高级英语课件The-Loons

TheLoonsMargaretLaurenceLesson9TeachingPlanTeachingObjectives1.Tounderstandthesymbolicmeaningoftheloons:thenativeIndiansofCanada2.Tolearnthewaysofdevelopingashortstory3.TounderstandthescenicdescriptionTeachingContentThestoryillustratetheconflictbetweenwhiteCanadiansandnativeIndians,andtheracialdiscriminationtheIndianshasbeenimposedupon.Toobservehowtheauthorarrangesthelayoutofthestory,andtofindoutthebeginning,development,climaxanddenouementofthestory.TeachingFocusThesymbolicmeaningoftheloons:thenativeIndiansofCanadaThescenicdescriptionTeachingMethods1.Teacher-orientedteachingmethod2.Student-orientedteachingmethod3.TheelicitedmethodTeachingProcedureⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksⅡ.BackgroundInformationⅢ.LearningFocusⅣ.KeywordsandExpressionsⅤ.ExplanationoftheTextⅥ.DivisionoftheTextⅦ.TheWritingStyleⅧ.RhetoricalDevicesⅨ.ExercisesIntroductoryRemarksⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksThisshortstoryisfirstpublishedinABirdintheHouseanditisaboutPiquetteTonnerre,ahalf-bredgirlwhogrewupunderharshcircumstancesinawhitesocietythatsuppresseshalf-breeds.Thestoryistoldthroughanothergirl,Vanessa,whousedtobePiquette’sclassmatewhenshewasyoung.Vanessa'sfatherhappenstobePiquette’sdoctorandheinviteshertospendsummerholidaywiththemintheDiamondLakeforthesakeofherhealth.NineyearsafterthatVanessahappenstomeetherinacaféandshetellsVanessathatsheisgoingtomarryawhiteman.FouryearslaterwhenVanessacomeshomeonherholiday,shelearnsthatPiquetteisburnttodeathtogetherwithhertwochildren.Byusinganappropriatetone,MargaretdescribesthealienationfeltbytheyoungPiquetteTonnerre,whorepresentsanethnicgrouprejectedbyacruelsociety,justduetothefactthattheyaredifferent.DetailedStudyoftheTextⅡ.BackgroundInformationAuthor:MargaretLaurenceoneofthemajorcontemporaryCanadianborninNeepawa,Manitoba,CanadaeducatedattheUniversityofManitobamovingwithherhusbandtoAfricabeginningherliterarycareerin1954byeditingATreeofPoverty,acollectionofSomalipoetryandprosethenovel,ThissideofJordanwithabackgroundsetonGhanaasthecountry’sindependencewasdrawingnearAbookofshortstories,TheTomorrow-Tamerhasasimilarsetting.aworkofnon-fiction,Theprophet’sCamelBell,adescriptionoftwoyearsspentinSomaliland.TheStoneAngelisaremarkablebook,demonstratingsuperblyherabilitytocreatecharacters.AJestofGodwasmadeintoasuccessfulmovie,Rachel,RachelTheFire-Dwellers,anovelsetinVancouveracollectionofsemi-biographicalshortstories,AbirdintheHousecameouttheGovernorGeneral’sAwardforfictionforbothAJestofGodandTheDivinersandhasbeentherecipientofhonorarydegreesfromhalfadozenCanadianuniversitiesHerstoriesfeaturestrongwomenandstrugglesforself-understandingandacceptance.Shewasknownforheroutspokensupportofpeace,women’srights,andotherprogressivecauses.involvedinspeakingandwritingaboutissues,suchasnucleardisarmament,theenvironment,literacy,andothersocialissuestheMargaretLaurenceFundtheMargaretLaurenceAwardforExcellenceLoondistinctiveCanadianbird,thebirdofthelakes,fish-eating,divingTheCanadiangovernmentissuedaone-dollarcoinwithaloonengravedonit.Onedollarisslangilycalledaloony.Ⅲ.LearningFocusThelayoutofthestoryThecharactersinthestoryThesymbolisminthestoryThescenerydescriptionⅣ.KeywordsandExpressionspebble(n.):asmallstonewornsmoothandround,asbytheactionofwaterscrub(adj.):short,stuntedchokecherry(n.):aNorthAmericanwildcherrytreethicket(n.):athickgrowthofshrubs,underbrushorsmalltreesshack(n.):[Am.]asmallhouseorcabinthatiscrudelybuiltandfurnished;shantychink(v.):closeupthechinksinthigh(n.):partoftheleginmanandothervertebratesbetweenthekneeandthehip;regionofthethighbone,orfemurchaos(n.):extremeconfusionordisorderlean-to(n.):ashedwithaone-sloperoof,theupperendoftheraftersrestingagainstanexternalsupport,suchastreesorthewallofabuildingwarp(v.):bend,curveortwistoutofshape;distortstrand(n.):anyofthebundlesofthread,fiber,wire,etc.thataretwistedtogethertoformalengthofstring,rope,orcablebarbedwire(n.):[Am.]strandsofwiretwistedtogetherwithbarbsatregular,closeintervals,usedforfencingormilitarybarrierspatois(n.):[Fr.]aformoflanguage,differingfromtheacceptedstandard,asaprovincialorlocaldialectobscenities(n.):[pl.]offensive,repulsiveremarksorideasherring(n.):anyofafamilyofbonyfishes,includingherring,shad,etc.lard(n.):themeltedfatofhogs(esp.theinnerabdominalfat)bruise(n.):injurethesurfaceortheoutsideofsothatthereisspoilage,abrasion,denting,etc.brawl(n.):arough，noisyquarrelorfightsporadic(adj.):notconstantorregulartuberculosis(n.):结核grimy(adj.):coveredwithorfullofgrime;verydirtyflare(v.):showsuddenincreasedheat，angerorviolence(up)dickens(interj.):[colloq.]devil;deucecontagious(adj.):spreadbydirectorindirectcontact(saidofdisease)nit(n.):theeggofalouse,orsimilarinsectcameo(n.):acarvinginreliefoncertainstratifiedgemsorshellssothattheraiseddesign,oftenaheadinprofile,isusuallyinadifferentcolorfromthebackgroundmauve(adj.):palepurplestifle(v.):suppress;repress;holdback;checkmuse(v.):thinkdeeplyandatlengthmiraculously(adv.):likeamiracleaustere(adj.):veryplain;lackingornamentorluxuryfiligree(n.):adelicate,lacelikeornamenta