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person.
? When Parks refused to move, she was arrested.
? The arrest of Parks rallied local African Americans to protest segregated buses.
? The bus boycott was an immediate success, with almost unanimous support from the
African Americans in Montgomery.
Step 2. Reading
1. Ask the students to read the first diary quickly in 2 minutes and answer the following questions
? What was happened?
? Guess the meanings of boycott, prohibits, offence, separation, seized on, collision course, negotiate
Suggested answer:
? Rosa Park refused to give her seat to a white and she was arrested
? Martin Luther King, Jr. announced that a boycott of the buses and trolleybuses will begin tomorrow.
2. New words
Martin Luther King, Jr. announced that a boycott of the buses and trolleybuses will begin tomorrow.
? Boycott 抵制（贸易）；不参加。
They imposed a boycott on all imports.
We put the production under a boycott .
Dr King encourages us to fight against this unfair system which prohibits us blacks from sitting where we like.
? prohibits 禁止，阻碍 to officially stop an activity which prohibits us from…
Fear that a prior engagement will prohibit me from joining you in dinner.
Rainy weather and fog prohibited flying.
词语联想 prohibit的近义词
? Prevent…from
? stop…from
? Keep…from
? prohibition 禁止
The prohibition against smoking on school grounds is strictly enforced.
? us blacks blacks作us 的同位语
These desks and chairs in the room are for us students
? It is regarded as an offense if we sit at the front of a bus.
? regard as…. 把...看作
After he had been in prison Peter was regarded as the black sheep of the family.
? Offense 犯罪,伤感情,攻击
The best defense is offense.
先下手为强/以攻为守。
? This unjust separation of people on the basis of kin color was challenged.
? Separation 分离,分居,缺口
He was unhappy because of his separation from his mother.
Friends managed to reconcile him with his wife after years of separation.
? The other three submitted but Rosa was unwilling to do so and she refused.
? Submit 使服从,屈服
Finally, I submitted to the pressure from my family and left him.
? unwilling to do 不愿意做某事
He is unwilling to help me.
He is unwilling to acknowledge defeat.
? King and the other black leaders in Montgomery have seized on this incident and decided on a collision course to change the law.
? seized on 采纳 抓住
She seized on my suggestion and began work immediately.
? collision course 冲突
Relations between the two countries are on a collision course.
? They’re hopeful that they can negotiate a fairer situation if all the blacks support them.
? negotiate商议,谈判,交涉
The company has negotiated a new contract with its staff.
词语联想
? Negotiation 谈判,协商
The contract is still under negotiation.
? Negotiable 可磋商的,可转让的,可通行的
He says his claim is not negotiable.
3. Ask the students to Read the second diary quickly and find out
? What event is described in this dairy?
Use some key words to answer the question.
Suggested answer:
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
? Refuse to take bus but walk to work
? Abuse from the white
? No chaos
4. New words
I like to be punctual for work and no boycott is going to make me late.
? punctual 严守时刻的,准时的,正点的
? My cat makes a punctual appearance at mealtimes.
? He is always punctual for appointments.
By coincidence a bus arrived as we reached the empty bus stop, but we ignored it.
? Coincidence 巧合
By coincidence, we arrived here at the same time.
The plot of the novel relies too much on coincidence to be realistic.
Taxis passed all full of passengers as we pedestrians marched on the pavement.
? Pedestrians 步行者，行人
Being a good pedestrian is just as important as being a good driver.
? March 行军,进军
The troops marched on.
? Pavement 人行道
Those in the cars waved and we saluted them back. The whites, on the other hand, shouted abuse at us.
? Salute 行礼,致意,问候
They saluted each other by raising their hats
They saluted the Queen by firing ten guns.
? Abuse 辱骂
He greeted me with a stream of abuse.
Luckily when I flit I could walk no further, a black driver offered us a lift.
? Lift 免费搭私人车，坐他人的顺路车
Can you give me a life to the station?
