Unit 10 American literature

Period 1 A Sacrifice For Love

Teaching aims:

1. try to get a good understanding of the text

2. improve the ability to read fast and pursue the designated information in the passage

3. try to retell the classical story out in their own words

Teaching procedures:

Step1. Pre-reading

Get a knowledge of O Henry before we really start to come to his works.(P87)

Step2. Fast –reading

Ask all of the students to read aloud the passage and finish the following questions .

True or False

1.The previous drama by Charles Dickens and the story by O Henry happened almost the same period.( )