内容正文:
A brown shell,
A red cover,
A white cute guy inside.
A riddle
Peanut
The peanut
Be Like A Peanut
9A Unit 4 Reading 1
Pre-reading
2. What type is this text?
It’s about peanuts.
1. What is this text about?
It’s an essay.
We can get the contents and type of the text by reading the guide.
Tip 1:
Know more about the writer
Xu Dishan (1893‑1941)
While-reading
How many paragraphs are there?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Can you divide them into some parts?
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 3
While-reading
What is the main idea of each part?
Part 1 (para.1)
Part 2 (para.2)
Part 3 (para.3-11)
Harvest peanuts
Talk about peanuts
Grow peanuts
Collect ideas
(para.3-6)
Find differences
(para.7)
Learn the lesson
(para.8-11)
Can you divide part 3 into some sections? The main idea?
While-reading(Part 1)
Where
Why
How
When
At the back of our house
It’s a pity …
Buying…, digging up …, watering …
In a couple of months
Further thinking
1. The writer lists 3 activities: buying, digging up, watering one by one. Why did he write these small actions?
It shows they took the work seriously and look forward to the harvest.
2. What role does Paragraph 1 play in the whole text?
It serves as the background and tells readers how the story starts.
Paragraph 1 often introduces the background and leads to later plots.
Tip 2:
While-reading(Part 2)
1. How did the writer’s family celebrate the peanut harvest?
2. What did Mother do with the peanuts?
They had a party to celebrate.
She cooked the peanuts in a few different ways.
Further thinking
From para.1-2, how do you think of mother?
Frugal
Caring
Educational
Hardworking
Mother is the one who starts everything, does everything, and makes everything meaningful.
We can learn more about a person from the details in the text.
Tip 3:
While-reading(Part 3[para.3-6])
1. What opinions do sister, brother and I give about peanuts?
sister
brother
I
Be delicious to eat
Make oil
Be cheap for everyone
2. If all three used “said”, would the picture be different?
Yes. “Said= plain report.
Took the lead/ followed/said =different personalities.”
While-reading(Part 3[para.7])
How did the father highlight the advantages of peanuts?
VS
While-reading(Part 3[para.7])
Questions Apples & Peaches Peanuts
Where are the fruit?
How do they look?
How do we know the fruit?
In the air
In the earth
Beautiful colors
Thin stem
See it directly
Dig it out
Writers often compare different things to make features clearer.
Tip 4:
While-reading(Part 3[para.8-11])
1. What is father’s opinion about peanuts?
2. How do you understand “And this is what I expect of you”?
It’s useful, though not attractive.
He expected children to be a peanut-like person.
Useful
Modest
Devoted
Analogical symbolism 借物喻人
3. How do you understand the last sentence?
The lesson has a lifelong influence on the writer.
Mother: frugal, caring, educational, hardworking
How about father?
Father: wise, be good at guiding, patient
Mother builds the stage.
Further thinking
Father delivers the lesson.
Together they influence children deeply.
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Post-reading(group work)
In daily life, who do you think is a peanut-like person?
Cleaners
Community volunteers
Medical workers
Gardeners
Teachers
Being simple in appearance.
Being solid in heart.
Being devoted in action.
Homework
Compulsory Tasks:
Write three sentences about the spirit of peanuts using useful, modest, devoted.
Optional Tasks:
Draw a mind map: two story lines, peanut’s qualities and the theme.
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