Thumb/ hitch a lift 用拇指示意求搭便车
5. Ask the students to read the remaining part of the text quickly, and find out the result of The Montgomery Bus Boycott
? What rights did the blacks achieve in this movement?
Suggested answer:
The blacks were successful and the US supreme Court declared separation on buses was not constitutional.
6. New words and expressions
? Serena came home to say that the news that the boycott was over was going to be over the newspaper tomorrow.
? The news that 同位语从句
? It was not until November 13, 1956 that the US supreme Court declared separation on buses was not constitutional.
? Constitutional 组织的,立宪的,体质的
They have made the constitutional reform.
Britain is a constitutional monarchy.
? Today is a red letter day!
? a red letter day 重要的值得纪念的日子
It was a red-letter day for us when Bill graduated from the university.
? In court we won a fundamental victory in the battle for our civil rights.
? fundamental 基本的,根本的
There is a fundamental difference in attitude between these two politicians.
A knowledge of economics is fundamental to any understanding of this problem.
? We may only have struck one small blow for liberty but who knows where it’ll lead.
? Strike a blow for/ against sth 为…奋斗
They struck a blow for women’s rights by their action.
Step 3. Comprehending
1. Fill the form
Topic The Montgomery Bus_______
What is the passage about? The blacks refused to__________ in order to fight against _________________.
What details are included? What did the people do? Martin Luther King:________ the boycott; The blacks:________ the boycott Maryann Jones: _______ the boycott, _______________ The whites: ________ to the blacks
Suggested answer:
Boycott
Take buses, racial discrimination
Organized, supported, joined, walked to work, hostile
2. Answer the questions for comprehending
1.What was the cause of the boycott? What happened?
2.Which people supported Rosa Park?
3.How long did the boycott last? What did blacks do to show their determination?
What did the whites do to end the boycott?
5.Why do you think white want to sit separated from blacks?
6. In What ways do you think the boycott influenced the city?
7.When was the boycott over? How did the blacks win the battle ?
Suggested answer:
? 1.The immediate cause of the boycott was Rosa Parks, a black woman ,being turned off the bus because she would not give up her seat for a white man. She was arrested because she challenged the racial discrimination on buses. The king and the other black leaders in Montgomery called on all the blacks to start a bus boycott movement.
? 2. The black community and black churches supported Rosa parks
? 3. The boycott lasted about a year .All that time the blacks walked to work or use taxies.
? 4.The whites tried to end the boycott by playing tricks and bombing the houses of the leaders of the movement.
? 5.I think white people wanted to sit away from blacks because they thought the blacks were inferior .
? 6. It made it clear to the people of the city that the black community was not going to put up with unfair treatment any more.
? 7. The boycott was over when the supreme Court said that it was illegal to sections reserved for blacks and white people on the bused. The blacks won the battle through their continuous struggle, in which they showed their discrimination, perseverance and unity
3. ask the students to finish the Ex 2 on page 24
Suggested answer:
? 1.Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
? 2.Rosa Parks was arrested .
? 3.Marting Luther King Jr. called on the blacks to boycott the city buses and trolleybuses .
? 4.They went to work on foot or in taxis instead.
? 5.The Whites were angry because their business suffered .
? 6.The blacks were solid in their support of the boycott.
? 7.The whites bombed the houses of the black leaders.
? 8.The Supreme Court eventually agree with boycott.
? 9.Blacks were finally able to sit where they liked on city buses
4. Discussion:　
? We hold these truth to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
---- Declaration of Independence, July 1776
? This is a country for white men, by God, as long as I am president, it shall be a government for white men.
---- President Andrew Johnson, April 1866.
? I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country and they are not, they are not in Mississippi and they are not in Washington.
--- Paul Robeson to the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1956
Discuss the question in your group
? What is your opinion about these sayings?
Homework:
? Write a summary of the passage (about 100 words)
Period 2 Learning about Language
Teaching Goals:
1. To get the students to know how to use new words and phrases.
2. To help the students to master some new words and expressions.
3. To help the students master the use of all kinds of tenses
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Grammar
Purpose: To review the use of tenses and make sure the students master the usage of tenses
一般过去时
? 1）在确定的过去时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态。
时间状语有：yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1982等。
? Where did you go just now?
