高中英语Unit 1《The written word》课件 Word power（牛津译林选修8）.ppt

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1、 Unit 1 The written wordWord power Literature2021/8/11 星期三1Try to answer several questions：Are you interested in books?What kind of books are you particularly fond of?How many categories of literature can you name?2021/8/11 星期三2Discuss those questions in small groups,then write down all the categori

2、es said by students on the blackboard.2021/8/11 星期三3Read the article about different categories of literature in part A.Find out all the types mentioned in text.2021/8/11 星期三4Fill in the chart below2021/8/11 星期三5poetrydramaShort storyromanceScience fictionnovelNews articlebiographyautobiographyCateg

3、ory of literatureDescriptionFictionNon-fiction has a repeated rhythm focuses on feelings tells a story through action and speech first written and then performed on stage only a few characters a simple plot many characters a complex plot popular in a newspaper reports factual informationDescribes th

4、e life of a personDescribes the authors own life2021/8/11 星期三6Charles Dickens Dickens,Charles John Huffam(1812-1870),English novelist and one of the most popular writers in the history of literature.In his enormous body of works,Dickens combined masterly storytelling,humor,pathos,and irony with shar

5、p social criticism and acute observation of people and places,both real and imagined.2021/8/11 星期三7Keats，John（1795-1821），English poet，and an influential figure of the romantic movement.Keats was born in London.In 1816 he became a licensed druggist，but he never practiced the profession.Keatss first p

6、ublished poems appeared in 1816 in the Examiner，a literary periodical edited by the essayist and poet Leigh Hunt.Keatss first book was Poems by John Keats（1817）。His second volume，Endymion（1818），was attacked by two of the most influential critical magazines of the time，the Quarterly Review and Blackw

7、oods Magazine.John Keats2021/8/11 星期三8William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd.His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbringing.Shakespeare probably went to school but not university.Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets(a sonnet

8、is a kind of poem).He began working in his home town of Stratford but by 1592 was writing in London.He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford.William Shakespeare2021/8/11 星期三9Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington,New Zealand,into a middle-class colonial family.At

9、the age of nine she had her first text published.As a first step to her rebellion against her background,she withdrew to London in 1903 and studied at Queens College,where she joined the staff of the College Magazine.Back in New Zealand in 1906,she then took up music,and had affairs with both men an

10、d women.In 1908 she studied typing and bookkeeping at Wellington Technical College.Her lifelong friend Ida Baker persuaded Mansfields father to allow Katherine to move back to England,with an allowance of 100 a year.There she devoted herself to writing.Mansfield never visited New Zealand again.Kathe

11、rine Mansfield2021/8/11 星期三10Match the writers with suitable works according to part BKatherine MansfieldWilliam ShakespeareJohn KeatsCharles Dickens Great ExpectationsMiss BrillOde to NightingaleRomeo and Juliet2021/8/11 星期三11Answers to part C1.fiction 2.poetry 3.poet 4.drama 5.playwright 6.short s

12、tory 7.novel 8.romance 9.genres 10.non-fiction 11.biography 12.autobiography2021/8/11 星期三12Finish part C on page 7 in pairs,using part A and B as reference2021/8/11 星期三13Complete part D in pairs.You may consult a dictionary when you have questions.2021/8/11 星期三14Part D:1234567r e w r i t ew r i t ec

13、 o m p o s ec o m p lc o r c td a f td i t2021/8/11 星期三151.It is widely believed Jordan is a famous basketball player all time.2.Science fiction and romance are popular novel genres which are often found best-seller lists.3.Mr Beans performances tell a story or a joke facial expressions and actons.C

14、onsolidation Exercises:Fill in the blanks with suitable prepsofonthrough2021/8/11 星期三164.Poetry often focuses feelings,so people say those who are in love can writepoems nicely.5.Do you know John Keats,famous the beautiful poem Ode to a Nightingale?6.We call a book a person writes his/her own life a

15、n autobiography.onforabout2021/8/11 星期三17Complete the sentences below with these words:fiction drama poet novel news biography story genres2021/8/11 星期三181.Literature that is not true or factual is called .2.Science and romance are popular novel .3.is writing that tells a story through action and sp

16、eech.4.A like War and Peace has many characters and a more complex plot.5.Li Bai,a famous Chinese ,wrote many poems about nature and life.6.A book about the life of someone is called a .7.Ashort work of fiction with only a few characters and a simple plot is called a short .8.I like non-fiction lite

17、rature,especially articles in newspapers.fictiongenresDramanovelpoetbiographystorynews2021/8/11 星期三19Group Work:Try to find more information about different categories of English literature and some literary figures.Then share them with your partner.2021/8/11 星期三20Homework:Do the part A and B on page 106,of the workbook then complete the review in part C.2021/8/11 星期三21Thank You!2021/8/11 星期三222021/8/11 星期三23