《Using LanguageⅠ》优质课教案下载

《Using LanguageⅠ》最新教案优质课下载

1. Lead in:

A picture of a trail of footprints are presented and T’s asking “What can you see in the picture?”

S: a footprint… many footprints(/a trail of footprints)

T: good! The footprints serve as ‘clues’ leading to our topic today. Can you guess what we are going to talk about today?

Ss’ answers: treasure hunting, stories, detective stories…. (引出重点词汇 clue, detective, etc.)

T: Yes, we are going to read a detective story today. Before we start to read, can you tell me the five elements of a story?

S: Setting, characters, plot (beginning, development, resolution), climax and theme.

T: Very good! Today we are going to read a story written by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Mystery of the Red-headed Club. As we have discussed just now, characters are one of the most important elements in a story. So, please read and tell me how many characters are there and what’s the relationship between them?

2. Skim and Fast Read:

Ss are able to find out the characters, give out information about the characters and the relationship between the characters.

S: They are Mr Wilson, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson, Mr Vincent Spaulding and Mr Spears.

T: What’s their relationships in the first story?

S: Sherlock is the detective and Mr Wilson is the client; Watson and Sherlock are friends; and Mr Wilson is telling Dr Watson the story that he came across himself.

T: Good! How about in the second story? And any information you can collect about the character?

S: Mr Wilson is the employer who owns a green grocery and has red-hair as red as flames;

Mr Spaulding is the employee who works for Mr Wilson, earning half but worth more. Also, he is an enthusiastic photographer who often takes pictures and goes to the basement to process them.

Mr Spears is the staff working in the Red-headed Club and he chose Mr Wilson as a member of the club.

3. As we know setting is also very important.

T: Let’s have a look at setting where the story takes place. Where is Mr Wilson’s grocery? And where is the club? (Students are provided a map and they are required to point out the certain spot related to the case.)

S: His grocery is in the City, in the alley behind the Bank of England in Short Street. And the club is in the 7 Pope Court, Fleet Street.

T: Now let’s come to the plot. From the pictures can you tell me how the story starts, develops and ends?

Students are presented 6 pictures related to the story. And they are asked to tell the story with the help of the pictures.

S: Mr Wilson was suggested by Mr Spaulding to apply for the red-headed club.

And he was told by Spaulding about the information of the club.

He was pushed to the front by Spaulding and finally chosen by Mr Spears.