The-Great-Gatsby教案

TheGreatGatsby1.AnalysisoftheteachingmaterialsTheliteraturewetaughtisanAmericannovelTheGreatGatsbywhichiswrittenbyFrancisScottKeyFitzgerald.ThestoryprimarilyconcernstheyoungandmysteriousmillionaireJayGatsbyandhisquixoticpassionandobsessionforthebeautifulformerdebutanteDaisyBuchanan.ThroughthetragedyofGatsby,thenovelmainlyexploresthemesofthedisillusionofAmericanDream.Fromlearningthisnovel,studentswillknowaboutthebackgroundinformationofthattimeandbemoreinterestedinlearningAmericanliterature.2.AnalysisofthestudentsSincethestudentsarestudyingincollege,theyhavereadandlearnedsomeliteraryworks,sotheyknowhowtostudyliteratureontheirown.ButtheirEnglishlevelsarevariousfromeachother,thus,theteachingdesignshouldbestratifiedfromeasypointstodifficultpointstohelpstudentsgetknowledge.Inordertoarousestudents’interest,teachersshoulddesigndifferenttasksforstudentstocarryout.3.Teachingaims:(1).KnowledgeaimA.LeadstudentstolearnthebackgroundknowledgesuchastheEndoftheFirstWorldWar,theJazzAge,ProhibitionandtheAmericanDream.B.Leadstudentslearnabouttheuseofsymbolism.(2).AbilityaimA.Improvethestudents’abilityofanalyzingandsolvingproblemssuchasanalyzethecharacter.B.Improvethestudents’spokenEnglishandreadingskillssuchassummarizing.(3).EmotionaimA.Arousestudents’greatinterestinAmericanculture.B.Leadstudentstobuildcorrectworldoutlook,theoutlookonlifeandvalues.4.Teachingmethod(1).Task-basedlanguageteaching.Designdifferenttasksforstudentstocarryout.Therewillbegroupworksandpersonalspeaking,suchasthediscussionaboutwhyGatsbyisgreat.(2).Audio-visualteachingmethodsUsemulti-mediatoshowsomepartsofthemovie—theGreatGatsby,toleadinthetopicandarousestudents’interest.5.TeachingkeypointAnalyzepeople’srelationshipandtheircharacters.6.TeachingdifficultpointUnderstandthreemainsymbolsinthenovel.7.TeachingproceduresStep1LeadinShowstudentsashortvideoofthemovieTheGreatGatsby,andthenaskthemthefollowingquestions:(1)Doyouknowwhichnovelthatthemovieisadaptedfrom?(2)Haveyoueverreadthisnovel?(3)Doyouknowtheauthorandbackgroundinformationofthenovel?(Purpose:Leadinthelessonnaturallyandarousetheirinterestinlearningthenovel.)Step2BackgroundintroductionShowstudentsashortvideoalsoselectedfromthemovieTheGreatGatsbywhichmainlydescribesthesocietyatthattime,andthenintroducesomeinformationabouttheendoftheWWⅠ,theJazzAge,theProhibitionandtheAmericanDream.(Purpose:Introducesomeimportantbackgroundinformationforstudentstomakesurethattheycanlearnthenovelbetter.)Step3:Characterintroduction1.Letstudentsrecallthenamesofthemaincharacters.2.Askoneofthestudentstofinishthecontextdiagram.3.Introducethemaincharactersonebyone.(Purpose:Thisstepistocheckifthestudentshavereadthebookinadvanceandtogivethemabasicintroductionofthemaincharacters.Inthisway,studentswillbeencouragedtostudyconsciously,andtheywillbewellpreparedforthenextsteps.)Step4:AnalysisofcharactersintheGreatGatsby1.Gatsby’scharacter(1)SummarizeGatsby’scharacteraccordingtothefactslistedbelow.Forexample,“heheldmanyluxuriouspartiesonlytoattracthertovisitthereandmetheragain…”(2)Summarizeallhischaractersandthenaskwhatelsecharactersdoeshehave.(Purpose:inthisway,studentscanlearntosummarizeandfindoutthecharactersbythemselves.)2.Daisy’scharacter(1)Findoutfactsaboutthesedescriptions.IwilllistDaisy’scharactersandaskthemtofindoutrelevantfacts.(Purpose:throughfindingoutfacts,studentscanbemorefamiliarwiththenovelandhaveabetterunderstanding.Andthisisdifferentfromthepreviousone,soitcanmakethepracticecolorful.)3.Nick’scharacterDiscusswithyourpartneraboutNike’scharacterandfindoutfactstosupportyouridea.(Purpose:sincetheyhaveknownhowtoanalyzeone’scharacter,theycanfinishthistaskbythemselvesandputthismethodintopractice.)4.Wilson’scharacterAnalyzehimbymyself.Hischaracterincludesobedient,coward,negativeanddesperate.(Purpose:heisnotthemaincharacterandnotsoimportant,soIcananalyzeitforthem.Andbyusingadifferentwayfromtheprevious,Icanmakeitcolorful.Step5:DiscussionWhyisGatsbygreat?(Purpose:discussionisagoodchanceforstudentstothinkdeeplysoastodeveloptheircreativity.Atthesametime,itcanhelpstudentscultivatetheircooperativespirit)Step6:SymbolsWiththehelpofpicturesandtheoriginalsentencesinthenovel,guidestudentstounderstandthemeaningofthreesymbols.(Purpose:trainstudent’sabilityofanalysisandhelpthemunderstandthenovelbetter.)Step7:ThemeAskstudentsaquestion:Doyouknowthethemeofthisnovel?Ifyoudon’tknow,thenIwillexplainthemonebyone.1.Thedisillusionofwealth2.Thedisillusionoflove3.Thedisillusionofstatus(Purpose:helpstudentstounderstandthethemedeeperandmoreclearly.)Step8:HomeworkLookfortheinformationabouttheChinaDreamandthenwriteapassagetotalkaboutyouropinionaboutit.(Purpose:ourcountryhasraisedtheconceptofChinaDream,soIthinkthishomeworkcanhelpstudentstobroadentheirhorizons.)