2019学年度外研版选修七Module3LiteraturePeriod 1 Reading---Oliver Asks for More教案

▇ Goals

●To enjoy the reading

●To note the use of Inversion in the text

●To learn to read with strategies

■ Procedures

Step 1: Warming up by learning about Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens's father was a clerk at the Naval Pay Office and because of this, the family had to move from place to place: Plymouth, London, and so on. It was a large family and despite hard work, his father couldn't earn enough money. In 1823 he was arrested for debt and Charles had to start working in a factory, labelling bottles for six shillings a week. After leaving school, Charles started to work in a solicitor's office. He learned shorthand and started as a reporter working for the Morning Chronicle in courts of law and the House of Commons.

In 1836 his first success was published, The Pickwick Papers. This was followed by more novels: Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39) and Barnaby Rudge (1841). He travelled to America later that year and aroused the hostility of the American press by supporting the abolition movement. In 1858 he divorced from his wife Catherine, who had borne him ten children. During the 1840s his social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage: Novels like David Copperfield (1849-50), A Tale of Two Cities (1959), Great Expectations (1860-61) only increased his fame and respect. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood was never completed and was later published posthumously.

Step 2: Before you read

Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling

Step 3: While you read

Cut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.

Step 4: After you read

Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. If possible, make your own sentences with these expressions.

Useful expressions from Oliver Asks for More

need washing, try to, in this way, become wild with hunger, be tall for his age, be used to doing, pick out, it was...who..., stare at, for support, not until, no sooner...than..., seize somebody's arms, rush into the room, be sure of

Sentences made with expressions from Module 3

1. That young thief needs a good beating!

2. Most young smokers who try to quit usually do so on their own instead of using recommended methods.

3. In this way, I can finish the job ahead of time.