Teaching procedures:
Period 1. Warming up, listening and speaking
New words: mystery, mysterious, footprint, ladder scary, dormitory
Teaching process:
Step 1:leading and lead-in
T: Morning class!
Ss: Morning, Miss Liang, (zhang)
T: What do you like doing in your spare time?
Ss: Playing computer games, seeing a film, watching TV/play?
T: Where do you watch a play?
S1: At the theatre.
T: What do e call the person who writes a play?
S: A playwright.
T: Do you like to be a playwright?
S2: Yes.
T: A playwright must be good at making up stories, is that so?
Ss: Yes.
T: Do you like making up a story?
S3: Yes, I do.
T: If you want to make up a story, what will you tell others?
S4: Who are the hero and heroine.
T: Yeah, so you mean the main character. Anything else?
S5: When and where does the story take place.
T: Good, time and place belong to the setting. Others?
S6: Why does the story happen?
T: You’re right. And the last point is the most attractive. So do you know what it is?
S7: How does the story come about?
T: Yeah, clever! This is about the plot, ××, why do you think plot is the most attractive?
S8: Exciting and interesting.
T: What’s your opinion?
S9: Mysterious.
T: Great, so if you want to be a good story teller, your story should include who——character, when, where——setting, why, how——plot. Besides, the plot ought to be mysterious. Would you please turn to page 15, look at these three pictures and use them to write a good story. You can work in group of four.
T: What can you see in picture1? Can you guess what the old man told the two to do?
What do the two young meet? What happened at last?
Step 2: Warming-up
T: Who will be willing to share your story? ××, will you have a try?
S10: ……
S11: ……
S12: ……
T: which group give us the best story? Why?
S13: ××’s group, because the story made up by them is mysterious.
T: I do agree. If you want to solve the mystery, what is the most important the to you?
S14: Clues.
T: Clues are important, especially to policemen and detectives.
Step 3: Listening
T: So let’s listen to the tape. Try to find out the mysteries and the clues.
T: Listen again and finish the exercises.
1. What is missing? (B)
A. A necklace and some money
B. A necklace and a cellphone
C. A necklace and a wallet
2. What did they find? (A)
A. footprints B. shoe prints C. fingerprints D. A shoe
1. What did John and Mary discover? (D)
A. The door is open B. The window is broken
C. The door is broken D. The window is open
2. What did John and Mary find on the floor? (C)
A. A shoe B. A key C. Some hair D. Broken glass
1.What did John and Mary find in the garden?
A. A ladder B. A banana peel C. A knife D. A necklace
2. Can you solve the mystery?
……….It’s monkey.
T: Suppose you’re the detective, a report from cow is going to interiors you. Could you show us the dialogue?
Ss: Well done. It seems that you’re not only good at telling stories but also excellent Performa. Just now we’ve mentioned that a playwright must be a good story teller. A play also indwells who, when, where, why .But is there anything difference between the story and play?
S15: Play is in the form of dialogue, but story is not.
T: Yes, story is usually narrated. Play has something with dialogue and also has several scenes.
Step 4: Speaking
T: Cat’s move to speaking on page16, first, we’ll have a look at situations. Find out who, when, where or ever why, how.
Character: three pieces
Time: dark night in April
Place: in the mountain
S16:
S17: Character: Four classmates
Time:
Place: in the dormitory
S18: Character: Four students
Time:
Place: on the way to school.
T: Adorni
The necklace