B2U4DevelopingIdeasBytheendoftheclass,Iwillbeableto: 1)understandthereasonsbehindtheunsuccessfulmoviesbasedonbooks;

2)

analyzehowthispassageisorangized

3)thinkcriticalliywhenmakingjudgements LearningObjectives(學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)):HaveyoueverseenamovieorTVseriesadaptedfromfamousbooks?Whatdoyouthinkofthem? GoodBook,BadMovie?Readformainidea1.What’sthethesisstatement?（論點(diǎn)）2.Whyaremovieadaptationslesssatisfactorythantheoriginalbooks?3.What’sthewriter’spointofview(conclusion)?

Thesisstatement:(Para.1)Alltoooften,

greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”unsuccessfulmoviesgreatbooks/novelsReason1:(Para.3)Reason2:(Para.4)Conclusion:(Para.5)LossofcharactersanddetailsMoviesdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.

Judgeamovieinitsownright.Readfordetailedinformation1.WhatmakesgoodmoviesaccordingtoPara.2?2.What’sthefunctionofPara.2?3.ReadPara.2-Para.4andfinishActivity3?4.WhataretheadvantagesofTVseries?Thesisstatement:Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.e.g.

TheOdysseyTheGreatGatsbyAliceinWonderlandExamplesareusedtoexplainthethesisstatement.Goodmoviesneedgoodstories.Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit?Moviesneedstrongcharacters.SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”?Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”?Paraphrase:Although

thebook,

Homer’sTheOdyssey,has

goodstories,itneverhadanequally

greatmoviebasedonit.Althoughthebook...themovie...unsuccessfulmoviesgreatbooks/novelsReadfordetailedinformation1.WhatmakesgoodmoviesaccordingtoPara.2?2.What’sthefunctionofPara.2?3.ReadPara.2-Para.4andfinishActivity3?4.WhataretheadvantagesofTVseries?1Somepartsofthestoryandsomecharactersaremissinginthemovie.2Thevisualimagesarenotasstrikingasthedescriptionsinthebook.3Themovieisnotasgreatasthebook.4Themoviedoesn’tlookthewaywevisualizedwhilereadingthebook.5Thecharactersdonotstandout.3Matchtheauthor’sopinionsaboutthemovieadaptationstotheexamplesfromthepassage.adcebThesisstatement:Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.e.g.

TheOdysseyTheGreatGatsbyAliceinWonderlandExamplesareusedtoexplainthethesisstatementThesisstatement:Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”.Reason1:Lossofcharactersanddetails

Reason2:Moviesdon’tlookthewayweimaginedtheminthebooks.e.g.

HarryPottere.g.Troy/TheIliade.g.

TheOdysseyTheGreatGatsbyAliceinWonderlandExamplesareusedtosupportthereasons.1.Choosethegenre(體裁)A.NarrativewritingB.ExpositoryessayC.Argumentativeessay√2.Howdoestheauthergetthethesisstatement（論點(diǎn)）acrosstoreaders?Howdoestheauthormakehisarguments（論據(jù)/reasons）

persuasive?ByusingexamplesLearningtolearnExamplesinargumentativeessayscanserveseveralpurposes.Theycanbeusedtoexplain

ideasandconcepts,tosupportarguments,andalsoasawayofprovidingadditionalinformation.Introductionaboutthesixbooks.

alsocalledTheStoryoftheStone,writtenbyCaoXueqin,isoneof

China'sFourGreatClassicalNovels.ItwaswrittenduringtheQingDynasty.ThenovelisgenerallyconsideredtobethegreatestofallChinesenovelsandamongthegreatestinworldliterature.

isanovelbytheAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgerald.Firstpublishedin1925,itissetonLongIsland'sNorthShoreandinNewYorkCityfromspringtoautumnof1922,whichisrankedsecondintheModernLibrary'slistsofthe100BestNovelsofthe20thCentury.DreamoftheRedChamber,DreamoftheRedChamber(紅樓夢)TheGreatGatsbyTheGreatGatsby(了不起的蓋茨比)

isafictionalconsultingdetectiveinLondoncreatedbyScottishauthorandphysicianSirArthurConanDoyle.Holmesisknownforhisproficiencywithobservation,forensicscience,andlogicalreasoning.Togetherwithhisassistant,DrJohnH.Watson,hepursuescriminalsthroughoutLondon,thesouthofEngland,andcontinentalEurope.WrittenbyLaoShe,

isconsideredbymanytobeoneofthemasterpiecesofmodernChineseliterature.Itdescribesthedifficultlifeofarickshawpullerduringtheyearsofwarlordturmoil.ThisbookisfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoflifeinthecityofBeijingatthebeginningofthe20thcentury.SherlockHolmesSherlockHolmes(福爾摩斯)RickshawBoyRickshawBoyRickshawBoy(駱駝祥子)MomentinPeking(京華煙云)MomentinPekingisanoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbyChineseauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938,anditfocusesonthelivesofseveraldifferentfamiliesandpeople,alongwiththeirinteractionsduringthattime.

TheIliad(伊利亞特)TheIliadis