Unit 8 Literature Lesson 1 The last leaf 导学案-高中英语北师大新版（2019）选择性

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Unit8 lesson1学案
1.重点单词&短语：
2.作者介绍：
O. Henry whose original name is William Sidney Porter, American short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular the life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on a character through humor, grim or ironic(严峻或讽刺）, and often had surprise endings, a device that became identified with his name and cost him critical favor when its vogue had passed.
3.Text structure:


4.Timeline


5.Think and share
① What do you think Sue’s comment “it’s Behrman’s masterpiece” means?
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② What do you think the story is trying to express?
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③ Does the ending of the story surprise you? If yes, how? What do you think of such an ending?
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