Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone

sd: picture 4 is about a scene in which a person comes out of a castle and is getting on a carriage. he is leaving the castle for somewhere else.
se: picture 5 is about a party or getting-together. some indians or muslins are performing their programs to entertain the people.
sf: in the last picture, i can find that after the party, some people are talking together. in a room, a man is pulling back a drawer and stealing something. however, a girl in another room notices it.
teacher’s help: these pictures are about the story the moonstone. rachel’s eighteenth birthday party is coming. she and her friend decorate her house and paint the door with flowers and birds. rachel gets a huge diamond called the moonstone from her uncle as a present at her eighteenth birthday party. everyone present at the party feels astonished at such a huge and splendid diamond. at the party, some indians are giving their performances to entertain them, but they seem not to be skilled at their performances. they must have had some special purpose. after the party that evening, rachel puts the moonstone in the drawer of a cupboard and goes to bed. however, the next morning, she finds the diamond missing. who steals the diamond? why does the young man want to leave the castle? where does he want to go?
step iii  speaking
ask the students to think about and act out the conversation between rachel and godfrey.
t: on the day of rachel’s birthday party, godfrey asks her to marry him, and is refused. now think about the situations where they are talking and discuss the questions in part 1, page 111.
sample dialogues:
sa: i’m sure that godfrey may think that rachel is very pretty, elegant and considerate. he loves her very much. so he asks her to marry him.
sb: i agree with you. i think godfrey doesn’t like rachel at all. he wants her to marry him only because he wants to get the diamond from her.
sc: why does godfrey think they will be happy when they get married? first, he thinks she is pretty, elegant and considerate. second, they are both from rich families and they can live a rich life. third, he will do whatever he could to make her happy if she marries him.
sd: there are some reasons why rachel refuses godfrey. she might tell godfrey that she doesn’t like some of his bad habits and she thinks he is a rough, cold-hearted man. she might tell godfrey that she has fallen in love with another young man and has already been engaged.
se: rachel refuses him when godfrey asks her to marry him. this might make godfrey very sad and disappointed. he becomes very angry. he begins to hate rachel and tries to revenge her for this.