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高级英语教案Book1Unit12

Unit12TheLoons

TeachingPeriods:

8

TeachingObject:

Englishmajorsofjunioryear

TeachingAims

·Toenablestudentstogetbetterunderstandingofthestory

·Tohelpstudentslearntousenewwordsandusefulexpressionsinthetext

·Tohelpstudentslearntoparaphrasesomecomplicatedsentences

·Tohelpstudentsprobethethemeofthestory

·Tohelpstudentsappreciatethestyleandrhetoricoftheshortstorywriting

·Toenrichstudents’knowledgeabouttheCandianculture

TeachingFocus:

·CulturalInformation

·Languagepointsandexpressions

·Figuresofspeech

·Thethemeofthestory

TeachingDifficulties:

·Appreciationoftheshortstorywriting

·Paraphrasingsomesentences

·Identifyingfiguresofspeech

·Probingthethemeofthestory

TeachingProcedures

·Backgroundinformation

·Textualanalysis

·Detailedstudyofthetext

·Appreciationofthestory

·Exercise

TimeAllocation:

8periods,360minutes

·Backgroundinformation（90minutes）

·Intensivestudyofthetext（225minutes）

·Exercise（45minutes）

I.Backgroundinformation

1.Abouttheauthor

JeanMargaret（Peggy）WemysswasborninNeepawa,ManitobaonJuly18.1926toRobertHarrisonWemyss,alawyer,andhiswifeVernaJean,neeSimpson.VernadiedwhenPaggywas4yearsold,andRobertlatermarriedhersister,MargaretCampbellSimpson,ateacherandlateralibrarian,whowasthroughouttheyearsoneofPeggy’sdeath.WhenPeggywas9andherbrotherstillababy,thefamilywenttolivewithGrandfatherSimpsoninhisbigbrickhouseonFirstAvenue.

Inaletterwrittenin1983,Margaretstarted“Iwasanextremelyfortunechild.Assomeonewhohasalwaysbeeninterestedinreadingandinwriting（whichIbegantodoinaboutGrade2or3）.Ialwayshadsomeonetherewhoencourageme.”Thatencouragementwasprovidedbyherstep-mother,MargaretandlaterbyMilderdMusgroveherhighschoolEnglishteacher.PeggywroteforandwasaneditoroftheBlackandGold,theNeepawaCollegiatepaper.WhenshewasinGradesElevenandTwelve,shehadseveralarticlespublishedintheNeepawaPress.

Aftergraduatingfromhighschoolin1944,MargaretattendUnitedChurch（nowtheUniversityofWinnipeg）andwasassistanteditorofthecollegepaperVox.

JeanMargaretWemyssgraduatedfromUnitedCollegewithaBachelorofArtsdegreein1947,andmarriedJohnFergusLaurenceonSeptember13,1947,intheNeepawaUntiedChurch.ShethenworkedforatimeasareporterfortheWinnipegCitizen.

In1950,afterlivingashorttimeinEngland,Margaretandherhusband,acivilengineer,movedtoBritishSomaliland.Whilethere,shewroteatranslationofSomaliproseandpoetry,ATreeforPoverty.Laurencesaidthatitwasatthetimethatshe“beganseriouslytowrite.”Atravelbook,TheProphet’sCamelBell”,writtensomeyearslater,describetheLaurence’sexperienceinSomaliland.

TheymovedtoAccra,Ghanain1952,withtheir2-month-olddaughter,Jocelyn,whowasborninEngland.Duringtheirsubsequent5yearsinAfrica,Margaretproducedherfirstnovel,ThisSideJordan,whichwonthe1961BetaSigmaTamer,writtenafewyearslaterisalsosetinWestAfrica.OutofherAfricayearscameaninterestincontemporaryliteraturebyAfricans,whichresultedinherstudyofNigerianfictionanddrama.LongDrumsandCannons,theLaurence’sson,DavidwasborninGhanain1955.

AfterleavingAfrica,thefamilylivedfor5yearsinVancouver,andduringthistime,MargaretwroteTheChristmasBirthdayStory,achildren’sbooklaterrewritten.

AfterVancouver,therefollowedsevenyearsinEnglandandpurchaseofherElmCottage,inPenn,Buckinghamshire,30milesfromLondon.Inthe10yearsperiod1964–1974theManawakabookswerepublished.

TheStoneAngel（1964）

AJestofGod（1966）forwhichshereceivedthe1967GovernorGeneral’sAwardandwhichwasbasisforamovieentitled“RachelRachel”startingJoanneWoodward.

TheFireDweller’s（1969）

ABirdintheHouse（1970）

TheDiviner’s（1974）,1975GovernorGeneral’sAwardwinner,andwasmadeintoamoviein1976

MargaretLaurencereceivedhonorarydegreefrommorethanadozenCanadianuniversities,wasmadeaCompanionoftheOrderofCanadain1971andhadnumerousotherhonorsbestoweduponher.

Anhour-longdocumentaryfilm“MargaretLaurence–FirstLadyofManawaka”wasproducedbytheNationalFilmBoardofCanada,andpremieredinWinnipegonMay7,1979.Adaptationsofmanyofherworkshavebeentranslatedintoseverallanguagesandreceiveattentionandpraisefrommanycountries.

