The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American教学教案.ppt

Question : “… It was borne in on me — and it did not make me feel melancholy …” What is the implied in this sentence? The shortness of his own life did not make Baldwin feel melancholy. No matter how long he stays in this world, he will make best use of his brief opportunity to implement his responsibility as an American Negro writer. Part Three: Para.17-22 The perpetual contact with European people and gradual understanding of them shatters Baldwin’s preconceptions he had always taken for granted.  The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American  James Baldwin Aims: 1) Improving students’ ability to read between lines and understand the text properly; 2) Cultivating students’ ability to make a creative reading; 3) Enhancing students’ ability to appreciate the text from different perspectives Aims: 4) Helping students to understand some difficult words and expressions; 5) Helping students to understanding rhetorical devices; 6)? Encouraging students to voice their own viewpoint fluently and accurately. Teaching Contents: 1)????? Background Knowledge 2)????? Exposition 3)????? Detailed study of the Essay Organization Pattern Styles and Language Features 6)????? Special Difficulties Time Allocation: 1) Background knowledge (15 min.) 2) Detailed study of the text (180 min.) 3) Structure analysis (15 min.) 4) Language appreciation (15 min.) 5) Free talk (30 min) Exposition /~arnetha/expowrite/info.html Detailed study of The Essay Pre-reading Question: 1)?In what way does this title impress you? Have you ever thought of what is means to be A Chinese? 2) In some people’s eyes, to be an American means to enjoy more freedom. Do you share their view? Part One: Para.1-9  Mainly focus on what Baldwin, as an American Negro have found out in Europe. 1) Beginning with the quotation of famous American writer Henry James lends authority and force to what one intends to sa