Period 1
Teaching aims:
1、 speaking：talk about Mark Twain and his novels. 2、 Listening: watch the film and listen to the dialogue Warming up and pre-reading
1、 What do you know about Mark twain?
Ask a student to read the passage on page17, fill in the blank. notes Real name Meaning of his pen name Birth date Birthplace Place where he grew up His famous stories 2、 Change the form into the dialogue. Work in pairs. You can start like this: ------Do you know Mark Twain?
------Yes. He is a very famous writer. ------Can you tell me his real name? …
3、 Can you tell something about his novels?
Teacher shows students the masterpieces of Mark Twain.
4、 Image that somebody gives you a large sum of money to spend as you like. What
would you do with it?
5、 Watch the first piece of the film The Million Pound Bank Note. 6、 Ask four students to read the passage.
Period 2
Teaching aims:
1、 Reading: read the passage and get the main idea of the passage. 2、 Foster the reading strategy. Reading
1、 Listen to the tape and find the answers for two questions. . a. The two brothers gave __?__ to Henry. b. When can Henry open the letter?
2、 Read the passage again and fill in blanks. What Henry says or How he feels does 1 before he enters the brothers’ house 2 when he introduces himself 3 when the brothers ask him about his planes 4 when he tells them how he reached London by ship 5 when they seem happy that he has no money 6 when they give him the envelope 7 when they tell him there is money in it 8 before he leaves the house 3、 Discussion: Why do you think that the brothers chose Henry for their bet? 4、 Character analysis: What kinds of people are Henry Adams, Oliver and Roderick? 5、 Summary the passage.
6、 Read the text and discuss with your partner about the words and sentences you
are not familiar. Use dictionary if necessary.
7、 Teacher points out the important language points and students practice.
Period 3
Teaching aims:
1、 Lexis: have deeper understanding of some useful words and expressions. 2、 Grammar: grasp the object clause and the predicative clause. Learning language
1、 Check the answer on page20. 2、 learn the grammar
3、 Write two sentences which are the object clause and the predicative clause. And
ask students to find the similar in two sentences. 4、 Explain the object clause and the predicative clause.
5、 Try to find the object clause and the predicative clause in the passage. And
check with your partner. 6、 Do exercise 6 on the page21.
Period 4
Teaching aims:
1、 Read the passage on page22 and master the expressions of ordering food. 2、 Do the listening. Using language and listening 1、 Review the language.
2、 Read the text and finish the exercise1 on the page 23. 3、 Find out the expression of ordering food. 4、 Use sentences to make a dialogue on page55. 5、 Listen to the tape
Period 5
Teaching aims:
1、 Writing: write the ending of the story. 2、 Acting: act the play.
Acting and writing
Invite some groups to act the story. Write the ending of the story.
