Enjoying novelsTeaching aims:1. Words and expressions in this session:there used to be, consensus, equality, must have done, in force, get round, deal with, but for2. The main grammar in this session: the use of attributive clausesTeaching procedureIn this session, we mainly focus on the learning of the first four paragraphs in the text. By learning the four paragraphs, the students should not only understand the content, but also learn about the back-ground and the uses of the related language points, especially the use of the attributive clauses.1. Lead in 1). To introduce the topic by doing the warming up and the pre-reading exercises. 2). To ask the students to focus on the English authoresses.2. Presentation 1). To ask the students to skim the first four paragraphs to get the main idea. 2). To ask the students to read the text again to understand the text.3). To learn about the students’understanding of the text by asking them some questions. 4). To ask the students to raise their difficult points in their understanding after reading. 5) Problems solving—answer the questions raised by the students.6) Explanation:a. To learn about the background of the English authoresses in the 19th century by learning about the first paragraph. The main points in the first paragraph are the uses of the expressions such as there used to be, must have done, be in force, get round and the uses of the attributive clauses.b. To learn about the first great authoress, Jane Austen and her novel, Pride and Prejudice by learning the next three paragraphs. The main points in these three paragraphs are the uses of the expressions such as deal with, but for and the uses of the attributive clauses.3. Practice Practice using the main expressions and the attributive clauses.4. ConsolidationTo ask the students to say something about what’s been learn in the first four paragraphs.5. HomeworkTo ask the students to review what’s been learned in the first four paragraphs.
