V. Teaching Steps

Step 1. warming up

Purpose: To train the students’ self-reading ability and warm up.

(1)Self-study: Reading material on P23 About Mark Twain

(2)Teacher-students activity:

What’s the real name of Mark Twain?

When was he born and when did he die?

Do you know all the places where he lived?

Can you name three of his famous stories?

Step 2. Pre-reading

Purpose: To form a better surrounding for students by speaking and discussions. It will provide situation and background to read the play at the same time.

(1) Teacher-students activity:

1.T: If a rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like, for example, one million pound, what will you do? Why?

(2) Group work.

Do you want to know what happened to Henry Adams in THE MILLION POUND BANK-NOTE written by Mark Twain? Have you ever read the story? Have you seen the movie?

Step 3. While-reading

Purpose: To grasp the main ideas and some details of the text, while reading.

1. Scanning Get the students to comprehend the whole scene quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.

Questions:

1). How did Henry Adams come to England?

2). Where did Henry work? How much money did he have?

3). What did the two gentlemen give Henry?

4). When can Henry open the letter?

2. Second reading: Reading aloud

In this part, students will read the text again and try to understand the sentences and the main ideas of the whole scene.

3.Listening In this part, students will listen to the tape and try to find the characteristics of the whole scene. After that, teachers discuss the question with the students and then check the answer. And then the teacher as well as the students read the passage together, which will be served as the ground for the acting afterwards.

4. Acting

1. Students read the whole scene again and again and try to act it out. First in small groups and then several are chosen to act it out before the whole class.