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课题
Unit 4 Friends forever Developing ideas（文本解读）
教学目标
1. Comb the plot of the novel by skimming and scanning for specific information;
2. Summarize the characters’ personalities according to their actions and words;
3. Grasp the three elements of a novel and the features of O.Henry-style endings.
教学重点
1.掌握小说三要素（setting、characters、plot）：学生需要通过阅读文本，准确找出故事发生的时间、地点等背景设置；识别主要人物；梳理故事的情节发展。
2.总结人物性格：依据人物的言行来分析人物的性格特点，用恰当的形容词准确描述人物性格，培养学生的文本分析能力和批判性思维。
3.理解欧·亨利式结尾的特点：通过对《二十年后》故事结尾的分析，让学生领会欧·亨利式结尾的意外性和合理性，感受其独特魅力。
二、教学难点
1.准确总结人物性格：学生可能会因为对文本理解不深入或缺乏分析人物的方法，而难以用恰当的形容词全面、准确地描述人物性格。 需要引导学生关注人物的具体言行、心理活动等细节，进行深入分析。
2.理解并欣赏欧·亨利式结尾：这种结尾方式较为独特，学生可能一开始难以理解其意外性背后的合理性，以及体会其对整个故事的意义和价值。需要通过引导学生反复品味结尾，分析其与前文的联系，以及对读者产生的影响，来加深理解。
教学过程
呈现目标 Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson，we’ll be able to:
1. comb the plot of the novel by skimming and scanning for specific information;
2. summarize the characters’ personalities according to their actions and words;
3. grasp the three elements of a novel and the features of O.Henry-style endings.
评估要点：明确学习目标
二、导入新课Lead-in
Guessing game: Who is the author?
He was a world-famous American short story writer.
Stories in his books often focus on the everyday life of ordinary people in New York City.
His stories are best known for their surprise endings.
Some of his masterpieces are The gift of Magi /The last leaf/ After Twenty Years
Have you ever read one of them? Today， let's enjoy part of the story----- After Twenty Years.
学生回答问题。
老师在PPT上展示答案和图片。
评估要点：检测学生是否了解作者及其作品基本信息
三、新课设计While-reading
Activity1.Read the passage and find out why the man is standing outside the shop.
学生阅读文章，提取信息，回答问题。
老师在PPT上展示答案。
Because he is waiting for his friend Jimmy.
评估要点：检测学生的查读能力。
Activity2.Scan the passage and answer the questions.
1.When and where did the story happen?
2.Who were the characters in the story?
3.Why did they separate(分离) twenty years ago?
4.What promise did they make at that time?
5.Did they keep in touch during the twenty years?
6.Would Jimmy come to meet Bob?Why or why not?
T:Let's go through the questions quickly.
Number one, when and where did the story happen? Can you use one word to summarize the question?
S: Setting.
T:Number two, who are the characters in the story? How about this question? Use one word to summarize it .
S:Characters.
T:How about question three to question six? What are these questions about?
S:Plot.
T:Actually, setting ,characters and plot, they are the three elements of a novel.
T:Now you will be given ten minutes to find out the answers to these questions. Okay, time's up. Let’s check your answers one by one.
T:1.When and where did the story happen?
S:The short story is set outside a shop in New York on a cold, dark night.
T:2.Who are the characters in the story?
S:The characters are a policeman, a man named Bob and Jimmy Wells.
T:3.Why did they separate twenty years ago?
S:Bob was to start for the west to make his fortune, but he couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New York.
T:What kind of persons are they? Please use some adjectives to describe them.
S:According to the answer, we know Bob was adventurous or ambitious while Jimmy was conservative or stubborn.
T:4.What promise did they make at that time?
S:They agreed that they would meet there again exactly twenty years from the date and the time, no matter what their conditions might be or what distance they might have to go.
T:5.Did they keep in touch during the twenty years?
S:For a time they corresponded, but after a year or two, they lost track of each other.
T:6.Would Jimmy come to meet Bob? Why or why not?
S:Yes, he would. Because Bob said “I know he will meet me here if he's alive, for he always was the truest ,staunchest old chap in the world. /No,he wouldn’t. Because they lost track of each other.
T:Well, both answers are correct. So what kind of persons are they? Both of them are determined, loyal, faithful, staunch, devoted, or true. So we can summarize the characters’ personalities according to their
S:------actions and words.
学生阅读文章，提取信息，回答问题。
老师在PPT上展示答案，并对答案进行补充评价。
评估要点：检测学生是否能在问题串的引导下，提取相关信息，总结小说的三要素，并根据小说角色的行为和语言总结人物的性格特点。
Activity3（group work）.Now read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happened.
T:1. What does the note tell you about the ending of the story?
S:Jimmy was the policeman. He turned up as they agreed twenty years earlier， but he decided to fulfill his duty and have Bob arrested.
T:2. Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not?
S:Jimmy was faced with the dilemma of friendship and justice. Although he treasured their sincere friendship a lot， he chose to devote to his duty and defend the law in the end.
T:3.Do you like this ending? Give your reasons.
T:The answer to this question is open. In my opinion， I like this surprise ending or “O.Henry-style ending” . O.Henry’s stories are best known for their twists or surprise endings. In these endings， there will be a sudden twist that results in an unexpected change， thus creating an unexpected yet understandable result. Such endings will make the story more attractive and impressive， as well as more unforgettable for its readers.
学生小组讨论，给出答案。
老师对答案进行补充评价。
评估要点：学生是否能总结和评价“欧亨利式”结尾的特点，探索文章主题，获取积极的人生观和价值观
自我评价Self-evaluation
By the end of the class， please do a self-evaluation by yourself. What have you learned in the class?
1. Three elements of a novel: setting， character， and plot.
2. The plot of “After Twenty Years”.
3. The personalities of Bob(the man ) and Jimmy.
4. The O.Henry-style ending: surprise，unexpected， understandable and unforgettable.
五、作业与检测Assignment
Option1 Write down your own ending to Jimmy and Bob’s story (around 200 words).
Option2 Act out the whole story with your group members.
(1)Think about what happened in each of the three scenes(Scene1: Bob dining with Jimmy at “Big Joe” Brady’s twenty years ago/Scene2: Bob making his fortune in the west/Scene3: Bob and Jimmy meeting again after twenty years)，using the information you have already read in the story.(2)Choose a character to play and decide what you will say and do.

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