高中英语戏剧教学课例研究----The Million Pound Bank Note一、背景描述：众所周知,新人教版教材的教学目标是在义务教育初中英语教学的基础上，使学生巩固，扩大基础知识，发展听，说读写的基本技能，培养综合语言运用能力，教材更突出英语的交际功能。
在教学教法上，要求英语学科更具有学术性、知识性、和趣味性，并能让学生用英语进行阅读和写作及解决生活中的实际问题。
其次，改革还体现在英语教材的编排，除遵循每一单元的四项基本技能的训练外，选材上注重内容的多样性及时效性，题材注重全面性，包括记叙文、议论文、说明文及戏剧等，其主旨就在于通过各种体裁文章的学习，从中掌握词汇，及语法现象，同时领略到不同体裁文章的篇章结构和写作方式。
作为人类文化的一个重要组成部分，戏剧也在高中英语教材中出现。
英语戏剧教学是高中英语教学的一个难点,也是整套教材中的一个亮点。
说它难,是因为这些戏剧多由英文原著改编,除了由于时代及地域的落差造成的晦涩难懂外,还有一些生僻词汇和拗口的人名及地名。
说它亮,是指如果戏剧课上得好,会给整个学期带来一次学英语的热潮。
二、教材分析《百万英镑》是高中英语必修阶段接触的第一个英语剧本，这是根据马克吐温著名的讽刺短篇小说《百万英镑》改编，作者用漫画的笔法勾勒了不同的人物在《百万英镑》面前的种种丑态，幽默滑稽，趣味横生，就如同一幅世态讽刺画，令人忍俊不禁；作者还无情地揭露了资本主义社会金钱至上的残酷现实，也透射出整个社会的悲凉。
教学本单元是不仅要启发学生了解故事的思想内涵，还要引导学生通过戏剧的情节发展，了解英语戏剧的特点和要素，如时间、地点、人物、戏剧冲突、戏剧语言等等。
同时还可以利用剧本的朗诵和表演帮助学生改进语音、语调。
三、学生分析本班学生为高一年级平行班学生，大部分学生的英语基础相对薄弱，特别是部分男同学对英语缺乏学习兴趣。
尽管他们的认知能力比初中阶段有了进一步的发展，但是由于英语单词量贫乏，并没有形成用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力；另外，高一学生第一次接触英语戏剧的学习，对于英语戏剧的特点和要素可以说是一无所知。
因此在教学过程中，教师不必拘泥日常的阅读教学步骤，而要根据题材的特点进行教学。
初次教学实践Step1Warming up在学习戏剧的时候,教师首先应让学生透彻地了解剧本的时代背景及作者的创作意图,以此激发他们读剧本的热情和冲动. 因此，我安排学生阅读有关马克吐温的背景材料及其作品。
What do you know about Mark Twain? Do you know any of his works?Read the short passage on page 23 quickly and fill in the chart.Then give an introduction of Mark Twain(1835—1910): He is the greatest humorist of the 19th century American literature as well as a great playwright. Many of his plays are known to people all over the world. And The Million Pound Bank-Note is one of the best.Novels:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)(汤姆·索亚历险记）The Prince and the Pauper (1882)(皇子与贫儿)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1894)(哈克贝利·费恩历险记)2. DiscussionSuppose a rich person gives you a million pound bank-note, what will you do with it ? Give the reasons.（这一假设情景在剧本中成为了现实，从而揭开了本单元戏剧故事的序幕，为随后的戏剧冲突埋下伏笔。
提出这个问题不仅能激发学生的阅读兴趣，同时从学生的回答中能直接反应学生的价值观和人生观。
）Step2 Pre-reading1. First, give students a brief introduction of the storyTwo rich gentlemen made a bet on what would happen to a person if he was given a million pound note.Henry, the hero of the story, an American young man, sailed too far, drifted out to the ocean. A British ship, for London, passing by, fortunately saved him.2. Prediction :What would happen to Henry?Step3 ReadingFast reading1. Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the text.2. Ask Ss to finish the following exercises according to the text.(1) Which is the right order of the events according to the text?①Henry wandered in London streets.②About a month ago, Henry Adams was sailing out of the bay.③The next morning he was spotted by a ship.④Towards nightfall he found himself carried out to sea by a strong wind.⑤On the ship he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.A. ①②③④⑤B. ②③④⑤①C. ②④③①⑤D. ②④③⑤①Intensive reading1. Ask Ss to read the text again and finish Ex1 of Comprehending on P19.2. Ask Ss to talk in pairs and answer the following questions.(1) How did Henry Adams come to England?(2) Where did Henry work before? How much did he have?(3) What did the two gentlemen give Henry?(4) When can Henry open the letter?3. Ask Ss to read the text very carefully and finish the following table.4. Ask Ss to have a small discussion to draw a summary of the whole text.Step 4. Language point1. go ahead(1) 进行；发生The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned. 新桥的建设将会按照计划进行。
(2) 前进；继续做Despite the bad weather, they still went ahead with their plans. 尽管天气不好，他们仍按计划继续前进。
(3) 取得进展，取得进步He is always going ahead. 他一直在进步。
(4) (祈使句) 做吧，请吧—May I start now？我可以开始了吗？—Yes, go ahead.好，开始吧。
2. as a matter of fact 实际上，事实上As a matter of fact, he was blamed for his not handing in the homework. 实际上，他因未交作业而受到责骂。
3. by accident 偶然I found him in the airport by accident. 我在机场里偶然发现了他。
4. stare at 注视，盯着看It’s rude to stare at other people. 盯着别人看是不礼貌的。
5. find sb/oneself done/ doing/adj/n/prep-phraseWhen day broke, I found myself in a small village. 破晓，我发现我身处在一个村庄里。
I found myself lying on the bed. 我发现我躺在床上。
I found him difficult to get along well with. 我发现他很难相处。
Step5. Discussion.Discuss the questions in small groups:(1) What do you think will happen to Henry with the bank-note?(2) Will the bank-note help him or get him into trouble?Step6. Homework(1). Try to read the next scene by themselves according to the question: What will happen to Henry with the bank-note?(2). Review and copy the words and sentences patterns of the text.(3).Read Act 1 Sence3 fluently after class.初次实践的教学效果引入部分达到预期效果，能引起学生兴趣及渴望了解更多有关《The million pound bank note》的求知欲，所以学生都非常积极地课堂教学。