Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone

a. 重點詞匯和短語
moonstone, informal, rachel, godfrey, housemaid, upstairs, downstairs, on call, gossip, despite, servant, unemployed
b. 交際用語
giving advice
you’d better (not) do ...
you may/can do ...
you should/ought to do ...
you needn’t/don’t have to do ...
i suggest/advise (that) you (should) do ...
i advise you (not) to do ...
let’s do ... (, shall we?)
why don’t you/not do ...?
what about doing ...
how about doing ...?
c. 重點句式
then she laid the table for breakfast while ...
despite the hard work required of them, servants were paid very little ...
2. ability goals能力目標
enable the students to show opinions and give advice.
3. learning ability goals 學能目標 
enable the students to tell a detective story with the help of the pictures and give advice.
teaching important points教學重點
how to organize a story and give advice.
teaching difficult points 教學難點
how to show opinions and give reasons.
teaching methods 教學方法
individual work;
discussion.
teaching aids教具準備
a computer and a projector.
teaching procedures & ways教學過程與方式
step i  revision
ask the students to check their writings with each other.
t: good morning/afternoon, boys and girls! please check your writings with each other first.
step ii  warming up: talking about pictures
ask the students to talk about the pictures with the teacher’s help.
t: wilkie collins was one of the first writers of detective novels. in 1868 he published the moonstone. the following pictures here show scenes from the novel. look at the pictures on page 109. look carefully and tell what each picture is about. can you tell us what is happening in each picture? now discuss the following questions with your partners.
qs:
1.what is happening in each picture? describe the people and events.
2. what can you guess about the novel from the pictures? try to tell the story. 
ask the students to show their opinions.
t: are you ready, everyone? now present your opinions in the discussion.
sa: in picture 1, a girl received a beautiful and expensive diamond from one of her friends or relatives at her birthday party. the diamond is so huge that many people there felt astonished. they all admired the diamond very much.
sb: it seems in picture 2 an important festival is coming or an important party will be held. the people are decorating their houses. they are painting the door with beautiful pictures of flowers and birds.
sc: in picture 1, there is a statue of a god in a church or a temple. and a splendid diamond is set on the moon god’s forehead.