牛津高中英语M8U1-Reading-Appreciating-literature.pptxVIP

Reading Appreciating LiteratureLearning aims1. Get to know what classic literature is.2. Get to know more about Charles Dickens and one of his representative works: Great Expectations.3. Learn how to appreciate literature.4. What does a persuasive essay try to do?The structurePart 1:What is classic literature?Part 2:Who is Charles Dickens?Part 3:Brief introduction of Great Expectations模块8Unit1Reading.mp3Classic literature◆ Definition◆ Features ◆ the author, Liz’s attitude towards classicsClassic literaturethe definitionClassics …. antiques of literary world ….. novels, plays and poems ….. a long time ago and …. written and received.Classic literatureits featuresexamples great writing and wisdom, and were written ……agoThe language …. is quite different from ……. This …… difficult for ….. to read.The author ,Liz’s attitude towards classics: A positive B negative C neutralReading strategy: reading a persuasive essayIn persuasive or argumentative writing, we try to convince others to agree with our facts, share our values, accept our argument and conclusions, and adopt our way of thinking.?DiscussionHow does the author try to convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view? However, if this is true, why do we still find classics in bookshops and libraries?2. Why else would many films based on them be successful?3. I do not think that these classic novels would be made into films if they had nothing to do with life today.…… A representativeCharles DickensBrief IntroductionCharles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He had a happy childhood after his family moved to Chatham. At the age of 12, Dickens had to leave school because his father was put into prison for debt. The poverty and adversity (不幸) Dickens experienced as a child greatly influenced his later views on social reform. Before his death on 9 June1870, he wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprise endings.Works by Charles Di