1、必修三 Unit 2 Morals and Virtues(5)Lesson 5 Reading for WritingShare your opinions about a moral storyAt this class,you will be able toLearning objectives1.obtain and sort out the facts and details of the story;2.analyze the writing purpose of the author;3.write a review of the fable and share your opi
2、nions about a moral story.What type of article do you think this is?q A joke?q A story?A fable.Look and ThinkWhat is a fable?a short story that expresses a moral；main characters:Look and Thinkpersonified animals；mythical creatures；plants；inanimate objects；forces of nature.What is the article mainly
3、about?Look and ThinkLook and Thinkan inanimate objectRead and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)1.What was the kings 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?
4、Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)The king put the stone in the road because he Most people but they The young girl and Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)1.What was the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people?Read and Thin
5、kEarly one morning,the king disguised himself and went to a local village.He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.(Paragraph 2)Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)1.What w
6、as the kings idea for teaching an important lesson to his people?He put a huge stone in the middle of a road,and watched to see if anyone would move it.Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)2.What was the response from most of the people?The first person down the street was
7、 a milkman with his cart.He crashed into the stone,spilling the milk everywhere.“What fool put this stone here?”he shouted.He picked himself up and angrily went away.(Paragraph 3)Read and Thinkpick himself up:to get up from the ground after he has fallen Read and ThinkAfter a while,a group of women
8、came along,each balancing a pot of water on her head.One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground.She picked herself up and limped away in tears.Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.(Paragraph 4)Read and ThinkThe king watched al
9、l day as many people complained about the stone,but he found nobody making an attempt to move it.The king was in despair.“Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?”(Paragraph 5)Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)2.Wh
10、at was the response from most of the people?Most of the people just got upset that the stone was in their way.Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)3.What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?Read and ThinkJust then,the king stepped out from behind the tre
11、e.“Oh sir,”the girl said,“does this gold belong to you?If not,we surely must find the owner,for he will certainly miss it.”(Paragraph 8)Read and ThinkRead the fable and answer the questions.(P20 Ex.1)3.What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?She thought that the money belonged to
12、 someone else and that it should be returned.Ways to generalize a short description of the fable:Title;Type of story;Cause,process and the result of the story.Read and ThinkUse one or two sentences to introduce the story.A short description of the fable:“The Stone in the Road”is an old fable about a
13、 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.Read and ThinkUse one or two sentences to introduce the story.Read and ThinkRead this fable after recording and complete the table according to the story.R
14、ead and ThinkOnce upon a time there was a king who often thought,“Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”One day,he had an idea.Early one morning,the king disguised himself and went to a local village.He placed a large stone in the mid
15、dle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.Read and ThinkThe first person down the street was a milkman with his cart.He crashed into the stone,spilling the milk everywhere.“What fool put this stone here?”he shouted.He picked himself up
16、 and angrily went away.Read and ThinkAfter a while,a group of women came along,each balancing a pot of water on her head.One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground.She picked herself up and limped away in tears.Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the
17、stone out of the road.Read and ThinkThe king watched all day as many people complained about the stone,but he found nobody making an attempt to move it.The king was in despair.“Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?”Read and ThinkJust then,th
18、e king saw a young girl coming along.She was the daughter of a local farmer.She had been working all day and was very tired.But when she saw the stone,she said to herself,“This stone is a danger to anyone who comes down the street after dark.Ill move it out of the way.”Read and ThinkThe girl pushed
19、the stone with all her might.After a great deal of effort,she finally succeeded in moving it to the side of the street.Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins where the stone had been!Read and ThinkJust then,the king stepped out from behind the tree.“Oh sir,”the girl said,“does this gold be
20、long to you?If not,we surely must find the owner,for he will certainly miss it.”The king said,“My dear,the gold is mine.I put it in the road and moved the stone over it.Now the gold is yours,because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I wanted to teach my people.”Read and ThinkRead thi
21、s fable after recording and complete the table according to the story.PersonExperienceEmotionResponsemilkmancrashed into the stoneangrywent awayRead and ThinkRead this fable after recording and complete the table according to the story.PersonExperienceEmotionResponsewoman with watertripped over the
22、stonesadlimped away in tearsRead and ThinkRead this fable after recording and complete the table according to the story.PersonExperienceEmotionResponseother villagerscomplained about the stoneupsetnobody made an attempt to move the stoneRead and ThinkRead this fable after recording and complete the
23、table according to the story.PersonExperienceEmotionResponseyoung girlsucceeded in moving the stone to the side of the streettired,surprisedwanted to find the owner of the goldThink and WriteMake sentences using the-ing form as the adverbial according to the information in the table.After crashing i
24、nto the stone,the milkman was angry and then he went away.Having tripped over the stone,the woman with water was sad and then she limped away in tears.Think and WriteMake sentences using the-ing form as the adverbial according to the information in the table.Complaining about the stone,other village
25、rs were very upset,but nobody made an attempt to move the stone.Though feeling tired,the young girl succeeded in moving the stone to the other side of the street.She was surprised and wanted to find the owner of the gold.Think and DiscussDiscuss the questions.1.What do you think this fable is trying
