UNIT 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note單元教案

1. t: morning, everyone! look at the screen, please. i will show you some pictures of a famous play. talk about them in your own words. (the teacher shows them some pictures of the million pound bank-note.)

picture one: i just need a suit.
picture two: i know that gentlemen like you carry only large notes.
picture three: goodness me! six zeros.
(students discuss the three pictures)
t: ok, class. after watching and discussing the pictures, can you guess what the famous play is?
ss: yes. it is called the million pound bank-note.
t: then, do you know the writer of the play?
ss: yes. it is mark twain.
t: what do you know about the american writer mark twain? next, read “about mark twain” on page 23 so that you can know more about him.
2. students read this passage about mark twain and answer the questions given in the form on page 23.
t: what’s the real name of mark twain?
ss: samuel langhorne clemens.
t: when was he born and when did he die?
ss: he was born in 1835 and died in 1910.
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 the life of 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.
1.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.)
(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.