Stages

Teachers’ activities

Students’ activities

Purposes

Lead-in

Invite students to enjoy the story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Enjoy the story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

To feel the humor and fun of the story and  elicit the topic.

Pre-reading

1. Introduce an important person ,Tom Sawyer.

2. Introduce the toys in the 19^th century.

1.Welcome Tom Sawyer.

2. Be familiar with the toys.

To get some background knowledge of the text to make it easier for them to understand the story .

While-reading

Prediction:

1.Have students make a prediction about the style of the text from the title.

2. Let students make a prediction about the main idea of the story according to the given picture .

3.Make students predict the beginning and the end.

Skipping:

Have students skip the first three paragraphs of the text and the last two paragraphs to find out why Tom was depressed at first and why he was happy at last.

Intensive reading:

1.Have students predict what happened between Tom and Ben.

2.Let students understand the structure of the story.

3. Read through the text carefully and find out what Tom did and said according to Ben’s words and actions.

4. Have students fill in the blanks.

5. Raise some more questions to further Ss’ understanding of the text.

Study reading：

Have the students read the text again and answer the question, “What do you think of Tom?”

 And have them find out the sentences to illustrate their ideas.

1.Guess the style of the text from the title.

2.Describe the picture with two or three sentences.

3.Guess whether Tom was happy or depressed and why Tom was depressed and happy.

Read the two parts and find out the reasons.

1.Guess what happened between Tom and Ben?

2. Understand the structure of the story.

3. Read the process of the text and find out what Tom did and said.

4. Fill in the blanks on the worksheet .

5. Read through the text again and answer some questions about the text.

Read through the text and try to answer the question , “What do you think of Tom?”

Try to find out some sentences from the text to support their ideas.

To arouse students’ interest of reading .

To set up suspense for students .

To have students get more interested in reading.

To improve students’ reading skills by skipping.

To improve students’ reading skills by predicting and careful reading.

To understand the text by intensive reading. 

To help students to further their understanding the text.

To help students to really know Tom.

Post-reading

1. Have students work in groups of five to make a short play of the story.

2. Invite students to make a short play for their graduation day.

1. Discuss in groups of five and try to make a short play.

2. Make a short play in the front.

To put language into use and enjoy the cooperation in groups as well.

Assignment

Oral work:

A: Read the text three times.

B:Read an e-book, the Adventures of Tom Sawyer by surfing the internet: www.ebookee.net

Written work:

A: Write at least eight sentences about Tom and his story.

B: Write an article on the topic “Tom Sawyer’s story” for Meiyuan school newspaper.

What did Tom have to do at first?

                How did he feel?

               What happened between Tom and Ben?

What do you think of Tom?

To consolidate what is learned.