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1、 Unit 1 The written wordWord power LiteratureTry to answer several questions：Are you interested in books?What kind of books are you particularly fond of?How many categories of literature can you name?Discuss those questions in small groups, then write down all the categories said by students on the

2、blackboard.Read the article about different categories of literature in part A.Find out all the types mentioned in text.Fill in the chart belowpoetrydramaShort storyromanceScience fictionnovelNews articlebiographyautobiographyCategory of literatureDescriptionFictionNon-fiction has a repeated rhythm

3、focuses on feelings tells a story through action and speech first written and then performed on stage only a few characters a simple plot many characters a complex plot popular in a newspaper reports factual informationDescribes the life of a personDescribes the authors own lifeCharles Dickens Dicke

4、ns, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), English novelist and one of the most popular writers in the history of literature. In his enormous body of works, Dickens combined masterly storytelling, humor, pathos, and irony with sharp social criticism and acute observation of people and places, both real an

5、d imagined. Keats， John （1795-1821）， English poet， and an influential figure of the romantic movement. Keats was born in London. In 1816 he became a licensed druggist， but he never practiced the profession. Keatss first published poems appeared in 1816 in the Examiner， a literary periodical edited b

6、y the essayist and poet Leigh Hunt. Keatss first book was Poems by John Keats （1817）。 His second volume， Endymion （1818）， was attacked by two of the most influential critical magazines of the time， the Quarterly Review and Blackwoods Magazine. John KeatsWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon

7、-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbringing. Shakespeare probably went to school but not university. Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (a sonnet is a kind of poem). He began working in his home town of Stratford but by 1592 w

8、as writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford. William ShakespeareKatherine Mansfield was born in Wellington, New Zealand, into a middle-class colonial family. At the age of nine she had her first text published. As a first step to her rebellion again

9、st her background, she withdrew to London in 1903 and studied at Queens College, where she joined the staff of the College Magazine. Back in New Zealand in 1906, she then took up music, and had affairs with both men and women. In 1908 she studied typing and bookkeeping at Wellington Technical Colleg

10、e. Her lifelong friend Ida Baker persuaded Mansfields father to allow Katherine to move back to England, with an allowance of 100 a year. There she devoted herself to writing. Mansfield never visited New Zealand again.Katherine MansfieldMatch the writers with suitable works according to part BKather

11、ine MansfieldWilliam ShakespeareJohn KeatsCharles Dickens Great ExpectationsMiss BrillOde to NightingaleRomeo and JulietAnswers to part C1.fiction 2.poetry 3.poet 4.drama 5.playwright 6.short story 7.novel 8.romance 9.genres 10.non-fiction 11.biography 12.autobiographyFinish part C on page 7 in pair

12、s, using part A and B as referenceComplete part D in pairs. You may consult a dictionary when you have questions.Part D:1234567r e w r i t ew r i t ec o m p o s ec o m p lc o r c td a f td i t1.It is widely believed Jordan is a famous basketball player all time.2.Science fiction and romance are popu

13、lar novel genres which are often found best-seller lists.3.Mr Beans performances tell a story or a joke facial expressions and actons.Consolidation Exercises:Fill in the blanks with suitable prepsofonthrough4.Poetry often focuses feelings, so people say those who are in love can writepoems nicely.5.

14、Do you know John Keats, famous the beautiful poem Ode to a Nightingale?6.We call a book a person writes his/her own life an autobiography.onforaboutComplete the sentences below with these words:fiction drama poet novel news biography story genres1.Literature that is not true or factual is called .2.

15、Science and romance are popular novel .3. is writing that tells a story through action and speech.4.A like War and Peace has many characters and a more complex plot.5.Li Bai, a famous Chinese ,wrote many poems about nature and life.6.A book about the life of someone is called a .7.Ashort work of fic

16、tion with only a few characters and a simple plot is called a short .8.I like non-fiction literature, especially articles in newspapers.fictiongenresDramanovelpoetbiographystorynewsGroup Work:Try to find more information about different categories of English literature and some literary figures. Then share them with your partner.Homework:Do the part A and B on page 106, of the workbook then complete the review in part C.