1、The Million Pound Bank NoteAnalysis of teaching material and Ss: This is the PEP book3, Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note. It is an excerpt of a play that talks about a poor man became a millionaire and married a beautiful lady. This play was written by Mark Twain, who was the greatest humorist of t
2、he 19th century American literature writer as well as a great play writer. The feature of play presents clearly in this passage. It provides with dialogues and pictures related to the play. The red printed words show the scene of the drama, the narrators part, lines, stage direction and the names of
3、 characters are all printed with their capital forms. A few italic words presents as the describing and the surroundings of the scene. The rest of the words and expressions are all the dialogues made among all the characters. During the learning, the teacher should help Ss make use of the different
4、features of this passage to understand it. In this time, Ss have got reading strategies as skimming, scanning and reading for details. Besides, this is a play which tells a story. So the plot of the story is not very difficult. There are not too many new words or obscure words. Most of the words can
5、 be grasped in the context. Since it was a play full of dialogues, the words and expressions were not too formal indeed. Since it is a story about millionaire and money, so it is important for teacher to build the appropriate moral values in the teaching procedures. Ss havent learned plays before, t
6、hey were not familiar with its features and expressions. And it is an excerpt of a whole story, so it may be difficult for Ss to grasp the exact ideas of the passage. Teaching objectives:After this lesson, Ss will be able to:1. Grasp the features of this play, as the characters, the dialogues and th
7、e main plot by reading strategies as skimming, scanning and searching for detail information.2. Cultivate interests in reading different types of English material, and act the scene out.3. Build up the correct value about money by analyzing the hypocritical aspect of the character.4. Appreciate the
8、language features of Mark Twain, establish the conscious of rhetoric while reading the play.Key points:1. Guide the Ss to get familiar with the features, structures, and main ideas of this play. The introduction of elements of plays is necessary.2. Help the Ss appreciate plays by grasping the main i
9、nformation and analyzing characters.Difficult points:1. Ss had few experience to read a play, it may hard for them to analysis it. Play is different from some common materials they practiced in daily life. How to read a play, how to grasp the basic information will be taught by the teacher to help S
10、s.2. A play is made up with line, it is not easy to understand the inside activity by the conversations. Since play can be used as a speaking material, so invite Ss to read it loud and even act the scene will help them to appreciate it better.Teaching methods: The feature of this lesson is the mater
11、ial- a play. After they having a brainstorm and guessing about the plot of play, I will use the visual way as giving them a piece of video to watch and summarize the main plot. Most of the lesson I will invite Ss to talk about the play in a cooperative way, group work or pair work. And role play to
12、appreciate the play in acing it out is necessary.Teaching aids: PPT, blackboard, chalks, a piece of videoTeaching procedures:The first step: pre-reading for 10 minutesTeachers activitySs activityPurpose1. T: Before we start our lesson, I have a joke to share with you. Once a young man met a milliona
13、ire. He respectfully asked the millionaire how he became rich. The millionaire said: “ On the first day, I bought an apple for 50 cents. I cleaned it and sold it for 1 dollar.” The young man got more interested, and listened to the millionaire more carefully. “The next day, I bought two apples for 1
14、 dollar, and sold them out for 2 dollars.” The young man thought, thats the way he became rich. He doubled the price. Finally, the millionaire said: “ The third day, my father passed away and left me 6 million dollars. Then I became a millionaire.” The joke will rose a few questions about money. 1)
15、After hearing the joke, do you want to be a millionaire? 2)If you have 1 million dollars, what will you do?Listen to the joke.Have a free talk on the two questions.Telling a joke as a lead in to the lesson. It makes Ss interested in the topic and give their opinions on it.2.T: Today we will learn a
16、story about millionaire by Mark Twain. How much do you know about Mark Twain? How many titles does he own? (Americas short story writer novelist / Humorist public speaker / Americas best known literary figure / Literary giant) Read the short passage quickly and fill the table 1. The last blank of th
17、e table is Mark Twains famous work. Then show some novels written by Mark Twain in the PPT with the name of the book and some pictures. (The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer / The Adverture Of Huckleberry Finn / Life On The Mississippi / The Million Pound Bank Note)Have a free talk about whatever they know
18、about Mark Twain.Read the warming-up part of this unit, then finish the exercise about information of Mark Twain.The introduction about the writer Mark Twain.A lead in to the play of this lesson- The Million Pound Bank Note)3. Introduce Ss the beginning of the story. (Henry is a poor young man. One
19、day he is wandered in the street and being so hungry. He is too poor to buy himself a meal so he just looking around to find anything to eat.) Group work: Ask Ss to look at the two pictures in the text. Describe it with your own words, then make a short story based on the pictures about millionaires
20、. Invite some groups to present their stories.Listen to the beginning of the story.Have a discussion in groups and make up stories based on the beginning of the story and two pictures.Some background information introduction.To predict how the story would be with imagination based on a beginning.4.
