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111Module 2 Fantasy literaturePeriod one：Introduction and ReadingWarming up by learning about “Philip Pullman” Philip Pullman was born in Norwich on 19th October 1946. The early part of his life was spent travelling all over the world, because his father and then his stepfather were both in the Royal Air Force. He spent part of his childhood in Australia, where he first met the wonders of comics, and grew to love Superman and Batman in particular. From the age of 11, he lived in North Wales, having moved back to Britain. It was a time when children were allowed to roam anywhere, to play in the streets, to wander over the hills, and he took full advantage of it. His English teacher, Miss Enid Jones, was a big influence on him, and he still sends her copies of his books. After he left school he went to Exeter College, Oxford, to read English. He did a number of odd jobs for a while, and then moved back to Oxford to become a teacher. He taught at various middle schools for twelve years, and then moved to Westminster College, Oxford, to be a part-time lecturer. He taught courses on the Victorian novel and on the folk tale, and also a course examining how words and pictures fit together. He eventually left teaching in order to write full-time. His first published novel was for adults, but he began writing for children when he was a teacher. Some of his novels were based on plays he wrote for his school pupils, such as The Ruby In The Smoke. Philip still lives in Oxford, and he writes in a shed at the bottom of his garden. The shed contains two comfortable chairs (one for writing in, one for sitting at the computer in), several hundred books, a six-foot-long stuffed rat which took a part in his play Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror, a guitar, a saxophone, as well as the computer, decorated with dozens of brightly coloured artificial flowers attached to it by Blu-Tack. Blu-Tack plays a big part in Philip Pullmans writing process. With it he sticks to the wall pictures, notes, posters, reminders, postcards, book jackets, anything that will stay there. Another product of technology that Philip cant do without is Post-it Notes, the smallest yellow ones in particular. They are very useful for planning the shape of a story: he writes a brief sentence summarising a scene on one of them, and then puts them on a very big piece of paper which he can fill with up to sixty or more different scenes, moving them around to get the best order. Philip Pullman believes firmly in the virtues of healthy exercise and a moderate diet - for other people. It makes them feel virtuous, and makes them feel good if not happy. The most exercise he normally takes is unscrewing the top of the whisky bottle. If he liked the taste of tobacco, he would smoke vigorously. He is fond of sport, and plays it by watching television. He is a big fan of Neighbours, but that is the only soap he watches, as Neighbours gives him quite enough to think about. He is married to Jude. Their son Jamie is a viola player, and their younger son Tom studies music at university. As far as he can tell, Philip Pullman is moderately harmless and useful. He would like to carry on doing what hes doing now, and there seems no reason why he shouldnt, but if it suddenly became against the law to write stories, he would break the law without a seconds hesitation.IntroductionNew words and expressions in the module:1. Ask the students to read the new words by themselves for a few minutes. 2. Explain some of the new words and expressions.3. Read the new words and expressions for students to follow.Step 1Practice Allow the students a few minutes to read the new words. After that, ask the students to read together and then correct the wrong pronunciation.Page 11, Activity 1: ask the students to read the short passage here and underline words and phrases that show it is a fantasy story. After a while, collect the answers.Step2Practice 1 Activity2 on page11: ask the students to read the passage again and answer the questions about the words and phrases in the box. After enough time, collect the answers.Step3Discussion Pair work: Discuss the five questions in Activity 3.The whole class discusses the three questions in Activity 3. Allow students to give different opinions and their reasons.Step 4Practice :Do the exercises in the Wb module2, vocabulary.ReadingStep 1Review the main words learned last class:1, Ask the students to explain the main words learned last class.2, review the language points in the first three paragraphs.3, ask a few students to read the first three paragraphs.Step 2Presentation:First, ask the students to read the text, correcting wrong pronunciation. Second, explain the text, writing the language points on the blackboard.Main language points in the text.1, again he leaped back, but less far and with less fear this time.Less加在名词或形容词前表示程度的减弱，意义与more正相反Jack is less rich than Tom.= Tom is richer than Jack. OR Jack is not so rich as Tom 2, stand still 站着不动 still, adj. 静止的 sit / lie still3, shine down:照射下来 The hot sun shone down on the meadow. 太阳火辣辣的照着草地。Step 3Practice Go through the language points together with the students. Ask them to read the text again and again. Homework:1. Review the text after class.2. Remember main language points in the text. 111
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