课堂教学设计首页主要内容栏备注栏The Rite of SpringBy Arthur MillerPart I Warming up:Will you be a good gardener A quick quiz!1. Where is the best location to plant tall or climbingplantsA. North side of the gardenB. East side of thegardenC. South side of the gardenD. Westside of the garden2. Tomato plants that are “determinate” are more bushyplants, and tomato plants that are 'indeterminate' aremore viny plantsTrue False3. Potatoes are in what familyA. Carrot Family (Umbelliferae)B. Tomato Family (Solanaceae)C. Pea Family (Leguminosae)D. Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae)4. What is the best level of soil ph for MOST plantsA. -B. -C. -D. -5. Pine needle mulch lowers the ph level of soil whilepeat mossraises the ph level.True False6. When a plant has beautiful lush foliage, but almostno fruit, theplant has an overdose of:(Ans: One 8-letter word)7. Tomato leaves that are purple and thin is a pretty goodsign thatthey are lacking Potassium.True False8. Potato plants want lots of organic matter in the soilfor thepotatoes to grow better.True FalseNow Check Your Answer!备注栏1. North side of the garden.When the tall plants are planted on the north side, they don't block the sun from other smaller plants and alsokeep down the north winds.2. True. If you don't want to stake, you will wantdeterminate. If not, go with indeterminate.3. Tomato Family (Solanaceae). Eggplant, Tomato,Tomatillo, Potato, and Pepper are all in the tomatofamily.4. - . Most plants require ph levels of 6-7, but a fewcan tolerate like corn, carrots, and potatoes. Otherscan grow well in soil ph of like cabbage andcauliflower.5. False.Pine needle mulch and peat moss are good for alkalinesoils because they lower the ph level.6. Nitrogen.Nitrogen will help produce lush foliage, but too muchwill make the plant concentrate on the leaves insteadof the fruit.7. False.They lack phosphorus when the plants look like that.8. False.Too much organic matter will cause scabbing on thepotatoes.Part II Background InformationArthur Miller 1915-2005A Harlem-born Polish-Jewish boyMajored in journalism at University of MichiganWrote first play in 1936Received BA in English in 1938First successful play: All My Sons, 1946Huge success: Death of a Salesman, 1949The Crucible, 1953About Salem Witchhunt in 1692HUAC (House Un-American ActivitiesCommittee), anti- communist McCarthyismAttended a HUAC hearing in 1956, refusing togive names; sentenced to a $500 fine or thirtydays in prison, blacklisted, and disalloweda US passportConviction overturned in 1958备注栏Return to theatrical success: The Price, 1968Experimental drama in 1970s, unsuccessfulKept writing until 2004One of the greatest dramatists of the twentiethcenturyPolitically engaged, commercially successful,social playsNumourous awards and honors:Three Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prize forDeath of the Salesman in 19491965, Elected the first Americanpresident of International Pen1993, awarded the National Medal of Arts2001, selected for the Jefferson Lecture, the government's highest honorfor achievement in the humanitieshis marriageMary Slattery, college sweetheart, 1940Marilyn Monroe, 1956Brief affair in 1951Accompanied Miller to his 1956 trialMade The Misfits with Miller as thescriptwriterDivorced in 1961Inge Morath, 1962Son Daniel born with Down Syndrome;institutionalized at Miller’s insistenceSon-in-law, English actor Daniel Day-LewisPart III Text Understanding1. StructureI. Gardening as a celebration of the coming spring (1-2).II. Why gardening (3-10)Gardening involves conflict and choice-making.Gardening teaches you about nature.Gardening is neurotic and moral.Gardening helps character building.III. Gardening enables people to stay hopeful for thefuture. (11-12)2. GenreEssayA short piece of prose often written from the author’s personal point of viewVague definition, great variety: literary, political, academic, journalistic, argumentative, expository, etc . Aldous Huxley: a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anythingPersonal and the autobiographical: these use "fragments of reflective autobiography" to "look at the world throughthe keyhole of anecdote and description ".Objective and factual: in these essays, the authors "do not speak directly of themselves, but turn their attention outward to some literary or scientific or politicaltheme".Abstract-universal: these essays "make the best ... of allthe threeworlds in which it is possible for the essay to exist".Types of essay Formal & Informal, Impersonal & Familiar Post-Montaigne, the essay split into two distinct modalities: one remained informal, personal, intimate, relaxed, conversational, and often humorous; the other dogmatic, impersonal, systematic, and expositoryStructure : rather loose, shapelessSamuel Johnson: "an irregular, indigested piece, not aregular and orderly performance."Voice : usually “I”Re ader’s role :The reader generally believes what the essayist says istrue; he has been called on tojoin in the making of meaningFamous essayistMichel de Montaigne, first to use the term in Essais , 1580Francis Bacon , “Of Studies”William HazlittCharles LambRalph Waldo Emerson3. Theme“The Rite of Spring”rite: a solemn ceremony or act; a set of fixed words oractsThe Rite of Spring by Stranvinsky: a sacred pagan ritual where the wise elders are seated in a circle and are observing the dance before death of the girl whom they are 备注栏备注栏offering as a sacrifice to the god of Spring in order togain his benevolenceWhat does “The Rite of spring” refer to in this textHow is gardening a rite Does gardening carry any symbolic meaningIs gardening a celebration of springPart IV: Writing devicesIronyDefinition:the surface meaning and the underlying meaning of what issaid are not the sameIrony consists in stating the contrary of what is meantTypes of ironyVerbal irony is a disparity of expression and intention Dramatic irony is a disparity of awareness between actorand observerSituational irony is the disparity of intention andresultCan you find where the irony is in “The Rite of Spring”TitleTime of writingVerbal ironyPart V: Language Understandingpatch: n. a small piece of land (尤指种菜用的)小块土地;vt. repair, solve，mask 修补；解决；掩饰vi. 打补丁relatively: fairly相对的来说a bunch of : 一堆tell apart from : distinguish (...) from 区分eg . Can you distinguish right from wrong 你能分清是非吗store-bought : bought in the store 店里买的eg. Though cards can be store-bought, but hand-made ones mean more .尽管卡片可以在店里买的，但亲手做的更有意义。