单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,from Taicang Senior High,The Last Leaf,by O Henry,Learning Objectives,At the end of the class,youll be able to,know more about O.Henry and the short story-The Last Leaf;,know how to analyze characters;,appreciate short stories by analyzing some writing techniques.,O.Henry was an American short story writer,whose stories are set in his own time,the early 20th century.Many take place in New York City and deal with ordinary people.Among them,The Gift of the Magi,The Cop and The Anthem and The Last Leaf,enjoy huge popularity.,The Last Leaf,What do you know about the story?,characters?,plot?,ending?,Who?,What happened to them?,whats the ending?,Task one,：,Brief introduction,How to summarize a story?,Possible structure:,short but to the point,The last leaf,tells the story of,Johnsy,who _.While her friend,Sue,_,she_.To our great surprise,their neighbour,Behrman,_.At last _.,Three characters,What do you think of the characteristics of these three characters,Johnsy,Sue,Behrman,?,Johnsy,Sue,Behrman,Main characters,Personality,(what kind person he/she is),Examples(why),Johnsy,Sue,Behrman,Task two,：,Character analysis,I.Read&comprehend,pessimistic;,stubborn,considerate;,kind;patient,ambitious;,bad-tempered;selfless,waited to die(pinned her destiny to the survival of one last leaf),constantly encouraged Johnsy and attended to her carefully(stirring her chicken soup),For forty years he had been about to paint a masterpiece;a fierce little old man;shouted his contempt,sacrificed his life to save Johnsy,is a/an.girl/man,because she/he,or,In Line_,(words/sentences)tells us she/he is.,Focus on what they say&do,II.Think,What do you think of the title-The last leaf,？,“thread”,“Its Behrmans masterpiece-he painted it there”,a symbol of hope of life,“when the last one falls I must go,too”/Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was.,the last leaf,To Behrman,To Johnsy,a masterpiece,To the plot,Writing techniques,Understanding of the title,III.,Read further&think further,Writing techniques,“thread”,soup,Line 15-16;Line57-59,a surprising ending,dialogues,Line 1-24,feelings,Detailed description of objects,The last paragraph,How can people know the last leaf was painted by Behrman?,masterpiece,the things mentioned more than once in the story to help the plot develop.,Line 26-28;Line76-77,Line 58-62,logicality,(,逻辑性）,Behrman died only two days after he was ill.Why?,Line 66,Line 25-30,O.Henrys stories,Most of O.Henrys stories are set in the early 20,th,century,when the whole America experienced the Great Depression,(,经济大萧条,).,He praises the human virtues,(,美德,),of ordinary people in his stories who are at the lower class of the society but still strive for success despite this terrible situation and conveys his love and respect to these ordinary people.,Homework,1.Read the story again and try to find the differences between the Chinese version and the English version;,2.Read another O Henry short story to appreciate,and understand the love O.Henry convey.,Thank You!,www.51,搜集整理,