Literature教案
reading comprehension.
1. read the passage and choose the sentence which best express its main idea.
1. ask ss to finish activity 1 to predict what the passage is about, according to the title “dickens’ london”.
2. ask ss to read the passage quickly and decide the structure of the passage.
for your reference:
part 1 (paras 1~2): a general introduction to dickens’ london, dickens’ cast of characters lived in london, and london was a filthy city for rich and poor people alike in the middle of the 19th century.
part 2 (paras 3~5): detailed description of dickens’ london, about the east end and the west end.
part 3 (paras 6~7): the ending of the passage, london has changed, but you can still see many of sights which dickens saw and wrote about in his novels.
then ask ss to finish activity 2 to choose the main idea of the passage.
3. as ss have a general impression of the passage, get them to finish activity 3 to decide the text type of the passage. then ask them to read the passage carefully and then finish the exercises in activities 4 and 5.
4. ask ss to discuss the following key sentences:
(1) every chapter of his novels describes the sights, sounds, and smells of the city, and provides a social commentary of london life.
(2) the east end was london’s poorest district, where children wore rags for clothes and the women searched in dustbins for food.
(3) many people suffered from the effects of poor nutrition and even starvation because of a lack of food, yet their welfare was of no concern to the taxpayers of london.
(4) the west end is the theatre district where dickens felt at home because, surprisingly, he thought he would accomplish more with his drama than with his novels.
step 4. homework
1. ask ss to read more about charles dickens and his works oliver twist and the great expectations.
2. ask ss to do reading (another fiction written by charles chickens) in the workbook
3. ask ss to preview reading and vocabulary in the module.
強調句是一種修辭,是人們為了表達自己的意愿或情感而使用的一種形式,下面簡單歸納它的幾種結構:
(1) 用助動詞“do(does/did)+動詞原形”來表示強調。如:
he does know the place well.他的確很熟悉這個地方。
do write to me when you get there.你到那兒后務必給我來信。
(2) 用形容詞very,only,single,such等修飾名詞或形容詞來加強語氣。如:not a single person has been in the shop this morning.
今天上午這個商店里連一個人都沒有。
how dare you buy such expensive jewels?
你怎么敢買這么貴的寶石呢?
(3) 用ever,never,very,just等副詞和badly,highly,really等帶有-ly的副詞來進行強調。如: