价的活动。这样有效地降低了难度,给学生一个适应的过程,以免学生一下子接触大篇幅的 作品,难以从整体上把握作品 经过基础篇的学习,小说的四大要素已经基本介绍完毕,学生的阅读能力也得到了一定 的锻炼,所以,提高篇的作品就不再分成小节,而是一气呵成、整体呈现,让学生进入真正 的小说欣赏阶段。 同时,每个单元在介绍新的文学要素的时候,也不断地滚动、复现前面已经介绍过的文 学要素,并引导学生用已经学过的文学知识来分析新的作品,不断地巩固和强化学生所学知 识。 根据《普通高中英语课程标准(实验)》的精神,本门选修课共开设9周(36学时)。本 书设计了6个单元。我们建议基础篇(1-3单元)的每个单元用两周时间来学习,学到提 高篇(4-6单元)的时候,学生的文学知识和欣赏能力应该有一定的提高,可以每周学习 个单元。当然,教师也可以根据实际情况灵活安排。 本书编委会主任刘道义,副主任魏国栋、龚亚夫
HOw TO READ STORIES To fully understand a story, you should read it actively To read actively, you can use the following strategies: Identifying Literary Elements Be actively involved in the story by asking questions about literary elements. Where does this story take place? How many characters are there in the story? What words would you use to describe their characteristics? How do the plot, characters, and setting work together to convey the theme? Comparing and contrasting To compare things, you look at what they have in common. To contrast things, you look at their differences Comparing and contrasting different characters or things can help you understand them bette Predicting As you read, make predictions about what will happen next. Writers usually try to create a world that resembles real life when writing a story. Therefore, bring your own experience to the story and make predictions about what the characters will do and what will happen next based on your own knowledge and experience of life. Identifying Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is the use of hints suggesting events to come. The hints may be comments made by the narrator, experiences or feelings of the characters, or even events in the plot. As you read a stor try to identify statements that seem to foreshadow events to come. For example, what do you think these statements will lead to later in the story? What actions and statements make you curious? Making Inferences Many times you should try to make inferences, or use information given to figure out something not statedAs you read on, ask yourself: what can I infer, or conclude, from these sentences? Summarizing Stop occasionally and summarize what you have read What ideas or actions seem important? What points are being made? How does one event relate to another? Try to see how all the pieces of the story fit together
Drawing conclusions Sometimes you must think beyond the words on the page to get the full meaning of the authors intention. You may draw conclusions by using the information provided to arrive at a decision or judgment Responding Finally, think about what the story means. What does it mean to you? What more would you like to know? How would you have acted in their place? How has this story added to your understanding of people and society? Have you enjoyed it? Why? We have given you some guiding questions in the footnotes, as examples of how to be actively involved while reading stories. We must make it clear that all these questions are merely examples You should not confine yourself to these questions. On the contrary, you should actively raise your own questions while reading Now, let us enter the world of stories actively and enjoy it
CONTENTS Stories lIterary Elements Recycling Unit 1 .Character: Major Minor The Open Window Characters (Pages 2-17 Character Traits Plot: Beginning. Rising Action Climax, Falling Action Resolution Surprise Ending nit 2 Characterization: Surprise Ending The Necklace Direct Indirect Character (Pages 18-37) Characterization Character Traits Dynamic & Static Characters Motivation Narrator Point of view: Third-person Point of View Unit 3 Setting Direct Indirect The Comeback Third-person Characterization (Pages 38-53) Limited Point of view Plot: Beginning. Theme: Stated Implied Rising Action Themes Climax, Falling Action Resolution Point of view
Stories Literary Elements Recycling Unit 4 Mood Plot: Beginning The Stolen Letter · Suspense Rising Action, Climax ( Pages 54-71) First-person Point of View Falling Action& Resolution Sett Motivation Direct &Indire Characterization Character traits Unit 5 Flat& Round Characters.Setting The Lady or the Tiger?.Dilemma Direct& Indirect (Pages 72-87) Conflict: External Characterization Internal Conflicts Plot: Beginning Rising Action, Climax Falling Action Re Point of View Suspense Unit 6 Natural Setting Setting Keesh Cultural Setting suspense ( Pages88-103) Third-person Omniscient.Dynamic&Static Characters Point of view Plot: Beginning Rising Action, Climax Falling Action Resolution Theme Narrator Point of View A Glossary of Literary Terms(Pages 104-105 Answer Key(Pages 106-107)