Unit 12 Art and Literature

Harry Potter

Teaching Aims:

1. Train the students’ reading ability.

2. Learn and master the following phrases:

in trouble, come across, fight against, succeed, share, believe in, and so on.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Let the student understand the text better.

2. Tell the differences among the following phrases: believe/ believe in, used to do/ be used to do/ be used to doing

Teaching Difficult Points:

1. Master some useful expressions and difficult sentences.

2. Understand what the text is about and the literature is.

Teaching Methods:

1. Listening activity to help the students to get the main idea of each paragraph.

2. Questioning-and-answering activity to help the students to go through with the whole passage.

3. Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Aids:

1. a piece of paper

2. a small blackboard

3. a tape recorder

Teaching Procedures:

StepⅠGreetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

StepⅡRevision and lead-in

T: Do you like reading books?

Ss: Yes.

T: Do you know how many kinds of books?

Ss: …

T shows the kinds of books on the blackboard while Ss are telling them together.

Novel/ poem/ play/ fable/ biography/ fairy tales/ …

T: Then do you know how many kinds of novels?

Ss: …

T shows the kinds of novels on the blackboard while Ss are telling them together.

Short ~/ historical~/ love~/ science fiction ~/ detective ~/ popular ~/ …

T: Do you like seeing films?

Ss: Yes.

T: Do you know the famous film which is made from a book?

Ss: …

T: Have you ever seen Harry Potter?

Ss: …

T: Ok, today let’s learn something about it.

T writes down the title on the blackboard.

StepⅢ Fast reading

T: At first, please turn to P80, read the text quickly and do exercise one of this piece of paper.

At the same time, T hands out a piece of paper:

ⅠPlease choose the correct answer of each question：

1. What is the book about? _________

A.magic B.strange creatures

C.something about the real world D.all of the above

2. From the test we know Rowling is a________.

A.place B.writer C.director D.book

3. What’s Harry’s life before he goes to Hogwarts?_________

A.Adventurous B.Happy C.Unhappy D.Interesting

4. What is taught in Hogwarts? ________

A.Art and music B.History and sports

C.Language and science D.Witchcraft and wizardry.

5. Which of the following is the most important for a person to succeed according to Harry potter? ________

A.His or her family B.His or her appearance（外貌）

C.His or her own character D.His or her friends

(Answers are: D B C D C)

Several minutes later, T asks Ss to stop and checks their answers.

T: Now who’d like to answer, please put up your hand.

S: …

T can ask more students to answer.

StepⅣ Listening

T: I think you have got some information about the text, now let’s do some listening. Please close your books, then listen to the tape carefully, and choose the main idea of each paragraph. We’ll listen to the tape one paragraph by one paragraph. Take a look at the main ideas at first.

Ss: …

On small Bb:

Please choose the main idea of each paragraph:

The text tells us:

A. what Harry Potter learns at Hogwards.

B. what we should do to succeed or be happy.

C. what Hogwards is.

D. what Harry Potter is before he goes to Hogwards.

E. who the writer is and what the story is about.

(Answers are: E D A B )

T plays the tape one paragraph by one paragraph, meanwhile, Ss give answers.

Step Ⅴ Careful reading ( an activity)

T: Just now you got the main idea of the text, now please read the text carefully, find out some questions and ask your partner.

Ss: …

For a while, T divides the whole class into 8 groups and asks Ss to have a competition about asking and answering questions of the text. T writes down the numbers of groups on the blackboard:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

T: You needn’t put up your hands, just stand up, give questions or answer questions, now who would like to be the first one?

Ss: …

While Ss have the competition, T scores their answers and helps them to answer correctly.

Step Ⅵ Practice

T: You did a good job just now. Let’s do some exercises to review the text. Please do exercise two of this piece of paper.

Ss: …

ⅡPlease fill in the blanks with correct words or phrases according to the text：

The world of J.K. Rowling is full of _______and _______. She has written a______ of book about Harry Potter. Harry seems like a normal boy, but his life is_______. His life changes when he can go to Hogwarts. Hogwarts is an _____ school where students learn about magic. Besides magic, Harry also learns about real life, ______ and how to be brave. His friends help him when he is __________, but he must be strong and help them when they need them. The magic, many strange creatures and adventures Harry ___________ at Hogwarts help him understand the real world. At the same time, Harry has to ____________bad wizards and do the thing right, but it’s not easy. Therefore, you must ____________ yourself if you want to _______ in the world. It’s not enough to be strong in heart and mind; we must also help others if we want to be happy and ______a good life.

(magic, wonders, series, miserable, unusual, friendship, in trouble, comes across, fight against, believe in, succeed, live.)

T asks a student to write down the answers on the blackboard when Ss are doing exercises. If Ss have finished, T checks the answers and gives some explanations about the answers.

StepⅦ Discussion

T: Ok, it is time for you to discuss. Please look at part three of this piece of paper. We also have a competition, and we’ll see which group will laugh at last.

Ⅲ.Discussion:

Please discuss with your partner about one of your favorite books, you should mention the following questions:

1. Who is the writer of the book?

2. Who is(are) the leading role(s) of the book?

3. What does the book mainly talk about?

4. What can you learn from the book?

Ss: …

T gives several minutes to Ss to discuss. After finishing, Ss can show their opinions about one of their best books.

Teaching Notes

1. I think this class is very lively; Ss take part in the whole class actively.

2. Ss cooperate with teacher well, which makes the atmosphere of the class vivid.

3. The class is well organized. Both of T and Ss are not nervous.

4. The voice of teacher is loud and clear, but teacher should pay attention to the speed of speaking.

5. There may be some problems in this class, I look forward to getting more suggestions from other teachers.

高一外語組

歐陽芳

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Unit 12 Art and Literature

Harry Potter

ⅠPlease choose the correct answer of each question：

1. What is the book about? _________

A.magic B.strange creatures

C.something about the real world D.all of the above

2. From the test we know Rowling is a________.

A.place B.writer C.director D.book

3. What’s Harry’s life before he goes to Hogwarts?_________

A.Adventurous B.Happy C.Unhappy D.Interesting

4. What is taught in Hogwarts? ________

A.Art and music B.History and sports

C.Language and science D.Witchcraft and wizardry.

5. Which of the following is the most important for a person to succeed according to Harry potter? ________

A.His or her family B.His or her appearance（外貌）

C.His or her own character D.His or her friends

ⅡPlease fill in the blanks with correct words or phrases according to the text：

The world of J.K. Rowling is full of _______and _______. She has written a______ of book about Harry Potter. Harry seems like a normal boy, but his life is_______. His life changes when he can go to Hogwarts. Hogwarts is an _____ school where students learn about magic. Besides magic, Harry also learns about real life, ______ and how to be brave. His friends help him when he is __________, but he must be strong and help them when they need them. The magic, many strange creatures and adventures Harry ___________ at Hogwarts help him understand the real world. At the same time, Harry has to ____________bad wizards and do the thing right, but it’s not easy. Therefore, you must ____________ yourself if you want to _______ in the world. It’s not enough to be strong in heart and mind; we must also help others if we want to be happy and ______a good life.

Ⅲ.Discussion:

Please discuss with your partner about one of your favourite books, you should mention the following questions:

5. Who is the writer of the book?

6. Who is(are) the leading role(s) of the book?

7. What does the book mainly talk about?

8. What can you learn from the book?