牛津译林版高中英语选修十一教案：Unit1 Grammar and usage.docVIP

单　　元：Unit 1 Careers and skills 板　　块：Grammar and usage Teaching aims: After learning the Grammar part, the students will be able to: 1. recognize and know about two common types of figurative language—Simile and Metaphor; 2. appreciate simile and metaphor in literature works; 3. write some sentences and poems using simile and metaphor. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead in Teacher presents four sentences to students to read and ask students to think and give their feelings about these sentences. Teacher then gives the concept of “figurative language” and explains it. Next, teacher explains the four sentences one by one carefully and figure out each type of figurative language—simile, metaphor, idiom and euphemism. Step 2 Simile and metaphor Simile: 1. Show two sentences using simile to do careful analysis. 1) Similarly, many ordinary jobs may look dull, but they are as essential as water to our society. He loved camping, and his job was like a holiday for him. 2) Focus on the comparison of the two objects in each sentence and the two words “as” and “like”. 2. Raise three questions: 1) What is a simile? A: A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar. 2) What words are used in similes? A: as and like. 3) How to make a simile effective? A: Readers must be familiar with the objects being compared. 3. More similes for students to enjoy: 1) The old man’s hair was as white as snow. 2) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 3) You are as blind as a bat. 4) “Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth.” Portia said. 5) I’m not as timid as a rabbit. Metaphor: 1. Show two sentences using metaphor to do careful analysis 1) As a business person, you can’t be a mouse. You have to be a tiger. 2) For lawyers, a courtroom is a battlefield. 2. What is a metaphor? Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don’t use “like” or