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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
Enjoy a poem
What is the theme of the poem?
Can you list some acts of kindness?
What may kind people get in return?
Read and complete a story about kindness.
The key elements (要素) of a story:
A story
characters (who)
actions (what)
feelings (how + why)
settings (when + where)
A story always involves characters’ ongoing
actions and feelings in different settings.
3. What’s the style (风格)of the passage?
(记叙文) (议论文) (说明文)
1.What is the tense (时态)of the passage?
A. Simple present tense B. Simple past tense C. Simple future tense
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2.What is the person (人称)of the passage?
A. The first person B. The second person C. The third person
Step 2. Scan for the writing style
A. Narration B. Argumentation C. Exposition
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Background
Scene 1 (Para 1--4)
One day
When
Eric, Riley, a young teenage boy
Who
Eric helped the boy pay for medicine
What
Step 3. Read for the plot
Where
In a drugstore
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Background
Scene 2 (Para 5--7)
When Riley turned thirty
When
Eric, Riley
Who
Eric needed money for Riley’s operation
What
Step 3. Read for the plot
Where
In the hospital
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Characters
kind, generous, caring, responsible determined, optimistic
Eric
caring, grateful
Boy
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Foreshadowing
(伏笔)
Topic
Would Eric get the money for Riley’s operation? How?
Kindness is rewarded with kindness./Kindness pays off.
Prediction
Para 1: Eric suddenly noticed an envelope on the bed.
Para 2: He ran to the doctor’s office and hugged him.
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?
Q1: Who was the doctor?
Q2: What did they say?
Q3: How was Riley’s operation?
Q4: What life le