Teaching Plan
Li Shujuan
Goals
1.Talk about the mystery
2.Read a detective story
3.Practise giving advice
4.Revise the words that have been learned
5.Write an informal or a formal letter
Period 1 let’s speak
Goals
1. Talk about the mystery
2. Practise giving advice
3. Try to act out the given situation
Procedures
Step 1:Warming up by a free talk about mysterious things around the situations
Are you interested in mysterious things ? What can be called a mystery ? Can you give some examples?
Warming up by a discussion
Please turn to page 109.Look at the pictures.
1. What do you think the pictures are about?
2. What is happening in each of the pictures ?Describe the people and events.
(These pictures tell readers a story .It is a detective mystery about the theft of a diamond from a shrine in India. Wilkie Collins was one of the first writers of detective novels. In 1868 he published The Moonstone . The picture on page 109 show scenes from the novel )
Step 2 : speaking
Learn the sentences to express: to ask for /give/ accept/ refuse advice and suggestions
Ask for advice: What shall we do ?
Can’t we put in …?
Should we put in ?
Give advice: Wouldn’t it be better if …?
You had better do ….?
Let’s put in ….
What about doing …?
Accept advice:
Thank you ! It is really a good piece of advice.
Ok. I will do it.
Period 2 Let’s read
Goals
Read about the Moonstone
Procedures
Step 1:Pre-reading
1.Good morning class! Today we are going to learn about The Moonstone written by the famous writer Wilkie . First go to the vocabulary list for this unit. Read it and look into the word formation of each word.
2.Can you name some famous detective story writer?
Margery ASlllingham
Percival Christopher
3. Do youy know anything about Wilkie ?
Wilkie was born in London on January 8,1824, the oldest son of a fashionable artist.He was named after Sir David wilkie , a friend of the family.
After an early career in business, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, though he apparently never practiced. He also tried his hand at painting , and wrote many articles and stories that were published anonymously.
In 1851,he was introduced to Charles Dickens by a mutual friend. The two formed a lasting friendship, and worked together on Dickens magazines.
He was one of the pioneers of the mystery and suspense genre.
Step2 Reading and underlining
1. Fast reading
Now let’s come to the text The Moonstone. Read the text fast and answer the following questions.
1) When and where was the story set ?
2) What is the most splendid gift to Rachel at her birthday party?
3) What is Godfrey?
4) Who is the detective in the story?
2. Careful reading
Read the text carefully and fill in the following tables.
Name of the book
_______________________(the Moonstone)
writer _______________________ (Wilkie)
List the characters in the novel An English man and his sister
Rachel Verinder
Godfrey
Franklin
Dr.Candy
Sergeant Cuff
The servants
The strange Indians
Answer the questions from the content 1. How soes the diamond come to England?
2. Why does the Englishman give the Moonstone to his sister’s daughter a a birthday present?
3. Who does not leave at the end of the party?
4. Why does Sergeant Cuff suspect the Indians?
5. What opportunity do the servants have to steal the3 diamond?
6. What is the vital clue?
List the words you learned from the book As many as you can
Learn the content and the words Fill in the blank the following words:
knocked,suspect,midnight,burning, noise,maids,previous,locked,around,light, morning
it was clear that something made Serfeant Cuff ______Roseanna.Two of the ____ had not believed that Rosanna was really ill on the ____afternoon.They had _____ at her door,which was ______, and listened ,but they had not heard anyone moving ___inside.They had seeen a ____-under the door at ____, and had heard the ____of a fire ___ in the roomat four in the _____.
The main idea of the story
3. Read the text aloud to the tape and underline at the same time all the useful collocations or expressions in it.
Period 3 Let’s study
Goals
Review the present participles and the gerund
Procedures
Step 1:Doing Exercises
To begin with ,please do the language practice exercises 1 and 2 on page 114.
Step2;reviewing the present participles and the gerund
1. function of the Gerund
subject: Seeing is beli8eving.It is no use doing something.
Predicative: His hobby is painting
Attribute: a washing machine
Object: enjoy reading books
2. Function of Present Participle
Object complement: They kept me waiting for a long time .
Adverbial of time : hearing the good news.
Adverbial of manner:sitting at the table, he was reading China Daily
Step3: Looking for the –ing form of verbs in the text
Next you are given five minutes to scan the texct to find out all the examples of the –ing form of verbs.
Step4:summary of the present participles and the gerund
Step 5: Doing grammar exercises.
To end the period , turn to page 115 and do the exercises.
Period4 Let’s read and write
Goals
1. read about the solution to the mystery
2. write an informal or formal letter
Procedures
Step 1:reading aloud
Hello, everyone. This morning we are going to read and write! First read aloud to the recording of the text on page 115.Pay attention to the pauses, the pronunciation while reading aloud.
Step2:Answering the following questions
1. who did the detective suspect?
2. Why didn’t Rachel answer Sergeant Cuff’s question ?
3. Why didn’t Franklin remember taking the diamond?
4. Who do you think was guilty?
5. what clues can you find?
Step3:copying down expressing
As is known .language is made up of words and expressions. So , why not read the articles and write down all those expressions which are useful top you?
Step 4: Write a letter
1. Study the two situations on page 117 and tell about the different styles of letters
The letter from Rosanna to Franklin is an informal letter, while the letyter from Sergeant Cuff to Rachel is a formal one.
2.When you are writing a letter, you should pay attention to these points
1) When the letter starts Dear sir we end it with Yours sincercely
2)You can end a letter to someone you know with Best wishes.
3)The first paragraph of the letter should explain your reasons for writing.
4)You should leave a space between each paragraph.
5)Ms is the title used for a married woman.
3.Here’s one way from top to bottom
1)address of the writer 2) date 3) address where the letter being sent to
4) name of recipient 5) body paragraphs 6) ending sentences
7) your name 8) your signature