1、after twenty yearsafter twenty yearso. henryo. henryWriting theme(主题) ：Characteristics(特色) of his works: Famous stories: the everyday life ordinary people New York Citysurprising endingsThe Cop and the AnthemThe Last LeafThe Gift of the Magi After Twenty YearsO. HenryO. Henry After Twenty Years is s
2、et in the early 1900s, near the end of Americas Westward Expansion (美国西进运动), which started in the early 1800s. During the expansion, many Americans went to the West to make money. New York City is located in the north-east of the US and was already a big city by then.Background information: p whop w
3、henp wherep whatp whyWhat do we know?What do we know?the man, the policeman, Jimmyon a cold,dark nightin New York, outside a shopwhy the man is standing outside a shop?He is waiting for his friend Jimmy.Read the excerpt and find out what happened in the twenty years duration.Plot AnalysisPlot Analys
4、isPlotBeginning: dined & made an appointmentDevelopment: left for the West, corresponded, but lost track of each otherClimax: came a thousand miles to meet Jimmy twenty years laterEnding:the manthe man?JimmyJimmyFind out the sentences that describe Jimmy and the man, Find out the sentences that desc
5、ribe Jimmy and the man, and try to infer their personality.and try to infer their personality.(scar) maybe a bad guymaybe hardworkingadventurousa good friendtraditionalnice mantruest, staunchestp Based on the character analysis, give this story a possible ending. Refer to the questions to help you.p
6、 Will Jimmy show up?p What had Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?p What might happen between the policeman and the man?What will happend?What will happend?Now read the note from the original ending and find Now read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happened.out
7、 what actually happened.Plot AnalysisPlot Analysistwenty years agoduring the twenty yearsnow (after twenty years)Plot AnalysisPlot Analysisduring the twenty yearsraised in NY, just like brothers.made an appointment.the man started for the West to make a fortune.Jimmy decided to stay in NY.correspond
8、ed for a year or two.lost track of each other.the man made his fortune in the west.the man came a thousand miles to stand outside a window, waiting for Jimmy to show up.Bob was caught and he received a note from Jimmy.Think & ShareThink & Sharep Were you Jimmy, would you do the same? three elements
9、of a novel : Setting (where & when) Characters (who) Plot (what & how) (Plot: beginning-development-climax-ending)Read the ending in Activity 5 again. Find the Read the ending in Activity 5 again. Find the expressions that describe:expressions that describe:settingscharactersactionsout of jail, cold wind, cold, dark nightnow 58, lost and helpless, a young man, a familiar-looking man in his thirtiesstepping out of, smiled bitterly, heard, turned around, was surprised to find, replied, doubtfully unfolded, shaking, finished reading, shouted in surprise, smiled
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