Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending板书设计及意图

【学习目标】

知识目标

To help students understand the problems that women writers had during their careers and to explain the development of the novel in the nineteenth century.

能力目标

To improve students’ reading comprehension ability by applying skimming ,scanning and word-guessing skills. 德育目标

To Insprire students’ interest in Western novels and authors.

【学习过程】

一、自主学习

Step 1 Skimming (1)How many parts can the passage be divided ?

What does each part mainly focus on ? part1 ( paragraph1)：The introduction to the background and five authoresses. part2

( paragraph2-6) : The five authoresses and their achievements in literature. part 3 ( paragraph 7): Compared with Charles Dickens, these women writers’ impact was greater.

(2) What’s the aim of this passage ?

The aim of this passage is twofold:

Aim 1: to help students understand the problems that women writers had during their careers

Aim 2: and to explain the development of the novel in the nineteenth century.

Step 2 Scanning

Scan the passage and underline the names of the English Authoresses in the 19th century mentioned in the passage , their representative works and the issue each writer was most concerned with. Step 3 comprehending 1.

Dealing with part1 ( paragraph1) Find out some key words that describe what difficult background the authoresses faced and how they managed it. ( consensus, oppose, restriction, no equality , lack of opportunity, discrimination , a generally held view, ban ; twist, strange, contradiction, courageous, gifted, get round.) Ask the students to retell this paragraph according to the key words.

2. Dealing with part2

( paragraph2-6)

Pay attention to the five great women writers-------- their names, works ,issue addressed in her novel and the reasons for success. Name work Issue addressed in her Reasons for success novel Jane Austen Pride and

The problems and Content, refreshingly light and ironic Prejudice limitations

style of women’s choices

The three Bronte Jane Eyre Women’s struggle against

Explicit way of writing about sisters their restricted roles in women’s feelings ( Anne, Charlotte, society

Emily ) George Eliot Silas Morally ambiguous ( not mentioned in the text ) Marner concessions

people make in life to succeed

3.Dealing with part 3 ( paragraph 7)

Why Charles Dickens and his work David Copperfield are mentioned in paragraph 7 ? A. To show there were also some excellent male authors in the 19th century B. To compare male and female authors in the 19th century

C. To praise these women writers’ great achievement as authors by comparing D. To introduce David Copperfield to readers

二、合作探究：

Read the passage and answer the questions.（Exercise2 on page43）

Ask the students to discuss the questions in groups of three and give their opinions. Suggested answers to Exercise 2: 1 This was the experience and the dilemma for these women writers and this was also a common longing for most women. 2 Jane Austin was most reserved in her description of personal feelings. We read her books for their humour, irony and characterization. 3 George Eliot's books were concerned with the way social pressures made people behave badly or stupidly, while Charles Dickens novels are concerned with injustice in society. So both are concerned with society and its effect on the individual but they deal with it from different points of views. 4 George Eliot describes the personal distress that people bring upon themselves when they behave badly Unit5 Book 10 Enjoying novels

THE RISE OFENGLISH AUTHORESSES IN THE 19TH CENTURY

制作人：大同一中高三年级英语组

郭连弟

according to the expectations of society at that time. Charlotte Bronte describes how emotional necessity makes people behave against the expected behaviour of society. So they are both concerned with how a person’s feelings affect their decisions.

二、技能训练：

Part1 Try to fill in the blanks according to Paragraph 7 Charles Dickens(1812-1870)____________ as a literary critic of the_______ of his society. His novels describe the__________ of poor people who did not possess money or a sponsor to ________ their path. In David Copperfield, the hero experiences suffering before he meets his___________, kind and tolerant aunt, Betsy Trotwood. David __________ from her truly generous nature, and_________ his education, wealth and happiness to her care. Charles Dickens____ today __________as one of the great writers of the 19th century. Part2 Word Practice: 1.Can you believe that there used to be a c___________ in society that opposed the writing of novels by authoresses? 2.Perhaps you think that discrimination of this kind was(有效的)_______________ a very long time ago. 3.In a strange （矛盾）________, this period produced five of the most courageous and gifted authoresses. 4.Those who _______ _______ this ban were: Jane Austen, the three Bronte sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), and the writer known as George Eliot. 5.It was also in her refreshingly light and (讽刺的)_______ style, evident from the first sentence of the novel: 6.Sceptical reviewers did not (看穿)____________ this (诡计)_______ and gave their approval to their work. 7.Her novels were revolutionary for the (直率的)_________ way they described women struggling against their restricted roles in society. 8.Being immediately (向---欢呼)_______ as "the masterwork of a great genius", Jane Eyre became a great success . 9.The book was a r________ after the more reserved feelings expressed in Jane Austen's novels 10.The fifth p_________ authoress of this period was George Eliot (1819-1880). 11.Her novels examined the morally （模糊的退让）______________________ people make in their lives in order to succeed. Part3.选作题（文化拓展）：

As writers , the authoressses are successful, but are they successful as women ?Write your opinion within 120 words in English . (Jane Austen, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte never married; Charlotte Bronte married a man who was poor and unimportant and died during her pregnancy; George Eliot was considered an immoral woman for living with a married man for 25 years.)