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Unit 2 Reading for Writing
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1 To get the main idea and the implied meaning of the fable “The Stone In the Road”
2 To know the structure of a review and write a review of the fable
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一:To get the main idea and the implied meaning of the fable “The Stone In the Road”
Activity 1: Look at the title of the passage and read the passage quickly, answer the questions.
1 What type of article do you think this is?
A. a joke B. a story C. a fable
2 What is the article mainly about?
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3 What is a fable?
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Activity 2: Read the fable and answer the questions.
1. What was the king’s idea for teaching an important lesson to his people?
2. What was the response from most of the people?
3. What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?
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Activity 3: This story presented different people’s emotions and responses when they came across the same problem. Complete the table according to the story.
Person
Experience
Emotion
Response
milkman
crashed into the stone
angry
went away
woman with water
other villagers
young girl
Activity 4: Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1.What do you think this fable is trying to tell us?
Do you think the king was wise? Why or why not?
2. Can you think of times in your own life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story? Give examples.
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