Reading and vocabulary优秀获奖教案

Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary Teaching goal: 1．To get Ss to master the vocabulary and some reading skills．

2．To enable Ss to talk about the novel and the film Frankenstein．

Important points: 1. Train the students’ reading ability.

2. Understand the passage exactly.

Difficult points: How to improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Procedure: Step 1．Reading and Vocabulary Purpose：To let Ss know something about Frankenstein．

1．Skimming Purpose：To get a brief understanding of the text．

(1)Ask Ss to read the passage and try to answer the following questions．

①Why does the scientist chase the creature to the Arctic?

②Did the scientist regret creating the monster?Why? SuggestedAnswers：

①Because the monster murdered 3 people：the scientist’s brother．best friend and his wife．

②Yes，he did．Because the monster created by him Was very disgusting．

(2)Look at the words in the box in Activity 3 on P42 and try to match the meanings of them．

SuggestedAnswers：

①disgust，fear，emotion

②creation，creator

③chase

④fianc6e

⑤murder

⑥beauty

⑦lifeless

⑧bone

(3)Ask Ss to find words in the passage which mean：

①a terrifying dream

、

②your blood moves through these in your body

③the most northern part of the world

④the thing that everything is made of

⑤to compare SO that differences are made clear

⑥

saying that you will not do sth that sb has asked you to do

⑦very small in size or amount

⑧a very high degree ⑨able to understand and learn things Suggested Answers：

①nightmare

②veins

③the Arctic

④nmtter

⑤contrast

⑥refuse

⑦tiny

⑧extremely

⑨intelligent

2．Scanning

(1)Read Part 1 carefully，and answer the following questions．

①In what ways is the monster like a human being?

②How did Frankenstein create the monster?

③Why does Frankenstein decide to destroy the monster? SuggestedAnswers：

①ne monster had a body which is made of human parts．It is intelligent and has human emotions．

②He used bones from dead bodies to make a creature and gave it life．

③Because the monster hates him and kills his brother，best friend and his wife．

(2)Read Part 2 carefully，and answer the following questions．

①What do we learn about the monster’S appearance?

②Why WaS the young scientist SO disgusted when he first saw the monster?

③What had Frankenstein wanted more than anything in the world?

④Why did Frankenstein wake shaking with fear?

⑤Why did the monster come to Frankenstein’S bedroom?

⑥What did Frankenstein do after running out of the room for the second time?

⑦Why did Frankenstein regTet creating the monster? SuggestedAnswers：

①It is very ugly，with wrinkled yellow skin and black lips．

②Because he had wanted to create something beautiful，but it’S very ugly．

③To give life to a lifeless body．

④Because he had terrible dreams．

⑤Because it wanted to talk to him．

⑥He hid in the garden because he was terrified by the monster and regret having created him．

⑦Because he was terrified by it．

(3)Read P'm't 2 again and choose the best answers．

①The first paragraph tells US_____．

A．the birth of the monster

B．the terrifying emotion of Frankenstein

C．the scene where the monster WaS bern

D．the cold night when the monster was born

⑦Frankenstein saw this monster moved as a human being，he felt_____．

A．happy

B．excited

C．worried D．frightened

③Frankenstein wished he had not created the monster because he thought___________．

A．the monster looked very ugly

B．he would bring people nightmares

C．he would bring the world disaster

D．the monster would kill him

④The passage tells US___．

A．Frankenstein regretted creating such ugly monster

B．Frankenstein’S creation is successful．but it’s a nightmare for him．

C．as a scientist。Frankenstein must have some creations

D．the monster can’t be given life

Suggested Answers：

①c

②D

③B

④B

3．Post-reading

Ask Ss to fill in the blanks according to the passage．

Frankenstein is a scientist．While studying at university，he____the secret of how to

__________ matter．He creates a

_____ that_______a human by using________from dead bodies．The creature is very________and ______all people．However，the monster is intelligent and has human______．As he was lonely and_________，he asked Frank to create a wife for him．But Frank_______to do SO．To his surprised，the monster________three people who are important to him，especially his ________一Elizabeth．So Frank decided to__________(复仇)the monster．He______the monster to the _____in order to _____him．Unluckily，he dies there．__________0fthe story，the monster_______into the ice and snow to______．

Sugges dAnswers：

(1)discovers

(2)give life to lifeless

(3)creature

(4)resembles

(5)bones (6)ugly

(7)terrifies

(8)emotions

(9)unhappy

(10)refuses(11)murders

(12)wife

(13)take revenge on(14)chases

(15)Arctic (16)destroy

(17)At the end

(18)disappears

(19)end his life