21、Watch a piece of video which shows the plot of the text in the book. Ask them to watch it and give a summary about the plot of the video.Watch the video and take notes. Summarize the main plot in the video.To compare the real story in the text book with their made up ones. Watching a video can help
22、them grasp the main idea of the text much easier.The second step: reading for 25 minutesTeachers activitySs activityPurpose1. After watching the video, ask Ss to take a look at the text for 1 minute, and figure out what kind of material it is. How do you know it is a play? So what is a play? What ba
23、sic elements should be involved in a play? Introduce some basic elements in a play. 1)actors lines (dialogue / monologue / aside) 2)stage directions(character / time / place / scene / emotion / action)S: This is a play.S: There are characters and lines.Looking at the PPT and listening to the introdu
24、ction of the elements contained in a play.A lead in to the play.An introduction of the features of play and show Ss how to distinguish it.2. Only read the narrators part, and the first 10 lines of the play. Find the basic elements of play which were just introduced the last step in the text as many
25、as possible.Character: Roderick, Oliver, Henry.Time: The summer of 1903Scene:Act1, Scene 3Lines: Young man, would you step inside a moment.?Stage directions: A servant opens a door.Read the narrators part and the firs 10 lines. Find the elements as the teacher required.To read the play based on its
26、features. To teach Ss the first way to appreciate a play-by analyzing its structures.3. Read the whole passage. Then answer the following questions.1) Where does Henry come from? (San Francisco)2) Does he know much about London? (No.)3) What did he do in America? (He worked for a mining company.)4)
27、Why did he land in Britain? ( He was sailing out the bay when he was carried out to sea by a strong wind and was survived by a ship for London.)Read the passage, searching for the informations.Ss have got the main plot of the play, so this step aims at train Ss the reading strategy as scanning for d
28、etail informations.4. Henry was not a British, he just came to London by accident. There are some sentences to describe how he got to London, but they are appeared in a wrong order. Read the lines of Henry in the text carefully, then try to put the sentences into the right order in the time sequence
29、.Read the passage and do the exercise, to change the sentences into correct order.To help Ss get the clear knowledge of how Henry get to London by accident. Because it is a reason why the two brothers chose him to be their better.5. The main topic in the play is around the bet. So read the passage a
30、nd search for answers to the questions: 1)What is the bet? 2)How did they choose Henry for their bet?Read the passage again, and answer the questions.To summarize the theme of the play- the bet.6. Pair work: exercise 3. In pairs to describe how Henrys feelings change during the conversation. First f
31、ind what Henry says or does on the following occasions and then use your own words to describe how you think he feels. Explain your reasons. Finish Table 2.Read the text. Find the lines which can present the inside feelings of Henry.To teach Ss another to appreciate a play is to analysis its main ch
32、aracters. This is how to analysis Henry with the words he said.7. With the help of last step, Ss can summarize the personality of Henry. And they can also use the same way to summarize the characteristics of the two brothers. Henry: Proud; Careless; Honest Brothers: Rich; Mischievous; Good judges of
33、 characterTo give a free talk about Henrys personality.To summarize the character by appreciating the lines, the structure and stage lines of this play.8. Invite Ss to read the play out loud, then help them appreciate the ironic rhetoric and the humor of the play. The first pair of Ss will read from
34、 the narrators part to line 12. From this part, we can see some background information about the passage. The second pair of Ss will read from line 13 to line 23. This is the part that some personal information about Henry. In line 15, Henry answered his name to the brothers twice time. That shows t
35、hat he is being very nervous. The next pair of Ss will read from line 24 to line 46. In this part, Henry told the brothers how he got to London by accident. The teacher will help Ss appreciate the humor of the author in the article. (line 28, when Henry entered the big house, he was so hungry that h
36、e stared at what is left of the brothers dinner on table, while the brothers only focused on their own topic.) (line 36, Henry mentioned he was helpless in London, where was totally new to him as a foreigner. When he said he wanted some help, the brothers just smile at each other.) (line 43, when He
37、nry mentioned he had no money, the brothers behaved happily, even claps hands together. Even they presented unpolitely, Henry still use polite words as “sir”, “If youll excuse me, I think Ill be on my way.”) The last pair of Ss will read the rest part of the passage. The brothers gave Henry the lett
38、er, and the bet just started. (Line 48, the brothers gave Henry the letter as a gift, means they regarded themselves much better than Henry.) (Line 54, Henry showed his dignity. He said he would not take their money. What he wanted was just a job.)Read the play in turns. Try to appreciate the ironic
39、 spirit of this play with the help of the teacher.To introduce a way to Ss to appreciate the play in a deepen aspect.Cultivating Ss conscious of appreciating the writers writing features while reading. The third step: Post-reading for10 minutesTeachers activitySs activityPurpose1. Role play: divide
40、Ss into groups, ask them to make up a continued story and act it out . They are asked to act what will happen next after Henry got a huge number of money and How will he spend the money.Have a discussion in the groups, make up a story about what will happen to Henry after he got the million pound no
41、te. To write the following plot of an given story is a way to help Ss with their imagination.Homework:After the discussion and acting in the classroom, you must have an imaginary story by yourself. Write the continued story in your own words over 120 words, then watch the complete play in the book.
42、Compare your writing with the original one.Blackboard design:Features of play:1)actors lines (dialogue / monologue / aside)2)stage directions(character / time / place / scene / emotion / action)The bet:Who, when, whyMain characters personality:Henry: Proud; Careless; HonestBrothers: Rich; Mischievou
43、s; Good judges of characterReflection: This lesson has successfully made Ss got a clear understanding of how to appreciate a play. In the procedures, they take part into the reading and especially the acting part actively. Play is a new form of material for Ss to read about, they got very interested
44、 into it. But the step of analyzing the characters by the lines, and the step to appreciate the authors writing features still seem a little difficult for some Ss. I should put more time on those steps and make sure most of my Ss got it. Meanwhile, I put too much attention on the appreciating part,
45、and less on the reading of the text. I should leave more time for Ss to read the text and think deeply before starting to appreciate the play.Using materials:1. The Table 1 used in pre-reading part, step 2.NotesReal nameSamuel Langhorne ClemensMeaning of his pen nameThe water is two fathoms deepBirt
46、h dateNovember 30th, 1835BirthplaceFloridaPlace where he grew upHannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi RiverHis famous stories2. The disordered sentences used in while-reading part, step 4. 1) Henry wandered in London streets. 2)About a month ago, Henry was sailing out the bay. 3)The next morning