? 2）表示在过去一段时间内，经常性或习惯性的动作。
? When I was a child, I often played football in the street.
? 3）情态动词 could, would，用过去时表示现在，表示语气委婉礼貌。
? Could you lend me your bike?
? 4）用在条件句中表示与现在或将来事实不符的虚拟语气。
? If he were here now, we could turn to him for help.
? It is time sb did sth “时间已迟了；早该……了”，
? It is time you went to bed.
Practice
1.The year 2002 __saw___ remarkable changes in Shanghai’s landscape. (see)
2.--- Have you decided already?
--- Yes, I____ at once.
--- Yes, I____ already.
A. have decided B. decided
C. will decide D. had decided
Suggested answer:　
B A
过去进行时
过去进行时的主要用法是描述一件事发生的背景；一个长动作发生的时候，另一个短动作发生。
常用的时间状语有：this morning, the whole morning, all day yesterday, from nine to ten last evening, when, while
? It was raining when they left the station.
? When I got to the top of the mountain, the sun was shining
现在完成时的构成：
助动词have (has) + 动词的过去分词
注：has 用于第三人称单数，have 用于其他所有人称。
现在完成时的用法: 现在完成时表示过去发生或已经完成的某一动作对现 在造成的影响或结果。通常与表示包括现在在内的时间副词just，already, before, yet, never, ever等状语连用。例如：
① I have never heard of that before.
② Have you ever ridden a horse?
③ She has already finished the work.
④ Have you milked the cow yet? Yes, I have done that already.
⑤ I’ve just lost my science book.
现在完成时表示过去已经开始，持续到现在,也许还会持续下去的动作或状态。可以和表示从过去某一时刻延续到现在（包括现在在内）的一段时间的状语连用。 如：for和since，以及 so far, now, today, this week (month, year) 等。
? I haven’t seen her these days.
? What has happened to the USA in the last 350 years?
注意：表示短暂时间动作的词，如come, go, die, marry, buy等的完成时不能与for, since等表示一段时间的短语连用。
一般过去时与现在完成时之比较
1）过去时表示过去某时发生的动作或单纯叙述过去的事情，强调动作；现在完成时为过去发生的，强调过去的事情对现在的影响，强调的是影响。
2）过去时常与具体的时间状语连用，而现在完成时通常与模糊的时间状语连用，或无时间状语。
◎ 一般过去时的时间状语有：yesterday, last week，…ago, in1980, in October, just now, 具体的时间状语。
◎ 现在完成时的时间状语有：for, since, so far, ever, never, just, yet, till / until, up to now, in past years, always, 等不确定的时间状语。
◎共同的时间状语有：this morning, tonight, this April, now, once, before, already, recently, lately等。　
典型例题：
1. You don't need to describe her. I ___ her several times.　
A. had met　 B. have met　 C. met　 D. meet
2. --- I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
　--- Oh, not at all. I ___ here only a few minutes.
A. have been　 B. had been　 C. was D. will be
Suggested answer:　
B A
过去完成时
? 过去完成时表示过去某一时刻或者某一动作之前完成的动作或状态；句中常用by, before, until, when等词引导的时间状语。
By the end of last year we had built five new houses.
? 过去完成时的动词还可以表示过去某一时刻之前发生的动作或者状态持续到过去某个时间或者持续下去。
Before he slept, he had worked for 12 hours.
? 在told, said, knew, heard, thought等动词后的宾语从句。
She said (that) she had never been to Paris.
? 在过去不同时间发生的两个动作中，发生在先，用过去完成时；发生在后，用一般过去时。
When the police arrived, the thieves had run away.
? 表示意向的动词，如hope, wish, expect, think, intend, mean, suppose等，用过去完成时表示"原本…，未能…“
We had hoped that you would come, but you didn't.