26、 to tell us?Do you think the king was wise?Why or why not?2.Can you think of times in your own life when you felt and acted like the girl or like the other people in the story?Give examples.Think and DiscussDiscuss the questions.1.What do you think this fable is trying to tell us?Do you think the ki
27、ng was wise?Why or why not?Think and Discuss The moral of the story is that we should take responsibility for our community.I dont think that the king was very wise,however,because no one learnt anything from his experiment.The milkman,the woman with her water pot,and the other villagers continued o
28、n their travels without having changed their attitudes at all.The king did find one responsible young girl,but she was already a responsible person before she encountered the stone in the road.Think and DiscussDiscuss the questions.2.Can you think of times in your own life when you felt and acted li
29、ke the girl or like the other people in the story?Give examples.Think and Discuss There have been times when I have acted responsibly like the girl in the story.For example,I recently saw some children playing on a dangerous balcony,and so I warned them it was dangerous and had them go somewhere els
30、e to play.However,often Im more like the milkman in the story because Im very busy with my own work and worries.Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)1.What is the main purpose of a review?The main purpose of a review is to give your opinion about a p
31、iece of writing.You should first give a short description of the writing,and then clearly state your opinion and your reasons.Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 1:Basic information about the story What is the title of the story?What kind
32、of story is it?What is the main idea of the story?Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 2:Your analysis of the story What is the authors purpose?Were the details of the story clear?Do you think the story achieved its purpose?Think and WriteW
33、rite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 3:Your opinion about the story What did you like about the story?What did you not like about the story?Would you recommend this story to others?Read and ThinkOnce upon a time there was a king who often thought,“Nothing
34、good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”One day,he had an idea.Early one morning,the king disguised himself and went to a local village.He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid behi
35、nd a huge maple tree and watched.Read and ThinkThe first person down the street was a milkman with his cart.He crashed into the stone,spilling the milk everywhere.“What fool put this stone here?”he shouted.He picked himself up and angrily went away.Read and ThinkAfter a while,a group of women came a
36、long,each balancing a pot of water on her head.One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground.She picked herself up and limped away in tears.Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.Read and ThinkThe king watched all day as many peopl
37、e complained about the stone,but he found nobody making an attempt to move it.The king was in despair.“Is there no one in this village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?”Read and ThinkJust then,the king saw a young girl coming along.She was the daughter of a local farme
38、r.She had been working all day and was very tired.But when she saw the stone,she said to herself,“This stone is a danger to anyone who comes down the street after dark.Ill move it out of the way.”Read and ThinkThe girl pushed the stone with all her might.After a great deal of effort,she finally succ
39、eeded in moving it to the side of the street.Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins where the stone had been!Read and ThinkJust then,the king stepped out from behind the tree.“Oh sir,”the girl said,“does this gold belong to you?If not,we surely must find the owner,for he will certainly mis
40、s it.”The king said,“My dear,the gold is mine.I put it in the road and moved the stone over it.Now the gold is yours,because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I wanted to teach my people.”Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph
41、 1:Basic information about the story The story is about The author writes about Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 2:Your analysis of the story The author is using the story to The author has done a good job in The author tries to but Thi
42、nk and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 3:Your opinion about the story I like the story because What impresses me most is that Im not sure whether but I would love to share the story with Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline
43、 below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 1:Basic information about the story What is the title of the story?What kind of story is it?What is the main idea of the story?Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.What is the title of the story?The Stone in the Road.What
44、 kind of story is it?An old fable.Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.What is the main idea of the story?A king 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.Think and Wr
45、iteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P21 Ex.4)Paragraph 2:Your analysis of the story What is the authors purpose?Were the details of the story clear?Do you think the story achieved its purpose?Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.W
46、hat is the authors purpose?The author used his story to impress upon readers the need to take personal responsibility for problems in the community.The author has done a good job in impressing upon readers the need to take personal responsibility for problems in the community.Think and WriteWrite a
47、review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.Were the details of the story clear?Yes.The details were clear.Do you think the story achieved its purpose?Yes.The story was quite successful in achieving its purpose.Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.(P
48、21 Ex.4)Paragraph 3:Your opinion about the story What did you like about the story?What did you not like about the story?Would you recommend this story to others?Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.What did you like about the story?I liked it because it had a
49、 clear moral.What impresses me most is that it had a clear moral.Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.What did you not like about the story?While the moral of the story is clear,the actions of the king seemed pointless to me.Would you recommend this story to o
50、thers?No.There are better stories than this one.Think and WriteWrite a review of the fable.Use the outline below to help you.Would you recommend this story to others?Im not sure whether I would love to recommend this story to others but I am sure there are better stories than this one.Check and Revi
