Lesson plan
Set by Marie Zhang
1. Material analysis
This text is an excerpt, “THE PROPOSAL”, from a famous novel, Pride and Prejudice
Text type: narration
Structure: (Para 1) Dr. Darcy proposed.
(Para 2) Elizabeth was surprised and declined.
(Para 3-8) Dr. Darcy asked for the reason why he was turned down and Elizabeth told him the reasons against marrying Dr. Darcy.
(Para 9-11) Dr. Darcy and Elizabeth both grew angry. Dr. Darcy was heart-broken and left hastily.
Vocabulary: in vain, decline, arrogant, at length, enquire, against one’s will,
think ill of, do everything in one’s power, rejoice, hastily.
Illustration: a picture of the opera, Pride and Prejudice
Task: watching the video, skimming and answering questions, careful reading, filling the form, making a dialogue
2. Student analysis
Students of the second year of senior high school may have already read the translation version of the Pride and Prejudice, or at least have heard about this story so it is proper to introduce this topic- proposal at this time. Their interests in romance, relationship at this age make it easier to involve them in the class. Student’ critical thinking have developed to some extent, they will be able to think about the situation Elizabeth was confronted with and find out the reasons for her marrying or against marrying Dr. Darcy. The tense of this text is mainly past simple tense and present simple tense, so student and understand this text as long as the new words of the text are learned beforehand. Therefore, the focus of this reading lesson will be guiding the student to analyze the situation that Elizabeth was faced with.
3. Teaching objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
(1). Understand important vocabulary items in bold (i.e., in vain, decline, arrogant, at length, enquire, against one’s will, think ill of, do everything in one’s power, rejoice, hastily) in the reading context.
(2). Talk about the situation that Elizabeth was facing with and describe the characteristic of Elizabeth and Dr. Darcy in English; use appropriate reading skills such as skimming, scanning, guessing word meaning, making references, etc. for special reading purposes.
(3). Develop cooperative learning strategies and critical thinking skills through group work of finding out Elizabeth’s reasons for marrying Dr. Darcy, and her reasons against marrying Dr. Darcy.
(4). Learn how to appreciate a famous novel and become interested in classical and original English literature.
(5) Understand the importance of communication when in disagreement with others.
4. Teaching methods and teaching aids
Teaching methods: communicative language teaching approach, task-based language teaching approach.
Teaching aids: PPT slides, videos
5. Teaching procedures
Stage
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Stage aim |
Teacher activities |
Students’ activities |
Time |
Preparation |
Recall ss’ memories of famous English literature, arouse ss’ interest in Pride and Prejudice |
Ask ss to recall the English literature they had read before and show the picture of Pride and Prejudice. |
Enjoy the pictures and get prepared for the topic of the class |
2min |
Lead-in |
Brainstorm the main plot of the novel that ss remember |
Get ss talk about the main plot and invite one s to show it |
Discuss the main plot in group (leading by the ss that have read the story before) |
3min |
Arouse ss’ interest in the proposal, involve ss in the activities |
Show a video introducing Pride and Prejudice and the plot before the “proposal” |
Enjoy the video and get prepared for the proposal |
5min |
|
Pre- reading |
Have an impression of Dr. Darcy’s and Elizabeth’s characteristic |
Show ss pictures of Dr. Darcy and Elizabeth, let ss talk about their characteristic |
Discuss Dr. Darcy’s and Elizabeth’s characteristic |
4min |
Learn vocabulary and difficult sentences in the text |
Show ss the vocabulary with pictures in this text |
Read the vocabulary aloud and understand the meaning of the difficult sentences |
7min |
|
While- reading |
learn how to find the main idea of a text |
Lead ss to skim the text for the main idea and answer question 1 after the text |
Skim the text and discuss in group about the reason why Elizabeth refuse Dr. Darcy and why Dr. Darcy sure that she would accept him |
4min |
Know about more details of the proposal |
Lead ss understand the text, specially the dialogue between Elizabeth and Dr. Darcy |
Read the text carefully, discuss with partners about the reasons for her marrying or against marrying Dr. Darcy and fill in the form of question 2 |
7min |
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Post- reading |
Know more about the characteristic of Dr. Darcy and Elizabeth |
Lead ss to sum up the characteristic from their dialogue |
Discuss the characteristic in group and have a competition between groups |
4min |
Use the information in the text to act out |
Provide the sentence pattern that can be used in the dialogue, act as Elizabeth’s mother and express the desire for her daughter’s marriage |
Work in pairs, one student act as Elizabeth while the other as Elizabeth’s father, consider why Elizabeth cannot marry Darcy and what her mother will say |
4min |
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Homework |
Watch the video of “the proposal” at home and tell the story to your parents. |
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6. Blackboard design
“THE PROPOSAL” from Pride and Prejudice
7. Justify
This lesson plan focus on improving students’ ability to skim the text to get the main idea and to read the text carefully for some detail information. The class begin with activities that can draw ss’ attention to the class and can arouse their interest. With the warming up above, ss will be prepared for the following reading. Various kinds of activities are used in the class to help the teacher to achieve the teaching objectives. After reading, student will role play and use what they learn to analyze characteristic, “using language to do things”.In the course of learning, student will not only learn some information about “the proposal” (some knowledge about western literature), but will also develop their cooperative learning strategies and critical thinking skills through group work.