内容正文:
Continuation Writing
By Sun Lijun
Learning objectives:
1. To improve and enhance some relevant skills of reading and writing.
2. To learn how to infer the story development based on the given information.
3. To have a deeper understanding of human kindness.
Step 1. Lead-in with a poem
Step 2. Scan for the writing style
1. What is the tense of the passage?
A. Simple present tense. B. Simple past tense. C. Simple future tense.
2. What is the person of the passage?
A. The first person B. The second person C. The third person
3. What’s the style of the passage?
A. Narration B. Argumentation C. Exposition
Step 3. Read for the plot
1. Complete the chart about the background of the story?
Scene 1 (Paragraphs 1--4)
When
Where
Who
What
Scene 2 (Paragraphs 5--7)
When
Where
Who
What
2. What adjectives would you use to describe the two main characters?
Eric
The boy
3. What is the topic of the story?
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4. Predict: Would Eric get the money for Riley’s operation? How?
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Step 4. Infer the development
1. Answer the questions according to the first sentence of Paragraph One?
Q1: What was in the envelope?
Q2: Who left the envelope?
Q3: What was the content of the letter/note if any?
Q4: How did Eric feel?
2. Answer the questions according to the first sentence of Paragraph Two?
Q1: Who was the doctor?
Q2: What did they say?
Q3: How was Riley’s operation?
Q4: What life lesson did Riley learn from the thing?
Step 5. Complete the story
Useful words、expressions and sentence structures:
行为类
打开信 open the letter
克制自己 contain/control oneself, hold back tears of ...
拥抱 embrace/hug
情绪类
惊讶 be surprised/shocked/amazed
感激 be grateful to sb. for sth., be overwhelmed with gratitude
开心 a wave of joy swept over sb.
升华句
无论多小,善良都不会被浪费。No act of kindness, no matter how small, i