1、 PAGE 5 - Teaching PlanDateJanuary 28, 2022NameZhu YiluUnitUnit 4, Book 1TitleUnit 4 Friends Forever- Developing ideasAfter Twenty YearsClass, Grade SchoolGrade 1, senior high schoolTypeReading lessonObjectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to know the basic information and wr

2、iting style of the author O. Henry.be able to understand the main features of a short story and analyze the basic elements of After Twenty Years, including setting, characters, plot and theme. be able to develop their logical thinking through inferring the original ending based on the given informat

3、ion. be able to cultivate their critical thinking through discussing the relation between friendship and duty. be able to understand the real meaning of friendship, internalize the moral awareness learned in the lesson and apply it into reality.Key points and / or difficult points Key points: (1) An

4、alyze the literature elements of After Twenty Years (setting, characters, plot and theme). (2) Have a deeper understanding of friendship through discussing the relation between friendship and duty critically. Difficult points: (1) Identify and analyze the personalities of the characters based on sup

5、porting evidence in the text. (2) Think about their ideas on the dilemma between loyalty to friendship and devotion to duty.Methodology & Strategies Task-based Language Teaching.Aids and / or MaterialsCourseware, textbook, worksheet, etc.Worksheet is shown as follows:Discourse Analysis 主題語境(Theme)：H

6、uman and Society- Friendship 語篇類型(Genre)：Narration- a short story 文本分析(Discourse analysis)：The text is excerpts from the short story After Twenty Years written by O. Henry, which tells a story of two old friends meeting each other again after twenty years. The excerpts demonstrate the scene that whi

7、le a policeman was walking on the beat, he met a man named Bob who was waiting for his old friend. They had a talk, in which Bob told the cop about the appointment made twenty years ago.Procedures教學環節Steps活動形式與步驟Activities活動意圖Activity goals活動層次Activity Level環節時長timeWarm-upT shares her own story with

8、 her old friends.To lead in the topic of the lesson.To activate Ss background knowledge about friendship.感知與注意4 minsSs recall the stories between them and their old friends.Pre-readingSs think about their own knowledge of the author- O.Henry.To activate Ss background knowledge.To equip Ss with basic

9、 information of O. Henry and his writing style, contributing to a better understanding of the story.獲取與梳理6 minsT introduces the basic information and writing style of O. Henry.While- readingSs predict the story based on the picture and title, and then T plays the listening tape of the text and Ss ch

10、eck their prediction.To practice students ability in predicting, locating the specific information, analyzing and summarizing.概括與整合描述與闡釋15 minsT introduces basic elements of a short story, including setting, characters, plot and theme.Ss read the text and finish the parts of setting, characters and

11、plot.T leads Ss to check the answers (setting, characters and plot).Post-readingT plays the video on the original ending to the story.To attract Ss attention and give them a general impression of the original ending to the story.To cultivate Ss logical thinking and inference ability.To develop Ss de

12、eper understanding of the real meaning of friendship.To let Ss internalize the moral awareness and apply it into reality through solving a dilemma in a real context.感知與注意獲取與梳理推理與論證分析與判斷 內化與運用10 minsSs read aloud the note (can be seen below) from the original ending and find out what happened in the

13、original story.Deep thinking:T guides Ss to think about the following questions.Why couldnt Jimmy arrest Bob himself?Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? Have you ever experienced similar situations in your daily life? How did you deal with them?Conclusion & HomeworkT makes a conclusion of the lesson.T assigns homework: Read the complete short story “After Twenty Years”.