The last lea f課堂實錄及課后反思

哈爾濱師范大學附屬中學 曹文玲

The last lea f課堂實錄及課后反思

哈爾濱師范大學附屬中學 曹文玲

一、授課內容

歐·亨利短篇小說《最后一片葉子》The last leafby O.Henry.

二、課堂實錄

Ⅰ.Task One Literature know ledge（文學常識）

1.TextType________________（novel/fiction）

2.Ithas3 elements.Whatare they?Which isthecore/key element?

______________________________(characterplot and setting)

3.Usually,how does the plotdevelop?（beginning,develop ing,climax and ending）

Ⅱ.Task Two Related information（相關信息）

1.O.Henry（1862-1910）

O.Henry is the pseudonym（筆名）ofWilliam Sydney Porter,American writer of short stories,best known for his ironic（諷刺的）plot twists and surprise endings.Born and raised in Greensboro,North Carolina,O.Henry did not write professionally until he reached hismid-30s.Released from prison,O.Henrymoved to New York City in 1901 and began writing full time.In his stories he made full use of his knowledge of Texas,Central America,and life in prison.

He also became fascinated by New York street life, which provided a setting formany ofhis later stories.During the last ten years of his life,O.Henry becameone of themost popularwriters in America,publishing over500 shortstories.

Hismost famousstories,such as TheGiftofMag i《麥琪的禮物》，The Furnished Room《帶家具出租的房間》，The Cop and the Anthem《警察與贊美詩》and The Ransom of Red Chief《紅酋長的贖金》make simple yeteffectiveuse of paradoxical（荒謬的，矛盾的）coincidences（巧合）to produce ironic endings.

（以信息填充的方式檢驗，重心：his prison life,plot tw ist,surprise ending and new street life.現實意義：任何經歷都是財富，故永不放棄。）

2.The Bay ofNaples（那不勒斯海灣）

The Bay of Naples in Italy is the Artholy land inmany artists’heartat that time.

Ⅲ.Task Three Generalunderstanding

Main idea

Time:_______________________

Place:_______________________

Characters:______________________________

Events:__________,who picked up_____________, decided thatshewould diewhen the last ivy leafon the blank wall outside her window_______,but it did not________ even after the storm.This persistent last leaf brought back Johnsy’swill to live.Lateron it turned out that___________ wasn’t the realone;itwas the one drawn by____________, who had drawn it ata nightwith heavy rain and cold wind at the expense of his own life－he was attacked deadly by _____________.

Thread/Center clue:_______________

Theme/Subject:____________________

Keys

November,a cold winter;a three-storey brick building; Johnsy;pneumonia;fell;fall;the last leaf;an poor artist named Behrman;pneumonia

Ⅳ.Task Four In-depth understanding

Find out character description and supporting ideas or sentences from thepassage.（這部分是難點，須要突破,尤其是他們的友誼在現實中的意義：怎樣獲得如此彌足珍貴的友誼：Life isa circle愛出者愛返。）

Some usefulad jectives

kind/desperate（絕望的）/persistent（堅持不懈的）/ pure/good/negative/passive/positive/ambitious（有志向的）/poor/great/fierce/devoted（獻身的）/warm-hearted...

Sue:_____________________________

Johnsy:_____________________________

Behrman:_________________________

Ⅴ.Task Five Question

Why do they think the last leaf is Behrman’smasterpiece?

Ⅵ.Task Six A taste of vivid language

1.“Tellme as soon as you have finished,”said Johnsy, closinghereyesand lyingwhiteand stillasa fallen statue.

What’s the meaning of the word“still”?How do you use it?

Cloze（NMET 2006）Choose thebestanswer.

On ahotsummer day in late August,Isoughtshade and a cooldrink atawaterfront cafe on a Greet island.Overhundred de grees in___ air.Crowded.Tempers（脾氣）ofboth the touristsand waitershad risen tomeet the situation,making it a rather quarrelsomeenvironment（環境）.

A.fresh B.cool C.still D.thin

2.“She has one chance in ten,”said thedoctor.

“Hesaid the chanceswere ten to one...，”said Sue.

“Even chances,”said thedoctor.“With good care,you willwin...”

