Unit15 Necklace
Period 1
1. Talk about drama and theatre.
2. Train the student's listening and speaking abilities.
Step 1 Warming Up
Say to the Ss: Many of you must have heard of some good stories, including fairy tales.
Can anyone tell us an interesting one?
(Let tile Ss talk among themselves and then ask several to tell their good stories. )
Today we are going to talk about some mysterious stories. Look at the pictures and use them to make up a story. (Let Ss discuss it first, and then ask them to tell the class and act out their stories. )
Step 2 Listening
Listen to tile short play on the tape. Ask the students to listen carefully and do the exercises of this part in their books.
After listening, let the students discuss the mystery.
Step 3 Speaking
Divide the class into several groups 'after going though the 3 different situations given in the book.
Help each group to chase one and discuss what will happen next.
After the discussion, one student of each group is asked to report their imagined story. Then the whole group are required to act it out in class.
Step 4
The aim of this class is to foster the abilities of listening and speaking, as well as imagination. If time permits, let one student gives a situation in each group, and the others create a good story accordingly.
1. I______(walk) along the street when suddenly I __ (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody _____ (follow) me. I was frightened and I __(start) to run.
2. The reporter said that the UFO _____(travel) east to west when he (see) it. He
(scare) at that time.
3.Oh, it's you! I ______ (not recognize) you. You ____ (change) a lot these years.
4. The living conditions of people __ (improve) nowadays.
5 .This building __ (complete) by the end of next month.
Key:
1. was walking, heard, was following, started
2. was travelling, saw, was scared
3. didn’t recognize, have changed
4. are improving
5. will have been completed
Period 2
1. To learn something about the play.
2. To train the abilities of skimming and scanning the text.
Step 1
Today we're going to read a play about a necklace. The play is based on a French story written by a writer called Maupassant. There are 3 leading characters in the play: Mathilde Loisel, Pierre and Jeanne. We'll come to the 3 scenes given in the text.
Step2 Reading (Skimming)
1. Let' s the students read the first scene of the play as quickly as they can. Try to answer the following questions.
(1) What's the matter with Mathilde?
(2) Why didn't Jeanne recognize her at first?
(3) Why has she been working so hard?
(4)Why did she need to borrow some jewellery?
2. The students are encouraged to find out more about the necklace in Scene Two. Now, the story goes back to ten years earlier. Some comprehension questions are also given.
(5) Why was Mathilde worried?
(6)What did Pierre suggest?
(7)What did they decide to do?
3. In Scene 3, we'll find out the ending of the story. Read it quickly and find what happened on the way home after the ball. (suggested answer: Mathilde saw that the necklace was no longer around her neck. )
(1) She has been working hard for 10 years.
(2) She looks older than her age and she doesn't look well.
(3) Because of the diamond necklace.
(4) She was invited to a ball at the palace so she needed to borrow some jewellery.
(5) She didn't have an evening dress or any jewellery to wear.
(6) Pierre suggested borrowing some jewellery from a friend who might lend her some.
(7) Mathilde decided to go and borrow some jewellery from Jeanne.
Step 3
Listen to the tape of the 3 scenes one by one, and make sure the students understand it, dealing with some language points.
Step4 Post-reading
1. Mathilde returns to the palace where the ball
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