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高二教案 第716期
发布时间:2018-06-04

2017-2018学年度第43期总第716期高二教案
Predicting our future (P1)
烟台第二中学   孔洁
I. Lead-in
•Do you like science fiction books or movies? What’s your favorite one?
The Stone Sky, the final book in The Broken Earth series written by US author N.K. Jemisin, won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Novel of 2017.
II. While reading
·Skimming
Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of the passage
•It introduces a science fiction novel that reflects issues in the real world.
·Scanning 
Read the passage in detail and judge
•Anything is possible in science fiction.
•The only task of science fiction is to predict the future.
• The Stone Sky, the first book in The Broken Earth series written by US author N.K. Jemisin, won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Novel of 2017.
•Real-life race issues are reflected in the novel ironically.
Read the passage in detail and answer
•1. Why did the Nebula Award recognize The Stone Sky?
•Because it matches up with reality and demonstrates modern social mentality.
•2. What does the Earth look like in the book?
•The Earth in the story is a broken one, which often suffers natural disasters. And the foolishness of humankind makes conditions worse there.
•3. How do Essun and her daughter Nassun save the Earth?
•They save the Earth in opposite ways.
•Essun wants to repair the broken world, but Nassun longs to destroy it and create a new one.
•4. How does the book reflect the real world?
•(1) Generational ideologies: The opposite ways chosen by Essun and her daughter Nassun shed light on the most pressing cultural anxieties in the real world, in which rebellious young people want to break rules and traditions, while elders try their best to maintain traditions.
•(2) Real-life race issues
•5. What makes readers feel warm?
• Despite the story’s chaotic setting, the unconditional love between Essun and Nassun brings warmth to readers’ hearts.
III. After reading Deep-thinking 
•What is the basic structure of a book review?
IV. Language focus
·Words & Phrases
Find out the expressions and fill in the blanks
take over     predict    match up with    opposite implication   long to   shed light on  
•1. This election has profound __________ for the future of US democracy.
•2. Do his words __________ with his deeds?
•3. The people sitting ______ us looked very familiar.
•4. He will ________ his father’s company this year.
•5. No one can _______ what the future will be like.
•6. He ______ help children in rural areas.
•7. Hopefully, future studies can __________ the reasons for the decline.
·Sentences
Complete the sentences
•1. Science fiction is probably the only genre ______ anything can happen.
•2._____(face) with Earth’s constant changes, the characters in the book react __ many different ways.
•3. Generational ideologies_____, the book also includes real-life race issues and even adds some irony __them.
•4. In the story, the dark-skinned people from the equatorial regions of Earth are regarded __ the advanced race, _____the paler people from the “Antarctics” are _____ as inferior.
•5. Yet _____the story’s chaotic setting, the unconditional love between Essun and Nassun brings warmth __ readers’ hearts.


Inspired by real life (P4)
烟台第二中学   孔洁
I. Lead-in
Are you a fan or superhero films?
Do you like alien movies?
What do you know about Hirokazu Koreeda and his film style?
II. While reading
·Skimming
Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of the passage
•It introduces Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda and his films, which focus on ordinary people.
·Scanning
Read the passage in detail and answer
•1. What’s the focus of Hirokazu Koreeda’s films?
•He usually features ordinary people in ordinary families.
•2. What’s the real skill behind his works?
•The real skill of the 55-year-old director lies in his ability to turn something ordinary into something extraordinary.
•3. What are the subjects of Hirokazu Koreeda’s films?
Like Father, Like Son      Whether it’s blood or time spent
                     together that connects parents with children

After the Storm             A writer, whose career is going
nowhere, has trouble keeping a
healthy relationship with his wife

Our Little Sister            Family life, including how the
characters prepare meals and their
conversations over their favorite foods
•4. Why doesn’t he like to be called a “humanist director”?
•Because he believes that no single director is able to fully capture the complexity of human nature. Instead, he decides to focus on the small details and humanity of his characters as much as he can.
•5. What makes his film appealing to the world?
•It is the personal subjects of his film that makes them appealing to the world.
IV. Language focus
·Words & phrases
Chose the words with similar meaning as the underlined words
in fact, successfully enter, attract, come to an end, contribute to, focus on
•1. Instead, he keeps his eye on ordinary people in ordinary families.
•2. His 2015 movie Our Little Sister made it into the final round of Cannes.
•3. And at this year’s Cannes, which drew to an end on May 19, Koreeda’s Shoplifters finally won him a Palme d’Or.
•4. But the truth is that Koreeda doesn’t really feel comfortable with the label “humanist”, as he believes that no single director is able to fully capture the complexity of human nature.
•5. In Our Little Sister, for example, Koreeda devotes a significant amount of screen time to showing how the characters prepare meals and their conversations over their favorite foods when they were little.
•6. This is probably why while Koreeda’s films all seem so “Japanese”; they also appeal to an international audience.
V. Discussion
•What’s your opinion on “humanist films”? Do you like them?

 


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