Unit5 Enjoying Novels

t: good. the next one.
s2: i like classical literature. reading classical literature written by native speakers can improve my english language skills in several ways and we could get knowledge about history. i've read "jane eyre" and i like the heroines very much.
t: well done. the third one.
s3: i like english novels better. i've read "wuthering heights".
t: good. the last question. it's a little difficult.
s4: yes. once there was a little boy who had a bad temper. his father gave him a bag of nails and told him that when he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence. the first day the boy hammered 37 nails into the fence. over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. he discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence...finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.  he told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy pull out one nail for each day when he was able to hold his temper. the day passed and one day the young boy told his father that all the nails were gone. the fence would never be the same. when you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like those nails.
t: you have done a good job. i am very glad you've read some english novels.

step ⅱ pre-reading
t: please look at the slides. can you match the titles of these famous novels to the authors? maybe some authors whom you are not very familiar with. have a try.
show the slide.
three minutes later, check the answers.
t: there are nine authors. do you know how many female authors are there?
s1: there are six female authors. they are jane austen, charlotte bronte, emily bronte, harper lee, anne bronte and margaret mitchell.
t: please look at the picture on the right. she is the famous author who writes the novel  "gone with the wind".
step ⅲ  while-reading
t: how many english authoresses in the 19th century in the text?  who are they? what are their works mentioned in the text? read the text as quickly as possible, and try to find out the answers to the questions in two minutes, i'll time you. (design a clock which can work and sound when time is up) have you got your answers?
s6: there are five authoresses in the 19th century in the text. they are jane austen, the three bronte sisters (charlotte, emily and anne), and the writer known as george eliot. "pride and prejudice" written by jane austen, "jane eyre" written by charlotte bronte and "silas marner" written by george eliot are mentioned in the text.