Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note教案

t: do you know all the places where he lived?

ss: he was raised in hannibal, missouri, along the mississippi river, but traveled much of the us, and also lived for a time in europe.

t: can you name three of his famous stories?

ss: the adventures of tom sawyer, the adventures of huckleberry finn, a connecticut yankee in king arthur’s court, the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county, etc.

t: why did you forget this one—the million pound bank-note? as we know, mark twain is known as a humorist during his life. and this is reflected in the million pound bank-note. so, today we’ll learn some parts of this famous play. of course, if you want to read more about this great writer, you can go to the library or surf the internet to find more about him.

step ⅱ pre-reading

get the students to discuss the question with their partners and then ask them to report their work. encourage them to express their opinions freely.

t: if a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do? why? (the teacher draws a picture on the blackboard.)

￡1,000.000

money flied to me from the sky. everything changed from a to z.

(students have a discussion on this question. whatever choice students make here, they should be ready to offer their classmates a good reason for it.)

s1: i’ll buy a big house, a new car of my own and get married with a beautiful girl. in my opinion, the most important thing for a person is to enjoy the life. so, if i have a lot of money, i’ll make full use of it to meet my needs for a rich life.

s2: i’ll give some money of the one million pound to the poor people in the western part of our country to help them live a happy life, especially the children. because they really need help and they can learn more knowledge in order to develop the western part of our country. this way of spending money is meaningful.

s3: ...

t: i think all of you have a good idea. do you want to know what happened to henry adams in the million pound bank-note written by mark twain? have you ever read the story? have you seen the movie? if so, what do you think of it? so, this class we’ll learn the story together.

step ⅲ while-reading

first reading: scanning

get the students to comprehend the whole scene quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading. teachers give the students a couple of minutes to look through the whole scene. tell the students to read the text silently and then ask some detail questions about the text on the slide show with their partners. teacher encourages the students to express their ideas.