课程基本信息

学科

英语

年级

高一

学期

秋季

课题

B2 Unit4 Extended reading

教科书

书  名：普通高中教科书英语必修第二册

出版社：译林出版社               出版日期：2020年7月

教学目标

1. describe the old man’s feelings during his struggle with the fish;

2. analyse the old man’s character and summarize the theme of this excerpt;

3. learn the writing style of Hemingway;

4. analyse the “three qualities of literature” shown in this excerpt;

5. learn how to read literature by three reading steps.

教学内容

教学重点：

1. To summarize the theme of this excerpt.

2. To understand Hemingway’s writing style.

教学难点：

1. To learn how to read literature by three reading steps.

2. To learn the writing style of Hemingway.

教学过程

Step 1 Lead-in

• What do you like to do during your spare time？

Step 2 Three steps of reading literature

Step3 First reading—read the lines(plot)

l Read the first part of the passage to find out its character, setting and plot.

l How many times has the old man tried?

l How many times has the fist swum away or turned?

l Underline sentences related to his physical condition.  

Step 4 Second reading—read between lines (theme)

l Read again and underline sentences related to the old man’s psychological and dialogue description, and then think about the old man’s personality traits.

l Theme: Tough men can be physically destroyed but not mentally defeated.

Step 5 Third reading—read beyond lines (writing style)

l Why is the novel titled “The Old Man and the Sea” instead of “The Old Man and the Fisth”?  

l Brief introduction of Hemingway and his iceberg theory.

l Read the novel again and think about the symbolic meanings of the old man, the fish, the shark and the sea.

l Deep thinking: How to live in our changeable society? How to deal with our obstacles, both in life and in study?

l The purpose of unique writing style.

Step 6 Conclusion—how to read literature

l First reading: read the lines –plot (What)

l Second reading: read between the lines—theme (Why)

l Third reading: read beyond the lines—writing style(How)

Step 7 Homework

l Read the novel After twenty years written by O Henry by using the three steps we have learnt today.

l Write down the theme of the novel After twenty years and symbolic meanings of the main characters.