1、a traditional short story that teaches a moral lessonThe stone in the roadRead the fable below and clarify the basic information.whowherewhenwhywhatUse one or two sentences to summarize the fable.Time+Place,Purpose,Person+Action What was the response from people?PersonExperienceEmotionResponseMilkma
2、nWoman with waterOther villagers/Young girlcrashed into the stoneangrywent awaytripped over the stonesadlimped away in tearscomplained about the stoneNobody made an attempt to move the stoneSucceeded in moving the stone to the side of the streettired,surprisedwanted to find the owner of the goldtwo
3、attitudesthought for _They are _.thought for _She is _.Results:They got _.She got _.themselvesindifferentnothingothersconsideratethe coinsWe should stop complaining and try to solve problems on our own whenever we meet with problems.We should be considerate.WHY?Discussion:What do you think of the ki
4、ng?Did he achieve his goal?NoImagelanguage pointsdisguise oneself 掩饰自己crash into 撞到spill the milk 洒掉牛奶pick oneself up 站起来come along 出现trip over 绊倒go crashing to the ground 撞到地面上limp away in tears 瘸着腿哭着离开了make an attempt to 尝试做某事be in despair 绝望中keep sb from harm 使免受伤害have been working 一直工作with all h
5、er might 用尽全力a great deal of effort 费了很大力succeed in doing 成功做成某事step out 走出去Early one morning,the king _ _(伪装自己)and went to a local village.He _ a large stone in the middle of the street and _ gold coins under it.Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.disguised himselfplacedhidA milkman ca
6、me with his _(推车).He _ _(被绊倒)the stone,_(洒)the milk everywhere.He _ _ _(站起来)and angrily went away.carttrippedspillingpicked himself upoverAfter a while,a group of women _ _(出现)，_ _(每人顶着)a pot of water on her head.One woman _ _(绊倒)the stone and her water pot _ _ _(摔倒)the ground.She picked herself up
7、and _ _(一瘸一拐)_ _(噙着泪).came alongeach balancingtripped overwent crashing tolimped awayintearsThe king watched all day as many people _ _(抱怨)the stone,but he found nobody _ _ _ _(努力尝试)move it.The king was _ _(绝望中).complained aboutattempt tomaking an in despairFinally came a girl.She thought the stone
8、a danger to others,so she decided to move it out of the way.She _(推)the stone _ _ _ _(用尽全力).After _ _ _ _ _(费了很大力气),she finally _ _ moving it to the side of the street.Imagine her surprise when she saw the gold coins _ the stone had been!pushedwith all her mighta great deal of effortsucceeded inwher
9、elanguage pointsdisguise oneself 掩饰自己crash into 撞到spill the milk 洒掉牛奶pick oneself up 站起来come along 出现trip over 绊倒go crashing to the ground 撞到地面上limp away in tears 瘸着腿哭着离开了make an attempt to 尝试做某事be in despair 绝望中keep sb from harm 使免受伤害have been working 一直工作with all her might 用尽全力a great deal of effo
10、rt 费了很大力succeed in doing 成功做成某事step out 走出去Have you ever met the similar situation?Discuss with your partner and share with us.What did you do in the past?What will you do in the future?What are they?FablesDo you like the story?Would you recommend the fable to others?Write a reviewpara1:Basic inform
11、ation about the storypara2:Your analysis of the storypara3:Your opinion about the storyuWhat is the title of the story?uWhat kind of story is it?uWhat is the main idea of the story?.uWhat is the authors purpose?uWere the details of the story clear?uDo you think the story achieved its purpose?.uWhat
12、did you like about the story?uWhat did you not like about the story?uWould you recommend this story to others?.Sample writing:“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 wil
13、l try to move it.The author used this story to impress upon readers the need to take personal responsibility for 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 think there are better stories that can be used to impress upon people the need for personal responsibility.
