1、Unit 4 Exploring literatureIntegrated skills ()01 Do you like reading? What kinds of book do you usually read or enjoy reading?Lead-in02What type of literature do they belong to?Types of literature Novel A long, detailed story with many characters Usually divided into several chaptersCharles Dickens
2、： Great Expectations Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities Types of literature A short piece of writing with a few charactersThe Cop and the AnthemThe Gift of the MagiThe Last LeafTypes of literature Short storyIf Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? “Ode to the West Wind”Types of literature “Ode to
3、the West Wind” Using beautiful, artistic language to express feelings or describe situations Often written in separate linesGeorge Gordon Byron：“Don Juan” William Butler Yeats：“When you are old” Types of literature PoetryWhat type of literature does it belong to?William Shakespeare:HamletThe Merchan
4、t of VeniceKing LearCao Yu:ThunderSunriseTypes of literaturePlay A story written for performance on the stage Usually made up of dialogues betweencharacters and stage directionsTypes of literaturePlayTypes of literatureAutobiography Writer: Benjamin Franklin a self-written account of the life of one
5、self a detailed description of a persons lifeTypes of literature Biography Writer: Romain RollandTypes of literature Autobiography vs Biography Types of literatureAutobiographyBiographyThe story of the writers own life The story of a persons life written by someone else 03 What types of literature a
6、re the most popular? What types of literature are the least popular? Please have a guess:Pre-watching Predictiona, edb, cWhile watching Complete the chart200303020070120While watching Complete the notes Why novels and short story collections are very popular among students? Why autobiographies, biog
7、raphies as well as poetry collections are the least popular types of literature? Post-watching Discuss04Assessment “The Road Not Taken”(by Robert Frost)Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen)The Biography of Su Dongpo(by Lin Yutang)La Parure(by Guy de Maupassant)Romeo and Juliet(by William Shakespeare)My Autobiography(by Charlie Chaplin)NovelShort storyPoetryPlayAutobiographyBiography Thank you!
