Step 1 Warming-up

T:Do you know Chinese four great classics?

Introduce the four great classics to students.Then ask students whether they know any foreign classics or not.

Step2 Presentation

1a Look at the picture. Have you read these books? Check (√) the ones you know.

___ Alice in Wonderland ___ Little Woman

___ Treasure Island ___ Olive Twist

___ Robinson Crusoe ___ Tom Sawyer

2 Present and practice the following conversation in the same way.

A: Have you read Alice in Wonderland?

B:Yes, I have./No, I....

Step 3 Listening

Ask the students to look at the chart

1b Listen and complete the chart.

Book

Title Name Have they

read it? What do they think of it? Treasure Island Nick × Judy √ exciting Robinson Crusoe Sandy × Alan √ wonderful Little women Kate √ fantastic Harry × 3 Check up the answers like this:

Nick hasn't read Treasure Island, but Judy has......

Step 4 Presentation and practice

Present the conversation by the listening passage

A: Have you read Little Women yet?

B: No, I haven't. Have you?

A: Yes, I have already read it.

B: What's it like?

A: It's fantastic.

Let students work in pairs.

Step 5 Listening(2a, 2b)

1 Look at the books and names

2 Play the tape for the Ss to listen and circle the names

3 Read the sentences in 2b.

4 Listen again and write T or F

5 Read the listening passage and talk about like this:

A: Has T in a read Treasure Island?

B: Yes ,she has. She thinks it's fantastic.

A: What's it about?

B : It's about....

Step 6 Role-play conversation

1Show the Ss a picture of Amy and Steve

2,Ask the Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions

(1) Are Steve and Amy talking about books or movies?

(2) Has Steve decided which book to write about for English class?

(3) What does Steve think of Little Women?

3 Play the tape for the Ss to listen and imitate.

4 The Ss read the dialogue loudly

5 Prepare for Role-play in groups.

Homework

Learn the new words and expressions by heart.

Blackboard design：Unit8 Have you read Treasure Island yet?

- Have you read Treasure Island yet?

- Yes, I have. -No, I haven't.