1、Unit 6 Section B Reading Hansel and Gretel the Brothers Grimm Fairy tales are old, traditional stories. What is the text type? Is it a letter, a play, or a short story? Hansel and Gretel Before reading: SCENE ONE：_ Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us? Hansel: Dont worry! I have a
2、 plan to save us. Gretel: How can you save us? Hansel: Be quiet! Im going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep. SCENE TWO：_ Wife: Get up, lazy children! Husband: Yes, dears. You must come with me to the forest to get wood. Wife: Heres some bread. Dont eat it until you get to t
3、he forest. Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save
4、himself and his sister. Hansel and Gretel A play A play w_ w_ w_ w_ A story ho hat herehen main charactersplots and details h_ background ow Understanding the main characters: Hansel Gretel father stepmother an old woman husband wife the w_ familyhole ? wives One year, the weather was so dry that no
5、 food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this, and Hansel made a plan to save himself And his sister. Understanding the background If you were Gretel/Hansel, what would you do? I would made a plan kill
6、 save Conflict 冲突冲突 Understanding the plots (fast reading): The father should _ the children _ in the forest. Hansel went out to get _ and _ them along the way. white stones The children should _with their father again. Hansel dropped _ along the way instead. go to the forest Conflicts (冲突冲突) to die
7、 dropped pieces of bread leave what are their conflicts? the stepmotherHansel and Gretel who first time second time Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Understanding the plots: Hansel saved himself and his sister for the first time. Hansel wanted to save himself and his sister fo
8、r the second time. Part 1 Part 2 How do Hansel and Gretel find their way home? First, Hansel _ some white _ in the _. Then, he _ the stones _ the way. Because when the moon was _ bright, they could _ the stones. At last the stones could _ them the way home. sunshine gotstonesmoonlight dropped along
9、shining see lead A. take sb to sp. B. make sb do sth Understanding the details: Read Scene 1-3： Read Scene 1-3： Understanding the details: 1.What do you think of Gretel/ Hansel? 2.How about their stepmother/ father? SCENE FOUR Wife: You bad children! What a long time you slept in the forest! Husband
10、: We thought you were never coming back. Wife: Now, go to bed. As soon as you wake up, you must go to the forest with your father. Hansel: What, again? I want to go out to look at the moon. Wife: No. You cant go out now. Act it out! Understanding the details: How does the stepmother feel when she se
11、es Hansel and Gretel? Why cant Hansel go out to look at the moon? Understanding the details: 2. How does Gretel feel when she cant see the bread? 4. What does the writer use the word “beautiful” to describe the birds song? He is calm(冷静的冷静的). He believes that something good will happen. 5. What happ
12、ens next? 6. Is it a common house? Why? Scene 5-7 3. What do you think of Hansel? 1. Why couldnt they see the bread? Main characters Personality （性格）（性格） Stepmother father Hansel Gretel cruel, selfish, controlling cowardly, helpless brave, clever, kind scared, nervous, dependent Understanding the pe
13、rsonality: an old womans voice: Who is that? Who is brave enough to eat my house? Why does she use the words “brave enough”? Can you predict how the fairy tale will continue? Group work: Write a short ending. The ending (结尾结尾): What can we learn from the fairy tale? uWe should calm down(冷静冷静) and use our head when we meet difficulties. u We should be brave like Hansel. u We should never give up, then our dream will come true in the end. Homework: 1. Try to retell the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. 2. Think about how Hansel and Gretel will continue and act out.
