Unit4AgoodreadReading(I)I.TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,thestudentsshouldbeableto:1.understandtheextractfromGulliver’sTravelswiththeteacher’shelp;2.understandthepossiblethemeofthestory;3.learnhowtoreadanovelanddevelopaloveforreading.II.Teachingcontents1.Newwordsandphrases:against,tie,over,stomach,until,finger,tiny,continue,either,manage,lift,army,must,unable,shoulder,bythetime,betiredout,betiedto,lookdown,thesamesizeas,fallover,continuedoingsth.,managetodosth.,ahugearmyof2.Newstructures:Afterourshipcrashedagainsttherocks,IswamasfastasIcould.Iwokeupasthesunwasrising.Itmovedupovermystomachandneckuntilitwasstandingnearmyface.However,theysoongotupagainandcontinuedmovingacrossmybody.Itriedtopullonehandfreeandfinallymanagedtobreaktheropes.III.Focusofthelessonandpredictedareaofdifficulty1.Togetafullunderstandingofthewholestory.2.Toanalyzethepossiblethemeofthestory.IV.TeachingproceduresStep1Lead-in1.AnintroductiontoGulliver’sTravels(1)Theteacherasksthestudentssomequestionsaboutreading.a.Doyoulikereadinginyourfreetime?b.Whatkindofbookswouldyouliketoreadbest?(2)TheteacherintroducesthenovelGulliver’sTravelsanditsauthortothestudentswiththehelpofpictures.2.LookandanswerTheteachershowsstudentsapictureandasks:Whatcatchesyoureyesmostinthepicture?Thepossibleanswercanbe:Whatimpressesmemostisthecharacters’sizes:thehugeGulliverandthesmallmen.Step2Understandingthewholestory1.Paragraph1Theteacherasksthefollowingquestionstohelpthestudentsunderstandthisparagraph:(1)WhatdoyouthinkofGulliverinthisparagraph,luckyorunlucky?Why?(2)WhatdidGulliverdotosavehimself?(3)Canyouasksomeinterestingquestionsabout“ourship”?(4)Doyouthinkthisbeginningofthenovelisagoodone?Why?2.Paragraph2(1)WhatdoyouthinkofGulliver’ssleepinthisparagraph,goodorbad?Why?(2)Somepeoplethink“thesunwasrising”tellsreadersmorethan“time”itself.Doyouagree?Why?(3)HowdidGulliverfeelwhenhefoundhimselftiedtotheground?(4)WhatmightGulliverwonder?3.Paragraph3(1)HowdidGulliverfeelabouthisleg?(2)Whatis“it”?(3)Whydidthewriteruse“something”and“It”insteadof“someone”and“He”?(4)Howsmallthemanis?(5)Whynotcutoutthesentencebelow?Why?Hewasthesamesizeasmylittlefinger!(6)HowdidGulliverfeelbyaskingthefollowingquestions?(7)Canyouaskmorequestionslikethese?4.Paragraph4(1)Whodoyouthinkismorepowerful,Gulliverorsmallmen?(2)WhydidGullivershoutatthesmallmen,forfunorforsafety?(3)Canyouimaginehowloudthenoisewas?5.Paragraph5(1)DidGullivertalktothesmallmensuccessfully?(2)Whatdoyouthinkmadethemfailtocommunicate?(3)Howdidtheyfightagainsteachother?(4)HowdidGulliverfeelatthattime?(5)Howdoyouunderstandtheword“army”?(6)Howdoyoufeelafteryoureadthelastsentenceoftheextractfromthenovel?Step3DiscussionaboutthethemeofthestoryT:Gulliver’sTravelsisagreatbookfullofamazingadventurestories.“Conflict”isoneofitspossiblethemes.Nowlet’sdiscusshowthewriterdescribedtheconflictsinthefollowingaspects:characters,plotsandsettings.1.CharactersStudentsdiscusstheconflictaboutcharactersfromthesetwoaspects:sizeandnumber.2.SettingsParagraph1:ThestudentsareexpectedtounderstandthatGulliverwasasurvivorinanunknownplace.However,thelocalsmallmenwerelivinginafamiliarplace—theirhometown.Paragraph2:ThestudentsareexpectedtounderstandthatGulliverwastrappedandthesmallmenwerefree.3.PlotsGulliverandthesmallmenmetthreetimesinthestory.Theteacherencouragesthestudentstopointouttheirdifferentbehaviorsineachroundwiththehelpofpictures.Whenthestudentsaredoingthetask,theyarealsoadvisedtothinkaboutGulliver’sdifferentfeelingsandthoughtsindifferentperiodsofthestory.V.HomeworkAsthesayinggoes,“ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople’seyes.”Afterclass,writeyourownunderstandingaboutsomewordsfromtheextract,andshareitwithyourgoodfriends.