一般过去时与过去完成时
两个动作如按顺序发生，又不强调先后，或用then，and，but 等连词时，多用一般过去时。
　When she saw the mouse，she screamed.
　My aunt gave me a hat and I lost it.
2) 两个动作相继发生，可用一般过去时；如第一个动作需要若干时间完成，用过去完成时。
　When I heard the news, I was very excited.
3) 叙述历史事实，可不用过去完成时，而只用一般过去时。
　Our teacher told us that Columbus discovered America in 1492.
Practice
1. Miss Jones once ____ music at Bardon School for ten years and now is an actress.
A. had taught B. taught
C. is teaching D has been teaching
2. ---Do you often go to shanghai?
--- Yes. I ______ there twice last month.
A. was B. went
C. have gone D. have been
3. I can’t see my coffee in this cupboard. __________?
A. Has it all been finished
B. Was it all finished
C. Has it all finished
D. Did it all finish
4. The country life he was used to ____ in 1992 when a coal mine was opened.
A. change B. has changed
C. changed D. changing
Suggested answer:　
B B A C
Step 2 Consolidation
Purpose: To consolidate the words and phrases in the text.
1. Ask the students to finish Ex1 on page 25 and check the answers in groups.
2. Ask the students to finish Ex 2 on page 25 and then let them check each other’s answers.
3. Ask the students to finish Ex 1 on page 26 and then let them check each other’s answers.
4. Ask the students to finish Ex 3 on page 27 and then let them check each other’s answers.
Homework
Finish the Exercise 2 on Page 27
Period 4 Reading, Speaking & Writing
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable the students to have a better understanding of the Civil Rights Movement
2. To improve the students’ reading and speaking ability
3. To help the students to master the skills of a succefull oration
Step 1. Pre-reading
Purpose: to provide some background knowledge of Martin Luther King Jr. and “I have a dream”
Timeline of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life
1929 Born on January 15, in Atlanta, Georgia ??????????????????????
1948 Graduates from Morehouse College
1953 Marries Coretta Scott
1955 Earns a doctoral degree
1956 Dr. King's house is bombed
1958 Dr. King publishes his first book, Stride Toward Freedom
1963 Dr. King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1964 Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1968 Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
1986 Martin Luther King Jr. Day is declared a national holiday in the U.S.
“ I have a dream”
? Made on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
? During the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”
? A defining moment of the “American Civil Rights Movement”.
Step2: Reading
1. Ask the students to listen to the “ I have a dream”
Requirements:
? While listening, read the text quickly.
? Pay attention to the intonation and rhythm of the speech
2. Discussion:
? How does Dr King describe his dream?
? What’s the way to make his dream come true?
3. Language points
? I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.
? live out 找到，活出
I try to live out the life lessons
? creed 信条,教义
People of all colors and creeds have come here to celebrate the holiday.
an oasis of freedom and justice
? Oasis 绿洲
Her bedroom is an oasis of calm in the noisy house.
Borne on the back of the ship of the desert, we reached the oasis at sunset.
? With this faith we will be able to transform the unpleasant sounds of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
? Symphony 交响乐
The symphony orchestra will be coming.
The symphony was dreadfully mangled.
4. Translation of “I have a dream”
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
我梦想有一天，这个国家会站立起来，真正实现其信条的真谛：「我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等。」
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
我梦想有一天，在乔治亚的红山上，昔日奴隶的儿子将能够和昔日奴隶主的儿子坐在一起，共叙兄弟情谊。
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
我梦想有一天，甚至连密西西比州这个正义匿迹，压迫成风，如同沙漠般的地方，也将变成自由和正义的绿洲。
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!
我梦想有一天，我的四个孩子将在一个不是以他们的肤色，而是以他们的品格优劣来评价他们的国度里生活。我今天有一个梦想。
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
我梦想有一天，亚拉巴马州能够有所转变，尽管该州州长现在仍然满口异议，反对联邦法令，但有朝一日，那里的黑人男孩和女孩将能与白人男孩和女孩情同骨肉，携手并进。
5. Ask the students to discuss:
? What makes the speech powerful? What special methods are used in the speech?