A.50%-50%B.high C.little chance

3.After the doctor had gone,Sue went into the workroom and cried.Then she went to Johnsy’s room with her drawingboard,whistling ragtime.

What’s ragtime?

Why did Suewhistle it?

4.“Butwhenevermy patientbeginsto countthe carriages ather funeral,Itakeaway fifty percent from the curativepower ofmedicines.”

Whatdoes the sentence imply here?

A.Oncemy patienthas passed away,Iwillhave noway to cureher.

B.My patientwas seriously ill,so Iwill change this medicine intoanother.

C.My patient can’t count the carriages at her funeral, for thereare toomany.

D.Oncemy patient lose hope of life,themedicine on herwon’twork well.

5.“Ihavesomething to tellyou,whitemouse,”shesaid. Whatdoes“whitemouse”refer tohere?

6.Figureofspeech（修辭方法）

A cold,unseen stranger came to visit the city.

What figure ofspeech（修辭方法）is ithere?

The cold breath ofautumn had stricken leaves from the plantuntil itsbranches,almostbare,hungon thebricks.

It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.

Whatdoes“it”refer to?

Whatpicturewill you have on yourmind as soon as you read theword“bravely”?

Ⅶ.Task Seven Inspiration

The last leaf isa story.Storiescome from life,butwriters usuallymake some changes.Forexample,the hero/heroin（主角）is saved at the lastminute by some kind of fortune.Do you think that really happens in our life frequently?Ofcourse no.Story is story,and life is life.You are old/wise/intelligent enough to face the fact—death.So,if you had three or two days or only twenty-four hours to live in thisworld from now on,what events,what experiences,what associations should you crowd into those lasthours?（Don’t treat itasa joke,and please take itseriously.）

3minuteson yourdesk like this.Think itoverand don’t look atothers,as ithasnothing todowith them,it is your own business.

S1:expressmy thanks to the people I love,such asmy family,my friends...

T:Your classmates are included in the list?

S1:Ofcourse.

T:Please tell them now for them to know they are so precious in your life...

S2...

S3...

S4...

S5...

（于是，學生紛紛走到好朋友面前，親自表達感恩、陪伴和友誼，被告知的同學熱淚盈眶，此部分均為生成部分：精彩紛呈。）

Homework

1.W riteam icro fiction of your own.

Use somevivid adjectivesand adverbswhen necessary.

200wordsorso.

A surprisingending isamust.

2.Be appreciative of everybody and everything around you.

Actions speak louder thanwords.

五、反思

1.緣起

怎樣把學科核心素養，如思維品質的形成，積極價值觀的培養在英語課堂上實現，著實是個挑戰，但是大勢所趨。我喜歡挑戰，而且傳統英語課堂總是集中在語言知識的學習上，忽視成片思維的培養，語言學習呈斷裂狀態。故，我想借著這次選材的特殊性（不是來自高中課本，而來自大學三年級綜合教程，而且是中學領域未曾觸及的類型:著名小說家的作品，絕對的經典閱讀），做大膽的嘗試，觸碰更多關于人性的問題，如怎樣獲得真正的友誼，怎樣才能做先付出的那個人，受到傷害也無妨，究竟怎樣堅固信心又不失喜悅地付出……我們的學生需要這樣的人生智慧來引導自己自在地學習、生活、與人交往。

我認為經典英語閱讀有兩個目的：通過閱讀，學會欣賞文學作品，感受人性的百態；所學內容對現實生活的指導意義，如幫助形成積極的價值觀，使學生擁有滿滿的正能量。

2.實踐反饋

預設部分很順利，生成部分很精彩，學生給了我無數個驚喜！圓滿完成最接地氣的生活教育，學生得出結論：①愛出者愛返，把目光放得遠些再遠些……②出自本能地救人更了不起；③充實過好每一天，不留遺憾，從現在開始。

3.真正的收獲

若到處是掌聲一片，我容易失落，因為我深知沒有絕對的完美，若不能聽到改進的意見，才是真正的遺憾；所幸，我是一個幸運兒，聽到了專家的建議：既然是經典閱讀，可以再做更深入的探討。我深深感恩，更進一步確定了前進的方向。

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