Unit13 Reading The Moonstone

By Wilkie Collins

Teaching aims:

1.To train reading skills of skimming and scanning by reading the given passage.

2.To know something about the Moonstone.

3.To learn how to read detective stories.

What have you already known about the story “The Moonstone”?

Say something about it.

Fast ReadingFind the characters mentioned in the text and pay attention to the relationships between them

An English man and his sister Franklin Rachel Verinder Godfrey Dr. candy The strange Indians The servants Sergeant cuff

Rachel

An Englishman(stole the Moonstone)

The strange Indians(entertain the guests)

Rosanna Franklin

Dr. Candy(A local doctor)

Sergeant Cuff(A detective)

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uncle

appear at

her party

fond of him

admirer Godfrey(A guest of the party)

Main ideas of the four parts

part4( Para.10)

part Main idea

Part 1 (para1)The Moonstone, stolen from India, was to be left to Rachel as an act of revenge.

Part 2(para2-5)

From the moment Rachel fastened the diamond to her dress, strange things began to happen. The diamond then was gone.

Part 3(para6-9)

Sergeant Cuff suspected many people for different reasons.

Sergeant Cuff has one vital clue: a smear in the wet paint on the door of Rachel’s sitting room.

( )1.The story really began in 1848 in England.

( )2.Rachel’s uncle left the diamond to her because he liked her.

( )3.The diamond was cursed and the man who stole the diamond would live a sad and lonely life.

( )4.Godfrey was Rachel’s childhood friend and he painted the door for her.

( )5.Franklin had an argument with Dr Candy.

( )6.Godfrey was an elegant and successful bachelor with many lady admirers. He asked Rachel to marry him ,but she accepted.

( )1.The story really began in 1848 in England.

( )2.Rachel’s uncle left the diamond to her because he liked her.

( )3.The diamond was cursed and the man who stole the diamond would live a sad and lonely life.

( )4.Godfrey was Rachel’s childhood friend and he painted the door for her.

( )5.Franklin had an argument with Dr Candy.

( )6.Godfrey was an elegant and successful bachelor with many lady admirers. He asked Rachel to marry him ,but she accepted.

True or false statments

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F

T

F

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( )7.Some Indian entertainers were very skilled and behaved strangely.

( )8.The servant Rosanna was very fond of Godfrey.

( )9.At the end of the party everyone left except for Franklin and Godfrey.

( )10.The Moonstone was gone the next morning.

( )11.Sergeant Cuff only suspected Indians.

( )12.Sergeant Cuff had one vital clue.

( )7.Some Indian entertainers were very skilled and behaved strangely.

( )8.The servant Rosanna was very fond of Godfrey.

( )9.At the end of the party everyone left except for Franklin and Godfrey.

( )10.The Moonstone was gone the next morning.

( )11.Sergeant Cuff only suspected Indians.

( )12.Sergeant Cuff had one vital clue.

True or false statments

F

F

T

T

F

T

Careful Reading

Part 1

1.Where and when was the story set in?

2.When did the story really begin?

3.Who gave Rachel the Moonstone?

4.Why did he give it to her?

1.Where and when was the story set in?

2.When did the story really begin?

The story was set in England in 1848.

It really began 50 years earlier.

3.Who gave Rachel the Moonstone?

4.Why did he give it to her?

Rachel’s uncle .

Because he wanted to revenge her mother for not speaking to him by passing on the Moonstone’s bad luck to Rachel.

Part 2

What happened

Before the party

During the party

After the party

Rachel and Franklin

1.Godfrey

2.Franklin

3.Indian entertainers

The Moonstone was gone

worked together on painting a door.

proposed marriage to Rachel and was turned down

argued with Dr Candy

behaved strangely

Part 3

The detective suspected so many people.

Who are they? And what are the reasons for suspicion?

The Indians Godfrey Dr candy

Rachel FranklinRosanna

He might have stolen the Moonstone as revenge for loss of face ,because Rachel turned down his proposal of marriage .

Godfrey

As with Godfrey, he lost face because of the quarrelling with Franklin.

Dr Candy

They followed the Moonstone around the world waiting for an opportunity to take it back to India .

Reason for suspicion

The Indians

Suspect

He gave the detective assistance. His enthusiasm was the reason why he was suspected ,because it was not his business.

Franklin

Rosanna

Reason for suspicion

Rachel

Suspect

Perhaps she had debts that needed to be paid .

Once a thief and acting strangely.She also loved Franklin and may want to make trouble for Rachel.

Part 4

What was the vital clue that Sergeant Cuff found?

The smear in the paint on Rachel’s sitting room door was not there during the party.

SummaryThe Moonstone is a huge yellow __________that was once part of a _________of the moon god in India.An Englishman,after __________three holy men,_______the diamond and brought it back to London.His sister was angry with him about his act. The man, in an act of _________left the Moonstone to his sister’s _________Rachel , a beautiful and __________young lady, intending to pass on his bad_________to her.And Rachel would receive the Moonstone on her ____________birthday.

diamondstatue

murderingstole

revengedaughter

wealthyfortune

eighteenth

From the moment Rachel the diamond to her dress, many unhappy and strange things at the party. At the end of the party, all the guests left except for and .The following morning Rachel found the was gone.Her mother the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the .As the story , the detective discovered some about the people in the house that night, and the why they might have stolen the diamond.He even Rachel and Franklin.Finally, however, he found a in the wet paint on the door of Rachel’s sitting room that was not there during the party. He thought it was a clue.

Franklin Godfreydiamond

hired

developedsecrets

reasonssuspected

smear

vital

theft

fastened

happened

1. Retell the story. 2. Who do you think is the thief?

Give reasons.

Homework