内容正文:
Mid-term Review
Continuation Writing
Giant
①Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. The birds sat on the trees and sang. One day the Giant came back after visiting his friend. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden. “What are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff(粗哑) voice, and the children ran away.
②“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant, “I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.” So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice board—INVADER WILL BE ACCUSED.
③Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the Giant it was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
④The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost. “Spring has forgotten this garden,” they cried, “so we will live here all the year round.” The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak(披风), and the Frost painted all the trees silver. “I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming,” said the Giant, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden.
⑤The Spring never came, nor the Summer. It was always Winter there, and the Frost and the Snow danced about through the trees. One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King’s musicians passing by. It was really only a little linnet(红雀) singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. “I believe the Spring has come at last,” said the Giant and he jumped out of bed to have a look outside.
Para 6: Surprisingly, he saw a most wonderful sight.
Para 7: With these words in mind, the Giant decided to help the crying boy.
Read the plot
From: 2023年温州十校期中考
1.Read and complete the “Plot Mountain”
2.Analyze the changes of Giant’s feelings
3.Try to summarize the main idea of the story
Setting:
Para____
Rising action:
Para______
Climax:Para______
Falling action:
Para_______
Ending:
Para______
Read the plot
Setting:故事的开端,通常作者会在这个阶段介绍背景,或设置场景,介绍故事的人物等
Rising action :故事的发展,也是引出冲突或矛盾的过程
Climax :故事的高潮,也是冲突最为猛烈的地方,通常是最能激发读者阅读欲望的情节
Falling action:故事的下降阶段,逐渐收尾
Ending :故事的结局。
Read the plot
Setting(Para1,2):
The Giant returned and f_______ the kids to play in his garden.
Rising action(Para3,4):
The Giant’s garden was c____and _______(life) with no birds singing or trees b________ .
Climax(Para5):
One day, the Giant heard some lovely music.
Falling action(Para6):
Suddenly, the Giant saw a wonderful sight.
Ending(Para7):
The Giant decided to help the crying boy and realized a lesson.
angry
puzzled and confused
surprised, regretful and ashamed
excited?relieved?delighted?
forbad
cold
lifeless
blossoming
relieved?
“What are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff(粗哑) voice, and the children ran away.
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant, “I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.”
So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice board—INVADER(入侵者) WILL BE ACCUSED.
Read the character
Selfish
Q:What kind of person is the Giant? State your reasons.
Read for theme
Learn to share/Sharing is the true happiness.
Selfish
Selfless
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant, “I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.”
With these words in mind, the Giant decided to help the crying boy.
2.用颤抖的声音回答道
1.真诚的语气补充道
4.痛苦地尖叫
7.轻柔的语气安抚道
6.粗声粗气地嚷到
3.用悦耳的声音说道
5.着急的问道
Ⅰ. How to “say” emotionally?
added with a sincere tone
answered in a trembling voice
said in a pleasant voice
screamed/cried out in a painful voice
comforted in a soft voice
shouted in a rough voice
asked in an anxious voice
8.用深情的(affectionate)声音宽慰到(console)
consoled in an affectionate voice
cried in a very gruff(粗哑) voice
say in a ... voice/with a...tone
Read for language
Original version:
Only in the garden of the Giant it was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost. “Spring has forgotten this garden,” they cried, “so we will live here all the year round.” The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak(披风), and the Frost painted all the trees silver.
The Spring never came, nor the Summer. It was always Winter there, and the Frost and the Snow danced about through the trees.
Version one:
Only in the garden of the Giant it was still winter. There were no birds or children, and the trees didn’t blossom.
There were only Snow and the Frost.”Spring has forgotten this garden,” they said,” so we will live here all the year round. The grass was covered up by the snow, and the trees were all white.
The spring never came, and the Summer didn’t come. It was always Winter there, and the Frost and Snow could be seen through trees.
Read for language
What rhetorical device(修辞手法) is used here?
The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost.
“Spring has forgotten this garden,” they cried, “so we will live here all the year round.” The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak(披风), and the Frost painted all the trees silver.
The Spring never came, nor the Summer. It was always Winter there, and the Frost and the Snow danced about through the trees.
Read for language
personification
nor would the Summer come
1.The Spring never came, nor the Summer.
仿写:我既没有很多钱,也不能做能力以外的事情(a great deal of, beyond the limits of one’s power)
Read for language
I didn’t have a great deal of money, nor would I do jobs beyond the limits of my power.
nor would sb. do sth.
ⅠⅠ. Sentence Imitation
2.①The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak(披风), and the Frost painted all the trees silver.
②It was always Winter there, and the Frost and the Snow danced about through the trees.
仿写:春天来了,草地变成了(paint)绿色。乍一看,整座山仿佛披上了绿色的斗篷。 春天终于来到了这里,伴随着啾啾叫(twitter)的小鸟们和微风(breeze)在树丛间穿梭。
①The spring came and painted all the grass green.
②At the first sight, the whole mountain seemed to be dressed in a green cloak./The whole mountain seemingly wore a green cloak.
③It was eventually Spring there, with the birds twittering and the Breeze dancing about through the trees.
ⅠⅠ. Sentence Imitation
personification
Predict the plot
Para1: Surprisingly, he saw a most wonderful sight.
Q1:What’s the most wonderful sight?
Q2:What happened to the crying boy?
Q3:What are the words?
Para2: With these words in mind, the Giant decided to help the crying boy.
Q1:How did Giant help the crying boy?
Q2:How about the Spring?
Q3:What lesson did the Giant get?
Key points:
1.(321原则)“三衔接、两过渡、一靓尾”
2.通过段首句中的关键词设问,推动情节发展
3.尝试回答问题,构建协同的故事情节
Design the details
Para1: Surprisingly, he saw a most wonderful sight.
Q1:What’s the most wonderful sight?
Q2:What happened to the crying boy?
Q3:What are the words?
Wonderful Sight: children playing, tree blossoming, birds singing, flowers etc.
Crying boy: a trouble that Giant could help---reach the top of the trees?get the crying boy off the trees?
Possible words: how selfish?--decided to help?
Be consistent(协同原文)
Design the plot
Para2: With these words in mind, the Giant decided to help the crying boy.
Q1:How did Giant help the crying boy?
Q2:How about the Spring?
Q3:What lesson did Giant get?
The way to help: hold the crying boy to the top of the trees
(Chain of action:approach-bend down- take him in his hands-put up)
How about Spring?(Spring eventually came.--trees? birds?other children?)
Lesson: share the garden with children(the high wall?)
Be consistent(协同原文)
Surprisingly, he saw a most wonderful sight. In the branches of the trees were sitting little children. The trees were so glad that they had covered themselves with blossoms. The birds were flying about twittering with delight. The flowers were looking up through the green grass laughing. In a corner remained winter and a little boy was crying bitterly for he could not reach up to the branches of the tree. “How selfish I have been!” he said with a regretful tone, “now I know why the Spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree.”
Possible version
With these words in mind, the Giant decided to help the crying boy. Stepping into the garden, the Giant saw the children all running away frightened. Only the little boy did not run, for he was too sad to notice him coming. The Giant approached, took him gently in his hand and put him up into the tree. Suddenly, the tree broke into blossom and the birds came and sang on it. Seeing this, the other children ran back and with them came the Spring. “It is your garden now, little children,” said in relief the Giant and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall.
A selfish Giant
Oscar Wilde
Homework:
1. Finish the writing
2. Try to use“say in a...voice/tone” and personification
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