SheservedaswriterinResidenceattheUniversityofTorontoandWesternerOntarioRiverinsouthernOntario,whichshenamedMargaretCottage.HerreturntoCanadabecomepermanentin1973,andshemadeherhomeinLakefield,Ontario.Butdespiteheryearsawayfromherbirthplace,MargaretLaurencecontinuedtoconsiderherself“…aPrairieperson,becauseIhavealwaysremaineddeeplyjustthat.

Thelastdecadeofherlifefocusedonpromotingcausesshepassionatelysupported–peacesocialjustice,theequalityofwomen,environmentprotection-throughletters,lectures,essaysandfundraisingcampaigns.

MargaretLaurencediedonJanuary5,1987andatherrequestherasheswerebroughtbyherchildren,JocelynandDavidtobeinterredinRiversideCemetery,NeepawaonJune23,thedaybeforetheofficialopeningofTheMargaretLaurenceHome,theformerSimpsonhousewhereshehadlivedinheryouth.

2.Loons

Whohaseverpaddledacanoeorcastafly,orpitchedatentinthenorthwoodsandhasnotstoppedtolistentothiswailofthewilderness?

Andwhatwouldthewildernessbewithoutit?

A.CBent

LoonshavelongbeenconsideredbymanyNorthAmericansasbeautifulandspecial,symbolizingwildernessandstudents.Manycottage-goers,campers,andvacationerswouldfeettheirtripwasincompletewithoutviewingaloonorlisteningtoitshauntingcall.

Loonsarewaterbirdslikeducksandgrebes,buttheyareclassifiedseparatelybyscientists.ThefivespeciesareRed-throatedLoonGaviastellata,PacificLoonGaviaimmer.TheCommonLoonisthespeciesbestknowntomostofus,asitsbreedingrangeliesacrossmostofCanada.AllfivespeciesofloonsmigratetowarmerareasaroundtheGulfofMexicoandontheeastandwestcoastofNorthAmericatowinnerandreturntonorthernlakestobreedwhentheicemeltsinspring.

3.Aglossaryofliteraryterms

antagonist:

Thebadpersoninastory;opposestheprotagonist.

character:

Apersonportrayedinanovelshortorplays.Characterscanbeanimalsorobjects,alsobutthosearealmostalwayspersonified.

characterization:

Itisthewaytheauthordescribeacharacter.Directcharacterizationinvolvestheauthortellingyouwhatacharacterislike;indirectcharacterizationisdonethroughdialogueoractions,andisconsideredthebestformofcharacterizationchronologicalorder.

chronological

Whenastoryistoldintheorderthateventsactuallyhappened.

climax

Thepointofhighestactionandsuspenseinastory.

conflict

Itreferstotheprobleminthestory.Usuallytheprotagonistagainst1.nature2.him/herselfor3.anothercharacter（theantagonists）or4.againstsociety.

connotation

Themeaningwegiveaword.

denotation

Thedictionarydefinitionofaword.

dialogue

Wordsspokenbyacharacteroffsetwithquotationmarks.

fiction

Astorythatisnottrue.

figurativelanguage

Wordsthatmeanmorethantheirliteralmeaning.Forexampleitisrainingcatsanddogs?

Literally,itisnotrainingcatsanddogs.

flashback

Whentheactionofastoryisinterruptedbyascenefromthepast.Thescenefromthepastistheflashback.

foreshadowing

Hintsinastoryofwhatisgoingtohappentotheplotoracharacter.

imagery

Wordstheauthorusestoputapictureinthereader’smind.

irony

Whentheoppositeofwhatyouexcepthappenorwhenyousaytheoppositeofwhatyoumean,usually,forhumorouseffect（asopposedtosacasm）

literallanguage

Whenwordsmeanexactlywhattheysay

metaphor

Sayingsomethingissomethingelseforcomparison.Hewasamonster.Comparewithsimile.

mood

Thewaythereaderfeelswhenreadingastory.

moral

Thelessonbeingtaughtbythestory.

narrator

Thepersontellingthestory,mayormaynotbeacharacterinthestory.Besuretoseparatetheauthorfromthenarrator,theyusuallyaren’tthesameperson.

onomatopoeia

Wordsimitatingsounds.

personification

Attachinghumancharacteristicstosomethingthatnothuman.

plot

Sequenceofeventsinastorywhereeacheventcausesthenexteventtohappen.Otherwiseyoujusthaveastory.Example:

thekingdiedandthenthequeendied.Thatisastory.Thekingdiedandthenthequeendiedofgrief.Thatisaplot.

pointofview

Theanglefromwhichastoryistold.

first-person

ThenarratorisacharacterinthestoryandreferstohimselfasI

the.secondperson

Thereaderisthemaincharacter.Narratorusesthepronounorhewhenreferringtothemaincharacter.

thirdperson

Neitherthereadernorthenarratoristhemaincharacter.Narratorusesthepronounorhe?

Whenreferringtothemaincharacter.

third-personomniscient

Thenarratorcantellwhatisgoingonthemindsofallthecharacters.

third-personlimited

Thenarratorcantellwhatisgoinginoneortwoofthecharacters,usuallythemaincharacter.

prose

Writingthatisn’tpoetry.

protagonist

Agoodpersoninastory,usuallythecentralcharacter.

sarcasm

Sayingtheoppositeofwhatyoumeantopretenttopraisesomeone.Designedtohurt.

satire

Makingfunofsomethingwithhumorandwitforthepurposeofimprovingit.Satiremaybeoffensive,butgenerally,whendoneinrightspiritthepeopleitmakes