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Unit15Necklace

Period1

1.Talkaboutdramaandtheatre.

2.Trainthestudent'slisteningandspeakingabilities.

Step1WarmingUp

SaytotheSs:Manyofyoumusthaveheardofsomegoodstories,includingfairytales.

Cananyonetellusaninterestingone?

(LettileSstalkamongthemselvesandthenaskseveraltotelltheirgoodstories.)

Todaywearegoingtotalkaboutsomemysteriousstories.Lookatthepicturesandusethemtomakeupastory.(LetSsdiscussitfirst,andthenaskthemtotelltheclassandactouttheirstories.)

Step2Listening

Listentotileshortplayonthetape.Askthestudentstolistencarefullyanddotheexercisesofthispartintheirbooks.

Afterlistening,letthestudentsdiscussthemystery.

Step3Speaking

Dividetheclassintoseveralgroups'aftergoingthoughthe3differentsituationsgiveninthebook.

Helpeachgrouptochaseoneanddiscusswhatwillhappennext.

Afterthediscussion,onestudentofeachgroupisaskedtoreporttheirimaginedstory.Thenthewholegrouparerequiredtoactitoutinclass.

Step4

Theaimofthisclassistofostertheabilitiesoflisteningandspeaking,aswellasimagination.Iftimepermits,letonestudentgivesasituationineachgroup,andtheotherscreateagoodstoryaccordingly.

1.I______(walk)alongthestreetwhensuddenlyI__(hear)footstepsbehindme.Somebody_____(follow)me.IwasfrightenedandI__(start)torun.

2.ThereportersaidthattheUFO_____(travel)easttowestwhenhe(see)it.He

(scare)atthattime.

3.Oh,it'syou!I______(notrecognize)you.You____(change)alottheseyears.

4.Thelivingconditionsofpeople__(improve)nowadays.

5.Thisbuilding__(complete)bytheendofnextmonth.

Key:

1.waswalking,heard,wasfollowing,started

2.wastravelling,saw,wasscared

3.didn’trecognize,havechanged

4.areimproving

5.willhavebeencompleted

Period2

1.Tolearnsomethingabouttheplay.

2.Totraintheabilitiesofskimmingandscanningthetext.

Step1

Todaywe'regoingtoreadaplayaboutanecklace.TheplayisbasedonaFrenchstorywrittenbyawritercalledMaupassant.Thereare3leadingcharactersintheplay:MathildeLoisel,PierreandJeanne.We'llcometothe3scenesgiveninthetext.

Step2Reading(Skimming)

1.Let'sthestudentsreadthefirstsceneoftheplayasquicklyastheycan.Trytoanswerthefollowingquestions.

(1)What'sthematterwithMathilde?

(2)Whydidn'tJeannerecognizeheratfirst?

(3)Whyhasshebeenworkingsohard?

(4)Whydidsheneedtoborrowsomejewellery?

2.ThestudentsareencouragedtofindoutmoreaboutthenecklaceinSceneTwo.Now,thestorygoesbacktotenyearsearlier.Somecomprehensionquestionsarealsogiven.

(5)WhywasMathildeworried?

(6)WhatdidPierresuggest?

(7)Whatdidtheydecidetodo?

1.Whenyouaresureofsomethinginthepastyouuse"musthavedone"or"can'thavedone".

2.Whenyouthinkthatsomethinginthepastispossible,youcanuse"may/might/could+have

done".

1.Ithoughtyou___likesomethingtoread,soIhavebroughtyousomebooks.

A.mayB.mightC.couldD.must

2.Whereismypen?I__it.

A.mightloseB.wouldhavelost

C.shouldhavelostD.musthavelost

3.Petercomewithustonight,butheisn'tverysureyet.

A.mustB.mayC.canD.will

4.Michael____beapoliceman,forhe'smuchtooshort.

A.needn'tB.can'tC.shouldD.may

5.Susan____writtenareportlikethis.

A.canhaveB.mustn'thave

C.can'thaveD.oughttonothave

6.Jack___yet,otherwisehe