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1、Unit 5 Dream and Faith Part I: Learning the Skills Activity 1: Match the themes with the following stories. A. The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful. B. Idleness brings want. C. Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness. D. Unity is strength. E. Fine feathers dont make fine bi
2、rds. Story 1：C Story 2: B Story 3: A Story 4: E Story 5: D Activity 2: Review the texts you have read in the previous units and figure out the theme(s) revealed in each text. Discuss with your partner how these themes are developed and revealed in the texts, and comment on the techniques that the au
3、thors use to develop the themes. TextTheme(s)How the theme(s) is (are) revealed Comments The Story of My Life (Chapter 4) One could overcome a problem that seems to be insurmountable -Offered background information about herself at the beginning -Described the skillfulness and patience of Ann Sulliv
4、an -the key moment of epiphany “The Diamond Necklace” Vanity and pride can be expensive A great contrast between what life is and what life Mathilde fancies at the beginning Mathilde borrowed a necklace and had a moment of her fancied life, Madame Loisels vanity causes her to want to live beyond her
5、 means and her pride that prevents her from telling Madame Forestiere the truth. “After Twenty Years” Justice is higher than friendship “The Selfish Giant”Sharing can bring joy “Too Soon a Woman” True courage is love “My Father sits in the Dark” The love of family members “The three Little Pigs (V1)
6、 One should try his best “The three Little Pigs (V2) Truth might take a turn when the narrator is different “A Days Wait”Courage is Activity 3 Read the poem “Sea-Fever” by John Masefield carefully. Write your answer to each question and then discuss your answer with your partner. 1)What is the theme
7、, or message that the author expresses in this poem? The simple things in life may be the best. 2)What words are repeated to point out the theme? Without these words, do you think that the theme will be weakened or strengthened in the poem? Why? “all I ask” is used in all these stanzas to emphasize
8、that what “I” want is easy to satisfy. Without these phrases, the effect will be weakened. 3)What do you gain from this poem in terms of living a life? One can live a happy life without too many materials possessions. Activity 4 Read the following passage, and then complete the statements that follo
9、w. 1) The phrase “not the brightest bulb in the lamp” in Para. 1 means he is not smart at all. 2) After reading about Epaminondas dealing with the cake, the butter and the puppy, your impression about him is he is quite simple-minded-not able to adapt with the change of specific circumstances. 3) Th
10、e theme of this folk tale is give unconditional love and accept the differences between people. Part II: Case Analysis Activity 5 Read Text A and consider how the author develops the main theme of the story. Task 1 Understanding the text Work in groups or pairs and fill in the blanks with the missin
11、g information about how the author develops the main theme through a series of events and a twist with the last event. SoapyActionResultsYour Comments the 1st eventDined luxuriously at some expensive restaurant. The head waiter kept him from getting in. The snobbish waiter judged him by his appearan
12、ce. the 2nd eventBroke a shop window andwaitedforthe police to arrest him. The policeman did not believe he did it. Thepoliceman trusted only their own judgment. the 3rd eventAsked the waiters to callthepoliceby telling them he had no money for the dinner hejusthadata restaurant. Two waiters pitched
13、 him out. He again failed. the 4th eventAccostedayoung womanwhowas nearby a police Ratherthanbeing offended, the woman came to him joyfully. Thewoman, probablya prostitute,isa social problem. the 5th eventStartedtoyelland make a noisy scene in front of a police. The policeman did nothingconsidering
14、him as a university studentcelebrating theirvictoryin games. Thelawwas enforced differently towardsdifferent people. the 6th eventStoleawell-dressed mans umbrella. It turned out the man tooktheumbrella that didnt belong to him in a restaurant. It is ironic that a well-dressedman stole an umbrella. t
15、he 7th eventBeingtouchedby musicfromchurch Soapydecidedto restart. A policemancame overandarrested him. Theclimaxand endingisquite dramatic. Task 2 Responding to the text Write your answer to each question in full sentences. Then discuss your answers with your partner. 1) Why did Soapy want to be ar
16、rested and what does that tell us about the theme of the story? Soapy wanted to have a “nicer” place for the coming winter. The living of the poor in that society seems quite hopeless and abnormal. 2) What are the regular responsibilities of a policeman? How did the cop respond to Soapys several att
17、empts to get arrested and how does that help to develop the theme of the story? A policemans regular responsibilities include order maintenance and misconduct prevention. By letting Soapy go several times despite his attempt to get arrested, it showed the police was not doing their job. It further p
18、repared for the climax of the story and strengthened the theme. 3) When Soapy was moved by the anthem music near the church and planned to start over, he was arrested. What is the significance of this event in further developing the theme? This is the climax of the story which made a sharp turn from
19、 what has happened in the previous events and makes the readers feel strongly about the absurdity of the society. 4) Does the author convey his theme clearly in the text? How do you figure out the theme in the story? The author did not explicitly state the theme in the text. It was presented through
20、 the description of Soapys winter plans and what he had tried hard to achieve his purpose. 5) What impact do you think the unexpected arrest would have on Soapys regained faith to “battle with his desperate fate” and “make a man of himself again”? It might ruin his plan to restart his life and proba
