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Book 3 Unit 2
Reading for Writing
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Lead-in:Discussion
The characteristics of fable?
fable 寓言
It’s a kind of traditional short / long story.
It teaches a moral / practical lesson.
It’s usually a story with animals / real persons / virtual persons as characters.
Lead-in: The Morals of fable stories
Practice makes perfect.
More haste, less speed.
It’s never too late to learn.
Well begun is half done.
The Race Between Hare and Tortoise
Modesty helps one make progress,
while conceit(自负) makes one lag behind.
[heə(r)]
[ˈtɔːtəs]
[ˈmɒdəsti]
[kənˈsiːt]
A Lost Sword
People should deal with things
as the circumstances change.
[ˈsɜːkəmstəns]
Lead-in: The Morals of fable stories
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Seeing is believing.
No pains, no gains.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
What will you do if you come across a big stone in the middle of the road?
walk across it
ignore it
trip over --- get angry
move it away
...
Prediction
The Stone in the Road
What’s the type of the text?
It’s a fable.
harm?
My First Template
Part 1 (Para1-2)
Part 2 (Para3-7)
Part 3 (Para8-9)
Fast Reading
The king had an idea.
Different people’s emotions and response to the stone in the road.
The young girl got the gold.
Main idea of each part
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?
Read the fable below and answer the questions.
Read the fable below 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?
He put a huge stone in the middle of a road, and watched to see if anyone would move it.
Many of the people just got upset that the stone was in their way.
3 What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?
She thought that the money belonged to someone else and that it should be returned.
Exploring the plot
Characters
Milkman
Women with water
Young girl
Experiences
crashed into
shouted
went away
picked ... up
tripped over
limped away
worked all day
pushed ... with all her might
Learning
Reading
Thinking
Writing
Evaluating
Emotions
angry
sad
surprised
Other villagers
Complained about the stone
upset
Exploring the king’s feelings
Events
Feelings
saw
the milkman
saw
the women
saw
the girl
Learning
Reading
Thinking
Writing
Evaluating
saw
other villagers
Exploring the theme
The Stone in the Road
The ______________ in our road to _________________
Learning
Reading
Thinking
Writing
Evaluating
danger
setback
barrier
a better life
As an individual
As a citizen
a better world
girls: positively solve
How to tell a story?
The king wanted to teach people
by placing a stone on the road and hid .
under it.
Beginning
Many people just got upset and
. about it, leaving the King
.
Development
Climax
The king gave the gold coins to the girl for her
.
Ending
A young girl moved the stone with all her , only to find the
.
Chain of the story.
a lesson
in despair
might
gold coins
kindness
gold coins
complained
[ˈklaɪmæks]
Tell a story through
01
plot chain
情节链
Beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
linking words
How are the plots
added together?
The main idea of the story
A king taught his people a lesson by placing a stone in the road and watching different people’s emotions and responses when they came across the stone.
The stone in the road
Different people’s emotions and responses
Lesson
Milkman crashed into the stone and went away angrily.
Woman with water tripped over the stone and limped away in tears.
Other villagers complained about the stone but didn’t move it.
Young girl pushed the stone with all her might and succeeded in moving it.
A person who is responsible and considerate will deserve help or success, otherwise, one will miss the chance to get help or succeed.
课堂小结
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