Unit 10  American literature

sa: you are partly right, sir/madam. we seldom talk about reading just because we have different interests in different kinds of literature works and different themes.
sb: also because we have to read so much for school everyday and have so little time to read what we like for pleasure.
t: oh, i’m sorry for what i said just mow. that is to say, you did your homework very well yesterday?
ss: certainly!
t: and you have got as much knowledge about american literature as you can?
ss: yes!
t: great! let’s have a competition between boys and girls. those who like to join in the competition stand in lines, boys stand on the left, girls right. our competition will go on like this: each of the group numbers will write out one work with its writer’s name on the blackboard, do that in turn in each of your groups as quickly as you can. you can write different works by the same writer, but can’t write the same work. ok? another thing: if you both get the same number of the works, the group with more different writers will be the winner. we’ll finish it within three minutes. are you ready? one, two, three, go!
a few minutes later, check the work together and congratulate on the winning group. then hand out the prizes prepared for the winners to encourage them.
possible result            (b): black writer
boy group
the adventure of tom sawyer
——mark twain
the beast in the jungle
——henry james
main street
——sinclair lewis
native son
——richard wright (b)
the scarlet letter
——nathaniel hawthorne
the old man and the sea
——ernest hemingway
the call of the wild
——jack london
martin eden
——jack london girl group
adventures of huckleberry finn
——mark twain
the cantos
——ezra pound
the grape of wrath
——john steinbeck
invisible man
——ralph ellison (b)
a farewell to arms
——ernest hemingway
the gift of the magi
——o. henry
the last leaf
——o. henry
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the boy group wins the competition with seven different works and writers.
step ii warming up
talk about some famous american writers and their famous works appearing on the screen.
t: you did a great and exciting job just now. well, let’s look at some pictures. do you know something about them? if you know, please tell us as much as you can.
show some pictures about some famous american writers such as mark twain, ernest hemingway, o. henry, nathaniel hawthorne, and so on. at the same time, ask the ss to try to talk about the pictures in order that the ss can draw as much information about american literature as possible.