Do you know something about Charles Dickens? Please fill in the form after discussing with your partner.

　Today we’re going to read the passage A Christmas Carol adapted according to the same name A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens.

Lead the Ss in the new lesson by guessing a puzzle.

　 He is probably the best known and most popular British novelist of the 19^th century. He is widely known for attracting humors and careful analysis, connecting realism with romanticism properly. In all his life, he wrote many novels, short sketches, essays and plays, some of which were edited in Pickwick Papers《匹克威克外传》. Please guess who he is.

It must be Charles Dickens.

3. Students-centered approach.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Revision

T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls! Let’s check the assignment for last unit. First, let’s have a dictation.

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Step Ⅱ Lead-in and Warming up

T: Boys and girls! Look at the two pictures. Do you know who he is?

Ss: No.　

T: He is Lance Armstrong. I’ll tell you a story about him.

When Lance Armstrong zipped past this field of sunflowers during the Tour de France, the 27-year-old cyclist already had reason to celebrate. In 1997, doctors diagnosed the Austin, Texas, native with testicular cancer, which had spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain. Armstrong was given only a fifty-fifty chance of survival. He fought those odds with a risky cancer treatment and continued to train between chemotherapy sessions. Armstrong not only beat the cancer, but when he zoomed across the finishing line in Paris on July 25, 2000, out-pacing his closest competitor by seven minutes and 37 seconds, he became only the second American to win cycling’s premier event.

T: What makes him beat the cancer and succeed? I’ll give you two minutes to discuss with your partners.

Two minutes later.

T: What’s your answer?

SA: Perseverance.

T: Good. What kind of person do you think can succeed?

SB: No matter what difficulty he comes into, he always believes that he will succeed and never gives up his goals.

T: Do you know what kind of person you are? Let’s do the quiz below on P46. Read the instruction and then add up your score.

After students finish the quiz.

T: OK, now you may make a self-assessment according to the results on P47. You will know about yourself.

Step Ⅲ Speaking

T: Have you read the book “Robinson Crusoe”? Who wrote “Robinson Crusoe”?

SC: Yes, I have. Daniel Defoe wrote the book “Robinson Crusoe”.

T: Could you tell us the general idea of this book?

SC: Yes. The story starts with Robinson Crusoe’s running away from home. An inexperienced teenager and a young man full of bright fancies about the future, he naturally chooses to go to sea, because in those days it meant a chance to live a chivalrous life, to see the wonders of the world and to make a fortune. After many setbacks and adventures on the sea, he settles down in Brazil as a planter. But the call of the sea is so strong that he soon embarks on another voyage, this time, to Africa. Unfortunately a big storm blows the boat off its course and shipwrecks it near an island.

Of all the ship’s crew Robinson alone escapes to the shore after strenuous efforts. After salvaging from the wrecked ship some stores of necessity such as bread, rice, barley, corns, planks, lead, gunpowder, an axe and two saws, which he later manages to bring to the island with a self-made raft. After several futile attempts to leave the island, Robinson settles himself down to a hard and lonely life. He grows crops, domesticates animals and builds comfortable homes for himself. His life turns better when he saves a young Negro from the hands of savages, whom he names Friday. Robinson teaches him English and educates him in such a way that Friday soon becomes a loyal servant and an indispensable help to him. He struggles to live for 27 years there and finally gets relieved and returns to England.

T: You’ve done a good job. Do you understand what he said?

Ss: Yes.

T: Robinson managed to survive on the island for more than 27 years. Suppose you were cast away on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean, what would you do to survive? Turn to P48, read through the part of Speaking and discuss with your partners. I’ll give you ten minutes to prepare it.

After ten minutes.

T: Have you finished? That must be an unusual experience. What can you do there? Can you make other tools based on the tools and materials you have? What can you make? What spirit you think you should have to overcome all sorts of difficulties? Volunteer?

SD: If I were cast away on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean like Robinson Crusoe, I would not know what to do but feeling sad, sullen, and lonely. Living in a desert, I would miss my parents and friends. But soon I would cheer up and do something to make myself happy. Though I couldn’t make a tool, I could make full use of the things I had. I could not only use axe to chop wood but also go hunting with gun. Wood would be used to warm myself and cook food. The important thing is that I believe as long as I am alive, I’ll have a chance to go back home. I think strong will and never-give-it-up spirit make me overcome all sorts of difficulties.

