1、UNIT 2Share your opinions about a moral storyPeriod SixWritingA review of a moral fableThe main idea of the storyA king taught his people a lesson by placing a stone in the road and watching different peoples emotions and responses when they came across the stone.The stone in the roadDifferent peopl
2、es emotions and responsesMoral lessonMilkman crashed into the stone and went away angrily.Woman with water tripped over the stone and limed away in tears.Other villagers avoided the stone but didnt move it.Young girl pushed the stone with all her might and succeeded in moving it.when coming across a
3、 public problem, we should care about others and make efforts to shoulder our personal responsibility in the community. RevisonLead-inVideoThe fox and the sour grapesmoral:it is easy to despise what you cannot get.A review of a moral fablewritingThe main purpose of a review is to give your opinion a
4、bout a piece of writing. You should first give a short description of the writing and then clearly state your opinion and your reasons.A review of a moral fableA review of a moral fableWritingParagraph 1:Basic information about the storyParagraph 2:Your analysis of the storyParagraph3:Your opinion a
5、bout the storyOutline of a story reviewtitletext typemain ideaauthors purposeanalysis the detailsachieve the purpose or notlike/dislikerecommend or not A story review about “The fox and the sour grapes” The title of the artical is“The fox and the grapes”. It is an old fable about a fox who failed to
6、 eat the grapes but he still comforted himself with that these grapes must be sour. The author used this story in order to impress upon readers it is easy to despise what you cannot get.It was vivid to describe the details and quite successful in achieving its purpose. I like this story most because
7、 I realize that when we are wrong we should not find an excuse，to cover up our own problems，instead we should bravely admit the mistakes and try to correct them.Only in this way might we succeed someday.So I would definitely recommend this story to others.SampleAnalyse the sample review The title of
8、 the artical is“The fox and the grapes”. It is an old fable about a fox who failed to eat the grapes but he still comforted himself with that these grapes must be sour.What information is included in paragrah1?titletypemain ideaSampleParagraph 1:Basic information about the storytitletypemain idea开头：
9、简要介绍寓言开头：简要介绍寓言/小说小说/电影、文章大意等基本信息电影、文章大意等基本信息Analyse the sample review The author used this story in order to impress upon readers it is easy to despise what you cannot get. It was vivid to describe the details and quite successful in achieving its purpose.What information is included in paragrah2?S
10、amplepurposeParagraph 2:Your analysis of the storyauthors purposeanalysis the detailsachieve its purpose or notclear detail第二段：分析文章梗概第二段：分析文章梗概Analyse the sample review I like this story most because I realize that when we are wrong we should not find an excuse，to cover up our own problems，instead w
11、e should bravely admit the mistakes and try to correct them.Only in this way might we succeed someday.So I would definitely recommend this story to others.What information is included in paragrah3?Samplelike/dislikeParagraph3:Your opinion about the storylike/ dislikerecommend or not结尾：评述喜欢或不喜欢这个故事结尾
12、：评述喜欢或不喜欢这个故事;也可以是自己阅读后的懂得道理也可以是自己阅读后的懂得道理/感悟，以及是否向别人推荐此故事感悟，以及是否向别人推荐此故事.SampleScan the sample review and underline the useful expressions that can be used toexplain the authors purpose and whether the purpose has been achievedexpress like/dislikedescribe the impressive details/ your favourite part
13、say whether it is worth recommending The author used this story in order to impress upon readers it is easy to despise what you cannot get. It was vivid to describe the details and quite successful in achieving its purpose.Sampleexplain the authors purpose and whether the purpose has been achieved?(
14、paragrah2)useful expressionsSample I like this story most bcause I realize that when we are wrong we should not find an excuse, instead we should bravely admit the mistakes and try to correct them.Only in this way might we succeed someday. So I would definitely recommend this story to others.useful
15、expressionsexpress like/dislikedescribe the impressive details/ your favourite partsay whether it is worth recommending paragrah3WritingParagraph 1:Basic information about the story.titletext typemain ideaParagraph 2:Your analysis of the story.authors purposeanalysis the detailsachive the purpose or
16、 notParagraph3:Your opinion about the storylike/dislikerecommend or notOutline of a story review the title of the story is. the story is about. the author writes about. the author used this story in order to. the author was successful in. I like the story because. what impresses me most is that. I w
17、ould recommend this story to others.useful expressionsstructureinformation Lets check Use the checklist to give feedback on your partners draft.Does the writer give a short description of the story?Does the description include the most important details of the story?Does the writer give his/her opin
18、ion about the characters or their actions?Is the review welt-organized?Does the writer use the -ing form as the adverbial in the review?Are there any grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors?1.Exchang drafts in the groups(mark the good points/ mistakes) 2.Give feedback on your parners draft3.Display
19、 some drafts “The stone in the Road”is an old fable about a king who thinks his people are lazy, so he puts a large stone in the middle of the road and hides and waits to see if anyone will try to move it.The author used this story to impress upon readers the need to take personal responsibility for
20、 problems in the community. The story was quite successful in achieving its purpose, and I liked it because it had a clear moral.However,while the moral of the story is clear,the actions of the king seemed pointless to me, because none of the characters in the story learnt anything.For this reason,I
21、 think there are better stories that can be used to impress upon people the need for personal responsibility.Sample WritingA review about “The stone in the road”明确体裁明确体裁-寓言故事的评论寓言故事的评论布局文章布局文章及列出核心要点及列出核心要点 Summary结尾结尾 -描述对寓言故事所揭示的道理的感悟描述对寓言故事所揭示的道理的感悟第二段第二段-正文部分介绍故事梗概并分析故事正文部分介绍故事梗概并分析故事开头开头 - 简要介绍寓言故事的基本信息简要介绍寓言故事的基本信息Homework
