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　　Unit 1 The written word
　　Reading---教案
　　Step1: Lead-in
　　1) Movie-appreciation:
　　Do you know something about the film?
　　Suggested answers:
　　The story is based on Dickens’s famous novel “Oliver Twist”. It’s an example of classics. Classics are the antiques of the literary world.   
　　In this unit, we’ll have the chance to get more information about classic literature.
　　2) Bacnd information:
　　Charles 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 imprisoned for debt. The poverty and adversity Dickens experienced as a child greatly influenced his later views on social reform. Before his death on 9 June 1870, he wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprising endings.
　　Step 2: pre-reading activities
　　Pay attention to the Reading strategy of the article, focusing on the way the author tries to convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view. Point out these places in the essay:
　　1. To reconsider our ideas about classic literature.
　　2. To pay attention to the information that mas interested but not enough to give away the story.
　　Step 3: Fast reading
　　1)With the reading strategy above, let’s do our Reading. Read it quickly and try to grasp the main idea of the text and finish Part A on Page 2
　　Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 2.
　　Suggested answers
　　A 1 Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written and received.
　　2 England’s greatest writer.
　　3 Seven years old.
　　Step 4: Detailed reading
　　1) Second reading to complete Parts C1 , C2  and D
　　Suggested answers
　　C1 1 Because they think they are old-fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.
　　2 She doesn’t think that they are old-fashioned or boring.
　　3 Joe is a kind and simple man.
　　4 On his gravestone it reads, ‘By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.’