Lesson plan1.Material analysisThis text is an excerpt, “THE PROPOSAL”, from a famous novel, Pride and Prejudice Text type: narrationStructure: (Para 1) Dr. Darcy proposed. (Para 2) Elizabeth was surprised and declined. (Para 3-8) Dr. Darcy asked for the reason why he was turned down and Elizabeth told him the reasons against marrying Dr. Darcy.(Para 9-11) Dr. Darcy and Elizabeth both grew angry. Dr. Darcy was heart-broken and left hastily.Vocabulary: in vain, decline, arrogant, at length, enquire, against ones will, think ill of, do everything in ones power, rejoice, hastily.Illustration: a picture of the opera, Pride and PrejudiceTask: watching the video, skimming and answering questions, careful reading, filling the form, making a dialogue2.Student analysis Students of the second year of senior high school may have already read the translation version of the Pride and Prejudice, or at least have heard about this story so it is proper to introduce this topic- proposal at this time. Their interests in romance, relationship at this age make it easier to involve them in the class. Student critical thinking have developed to some extent, they will be able to think about the situation Elizabeth was confronted with and find out the reasons for her marrying or against marrying Dr. Darcy. The tense of this text is mainly past simple tense and present simple tense, so student and understand this text as long as the new words of the text are learned beforehand. Therefore, the focus of this reading lesson will be guiding the student to analyze the situation that Elizabeth was faced with.3.Teaching objectivesBy the end of this lesson, students will be able to:(1). Understand important vocabulary items in bold (i.e., in vain, decline, arrogant, at length, enquire, against ones will, think ill of, do everything in ones power, rejoice, hastily) in the reading context.(2). Talk about the situation that Elizabeth was facing with and describe the characteristic of Elizabeth and Dr. Darcy in English; use appropriate reading skills such as skimming, scanning, guessing word meaning, making references, etc. for special reading purposes.(3). Develop cooperative learning strategies and critical thinking skills through group work of finding out Elizabeths reasons for marrying Dr. Darcy, and her reasons against marrying Dr. Darcy. (4). Learn how to appreciate a famous novel and become interested in classical and original English literature.(5) Understand the importance of communication when in disagreement with others.4. Teaching methods and teaching aidsTeaching methods: communicative language teaching approach, task-based language teaching approach.Teaching aids: PPT slides, videos5. Teaching proceduresStageStage aimTeacher activitiesStudents activitiesTimePreparationRecall ss memories of famous English literature, arouse ss interest in Pride and PrejudiceAsk ss to recall the English literature they had read before and show the picture of Pride and Prejudice.Enjoy the pictures and get prepared for the topic of the class2minBrainstorm the main plot Get ss talk about the Discuss the main plot of the novel that ss remembermain plot and invite one s to show it in group (leading by the ss that have read the story before) Arouse ss interest in the proposal, involve ss in the activitiesShow a video introducing Pride and Prejudice and the plot before the “proposal” Enjoy the video and get prepared for the proposal 5minHave an impression of Dr. Darcys and Elizabeths characteristicShow ss pictures of Dr. Darcy and Elizabeth, let ss talk about their characteristicDiscuss Dr. Darcys and Elizabeths characteristic 4minPre-readingLearn vocabulary and difficult sentences in the text Show ss the vocabulary with pictures in this textRead the vocabulary aloud and understand the meaning of the difficult sentences7minlearn how to find the main idea of a textLead ss to skim the text for the main idea and answer question 1 after the text Skim the text and discuss in group about the reason why Elizabeth refuse Dr. Darcy and why Dr. Darcy sure that she would accept him4minWhile-readingKnow about more details of the proposalLead ss understand the text, specially the dialogue between Elizabeth and Dr. DarcyRead the text carefully, discuss with partners about the reasons for her marrying or against marrying Dr. Darcy and fill in the form of question 27minKnow more about the characteristic of Dr. Darcy and ElizabethLead ss to sum up the characteristic from their dialogue Discuss the characteristic in group and have a competition between 4min6. Blackboard design“THE PROPOSAL” from Pride and Prejudice7. JustifyThis lesson plan focus on improving students ability to skim the text to get the main idea and to read the text carefully for some detail information. The class begin with activities that can draw ss attention to the class and can arouse their interest. With the warming up above, ss wil