牛津译林版高中英语模块3 Unit 1 Task 教学设计

Unit 1 Task –Telling a story教学设计

Skills building 1: plotting a story

1. In this section we’ll learn about the plot of a story and the three parts, exposition, complication and

resolution that a story usually contains; and learn what to notice when reading a story; and try to put what

you’ve learnt into practice by putting different parts of a story in the correct order.

Do you like reading stories? What kind of stories does you like reading? Why? What are the common

elements in stories? (Most stories tell what happened, when and where it happened and who was involved

in it.)

There is usually a plot in a story that tells readers what happens to the character(s) in the story.

2. Read the three points on the top of page 12 in this section to see if you’ll learn something from it.

*A story usually starts by providing answers to: Who? Where? When? Why?

*In an interesting story, the main character(s) will face a problem or conflict that needs to be solved.

*The end of the story usually tells how the characters solve their problems.

3. Do Part A

Do it individually first and then we’ll check the answer together.

Ok, we’ve got the orders corrected and can you give the reasons why you put the paragraphs in such an

order? (This is an order in accord with the sequence of the story.)

4. Please finish Part B by deciding which element each paragraph represents according to the definitions

of exposition, complication and resolution.

Answers (Page13)

A 3 1 6 2 5 4

B 1 E 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 R

Step1: Completing a checklist

You are to develop listening skills in this part. Complete a checklist in Part A first after listening to the

teacher, and then answer some questions in Part B after listening to a conversation.

1. Please read Part A on page 13 to make sure what you are asked to do and what information you

should get when listening to the tape. Complete the checklist individually, then check your answers with

your partners to see if you have the same answers.

Tapescript

Teacher: Remember that you need to write a story for the contest next week. You should start working on

your story soon. Before you start, you will need to know the rules for the storytelling contest.

First, you need to work with a partner. Second, you need to write the story and support it with pictures.

Third, when you present your story, you must work with you partner and you must both join in the

presentation. Fourth, you need to write a story about a young girl named Sandy who had a special experience in a museum. Before you start writing, you will need to decide on the following points:

What did she do before she went to the museum?

How did she get to the museum?

Who did she go with?

What time of the year was it?

What time of the day was it?

At the end of the story you must provide a surprise ending. If everything is clear, you can get into pairs

and start thinking about the beginning of the story.

Answers (Page 13)

A 1 the questions your teacher asks are for the beginning of the story.

2 you need to write about the special experience of a girl.

3 the story must have a surprise ending.

2. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions in Part B. Check your answers with your

partners to make sure that you have got the correct answer.

Tape script

S1: OK, Let’s first think about how Sandy got there. Should she go on the train or the school bus?

S2: Well, we should first decide why she went to the museum.

S1: That’s right. Was it because she liked the show in the museum?

S2: Or perhaps she went because of a class project? You know we always do class projects.

S1: That’s a good idea. So she went to the museum to do a class project about…

S2: About art and history?

S1: That’s not a bad idea, a project about art and history.

S2: Now we can decide how she got to the museum.

S1: If she went because of a class project, she and her classmates probably would go by school bus.

S2: Why?

S1: Because a school bus can take about fifty people. When we go on an outing, two teachers always go

with us. Remember?

S2: That’s true. So they all went by school bus.

S1: Yes, so now we know why and how she went to the museum, and who she was with. But what did she

do before she got there?

S2: Perhaps, they were walking from school bus, and Sandy and her partner Li feifei were so busy

looking around that they got lost. And they started to run to try and find their classmates. Luckily they

could still see them and caught up with them at last.

S1: Yes, that would explain why she was so tired.

S2: Well, it seems that we have answered all of the questions.