SE: I wouldn’t know what to do but crying and feeling lonely. I would feel sad for a long time because I would have to do everything myself. If my families lived with me in the island, I think it would be better than living in the city full of pollution. I would use ink and paper to practice painting day by day. If I could return my home, I wished I would become a famous painter. I think hope makes me overcome all sorts of difficulties.

T: Good. We should be optimistic about difficulties and never give up.

Step Ⅳ Talking (P186)

T: Everybody had a dream when he was a child. Could you tell me what your dream was?

SA: I want to be a doctor. I think a doctor is a great person because he can save people’s lives.

SB: I want to be a lawyer. They earn a lot of money, have a high social status and are respected by others.

T: Good. Do you think it is easy to realize your dreams? What obstacles do you think will be on the way? Are you prepared for them? Think about it. Now turn to P186, I’ll give you ten minutes to finish two dialogues with your partners according to Talking and then some of you will be asked to act out your dialogues.

Ten minutes later.

T: Would you like to act out your dialogues?

SC and SD: Yes.

SC: What are going to be when you grow up?

SD: Sorry, I don’t know. I’ve never thought about it. How about you?

SC: I want to become a famous singer.

SD: To be a singer? I don’t know I should congratulate you or not. I think becoming a singer is very difficult.

SC: Yes. Being a singer isn’t easy. However, I am qualified to be a singer, because I sing well and am good at communicating with others. Don’t you think I am an accomplished girl?

SD: I think you are. Although you are pretty good, I think there will be many obstacles. In the first place, you have little experience in singing on stage. In the second place, your parents don’t back up you.

SC: I have enough confidence in overcoming them.

SD: Maybe you can become a successful singer, but you haven’t enough time to take care of your parents and go shopping and so on.

SC: It doesn’t matter. I can get someone to look after them. I think I will be a promising singer because I won the first place in the singing contest in our school last year.

SD: I wish your dream come true.

T: Fantastic. One more dialogue, please?

SE and SF: We’d have a try.

SE: Hello. Fancy meeting you here. Long time no see.

SF: Glad to meet you.

SE: Me too. I’ve heard you want to go to Peking University to study English.

SF: Yes. How do you know?

SE: It is not important. I think your hope is too high. It would be better for you to study in Nankai University. Do you know it needs a lot of money to study in Beijing?

SF: Yes, I know. There will be other obstacles. For example, my parents will not support me and I may get homesick. But I have confidence in overcoming them.

SE: Really? You are always compliant with your parents.

SF: Trust me. I’ll make my parents back up me.

SE: Can you be accustomed to the climate in Beijing?

SF: I think I can. To go to Peking University is my dream when I was a child. If I can not get what I want, I’ll be in despair in the future.

T: Well done.

Step V Homework

T: Find more information about Robinson’s adventure, to see how he survived on the island. You may borrow the novel from library or search on the Internet. So much for today. Bye!

2. Discussing;

1. Talking;

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Through oral practice, enable the students to learn how to talk about perseverance and success.

Teaching important points 教学重点

Learn how to survive on a desert island with limited food, tools and materials.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Help students learn how to overcome all sorts of difficulties in order to survive.

Teaching methods 教学方法

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to talk about perseverance and success with the target language.

The First Period　 Speaking

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

quit, apply(...)to ..., add up, circumstance, lose heart, assessment, take it easy, common sense, survival, biscuit, alcohol, goat, flour, nail, razor, bedding

b. 重点句子

I believe in myself and know I can achieve my goals.

I am more of a leader than a follower.

I know exactly what I want in my life.

I stand for what I say, and always act according to my beliefs.

I am honest with myself and know my weaknesses.

I always finish what I have started.

I am never disappointed for very long.

I can quickly adapt myself to new circumstances.

I am strong and ready for any challenge.

I don’t lose heart when I fail to do something.

3. 课型设计与课时分配(经教材分析，根据学情，本单元可以用六课时完成)

1st Period　　　 　　 Speaking

2nd Period　　　 　 　　 Listening

3rd Period　　　　　　 Reading

4th Period　　　　　　 Language Study

5th Period　　　　　　 Extensive Reading

6th Period　　　　　　 Writing

2.6 将INTEGRATING SKILLS的Writing和Workbook中Integrating Skills的Writing整合成一节“写作课”。