6. Study the methods used in this oration.
? Rhetoric (修辞）
? 1. Repetition
King repeats everything three times
“Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
I have a dream that one say…
? 2. Comparison
King puts pairs of opposites together to add to the rhythm beauty of the piece. It makes the speech more powerful and the message even stronger.
black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics
we let it ring fro every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city
? 3. Metaphors
King uses very strong and powerful metaphor to increase the impact of the speech.
an oasis (绿洲）of freedom and justice
stone of hope from the mountain of despair
? 4. quotation
First, it wins over the audience to the rightness of his cause, and secondly, it shows that he has some support from the other legal or religious sources.
“We hold there truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.“( from The American Constitution)
7. A speaking task: Oration
Requirements:
? Listen to King’s speech again, try to orate this speech “I have a dream”
? 5 minutes for preparation, and 5 minutes for oration.
? The best orator will be voted
Homework:
? Write a short speech after thinking about what you would like to improve or change. Then practice the speech with a partner.
Period 4 Listening
Teaching Goals:
1. To improve the students’ listening and speaking ability.
2. To ensure the students have really grasped the important words and phrases of the unit.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Pre-listening
1.Provide the students with background knowledge of the listening text
? This is an opportunity for students to find out a little more about what happened if you were a black man in America.
? Tom Robinson is accused of a crime he has not committed, but the prejudice against black men is so strong that helping and kissing white women is considered guilty when before the trials begins. Only Atticus ,Scout’s father, is prepared to defend him and prove that he did not commit this crime .
2. Ask the students to work in pairs and try to predict what might be happening in this story .
Step 2: Listening
1. Ask the students to listen to the tape for the first time, and try to join the parts of the sentences in the chart together
? Who attacked Mayella Ewell?
Chart
Tom is Mayella’s father accused of the attack
Mr Ewell is a young girl who is trying to find out the truth of the attack
Mayella is a black man who saw the attack
Atticus is a lawyer who was attacked and beaten
2. Ask the students to Listen to the tape again, and try to answer these questions in pairs.
? 1. There are two important things about Mr. Ewell and his account of the attack:
Something he did not do_________________
Something he believes___________________________________
? 2. Where was Mayella hurt?
____________________________________________________________
3. Do you think Tom is innocent or not? Give a reason.
__________________________________________________________________________
? 4. If Tom didn’t attack Mayella, who do you think did? Give a reason.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
? 5. The Ewell family are poor whites. The black are also poor. Why did Mr. Ewell get angry at a black man helping his daughter?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Suggested answer:　
1. call for a doctor, Negroes are dangerous and their houses are dirty
2. Mayella was hurt round her neck and to her right eye and right side of her face.
3. Tom is innocent because his left hand is weak and the crime was committed by a left-handed man.
4. The only other person who could have attacked Mayella is her father. He is left-handed and may have hit her when has too much to drink.
5. He thinks all whites are better than all blacks. For a black man feel pity for his family and help them is very shameful to him. He is so angry about it that he is prepared to send his innocent black man to prison.
3. Ask the students to listen to the tape for the third time.
After listening, form into groups of 4 students and discuss what do you think happens next in the story. Present the endings to the class
4. Present the real ending of Kill a Mockingbird
? Although he is innocent of the crime. Tom is found guilty of trying to kiss Mayella Ewell while helping her. This is because he is a black man. It is made cleat in the story that no blacks man would be found innocent if he is accused of such a crime. This is the nature of the prejudice against people that time in America.
? He is sent to prison. Scout’s father Atticus promises to try and help free him, but Tom has lost faith in the American legal system. He tries to escape from the prison and is killed by the prison guards.
? Mayella’s father does not forgive Atticus for defending Tom and for humiliating him in court. He tries to attack Scout and her brother but is accidentally killed himself by their reclusive neighbor, Arthur.