Worksheet
Name:_______________ Class:_____________________
4. Actions show the Character’s feelings and thoughts.
Character: Della
Actions Feelings Thoughts in her mind
7. Group work: make up an ending for the story
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The gifts
9A Unit 8 Reading
Learning Goals
Roles Tasks
Predictors（预测者） Make predictions based on clues.
Readers Read and think.
Actors Act out emotionally.
Thinkers Think aloud.
Connectors
（实际生活
联结者） Make connections from the text to yourself.
Q1: What do you usually do when you receive gifts?
A1: I usually…
Q2: How do you feel when you receive gifts?
A2: I feel…
Lead-in
What can you know about the character “she”?
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Three times she counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. She could not afford a present, so she sat down and cried.
Readers
1
Read and think.
Para.1
1
Who is “she”?
Why did she save money?
Para.1
Predictors
（预测者）
Predictions are based on clues（线索）.
Read on to confirm（确认） or revise(修正) your predictions.
Readers
2
Read and think.
When did the story happen?
Para.1-3
Why did Della count the money again?
What was Della thinking when she counted again?
How did she feel when she sat in the poor little room?
Predictors
2
Predictions are based on clues.
Para.2-8
Why did Della cry?
What did Della really want to do?
Who was the Christmas present for?
Read on to confirm or revise your predictions.
Readers
3
Read and think.
Who was Jim?
What kind of person do you think Jim was?
How was Jim and Della’s relationship?
Para.9-17
Find text evidence（文本证据） to support your ideas.
4
How did Della feel?
What was the thought in her mind?
Actions show the Character’s feelings and thoughts.
Character: Della
Actions Feelings Thoughts in her mind
L3
L6
L21
L26
Pair Work
5
Pair work: Act Out & Think Aloud
Students A: Actor
Act as Della with emotion.
Student B:
Thinker
Think as Della aloud.
Cooperation
Think as Della
6
Genre: realistic fiction
Did the author tell you the character’s name at the beginning?
An attractive beginning
How many times did Della count her money?
“One dollar and eighty-seven cents.” Why did it appear twice?
“So she sat down and cried.”
Was that the only way she could do?
Think as the author
Group work:
make up an ending for the story
Connectors
7
Make connections from text to yourself.
If you were Della, what would you do?
If you were the author, how would you end this story?
1 leader-organize discussion
1 notes taker-take notes
1 speaker- tell the ending
1 timer-control the time
Everyone needs to share.
8
About the Author: O. Henry
Why did O.Henry use Della to be the main character?
O. Henry was an American writer who lived a very poor and difficult life. However, he loved his wife and daughter very much, and would do anything for them. This is very much like the characters in his stories.
His stories always have surprising endings which we call it O. Henry’s style today.
Famous works come from the real life.
Observe more, feel more, you may be a great writer one day.
Love and be grateful to your family.
The Gift of the Magi
Self-Assessment Chart
Questions Yes, I can do it well. It’s ok. Sorry, I can’t.
1.Can you understand the story?
2.Did you feel curious when you began reading the story?
3.Can you make predictions and confirm or revise them while reading?
4.Can you tell Della’s feeling and thoughts through her actions?
5.Did you work in your group and make up an ending for the story?
6.Are you interested in the ending and willing to read the whole story?
Homework
Search for “The Gift of the Magi” and read the story , then finish my reading assessment chart.
Search for some other famous works written by O.Henry.
Think about the Christmas present for your family.
Thank you!
Lesson Plan of Unit 8 Surprise endings (Reading I: The gifts )
Learning Objectives
Knowledge Objectives
Students are able to clarify the genre.
Ability Objectives
Students are able to understand the character under the actions from characters.
Students are able to comprehend the story and know the main idea.
Students are able to feel character’s emotion under the actions from characters.
Students are able to act out and think aloud as the character.
Emotion and Attitude Objectives
Students are expected to become interested in the stories with surprising endings, the author O.Henry and know “Love and be grateful to your family”.
Learning Strategies
Students can develop the recognition strategy while the teacher leads the students to recognize the text type and understand the structure of the plot of a short story.
Important and difficult points
Important points
To understand the character, her feelings and her thoughts under her actions.
2. To comprehend the story and know the main idea.
Difficult point
To act out and think aloud as the character.
Learning Procedure
Steps Aims Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Time
Leading-in Lead in the topic and inspire the interest. Ask students two questions to help them arouse interest into the topic. Think about the answers to those two questions. 3mins
Pre-reading Students are able to understand the character “she” and foster Ss’ ability of predicting. 1. Ask readers to read and think about the questions, what can you know about the character “she” from a part of the story? 2. Ask predictors to read and predict two questions. Who is “she”? Why did she save money? 3. Ask students to find clues to confirm their predictions. 1. Read a part of the story and try to use adj. words to describe the character “she”. 2. Make predictions under 2 questions and read on to confirm or revise their predictions. 8mins
While-reading 1. Students are able to comprehend the story and know the main idea. 2. Students are able to feel Della’s emotion under her actions. 3. Students are able to understand more about Della from her husband’s details in the text. Let readers read and think about the story under questions with when, why, what and how. Ask predictors to predict 3 questions. Why did Della cry? What did Della really want to do? Who was the Christmas present for? 3. Let readers read and think about 3 questions and find text evidence to support the ideas. Who was Jim? What kind of person do you think Jim was? How was Jim and Della’s relationship? Read the text and answer the questions Predict 3 questions based on clues. Find text evidence to support the ideas to the 3 questions. 15mins
Post-reading 1. Students are able to understand Della under her actions and talk about her feelings and thoughts in her mind. 2. Students are able to act out and think aloud as Della. 3. Students are able to clarify the genre. 4. Students are able to connect the story to themselves. 1. Ask students to find out actions from Della and discuss her feelings and thoughts under such actions. 2. Let students act out and think aloud as Della. 3. Let students think as the author and think deeply about Della. 4. Ask students to make connections to themselves. 1. Discuss in group and find out Della’s actions, feelings and thoughts under such actions. 2. Act out and think aloud as Della. 3. Think as the author and think deeply about Della. 4. Make connections to themselves. 10mins
Summary Students are expected to become interested in the stories with surprising ending, O.Henry and know “Love and be grateful to your family”. 1. Let students know more about the author O.Henry. 2. Summarize the theme of the story and cultivate the students’ interest of the other work from O.Henry. Understand the author O.Henry and realize that “Love and be grateful to your family”. 2min
Self-assessment Student are able to think about their performance in class by answering questions. Ask students question to let them think about their performance in class. Answer questions and think about their performance in class. 1min
Homework Strengthen the knowledge learned in class. Show the homework on PPT: 1. Search for “The Gift of the Magi” and read the story , then finish my reading assessment chart. 2. Search for some other famous works written by O.Henry. 3. Think about the Christmas present for your family. Note down the homework. 1min
