文档介绍：Unit 10 American literature
I. 单元教学目标
技能目标Skill Goals
▲Talk about American literature
▲Practise predicting and describing what a story might be about
▲Review all the verb tenses
▲Write a book review
II. 目标语言
功能句式
Predict and describe what a novel with a certain theme might be about.
What would be an interesting story?
What would be an exciting plot?
What characters would likely appear in it?
What would the characters be like?
Where and when would the story take place?
Would you like to read a short story or a novel?
Do you want to read for pleasure or for school?
词汇
1. 四会词汇
garbage, maid, prince, e, penny, grocery, bakery, weep, furnish, shabby, mailbox, bell, rag, rare, garment, worn, carpet, barbershop, haircut, anecdote, booklet, mutton, stove, baggage, pale, prayer, approve, anyhow, shave, comb, tortoise, flash, simplify
2. 认读词汇
Dudley Randall, Della, Dillingham, backyard, cascade, Sofronie, curl, Coney Island, William Sydney Porter, Broadway, tortoiseshell, jewel, reaction
3. 词组
attend to, take pride in, do up, let down, fix sth on / upon sb, at length

weep, furnish, shabby, anecdote, baggage, pale, approve, anyhow, shave, flash, simplify
语法
Review all the verb tenses.
重点句子
1. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. P84
2. She hesitated for a minute and stood still while a tear or two fell on the worn red carpet. P85
3. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. P85
4. It was worthy of the Watch. P85
5. It’ll grow again—you won’t mind, will you? P88
6. I’m me without my hair, aren’t I? P88
III. 教材分析与教材重组
1. 教材分析
本单元以American literature为话题,通过诗歌欣赏,判断文学作品主题和阅读文学名著等学习方式,使学生对美国文学的特点以及发展历史和现状有一定的认识和了解,并能用已有的关于美国的历史、政治、文化等方面的知识判断和描述一部文学作品的主题、内容梗概和写作方法;能够运用所学的语言知识和技能听懂以对话形式对文学俱乐部举行的某些活动的评论,如成功和失败之处、优点和缺点所在等;并能用英语谈论美国文学作品,包括判断主题、分析写作特点、讨论作品主人公的个性、总结中心思想等,并对作品加以评论。
WARMING UP 用一首小诗激发学生对美国文学进一步了解的兴趣,并使学生对美国黑人的诗歌有一个初步认识。它既呈现了本单元的中心话题—American literature,又以回答问题的形