Unit 10  American literature

         unit 10  american literature
i. 單元教學目標
技能目標skill goals
▲talk about american literature
▲practise predicting and describing what a story might be about
▲review all the verb tenses
▲write a book review
ii. 目標語言
功  能  句  式 predict and describe what a novel with a certain theme might be about.
what would be an interesting story?  
what would be an exciting plot?
what characters would likely appear in it?
what would the characters be like?
where and when would the story take place?
would you like to read a short story or a novel?
do you want to read for pleasure or for school?
詞 匯 1. 四會詞匯
garbage, maid, prince, outcome, penny, grocery, bakery, weep, furnish, shabby, mailbox, bell, rag, rare, garment, worn, carpet, barbershop, haircut, anecdote, booklet, mutton, stove, baggage, pale, prayer, approve, anyhow, shave, comb, tortoise, flash, simplify
2. 認讀詞匯  
dudley randall, della, dillingham, backyard, cascade, sofronie, curl, coney island,  william sydney porter, broadway, tortoiseshell, jewel, reaction
3. 詞組
attend to, take pride in, do up, let down, fix sth on / upon sb, at length
4.重點詞匯
weep, furnish, shabby, anecdote, baggage, pale, approve, anyhow, shave, flash, simplify
語法 review all the verb tenses.
重  點 句 子 1. expenses had been greater than she had calculated.  p84
2. she hesitated for a minute and stood still while a tear or two fell on the worn red carpet.  p85
3. there was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out.  p85
4. it was worthy of the watch.  p85
5. it’ll grow again—you won’t mind, will you?  p88
6. i’m me without my hair, aren’t i?   p88
iii. 教材分析與教材重組
  1. 教材分析
本單元以american literature為話題,通過詩歌欣賞，判斷文學作品主題和閱讀文學名著等學習方式，使學生對美國文學的特點以及發展歷史和現狀有一定的認識和了解，并能用已有的關于美國的歷史、政治、文化等方面的知識判斷和描述一部文學作品的主題、內容梗概和寫作方法；能夠運用所學的語言知識和技能聽懂以對話形式對文學俱樂部舉行的某些活動的評論，如成功和失敗之處、優點和缺點所在等；并能用英語談論美國文學作品，包括判斷主題、分析寫作特點、討論作品主人公的個性、總結中心思想等，并對作品加以評論。
1.1  warming up 用一首小詩激發學生對美國文學進一步了解的興趣，并使學生對美國黑人的詩歌有一個初步認識。它既呈現了本單元的中心話題—american literature，又以回答問題的形式幫助學生以這首小詩為線索去探究美國文學的特點，為以后關于“american literature”的進一步聽、說、讀、寫的學習打下基礎。