1、 The background(背景）背景）of the book American Civil War The West rose(崛起）崛起）.American Westward movement(西进运动）西进运动）What was the West like in those days?A wild place,miles of grassland,deer in the woods,rabbits and prairie chickens in the grass,fish in the rivers,wolves,terrible winter,terrible grasshopp
2、ers.How were the Indians?fierce-lookinghave feathers in their hair stand stillnot their enemiesWho lived on the western land first?The background(背景）背景）of the bookLaura Ingalls WilderLaura with her parents and her three sistersThird from left(Feb.7,1867 Feb.10,1957)Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in Amer
3、ica 130 years ago.She wrote many popular childrens stories.Lauras family were pioneers and she had many adventures as they travelled through woods,over prairies and across rivers in their covered wagon.She wrote the stories based on(根据）根据）her adventure experience（经历）（经历）.Little House in the Big Wood
4、s(1932)Farmer Boy(1933)Little House on the Prairie(1935)On the Banks of Plum Creek(1937)By the Shores of Silver Lake(1939)The Long Winter(1940)Little Town on the Prairie(1941)These Happy Golden Years(1943)On the Way Home(1962)The First Four Years(1971)The Road Back(2006)What was the wagon like?It wa
5、s waterproof like a boat,and it had a canvas roof like a tent.Why did the family move from place to place?And how was their journey?Reading Tips:Try to imitate the recording.Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.Use your voice and expression to tell what is happening.What impresses(使印象深
6、刻）you in other chapters?Tell us what that part is,read it aloud and then let us know why you love that part.Read your favourite part aloud.I love the language on Page 7 because I couldnt believe a woman could slap a bear in the reality(现实）现实）.It makes me laugh.Little House in the Big Woods Ma slappe
7、d a bear Little House on the Prairie Pa hunting,Indians,cornbread Our House on Plum Creek my greatest enemy,a sad time Town on the Prairie the worst winter)Discussion rules：1.Each one has a chance to speak.2.You cant interrupt（打断）（打断）others when they are speaking.3.Support and add others ideas.4.If
8、you dont want to speak,you can keep silent.5.Think thoughtfully(全面地）全面地）before you ask.（提问要深（提问要深思熟虑）思熟虑）Would you have enjoyed being a pioneer like the writer?Why or why not?What do you think home is?Free debate（自由辩论）（自由辩论）rules:1.You are going to be divided into two teams.2.You are going to have a
9、 free debate pro and con(从正反两方面自由辩论）从正反两方面自由辩论）.3.You need to find more grounds（论据）（论据）to support your argument(论点）论点）from more angles(角度角度)in the book.Home was where Pas fiddle was hung on the wall.It was wherever Pa put up a shelf for Mas china shepherdess.It never got broken.We were poor,but we m
10、ade the best of what we had.It didnt matter where we were.If we were together,we were happy.(opinion观点)(fact事实)(观点)cownowhowseefreetreeshopstopcropdeepkeepsweepheadbreadinsteadfiddlemiddlehuddlecrabgrabcamplampwildchildboatfloatdeerpioneerfollowwillowcownowhowseefreetreeshopstopcrop庄庄稼稼deepkeepsweep
11、扫扫headbreadinstead而不是而不是fiddle小提琴小提琴middlehuddle蜷缩蜷缩crab螃螃蟹蟹grab抓抓camp野营野营lamp灯灯wild荒荒野的野的childboatfloat漂漂浮浮deerpioneer拓荒者拓荒者followwillow柳树柳树 Imagine yourself being a pioneer in a wild place.Write about the hardships you have gone through and how you survived in around 100 words.Write a summary of this story in no less than 100 words.Write a report about the book(读后感），in no less than100 words。
