高一 unit 15 The Necklace 教案
Unit15 The Necklace
Teaching aims and demands
1. Topics: ① Talking about drama and theatre
② Talking about the play The Necklace
2. Functions:
① Ask for permission:
Could we / I …? May / Can I … ? Shall we … ?
Is it possible … ? Do you mind … ?
② Talk about possibilities:
It can’t be… It could… He might… They must …
3. Vocabulary:
dormitory recognize surely diamond explain ball jewelry franc
continue lovely debt precious positive attend earn lecture silly
mosquito bat author besides outline plot quality call on bring
back day and night pay off at most act out
4. Grammar: modal verb (3)----- must can/could may/might
① When you are very sure of something, you use must in positive
sentences and cannot or can’t in negative sentences.
Eg. He must stay at home now. (objective)
Jim can’t be in the room. You see, the light is out.
② When you are quite sure about something, you use can.
Eg. Attending a ball can be exciting. (subjective)
③ When you think that something is possible, but you are not very
sure, you use could, may or might.
Eg. You could borrow some jewellery from your friend.
He may come to watch the play.
But you may not remember me.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Period I Warming up & Pre-reading
I. Homework for last class: Prepare for the short story in warming
up part
II. Greetings
III. Lead in and check their homework
1. Have you ever read some drama? Perhaps you are very
familiar with all kinds of short stories. Have you ever written a
story using your own idea? Here we have three pictures and let you
make up the stories. Are you ready to show us?
2. Example:
A foreign senior boy and a Chinese senior girl were traveling on a
small island when they met an old wise man with long beard. They
talked with the man, who had a map in his hand. He told them there
were valuables in a certain castle according to the map. So the boy
and the girl came to a secret chambers in a mysterious castle on the
island and they found a box full of jewellery. They were very
excited. And they were thinking about what to do when a huge monster
appeared. The monster was angry with them and began to run after
them. They were frightened and ran quickly. But the monster went on
running after them and they couldn’t get away from the monster. At
that time the wise old man suddenly appeared before them and helped
them leave the dangerous situation. At last he told them that
everyone liked treasures. But only when we worked hard by hand to
get treasure could we own them.
3. All of you have done a very good job. From your writing, we know
what is needed to complete a story. Above all, we must have
characters, scene, time, place as well as plots, conflicts and stage
directions. That means that we should have a script written by
playwrights first. A play is a bit like stories. There are funny
plays, stage plays, one-act plays, pantomime, opera, comedy,
tragedy, and tragicomedy. In this unit we come up with a very good
play The Necklace, Why don’t we try to perform it well? So the
homework for today is rehearsing the play.
IV. Speaking
Work in groups. Choose one of the situations below and create a
short play. Then act it out.
1. The secret of the Black Tower
2. The Mysterious Box
3. a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School
Give students five or eight minutes to prepare, and then let them
act it out in groups.
V. Introduction to the Necklace
1. About the author
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a well-known French novelist and
short-story writer. He was born in Normandy, France, on August 5,
1850. As a schoolboy, he was very much interested in literature, and
won a prize for one of his poems. So his writing began at an early
age, and he became a famous novelist in his thirties. He wrote in
the tradition of the 19th century French realism. Most of his works
were about everyday life of the simple humble people. As he had
worked in government departments since 1871, he became familiar with
the life of government workers. This experience helped him create
his best short story The Diamond Necklace. He had a fine use of
irony. His style eas direct and simple, with attention to realistic
detail. The play we are going to learn is typical of Maupassant’s
choice of topic and characters and his style and use of irony.
Maupassant suffered a great deal from illness in his later life.
He only lived for 43 years and died in Paris on July 6, 1893. He had
a short life, but his works will last forever.
2. A brief introduction to the play
This is a one-act play, which is based on Maupassant’s best-known
story The Diamond Necklace. There are three characters in the play:
Mathilde Loisel, a young woman; Pierre Loisel, Mathilde’s husband, a
government worker; Jeanne, Mathilde’s good friend.
The story takes place in Paris. One day, Pierre gets an invitation
to a palace ball. He thinks it important to him, and decides to go
to the party with his wife Mathilde. But Mathilde is worried,
because she has no new dress and no jewellwey to wear. Her husband
spends 400 francs on a new dress and she herself borrows a diamond
necklace from her good friend Jeanne. The young couple go to the
ball and has a very good time here.
On their way back after the ball, Mathilde finds that the necklace
is no longer around her neck. They rush back to the palace and look
for it. But they can’t find it; it is lost.
The young couple borrow a great deal of money and buy a necklace
that is exactly like Jeanne’s. It costs them 36000 francs. So they
have to work day and night to pay back the money they have borrowed.
After ten years of hard work, they at last pay back all the money,
but now Mathilde looks so old that Jeanne even can’t recognize her
when they meet.
When Jeanne hears the story, she tells Mathilde that the necklace
she has borrowed isn’t a real diamond necklace. It isn’t valuable at
all. It is worth 500 francs at the most.
VI. Homework
Prepare for the stage play.
