Book 7Module 3 Oliver asks for more

Book 7 Module 3Literature

Reading and vocabulary

Teaching Objectives:

1.Help the Ss to summarize the main idea of the passage by reading fast.

2. Asking and answering to know more details and get to know the beginning, the development and the climax of “Oliver asks for more.”

3. Appreciate the following three rhetorical devices in the passage exaggerations, emphatic sentences &inverted sentences.

4. Deepen the understanding of five characters by acting.

Teaching procedure:

1.Lead-in (pictures)(to introduce the topic and the main character)

2.Fast-reading ( Help the students summarize the main idea and know more about the plot by analyzing the beginning, the development and the climax of the extract)

1)Read the passage from Oliver Twist and choose the best summary

A .The boys in the workhouse decided that they needed more food. Oliver Twist said that he would ask the warden for more to eat. The workhouse managers decided that Oliver must be hanged.

B .The boys in the workhouse were starving and chose Oliver Twist to ask for more food .When Oliver did this, the workhouse managers were very angry and locked Oliver in a room.

C .The boys in the workhouse chose Oliver Twist to ask for more food. When he did this, the workhouse managers were very angry and sent Oliver out to work.

2)How many parts can you divide the passage into?

Oliver Asks for More

Part I(       )being hungry

Part2(        )being chosen

Part3(              )being locked

3. Detailed reading (Ask and answer to know more details and try to appreciate three rhetorical devices)

Task1 .Read the passage and then solve the following problems.

Para1.The living condition of the boys was very _____ and there they suffered from

___________________ badly.

Supporting sentences:

Para2-3 :

1.Why was Oliver chosen to ask for more food?

2.What did Oliver say to the warden that evening?

Para 4-13:

1.What was the reaction of the warden?

When Oliver asked for more, he was so ________that he had to________ the pot for support and spoke in a (n)_________ . However, he hit Oliver_________ with the soup spoon,seized his arms, held him and shouted for Mr Bumble.

2. What was the reaction of the managers who were having a meeting?

3. What was the reaction of Mr Limbkins?

Task2.Fill in the blanks according to the clue. (deepen the understanding of the clue)

The incident（事件）

Oliver asks for _____.

The reason of the incident

The boys were given so little food and slowly ________ for three months that they became quite ____ with hunger.

The process

of the

incident

One tall boy whose father had kept a small __________told his friends that he wanted to have another bowl of soup each day.

The boys had a meeting and decided

one of them should________________.

They wrote their names on pieces of paper and picked one out. ______was chosen.

The evening arrived. After the boys swallowed their soup, Oliver, _________with hunger and misery, came up to the warden and asked for more.The warden stared at him in ____________, then hit him on the head with the soup spoon, seized his arms and held him, shouting for __________

The result of the incident

Oliver was locked in a room and the next morning, a(n) ______ was put up, offering a(n) ________to anybody who would employ Oliver Twist.

4. Post-reading(Group work ) (By acting students can understand critical realism and the gap between the rich and the poor)

Work in pairs and act out the scene.

Scene 1 Oliver asks for more and how the warden reacts to Oliver’s begging.

Scene 2 The dialogue between Mr Limbkins and the warden.

5. Homework for consolidation

1)Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

astonishment    a785bpanion    courage     desperate   eager   employ            reward          seize      support        whisper

a). He tried to find work, but no one wanted to ______ him.

b). The boy______ the bowl of soup and started to eat it.

c). When Mr. Bumble returned to the room, the boys started __________  to each other.

d). Oliver and his ___________ had very little to eat.

e). When he told them what had happened, their faces showed ____________. “I don’t believe it!” one man said.

f) The child was weak from hunger and almost fell. “help him, he needs _______” said an older boy.

g). The boys __________ wanted to leave the workhouse.

h). It was very brave of him. He has a lot of _______.

i). They promised a ______ to anyone who could help them.

j). The children ______ explained what had happened.

2)Oliver Twist and other boys in the workhouse slowly  _____________  for three months and they became-____________________because each of them was_____only one bowl of soup.                      One day, the boys decided to choose one to __________the warden after supper and ask for more. And the boy who was chosen was Oliver Twist. ____________  with hunger and misery, Oliver walked towards the warden and told him that he wanted more food. The warden was in a785bplete                          ___________that he had to hold on to the pot for support. ________ had the boy asked again_____ the warden hit him and then ___________ Oliver’s arms while shouting for Mr. Bumble. A gentleman in a white jacket said that Oliver would be ____________  . Then the little boy was immediately locked in a small room.