Unit 15 The necklace教案2

Step 3 Reading aloud

Now listen to the tape and read aloud the dialogue, paying attention to the tones, stresses and intonations of the speakers.

Explain some language points and difficulties if they have. 1) Writing a short play is not that difficult.

Here the gerund phrase is used as a noun and treated as singular form. The word ―that‖ in this sentence is not a pronoun but an adverb for emphasis. 2) Besides, we have to start somewhere if we want to learn how to write plays. Here, ―Besides‖ is used as an adverb, meaning ―in addition, what‘s more‖. 3) If we work together, we might come up with a very good story.

―come up with‖ is a very useful phrase meaning ―think up (an idea, a plan) e.g. He is such a smart boy that he can always come up with good ideas when we turn to him for help.

4) On her way to her grandmother‘s she meets an alien who takes her in his spaceship.

The word ―alien‖ here is used as a noun meaning a person from another country or planet. Besides, it can be used as an adjective, meaning ―opposite‖.

e.g. Their ideas are alien to our way of thinking. Step 4 Talking and discussing

Talk about the procedures of writing a play:

1. Talk and decide what the action of the play should be.

2. Write an outline of the plot, including the setting (time, place, characters) 3. Write down the dialogue.

4. Decide which role each member will play. 5. Rehearse the play

6. Perform the play in front of the class.

In groups your are going to talk on the following topics:

1. Similarities and differences between TV shows and computer games. (TV shows have plots. They tell stories just like a play. Computer games don‘t really tell stories but they do have a beginning, middle, and end to their action, like plays and characters.)

2. Your different roles in life.

(The roles we play in life may be real or fake. We may act the way we trul6y think and feel or pretend to be someone we are not, just like an actor does. Often the role we play depends on our relationship to others, especially how we feel about them.)

3. Similarities and differences between life in reality and life on stage.

(Shakespeare once wrote, ―All the world‘s a stage.‖ If life is like theatre, then we are all actors on its stage. Some of us have big roles to play while others have small roles. But each role is important to the success of the play, just like in the real life. )

Step 5 Closing up by creating and acting short play

As you know the students has an travel to the future. So now you use ― The Rescue‖ as the title to write a short play.