Teaching aims:

1. Enrich the knowledge of English literature by reading the unit.

2. Make the students improve their ability of reading some materials.

3. Get the students to practice their thinking of the detective story.

Focus on:

Words and phrases:

reception considerate splendid astonish coincidence tension elegant prescription religious enquiry guilty stain banquet convince assume meanwhile commit straightforward roundabout

Difficult sentences:

His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the servants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.

Is it coincidence or is it the moonstone’s bad luck that causes the tension and strange things that happen during the rest of the evening?

Franklins rely that doctors just guess which drug they should recommend, makes Dr Candy extremely angry.

Rachel is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery to be solved.

It turned out that Godfrey had also seen Franklin move the diamond that night and, knowing that Franklin would be accused, he had taken it.

Period 1 Reading

Step 1 Revision

Step 2 Greeting

Step 3 Lead-in

Our traditional festival Mid-Autumn Day passed. Do you think the known food moon cake is delicious? Here is the Moonstone for you, do you know it? It’s something that is written by the father of English detective stories, named Wilkie Collins. His detective stories are famous for the unexpected suspense. This class we’ll know about his known works The Moonstone. Please turn to P112.

Step 4 Fast reading

Ask the students to scan the text quickly and try to find the keys to these questions given.

What is the moonstone?

When did Rachel find the moonstone is gone? Is it found back?

Step 5 Carefully reading

Get the students to read the text carefully then ask them to finish the chart.

suspect reason for suspicion

Step 6 Analyze the text structure

Make the students try summing up the main ideas of some paragraphs, then show them some suggested ones.

Para 1 sth about the moonstone

Para 2 some information about Rachel

Para 3 the tension and strange things caused by the moonstone

Para 4 sth happened at Rachel’s birthday party

Para 5 the miss of the moonstone and Sergeant Cuff’s discovering

Para 6 the 1st suspect

Para 7 the 2nd suspect

Para 8 the 3rd suspect

Para 9 the 4th suspect

Para 10 Sergeant’s vital clue

Step 7 Ending the class

Step 8 Homework

Period 2 Integrating Skills

Solving the mystery of the moonstone

Step 1 Lead-in

In reading part, sergeant cuff had several suspects and it was difficult for him to make certain who was the theft. For the sake of the clue mentioned by cuff, can you guess the real theft?

Step 2 Read the passage and finish the exercise

Get the students to read the passage and ask some questions:

1.Who was it that wrote the passage? _______

A Rachel B Rosanna C Franklin D the sergeant

2. Why did Rachel cancel the wedding after her accepting Godfrey? Because _____

A Rachel never loved him that much. B Rachel sensed Godfrey loved her great wealth extremely. C The Indians attacked Godfrey.

2. Why did the author say the case of the moonstone was most unusual?______

A It is difficult to distinguish the many characters referred to in the text.

B Because of there being no effective clues

C Because there was the clue only, but it was hard to find the person leaving it behind.

3. According to the text, who made the sergeant not suspect Franklin any more?______

A Rachel and Rosanna B Dr. Candy C Franklin himself and Dr. Candy

4. We are told who the real theft was.__________

A Rachel and Franklin B the Indians C Godfrey D. Sergeant Cuff

5.Which one is correct in the following?

A Godfrey bought the moonstone at a high price.

B Sergeant Cuff didn’t know the reason for Godfrey’s death so he wasn’t a professional detective.

C The moonstone was gone without any cause at last.

D The passage is about how the sergeant finished the case of the moonstone.

Period 3 Language Points

Step 1 Revision

Step 2 Text-explanation

Words:

1. set 擺（放）置；設置（小說、戲劇的）背景

The gentleman sets the cup to his lips elegantly.

The play is set in pre-war London.

2. curse 咒罵

When the person failed, he was always cursing (at) his bad fate.

Cursed with his bad health, he couldn’t get the job.

3. considerate adj.

Teachers are considerate towards students.

It’s considerate of you not to play the piano when I was asleep.

試比較：consider, considerably

4. coincidence C.N/U.N

-----I’m going to Paris next week.

----- What a coincidence, so am I.

5. suspect v. 相信，有存在或屬實的想法；不相信，懷疑；

I suspect it to be a lie.

What made you suspect her of having taken the money?

suspect C.N 嫌疑（犯）

Adj.不可信的

6.Vital adj.與生命有關的（維持生命必需的）；極重要（必不可少）的；有活力的

He was wounded in a vital part of his body.

It’s absolutely vital that the matter is kept secret.

Chinese people admired by those of other countries are greatly vital in life.

6. convince v. 使某人相信（明白）；說服

How can I convince you of her honest?

What the teacher said convinced me that I was wrong.

What is it that convinced you to abandon your decision?

convinced　堅定不移的，有堅定信念的；convincing令人信服的

7. assume v. 假設，以為；假裝，裝出；開始從事，擔任,呈現

We must assume him to be innocence until he is proved guilty.

The facial expression she assumed showed her terror.

Little Bush made his speech to assume office.

Assumption n.

8. meanwhile

in the meanwhile

9. as for/to 至于

Sentences analyzing:

1. His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the servants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.

2. Is it coincidence or is it the moonstone’s bad luck that causes the tension and strange things that happen during the rest of the evening?

3. Franklins rely that doctors just guess which drug they should recommend, makes Dr Candy extremely angry.

4. Rachel is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery to be solved.

5. It turned out that Godfrey had also seen Franklin move the diamond that night and, knowing that Franklin would be accused, he had taken it.