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　　What is your character’s personality?

　　人物要鲜活就必须要有个性。下面的网状图有助于学生把握人物的个性特征：

　　3.背景。教师可以提供以下问题，启发学生确定故事发生的时间、地点等：

　　Where does the story take place，in New York，in a back yard，or some place completely from your imagination?

　　When does the story take place，in the past，in the present or in the future?

　　Has the setting helped develop the main character’s personality?

　　How does the setting impact your main character’s problem?

　　4.矛盾。教师可以提供以下问题：

　　What is your main character’s problem?

　　Is the problem big enough SO that it will take a whole story to solve it?

　　Does the setting influence the problem?

　　What steps does your hero take to solve the problem?

　　5.结尾。好的故事必须要有一个好的结尾。下面的方法有助于学生学会结束故事。

　　The best ending is when the hero i s about to give up but solves the problem at the 1ast minute.

　　Hint 1：It’s best if the story’s hero solves the problem on his or her own.

　　Him 2：Look back at your character web to see if one of your hero’s characteristics can help solve the problem.It’s great if one of the hero’s faults turns out to be a strength that leads to the resolution of the story.

　　教师可以提供以下问题：

　　How does your main character finally solve the problem?

　　What helps him/her solve the problem?

　　What can he/she do if he/she cannot solve the problem alone?

　　有了以上讨论的基础，学生便可按照口语部分的要求，选择一幅图讨论自己爱读哪一类故事。

　　Unit10 American literature 教案示例(2)

　　Reading and Integrated skills

　　(五)读前(Pre-reading)

　　阅读课文改编自欧•亨利(O Henry)的一个短篇故事，在阅读之前，教师可以向学生介绍作者的有关情况。“语言学习”部分有两篇文章介绍欧•亨利，以下信息可以成为该练习的补充。

　　●He was born on September 11, 1862 in North Carolina，where he spent his childhood.

　　● An highly praised master of short stories and tales.

　　● Starting in 1895 he wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post.

　　● In early 1896 he was charged with embezzling funds.

　　● O Henry wrote with realistic detail based on his first-hand eXPeriences both in Texas and in New York City.

　　● In 1907.he published many of his Texas stories in The Heart of the West.

　　●He moved to New York City.where over the next ten years before his death in 1910，he published over 300 stories and gained worldwide praise as America's favorite short story writer.

　　●He died on June 5,1910 in New York City at the age of forty seven.An alcoholic，he died virtually penniless.

　　(六)阅读(Reading)

　　阅读课文改编自欧•亨利的《麦琪的礼物》(The gift of the Magi)。

　　教师可以从以下几个方面设计问题，帮助学生理解前半部分的故事情节，后半部分参阅“综合技能”中的“阅读”部分。

　　Main Character - Who is your story about?

　　Della and Jim，a poor couple

　　Setting - When does the story take place?

　　The day before Christmas.

　　The Problem - What is the challenge your character must face and overcome?

　　Della wants to buy Jim a Christmas gift，and Jim wants to buy Della a gift.

　　Resolution - How does the main character finally solve the problem?

　　Delia sells her long，beautiful hair for twenty dollars，with which she buys a gold watch chain for Jim.Jim sells his gold watch and buys a set of combs for Della’s long hair.

　　(七)读后(Post-reading)

　　本作品的写作手法独特，语言生动并富有寓意。教师可以设计以下练习帮助学生欣赏作者的写作方法和丰富的语言。

　　1.故事中的主人翁遇到的主要困难是没有钱买圣诞礼物。作者没有直接用very poor来说明女主人.公的处境，而是把这一信息渗透在字里行间，教师可以让学生找出描述Della一贫如洗的词语和句子，品味作者的写作手法。

　　2.心理描写增添了文学作品的可读性。阅读下面的句子并回答其后的问题，理解Della的心理活动：

　　1)She stood by the window and looked out at a grey cat walking along a grey fence in a grey backyard，

　　What does the color “grey” tell you?

　　2)Suddenly Della walked to the mirror.Her eyes were shining.

　　What does the word “shining” tell you?

　　3)And then she quickly did it up again.She hesitated for a minute and stood still while a tear or two fell on the worn red carpet.

　　Why did Della do her hair up? What do the words “hesitate” and “still” tell you?

　　4)She… ran Out the door and down the stairs to the street.Della ran up one flight