21、bly he would lose his faith because of this event. Activity 6 Read Text B and consider how the author develops the main theme of the story. Task 1 Understanding the text Write your answer to each question in full sentences. Then discuss your answers with your partner. 1)Who is the protagonist and wh
22、o is the antagonist in this story? The protagonist is a woman and the antagonist is a boy. 2)What is the conflict mentioned at the beginning of the story? The boy tried to snatch her purse. 3)What leads to the encounter between the protagonist and the antagonist? The boy wanted to buy a pair of shoe
23、s but couldnt come up with the money needed. 4)What did the woman decide to do after the first encounter with the boy? She dragged the boy to her home. 5)Did the boy try to run away when he got a chance later? Why or why not? The boy did not try to run away when he got a chance at Mrs. Jones home be
24、cause he got treated well by Mr. Jones. Task 2 Responding to the text The dialogue plays an important role in the development of the theme of this story. Read the following dialogue excerpts and discuss with a partner how they demonstrate the theme in the story. The dialogue helps to develop the plo
25、t in which the theme is embedded. The first two dialogues introduced the first encounter of these two main characters as a background. Starting from the third dialogue, Mrs. Jones showed her concern for the boy by asking him to come along with her and wash his face. The following dialogues also reve
26、aled the kind heart of Mrs. Jones (not sending him to the jail and inviting the boy eat together with her). She also revealed that she made mistakes in the past but still warned that boy that he should not do illegal things in future. Task 3 Making a comparison between “The Cop and the Anthem” and “
27、Thank You, Mam” Write your answer to each question in full sentences. Then discuss your answers with your partner. 1) Are there any similarities between Soapy and Roger? Both Soapy and Roger were trying to do something bad to meet their own purposes. 2) Are there any similarities between the policem
28、en and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones? Both the policemen and Mrs. Jones did what they thought they should do when dealing with Soapy and Roger respectively. 3) What might happen if Soapy had met someone like Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones earlier in his life? Soapy might have become what he
29、 intended to become at the end of the story. 4) What might happen if Roger had met a policeman as that in “The Cop and the Anthem”? Roger might be sent to prison and became someone like Soapy or even worse. 5) What distinguishes Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from the cops and what are the conse
30、quences of these differences? Mrs. Jones educated the boy in her own way and possibly prevented the boy from going astray in his future life. 6) What are the respective viewpoints of the authors toward the disadvantaged (Soapy and Roger) and the powerful (the cops and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jo
31、nes) in your opinion? How does that serve the theme of each story? The authors showed sympathy towards Soapy and Roger but in “The Cop and the Anthem” the author portrayed the cops as not doing what they were supposed to do while “Thank you Mam” offered a positive image of Mrs. Jones. The different
32、treatment of the powerful makes these two stories developing towards different directions, each serving its own theme? 7) Do you think Mrs. Jones acted out of faith in the story? Why or why not? In what ways do you think a person of faith differs from a person without faith? Yes, she mentioned that
33、she had done something wrong as a youth but she would not tell. Part III: Language Study Activity 7 The following sentences are all from O. Henrys works. Find out the figurative device(s) in each sentence and discuss the effect with your partner. There may be more than one answer. 1)Hyperbole 2)Meta
34、phor 3)Hyperbole 4)Personification 5)Metaphor 6)Irony 7)Personification 8)Metaphor 9)Understatement 10) Personification 11) Personification 12) Simile 13) Personification 14) Metaphor 15) Personification Activity 8 Read the following lines of poetry and find out the figurative device(s) in each exce
35、rpt. Excerpt 1: simile Excerpt 2: hyperbole Excerpt 3: personification Excerpt 4: metaphor Excerpt 5: personification Excerpt 6: metaphor Excerpt 7: simile Excerpt 8: personification Excerpt 9: metaphor Activity 9 Read the following two stories and underline the different parts. What makes the diffe
36、rence? Discuss your understanding with your partner. In these two excerpts, the difference lies in the figurative use of language. In the second excerpt, there were uses of onomatopoeia (Thunk, thunk) simile (soft pine needles covered the ground like a soft brown blanket; as anxious as a fish out of
37、 water), alliteration (twittered and tweeted), hyperbole (the sky-scraping branches of trees), and personification (made his heart dance). It creates images in the readers mind. Activity 10 Read the following paragraph and then rewrite it using figurative language. 1)Using Alliteration: Tanysha sat
38、up late in her bedroom trying to study. Tanysha sat up late in her bedroom silently and studiously trying to study. 2)Using Hyperbole: She was an all-A student She was such a great student that anything less than a 100+ would send her sobbing from the room. 3)Using Simile: and tomorrows math test wa
39、s an important one. Tomorrows math test was as important to Tanysha as a candidates final election speech is in the presidential election. 4)Using Onomatopoeia: Lying back on her bed for a minute With a squeak of bedsprings and the crunch of crumpled paper, Tanysha lay back on her bed for a minute. 5)Using Metaphor: Tanysha started daydreaming about going to college and becoming a doctor one day. She started daydreaming about going to the ivory tower learning to become a disease fighter one day.