1、 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note Longyou middle school Wang weihongI. Teaching Material Analysis1. Teaching items: This is the first reading in Unit 3 of Model 3. Its also a main part in this unit. Mark Twain is the greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature as well as a great play

2、wright. Many of his plays are known to people all over the world. And The Million Pound Bank-Note is one of the best.The play is one of the most useful and interesting means by which to improve students oral English skills. Beginning with this book and throughout the rest of the NSEC series, student

3、s will be provided with plays adapted from famous native-speaking writers in English. Plays will enable your students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context. Just as importantly, reading and acting these plays aloud will increase students self-confidence in using English, which in t

4、urn will increase their overall motivation to learn English. This play is a very chance and a good beginning.2. Aims to the teachingKnowledge goalsa. Help the Ss understand the main idea of the play.b. Let the Ss master some important phrases and sentence patternswords and phrases:bet, make a bet, p

5、ermit, go ahead, by accident, stare, account for, to be honest, jealous). Patterns:Would you please come in? Would you mind waiting just a few minutes? May I ask you how much money you have? -Well, to be honest, I have none. Could you offer me some kind of work? I wonder, Mr. Adams, if you mind us a

6、sking a few questions? -Go right ahead. Ability goalsa. Enable students to read and hear natural language in a dramatic context and increase their self-confidence in using English, which will increase their overall motivation to learn English. b. Enable students to sum up the main idea of ACT ONE Sc

7、ene 3. c. Enable students to understand the details about the whole scene. d. Act out the scene.e. Express their opinions by answering the following questions: (1) What do you think will happen to Henry with the bank-note?(2) Will the bank-note help him or get him into trouble? (3) Do you think mone

8、y is everything?(4) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness? Emotion goalsBy reading the play，the students analysis and unearth the characteristics of the heroes in the play to learn the hypocritical aspect of the capitalism at that time and set up a right philosophy.3. Teaching impo

9、rtant and difficult pointsTeaching important points1. How to interpret language through tone of voice and body language, gaining a greater appreciation of the various verbal and non-verbal ways in which language works. 2. Discuss the questions: (1) What do you think will happen to Henry with the ban

10、k-note?(2) Will the bank-note help him or get him into trouble? (3) Do you think money is everything?(4) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness? Teaching difficult points Discuss the questions: (1) What do you think will happen to Henry with the bank-note?(2) Will the bank-note help

11、 him or get him into trouble? (3) Do you think money is everything?(4) Do you agree that only money can bring people happiness? II. Analysis of the Teaching Methods and aidAs we all know, the main instructional aims of learning English in middle school is to cultivate Ss basic abilities of listening

12、, speaking, reading, writing and their good sense of English. In order to finish the teaching goals above, Ill mainly use “Task-based Language Teaching Method”. To make the class a student-centered one, the students are encouraged to work in groups, so they have more opportunities to practice. Ill l

13、et the Ss learn in real situations and finish the tasks by teamwork and individual activity. Teacher acts as an organizer, a listener and a helper. I will assign the tasks according to the students level and let Ss learn step by step. Ill help the Ss to get a better understanding of the text and enl

14、arge the Ss range of knowledge, train their studying interests, and improve their abilities of using English.Aid is multi-media computer and a set of suit. Using the computer can open the Ss wide fields of vision and enlarge the capacity of lesson. III. Analysis of the Learning Method(1) To train th

15、em to study independently, Ss can collect some information, famous plays and playwrights on the Internet by previewing before class;(2) Guide Ss to master and use reading skills, skimming, scanning and careful reading, and master student-centered vocabulary learning method by the context, text clues

16、 and their word knowledge;(3) Guide Ss to study English cooperatively It contains pair and group work. They can make a discussion and learn from each other. It can arouse students to think and to say what they want to. Study becomes more relaxed and pleased in this kind of environment.IV. The Time T

17、able of Teaching Steps(1) warming up (3 minutes)(2) Pre-reading (5 minutes)(3) Reading (23 minutes)(4) Post reading (12 minutes)(5) Summary and homework (2 minutes)V. Teaching StepsStep 1. warming upPurpose: To train the students self-reading ability and warm up.(1)Self-study: Reading material on P2

18、3 About Mark Twain(2)Teacher-students activity: Whats the real name of Mark Twain? When was he born and when did he die? Do you know all the places where he lived? Can you name three of his famous stories? Step 2. Pre-readingPurpose: To form a better surrounding for students by speaking and discussi

19、ons. It will provide situation and background to read the play at the same time. (1) Teacher-students activity:1.T: If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do? Why? (The teacher draws a picture on the blackboard.) (Students

20、 have a discussion on this question. Whatever choice students make here, they should be ready to offer their classmates a good reason for it.) (2) Group work. Do you want to know what happened to Henry Adams in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE written by Mark Twain? Have you ever read the story? Have you

21、 seen the movie? (The teacher plays the short video of the reading part)Step 3. While-reading.Purpose: To grasp the main ideas and some details of the text, while reading. Ill guide Ss to use the reading skills and form the habit of reading.1. Scanning Get the students to comprehend the whole scene

22、quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading. Teachers give the students a couple of minutes to look through the whole scene. Tell the students to read the text silently and then ask some detail questions about the text on the slide show with their partners.

23、 Teachers encourage the students to express their ideas. Teachers show the questions on the screen: 1. How did Henry Adams come to England? 2. Where did Henry work? How much money did he have? 3. What did the two gentlemen give Henry? 4. When can Henry open the letter? (Students read the whole scene

24、 (ACT ONE Scene 3) for three minutes and try to answer the questions.) 2. Second reading: Reading aloud In this part, students will read the text again and try to understand the sentences and the main ideas of the whole scene. 3.Listening In this part, students will listen to the tape and try to fin

25、d the characteristics of the whole scene. After that, teachers discuss the question with the students and then check the answer. And then the teacher as well as the students read the passage together, which will be served as the ground for the acting afterwards. T: Please listen to the tape and try to find the characteristics of the text. (Students listen to the tape.) Step 4 Post-reading 1. Students read the whole scene again and again and try to act it out. First in small groups and then several are chosen to act it out before the whole class.2. Discuss