Write down the Listening material.
Period II Reading & Acting
I. Greetings
II. Lead in and check their homework
1. After we read the play carefully, we can summarize a title for
each scene
Scene 1: Meeting with an old friend
Scene 2: An invitation to a ball in the palace
Scene 3: The story of a lost necklace
3. Now we can draw a necklace and complete the story
getting the invitation accept borrowing a necklace attend losing
the necklace
search buying a new necklace loan returning the necklace
work
learning the truth
4. From the play we can learn the character of each role:
Mathilde: a young lady, pretty but vain
Pierre: a government worker, not rich but ambitious
Jeanne: a young lady, rich but warm-hearted
5. Three groups act out scene1-3
Other groups act out their own ends.
III. One student read the listening material for the whole class
IV. Underline some useful expressions
I don’t think … have a hard time a house to live in for the
past ten years after all matter continue to call in try on
pay back pay off worth at most any more day and night be
dressed marry
V. Homework
Finish exercises in vocabulary part
Make complete sentences using the above expressions
Period III Language Points
I. Greetings
II. Lead in
Now, you’ve known the general idea of the passage. Let’s listen
to the tape.
Meanwhile, please find out the words, expressions and sentence
patterns that you don’t understand.
After a while, let students list them out in each scene and give
some explanation.
III. Language Points:
1. I’m sorry, but I don’t think I know you.
(1) I’m sorry, but… / Excuse me, but… 表示婉轉的語氣
Eg. I’m sorry, but I can’t go with you today.
Excuse me, but can I have a word with you now?
(2) I don’t think I know you. 否定前置
(believe, suppose, expect同)
Eg. I don’t think you are right.
I don’t believe we have something in common.
I don’t expect Tom has eaten all the cakes.
I don’t suppose I shall be back until 8 o’clock.
(3) I don’t think you’ve met before, have you?
主語為第一人稱時，反義問句與從句的主謂一致
主語為其他人稱時，反義問句與主句的主謂一致
(believe, suppose, expect同)
2. I didn’t recognize you
3. You don’t look very well.
4. I look older than my age.
5. That’s because of hard work --- ten years of hard work.
6. Did you have a hard time?
7. Years of hard work, very little food, only a small cold
room to live in and never, never a moment’s rest.
8. That has been my life for the past ten years.
9. I would rather not tell you.
10. Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to
your house and borrowed a necklace of yours?
11. We’d been invited to a ball at the palace, so I needed to
borrow some jewellery.
12. It can’t be true!
13. I was the only person in my office who was invited .
14. I’ve written to accept the invitation
15. I haven’t got an evening dress for the ball!
16. But, just this once.
17. After all, this ball is very important.
18. I have no jewellery to wear.
19. Does that matter?
20. She married a man with a lot of money.
21. In the park, Mathilde continues to tell Jeanne her story.
22. So I called on you and asked if I could borrow some jewellery.
23. You tried it on and it looked wonderful on you.
24. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball.
25. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay
for it.
26. After all these years we’ve at last paid off all our debts.
27. It was worth five hundred francs at most.
IV. Check the answers of vocabulary exercises.
V. Homework
Finish exercises in grammar part
Period IV Grammar & Exercises
I. Greetings
II. Lead in
Before we talk about the usages of must, can/ could, may/ might,
Let’s do an exercise to feel it first. Look at the screen.
Complete the sentences using must or can’t
1. I have tried to call him at the office but there is no
reply.
He can’t be at home.
2. They have bought a new car. They must have a lot of
money.
3. She is carrying a Japanese newspaper. She can’t be
Chinese.
4. He goes abroad a lot. He must have an important job.
5. She is a professor at the university. She must be very
clever.
6. She is acting in a Shakespeare play tomorrow. She must be
an actress.
III. Summary of the usages of must, can’t
When we are very sure of something:
In positive sentences we use must. & In negative sentences we use
can’t.
(mustn’t----not allowed to do sth, forbid to do sth.)
IV. Lead in
What word shall we use when we think something is possible, but
not very sure?
Look at the sentences on the screen.
1. You could borrow some jewellery from your friend Jeanne who
is married to a rich man.
2. You may not know that the necklace I returned isn’t the one
that I had borrowed.
3. Do you have a friend who might / may lend you some
jewellery?
4. Li Ping isn’t here. Where can / could he be now?
V. Summary of the usages of can / could, ma / might
When we are not sure of sth:
In question form, we use can. & In positive sentences we use could,
may or
might. & In negative sentences we use may not / might not.
VI. Summary of the usage of nodal verbs which express “guess”
Time
Structure
type
General
Continuous
Past
PositiveMust/may/might
+v.Must/may/might
+ be doingMust/may/might
+ have done
InterrogativeCan/could + v.Can/could
+ be doing Can/could
+ have done
NegativeCan’t/ couldn’t
+ v.Can’t/ couldn’t
+ be doingCan’t/ couldn’t + have done
VII. Homework
Finish exercises in Best Design
Period V Exercises
I. Greetings
II. Give some explanation to the exercises