【推荐】山西省阳泉市荫营中学高考英语 unit 10 american literature复习教案 新人教版.docVIP

American literature Teaching aims: Make the students make full of the materials in the textbooks. Improve the student’s reading ability and the ability to appreciate literature. Analyze the writing style of the story and have a good knowledge of the main characters’ feelings. Teach the students how to write a summary Teaching important points: Find out time, place, characters, event, reason, plot and end of the story. Improve the student’s reading ability and the ability to appreciate literature. Teach the students how to write a summary. Teaching difficult points: Improve the student’s reading ability and the ability to appreciate literature. Make full of the material in the textbooks Brief Introduction The major themes in the literature of a country reflect important events or periods in the history of that country. Take American Literature for an example, it is mainly about native Americans, slavery, the Civil War, The Independent War, the Westward Movement and the relations between America and Europe. What’s more, most of us have read some famous novels or stories by American writers, such as Mark Twin, Ernest Hemingway , O Henry and so on. Today, we are going to learn O. Henry and his works. Teaching steps: I. Introduction of O. Henry (Page87 Ex2) Complete the following passage with verbs given, using their proper form. Best noted for his short stories with surprising endings, O Henry is the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who is regarded as one of the most popular American writers in the twentieth century. Born in 1862, he was brought up and educated by his aunt who ran a private school. Growing up, young William held various jobs: working for a drug store, a bank and a newspaper. In 1898, he was accused of having taken money from the bank where he once worked. He spent five years in prison, where he wrote a dozen of stories to earn money for his daughter. After he was set free, he settled in New York City, and successfully published man