1、2021/8/11 星期三1 Unit 1 The written wordWord power Literature2021/8/11 星期三2Try to answer several questions：Are you interested in books?What kind of books are you particularly fond of?How many categories of literature can you name?2021/8/11 星期三3Discuss those questions in small groups, then write down a

2、ll the categories said by students on the blackboard.2021/8/11 星期三4Read the article about different categories of literature in part A.Find out all the types mentioned in text.2021/8/11 星期三5Fill in the chart below2021/8/11 星期三6poetrydramaShort storyromanceScience fictionnovelNews articlebiographyaut

3、obiographyCategory of literatureDescriptionFictionNon-fiction has a repeated rhythm focuses on feelings tells a story through action and speech first written and then performed on stage only a few characters a simple plot many characters a complex plot popular in a newspaper reports factual informat

4、ionDescribes the life of a personDescribes the authors own life2021/8/11 星期三7Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), English novelist and one of the most popular writers in the history of literature. In his enormous body of works, Dickens combined masterly storytelling, humor, path

5、os, and irony with sharp social criticism and acute observation of people and places, both real and imagined. 2021/8/11 星期三8Keats， John （1795-1821）， English poet， and an influential figure of the romantic movement. Keats was born in London. In 1816 he became a licensed druggist， but he never practic

6、ed the profession. Keatss first published poems appeared in 1816 in the Examiner， a literary periodical edited by the essayist and poet Leigh Hunt. Keatss first book was Poems by John Keats （1817）。 His second volume， Endymion （1818）， was attacked by two of the most influential critical magazines of

7、the time， the Quarterly Review and Blackwoods Magazine. John Keats2021/8/11 星期三9William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbringing. Shakespeare probably went to school but not university. Shakesp

8、eare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (a sonnet is a kind of poem). He began working in his home town of Stratford but by 1592 was writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford. William Shakespeare2021/8/11 星期三10Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington,

9、New Zealand, into a middle-class colonial family. At the age of nine she had her first text published. As a first step to her rebellion against her background, she withdrew to London in 1903 and studied at Queens College, where she joined the staff of the College Magazine. Back in New Zealand in 190

10、6, she then took up music, and had affairs with both men and women. In 1908 she studied typing and bookkeeping at Wellington Technical College. Her lifelong friend Ida Baker persuaded Mansfields father to allow Katherine to move back to England, with an allowance of 100 a year. There she devoted her

11、self to writing. Mansfield never visited New Zealand again.Katherine Mansfield2021/8/11 星期三11Match the writers with suitable works according to part BKatherine MansfieldWilliam ShakespeareJohn KeatsCharles Dickens Great ExpectationsMiss BrillOde to NightingaleRomeo and Juliet2021/8/11 星期三12Answers t

12、o part C1.fiction 2.poetry 3.poet 4.drama 5.playwright 6.short story 7.novel 8.romance 9.genres 10.non-fiction 11.biography 12.autobiography2021/8/11 星期三13Finish part C on page 7 in pairs, using part A and B as reference2021/8/11 星期三14Complete part D in pairs. You may consult a dictionary when you h

13、ave questions.2021/8/11 星期三15Part D:1234567r e w r i t ew r i t ec o m p o s ec o m p lc o r c td a f td i t2021/8/11 星期三161.It is widely believed Jordan is a famous basketball player all time.2.Science fiction and romance are popular novel genres which are often found best-seller lists.3.Mr Beans p

14、erformances tell a story or a joke facial expressions and actons.Consolidation Exercises:Fill in the blanks with suitable prepsofonthrough2021/8/11 星期三174.Poetry often focuses feelings, so people say those who are in love can writepoems nicely.5.Do you know John Keats, famous the beautiful poem Ode

15、to a Nightingale?6.We call a book a person writes his/her own life an autobiography.onforabout2021/8/11 星期三18Complete the sentences below with these words:fiction drama poet novel news biography story genres2021/8/11 星期三191.Literature that is not true or factual is called .2.Science and romance are

16、popular novel .3. is writing that tells a story through action and speech.4.A like War and Peace has many characters and a more complex plot.5.Li Bai, a famous Chinese ,wrote many poems about nature and life.6.A book about the life of someone is called a .7.Ashort work of fiction with only a few characters and a simple plot is called a short .8.I like non-fiction literature, especially articles in newspapers.fictiongenresDramanovelpoetbiographystorynews2021/8/11 星期三20Group Work:Try to find more informa