Using LanguageⅠ教案2

如何从细节处刻画关键人物

—以皮格马利翁中Eliza为例

How to Portray a Key Character in Writing

海亮实验中学

朱月

（Julie）

Content:Book8 Unit4 Pygmalion: Using language: Making the bet 1.Analysis of teaching material The story of Pygmalion tells how a flower girl does from the streets of London becomes a high class lady within three months’ study in phonetics. Act two tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can turn a poor flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady merely by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her manners. The theme of the play is that life can be shaped by the way that you speak. So it is a sharp irony of the rigid British class system of the day and a comment on women’s independence. The story stresses the importance of women’s awareness of independence. The reason why Eliza transfers from a flower girl into a high class lady is her awareness of independence and self-improvement.

So this lesson focus on analysing the main character-Eliza. 2.Teaching Objectives At the end of the class, Ss will be able to：

(1)

fully understand the main idea of the paly (2)

clearly figure out the change of the emotions of Eliza (3)

know how to describe a character from his appearance, action, emotion and words 3. Key points

(1) analysis of character’s personalities (2)change of character’s emotions 4. Difficult points (1) how to show character’s personalities (2) how to get Ss fully invovled in the activities

5. Teaching methods TBLT(Task-based Language Teaching) 6.Teaching procedures Step1. Revison

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Review the plot of act one “Fateful meetings”

Purpose: to make Ss focus on the play Step2 Prediction Ask Ss to predict the main idea of the play according to the title and the picture. Purpose: to arouse Ss’ reading interests Step3 Read for main idea who when where why what Higgins, Pickering, Eliza and Mrs pearce

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in Higgins' house Higgins wanted to do the experiment. Eliza wanted to speak English well. Henry made the bet with Pickering that he could turn Eliza into a lady by teaching her English in three months. teach her both grammar and pronunciation how

Main idea: Higgins and Pickering made a ______ about teaching Eliza to become a

______ in three months. Purpose: to let Ss be aware of the main idea of the play Step4 Find the plot & feelings of Eliza

Pair work:

Plot 1.When Eliza comes to see Henry 2.When Henry wants to throw her away What Eliza says or does

Feelings

3.When Pickering persuades Henry and

makes the bet

4.When Henry decides to teach her

5.When Henry says she'll need to be

cleaned first

Purpose: to help Ss find that Eliza’s emotions change as the plots develop.

Step5 Find out the sentences describing the character---Eliza. individual work：

personalities poor ordinary Shy Polite respectful

descriptions Appearance 外貌描写

Actions 动作描写

sentences 1. She's quite a common kind of girl with dirty nails.

2. She is dirty and wearing a shabby dress.

1 Eliza comes into the room shyly following Mrs Pearce. 2 She curtsies to the two men. 3 Outside Eliza is still weeping with Mrs Pearce 2

ambitious, independent

Words 语言描写

emotional feelings 情感描写

1.E: (upset) I wanna be a lady in a flower shop 'stead o' selling

flowers in the street. But they won't take me 'less I speak better. So here I am, ready to pay him. I'm not asking for any favours - and he treats me like dirt. 2E: (sobbing) I can't. I dursn't. It ain't natural and it'd kill me. I've never had a bath in my life; not over my whole body, neither below my waist nor taking my vest off. I'd never have come if I'd known about this disgusting thing you want me to...

Purpose:

to lead Ss focus on the description of Eliza

Step6 character description Group work: Discuss with your partners, try to find out the words or sentences to describe a character.

Tip1外貌描写

Words and expressions

1.

His

(晒得黝黑的脸庞和手臂，以及瘦削而又结实的身躯) are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.

(Book4 Unit2Working the land)

2. The tramp, a poor, homeless man

(留着小胡子), wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small black hat. He

walked around stiffly

(手里拿着一根手杖) (Book4 Unit3A taste of English humor) 3.

Ed’s been

(体质最差的) member in the family, and strangely proud of himself. His

(大肚子像气球一样鼓起来) between his T-shirt and trousers.

(世纪金榜) Tip2动作描写：different ways of walking 1. Disappointed and frustrated, the poor man

back to his family. 2. Lisa

in front of me. 3. She managed to

onto it and waited patiently. 4.Reuben

Water Street, trembling with great panic. 5.

home, Robot

the front door.

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6. The elderly man

with great panic.

细化动作。

把动作细化成一连串细微的动作，写出动作的连贯性，使动作描写有画面感

1. Claire

(掉下来)and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to

(接住)in time. He

(紧紧搂住)her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She

(尖叫),

（推开他）,

（跑）to her room for the rest of the day.

(from Book7 Unit2 Robot)

2.

Charlie

(切掉) the leather top of the shoe and

(分享) the shoe with the other fellow. He tries

(切掉并嚼着吃)

the bottom of the shoe as if it were the finest steak. Then he picks out the lace of the shoe and eats as if it were spaghetti. He eats each mounthful with great enjoyment.

(from Book4 Unit3 A taste of English humor)

Tip3 语言描写。各种“说”的表达

1. “Where’s Papa going with that axe?” _______ Fern to her mother. (弗恩问她妈妈)

“Out to the hog house,” ________ Mrs. Arable. (回答说) 2. “I don‘t see why he needs an axe,” __________ Fern. (又说)

“Do away with it?” ____________ Fern. (一声尖叫道) 3. “Please don‘t kill it!” she _________. “It’s unfair.” (眼泪汪汪地说)

“Fern,” he ______ _______ , “you will have to learn to control yourself.” (温和地说)

“Control myself?” _____________ Fern.

(弗恩叫道) 4. “Run downhill!” ___________ the cows. (劝道) 5.“What’s that?” he _________. “What’s Fern got?” (他问道) Step7 Summary Ways to make characters specific actions

精细化的动作描写

and plots vivid words 语言描写

appearance

外貌描写

Purpose: to stress the key points and help Ss have a clear knowledge of what we have learnt in this period..

Step8 Polish the following passage 2016年10月高考英语写作：读后续写

Scene I:

But no more helicopters came and it was getting dark again. Jane was tired

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(1).“Tom, where are you?”she asked (2). Nothing(3), only her yellow blouse. “I regretted that I quarreled with him (4).”Jane thought (5). A tiger was roaring at a distance, which made her afraid

(6). Her knees ______________ (7) and tears

(8) streamed down. She cried and cried. It was getting too late and Jane fell asleep.

Purpose: To put what we have learned today into practice.

Step9 Homework Task 1 :Review the writing skills to describe a character Task 2: finish the following passage

Scene

II:

It was daybreak when Jane woke up. Someone was calling her name! To her great joy, it was Tom, who was looking at her with adoring eyes. Not believing it, she wiped her eyes. Yes, it was Tom! She hugged him tightly and tears of excitement and regret rolled down. “I’m awfully sorry.__________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________.”

“Honey, I love you.”

Tom patted Jane’s back gently. “_______________________ ___________________________________________________________________.”

It was just at that moment that they got the point: love treasures most.

7.Blackboard Design Making the bet

How to Portray a Key Character in Writing

8. Teaching Reflection Advatnages:I spent a lot of time and energy to prepare for the class and focus on the key important of continuation writing--- small skills of writing---how to portray a key character. Disadvantages:Teacher wasn’t able to get students fully involved in the activities. Ss didn’t review the learning material. They weren’t prepared for the class. Besides, my PPT version was different from the computer’s, so there was something wrong with my PPT presentation. In a word, I need to learn from this failure.

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