内容正文:
Honesty
第五课时
Unit 4
Writing
初中英语沪教版(五四学制)七年级下册
Learning objectives
通过本课时学习,学生能够:
1. 通过剖析范文,梳理故事背景,掌握续写故事的方法,合理构思
事件发展、结局与人物情感变化;
2. 运用直接引语续写内容,增强故事的生动性和感染力;
3. 在续写中体会男孩诚实守信的品质,培养自身的诚信意识;
4. 借助写作评价量表,客观评价他人作品,提高批判性思维能力。
重点
重点
Free talk
1. Have you ever been helped by a stranger?
2. Do you trust strangers? Why?
Look and predict
1. Where were the people in
the picture?
2. What happened to them?
Look at the picture and predict the answers.
Read and fill
Read the given part of a story and fill in the chart.
Where did the story take place?
Who wanted to buy water?
What did the local boy do?
What happened next?
In a village at the foot of a mountain.
Some visitors coming to the village.
He offered to help the visitors buy some water.
The boy didn’t come back after several hours and one of the visitors thought the boy had cheated them for money.
Do these two sentences express the same meaning?
A. One of them thought, “Perhaps the boy
cheated us for the money.”
B. One of them thought perhaps the boy
had cheated them for money.
Think and answer
Direct speech
Indirect speech
Direct speech is a report of the exact words someone has said.
Indirect speech is a rephrased report of someone’s words, not using the exact ones.
Think and talk
A. The boy cheated the visitors for the money.
B. The boy did not buy water.
C. The boy got lost on his way to buy water.
D. The boy encountered (遭遇) danger on his way to buy water.
E. ...
Work in pairs. Talk about the reason(s) why the boy didn’t come back.
At that moment, up came another boy.
One of the visitors asked, “Hi, who are you looking for?”
“My brother promised to buy some water for you, but he only bought four bottles,” the boy said. “He had to go over a mountain to buy the other six bottles. Unluckily, on his way back, he hurt his leg.”
The boy told the truth in tears and gave the water to the visitors. The visitors were deeply moved. One of them wrote down the story and posted it on the internet. The village became famous.
Read and answer
After having bought four bottles of water, the boy went over a mountain to buy the other six. But he hurt his leg on his way back.
Read Lin Dong’s version and answer why the boy didn’t come back.
Read and fill
When at that moment
Who another boy, the boy’s 1. _________
What told the visitors the 2. _________ in tears;
gave the 3. _________ to the visitors
How the visitors: deeply 4. _________;
the village: 5. _________
Read Lin Dong’s article and fill in the chart.
brother
truth
water
moved
famous
Read and list
Read Lin Dong’s article again and list the examples of direct speech.
1. One of the visitors asked, “Hi, who are you looking for?”
2. “My brother promised to buy some water for you, but he only bought four bottles,” the boy said. “He had to go over a mountain to buy the other six bottles. Unluckily, on his way back, he hurt his leg.”
Direct speech appears inside 1. ______________________.
It usually has a 2. _________________________.
The most common reporting verb is “said”.
quotation marks (引号)
reporting verb (引述动词)
Read and answer
1. Why does Li Dong use the sentences of direct speech?
He uses direct speech to directly present the words spoken by the characters,
which makes the story more vivid and real, allowing readers to feel the emotions
of the characters more directly.
2. How does he use reporting verbs?
The reporting verb “asked” is used to introduce a question. It indicates that the
following words are a question asked by the visitor. The reporting verb “said” is
used to introduce the statements made by the boy. It simply shows that the
following words are the boy’s words. In this case, “said” is a very common and
neutral (中性的) reporting verb, suitable for presenting simple statements.
1. One of the visitors asked, “Hi, who are you looking for?”
2. “My brother promised to buy some water for you, but he only bought four bottles,” the boy said. “He had to go over a mountain to buy the other six bottles. Unluckily, on his way back, he hurt his leg.”
Think and summarize
What aspects can we find in this text?
Development of the event
Conclusion of the event
Introduction of the character
Plan your story
Plan your story by making notes about the following questions.
1. Why didn’t the boy come back?
________________________________________
________________________________________
2. What’s the ending of the story?
________________________________________
________________________________________
Complete the story
Complete the story. Use direct speech in your story.
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Share and vote
Work in groups and share your writing. Vote for the best story within the group. Write 1 (more improvements needed), 2 (fair), 3 (good), or 4 (excellent) for the ratings. (Give your suggestions if you have any.)
Standards Ratings
1. The reason why the boy didn’t come back is reasonable.
2. The story has a good ending.
3. The story is positive and uplifting.
4. Direct speech is used correctly in your story.
5. The tense used in the story is right.
Total points:
Summary
2
After learning this lesson, I can
1
complete the story according to the given part.
learn how to use direct speech in a story.
3
know the importance of honesty.
Homework
1. Revise and improve your story.
2. Preview Discovery.
Bye-bye!
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