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Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note Reading and comprehension teaching design The analysis of the textbook The

reading passage is a play which is adapted from Mark Twain’ s short story by the same title. It briefly describes that Henry, a San Francisco businessman, is rescued at sea by a British ship that takes him to London where he finds himself without money, friends, or the prospect of a good job. Hungry and alone, he walks along the streets of the city when unexpectedly he is summoned to a mansion. Two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver, have made a secret bet. Roderick believes that a man cannot survive in the city for a month with only a million pound bank note in his possession but Oliver believes he can. The play takes us along on Henry’ s misadventures with humor and surprise to discover who will win the bet. The analysis of the students The students are interested in this film, but they have trouble in understanding the reading passage and they actually don’t know what the skimming and scanning strategies are. So learning strategies instruction is necessary. Teaching aims 1.Use the new words and phrases to understand the text. 2.Develop the students’ reading skills and understand the drama language 3.Enable students to know some western culture. 4.Learn the differences of oral English. Teaching important point Enable the students to understand the text thoroughly and try to act it out. Enable students to voice their opinions freely. Teaching methods 1. Asking-and-answering method.

2. Discussing method. 3. Elicitation method.

Teaching aids 1.Multi-media facilities 2.A recorder Teaching procedure step 1 : Warming up Do you like money ?If a rich person gives you one million, what will you do with it ? step 2: Lead-in

After they answering this question,I will tell them I know a man whose name is Henry and he is lucky enough to be given a million.Do you want to know what happened to him? In this part students can have great interest about what I will state in this class. step 3 Reading 1.Fast-reading Let the students skim the play and then find out when and where the story happened, the main characters of the play and what happened between them.In this part I will divide the students into 3 groups. Time _________ Place _________ Characters(人物): After finding the answers, let group’s volunteers to show their groups’ answers.The other groups listen to it carefully and write down on the textbook. In this part students will have a general idea about the play. 2. Careful -reading Read the play carefully and find the answers to the following questions: 1. Where did Henry Adams come from? Did he know much about London? 2. What did he do in America? 3. Why did he land in Britain?

4. What happened to Henry after he met the two brothers? 5. Why did the brothers make a bet? After finding the answers, let group’s volunteers to show their groups’ answers. In this part ,students can have a good command of the play and know the relationship between the main characters. Step4 Writing Prepare a short essay(小短文) with the beginning of “I am Henry…… ”according to Henry’s experience, and show it in front of the class. In this part ,student s can express Henry’s experience clearly by the time line. Step 5 Character Analysis Enjoy a short part of the movie, and find out what kind of people the characters are by analysing what each character says or does. As we all know, characters and their qualities and deeds are the most important factors in the play,so the students analyse their characteristics can help them better understanding the play. Step 6 After Reading Ask students a qustion What is your attitude to money? And let them know our chairman Xi in the ceremony to mark the centenary of The May Fourth Movement stateed the new requests to the youth:1.we should not only care about our family and country,but also have concerns for humanity. We should nurture and practice core socialist values;2.We should guard against wrong ideas such as money worship.

At last enjoy a poem entitled “Money is not everying ” to end our class.

This part is a vital step to cultivate students’ reasonable attitude to money. Homework Imagine what will happen to Henry. Act out the play.