readers that people are willing to make sacrifice for their family despite the hardship of life. Structure The story plot reveals a clear development from the beginning,the middle and the ending,which is also the climax of the story.On the other hand,the story leaves a lot of space for readers to imagine what would happen afterwards. Language ability and learning skills: Already know: The students are in the third year of junior high school.They have already accumulated certain amount of linguistic knowledge for understanding the English text in this lesson.They have read a lot of stories in their reading lessons,so they know the basic elements of a story and have acquired the skill of reading a story efficiently such as Analysis of the summarizing the storyline and analysing the main characters. students Don't Know: 学情分析 However,the students haven't read much about the topic which involves love and sacrifice.Besides,many students may not have read Henry's stories in English before,so they are not familiar about the writer's writing style and the common themes of his stories. Psychological status: Students at Grade 9 are already in their adolescence.They are very curious about the topic of love,and they have previously read about romantic stories in Chinese.However,they may not know the other side of love is about commitment,devotion and sacrifice. 1.Students understand the story. Key points 2.Students understand the main elements of the genre of a short story. 教学重点 3.Students think about what they can learn from the characters and the story. 1.Students analyse the qualities of the characters. 2.Students analyse the theme of the story and connect it with their own Challenges daily life Solutions: 教学难点 1.Students learn to do role-play so that they can understand the characters better by imaging the characters'mental activities. 2.Students learn to understand the theme of the story by reflecting on similar experience of their own life.readers that people are willing to make sacrifice for their family despite the hardship of life. Structure The story plot reveals a clear development from the beginning, the middle and the ending, which is also the climax of the story. On the other hand, the story leaves a lot of space for readers to imagine what would happen afterwards. Analysis of the students 学情分析 Language ability and learning skills: Already know: The students are in the third year of junior high school. They have already accumulated certain amount of linguistic knowledge for understanding the English text in this lesson. They have read a lot of stories in their reading lessons, so they know the basic elements of a story and have acquired the skill of reading a story efficiently such as summarizing the storyline and analysing the main characters. Don’t Know: However, the students haven’t read much about the topic which involves love and sacrifice. Besides, many students may not have read Henry’s stories in English before, so they are not familiar about the writer’s writing style and the common themes of his stories. Psychological status: Students at Grade 9 are already in their adolescence. They are very curious about the topic of love, and they have previously read about romantic stories in Chinese. However, they may not know the other side of love is about commitment, devotion and sacrifice. Key points 教学重点 1. Students understand the story. 2. Students understand the main elements of the genre of a short story. 3. Students think about what they can learn from the characters and the story. Challenges 教学难点 1. Students analyse the qualities of the characters. 2. Students analyse the theme of the story and connect it with their own daily life. Solutions: 1. Students learn to do role-play so that they can understand the characters better by imaging the characters’ mental activities. 2. Students learn to understand the theme of the story by reflecting on similar experience of their own life