Unit 1 The written word
Reading
Appreciating literature
Teaching aims
1. Enable the students to learn how to appreciate Great Expectations by reading a
persuasive essay.
2. Help the students learn to read a persuasive essay and appreciate literary works.
Teaching important and difficult points
Help the students learn how to appreciate literature by the text reading.
Teaching procedures & ways
Step 1: Fast reading
Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three
questions in part A on Page 2. Just focus on and identify the information needed to
answer these questions.
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 2: Detailed reading
1. Let’s read the passage a second time and complete Parts C1 and C2 on page 4.
2. Listen to the tape and try to complete Part D and Part E.
3. Read the text again and choose the best answers according to the text.
1. Some people think that classics are old-fashioned because of the following
statements except __________.
A. they were written a long time ago.
B. the language used in them is quite different from the language used today.
C. they are difficult for people to understand.
D. They can only be found in bookshops and libraries.
2. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A. Clueless, the award-wining film is based on Charles Dickens’s novel.
B. The film based on Great Expectations was released in 1998.
C. At first, Charles Dickens published many novels in newspaper.
D. Good classics are examples of great writing and wisdom.
3. When and where is Great Expectations set in?
A. In the USA in the 1800s. B. In England in the early 1800s.
C. In England in 1812.. D. In the USA in 1870.
Keys: D A B
Step 3 Reading strategy
1.What does a persuasive essay try to do?
2. What’s the writer’s point of view in this essay?
3. How does the author tries to convince the reader?
Read the text again and point out the places where the author tries to convince the
reader to adopt a certain point of view.
Retell the story of Great Expectation in your own words.
Step 4 Discussion
What makes a good persuasive essay?
In persuasive or argumentative writing, we try to convince others to agree with
our facts, share our values, accept our argument and conclusions, and adopt our way
of thinking.
Step 5 Homework
1. Remember the new words learnt in this period.
2. Finish Part E on page5.
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