文档介绍：Unit 10 The Wonderful Lousy Poems
Course: Integrated English
Instructor: Chen Chen
Objectives
1. revision
2. grasp the author’s purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage
learn the writing way and master the key language points and grammatical structures
appreciate the rhetorical feature of the text
key points and difficult points
difficult phrases and sentences
grammar
structural analysis
rhetorical feature
teaching periods: 8 periods
teaching procedure
Step I Lead-in
i. Greeting and Revision
ii. Warm-up questions:
Have you ever tried to write a poem?
How different is your father from your mother in their methods when they try to give you proper education?
Reference:
iii. Background information
Who is Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg, the son of the Hollywood movie producer, Benjamin Schulberg, was born in New York on 27th March, 1914. Novelist and screenwriter, whose works are deeply rooted in the great humanistic and social tradition of American literature. Budd Schulberg won an Oscar for his screenplay of On the Waterfront (1954), directed by Elia Kazan.
(ii) Selected works and film adaptations
WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN, ON THE WATERFRONT,
PERFECT IN THEIR ART, THE HARDER THEY FALL
Step II Text
Words and Expressions
Ask the students to read the words and expressions, give some explanation.
An Integrated Analysis of Text
Ask the students to read the text quickly to choose the best meaning of the title “The Wonderful Lousy Poems.”
mother spoke highly of Budd’s poem because she knew how to encourage the son to establish his confidence in an inspiring way. Budd believe that his father would better be able to appreciate his first poem because his father began his career as a writer and now was a Hollywood tycoon. But unexpectedly, his father criticized the poem severely and reprimanded it as “lousy,” which hurt Buddy deeply.
T or F
F. Budd’s mother spoke highly of the poem to encourage Budd. His fa