1、Its a kind of traditional short story.It teaches a moral lesson.Its usually a story with animals as characters.These stories are always considered as a group.What is this kind of writing called?Lead in 5Share your opinions about a moral storyUnit 2 Reading for writingthe story of the tortoise and th
2、e hareA Crow Drinking WaterBeauty and the BeastMonkeys Grasp for the MoonLearning Objectives 11.To get the main idea and the implied meaning(寓意)of the fable“The Stone In the Road”2.To know the structure of a review and write a review of the fable.3.Learn to have your own insight(见解)about the fables
3、instead of accepting the story completely.Do you know these famous fables?What do these fables tell us?Lead in 5To mark on a moving boat for a sunk sword刻舟求剑刻舟求剑People should deal with things as the circumstances change.the Fox and the Crow 狐狸和乌鸦狐狸和乌鸦If you only like to listen to good words,you are
4、likely to be cheated.Use your brain to analyze things.Dont believe others words easily.To try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward揠苗助长揠苗助长People should follow the laws of nature.Being too eager for something always makes it worse.Whats the main idea of the story?(5W+H)In the fable,the king
5、 placed a stone in the road to test villagers response to it.Activity 1 Read For Basic InformationWho?What?Why?once upon a timesolve their problemsdisguise oneself hide behind crash intopick oneself upcome along trip over in tears make an attempt to docomplain about in despair keepfromjust thensee s
6、b.doing sth.if not say to oneself a danger tomove-out of the waya great deal of succeed in doing sthstep out feel responsibility to do sth 课文短语课文短语Reading for main idea1.Who placed the large stone on the road?2.What did he do after placing the stone and gold coins there?3.Why did he do so?Listen to
7、the fable carefully and answer the questions.A king.He hid himself and watched peoples responses.To teach his people a lesson._(who)wanted to _ (why)so _(what).he placed a large stone on the road,hid A kingteach his people a lessongold coins under it and watched peoples response1 What was the kings
8、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.Activity 2 Read For Analysis Why did the king carry out such an experiment?(thinking)What was the response from different people?(P21)To teach his villagers a le
9、sson-Dont only complain and expact others to solve their problems.情绪反应经历 2 What was the response from most of the people?Most of the people just got annoyed that the stone was in their way.Activity 2 Read For Analysis What was the response from different people?(P21)情绪反应经历Person ExperienceEmotionRes
10、ponsemilkmanwoman with waterother villagersyoung girlsaid to herself.crashed intothe stoneangrywent awaytrapped over(绊倒)the stonesadlimped away（一瘸一拐地离开）in tearscomplained about the stoneupset/indifferentnobody attempted to move the stonetired,worried succeeded in moving the stone to the side of stre
11、etComplete the table according to the story.3 What did the young girl think and do when she saw the coins?She that the money and that it should be returned,so she wanted to.Activity 3 DiscussionWhat does“stone”refer to in life?What kind of people do“milkman”,“woman”and“girl”refer to in life?Which ki
12、nd of people are you?Which kind of people will you be?DifficultiesTroublesProblemsChallengespassiveindifferentresponsiblepositivecaringWhat do you think this fable is trying to tell us?A person who is responsible and considerate（考虑周到的）will deserve（值得）help or success,otherwise（否则）,one will miss the c
13、hance to get help or succeed.I dont think that the king was very wise,however,because no one learnt anything from his experiment.The milkman,the woman with the water,and the other villagers continued on their travels without having changed their attitudes at all.The king did find one responsible lit
14、tle girl,but she was already a responsible person before she encountered the stone in the road.Do you think the king was wise?Why or why not?The 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
15、 across the stone.The stone in the roadDifferent peoples emotions and responsesLesson Milkman 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 migh
16、t and succeeded in moving it.A person who is responsible and considerate will deserve help or success,otherwise,one will miss the chance to get help or succeed.Summary 2The fable titled“The stone in the road”is a moral story.It is about a king who wanted to teach villagers a lesson by hiding gold un
17、der the stone in the street.The storys purpose is to tell us that when meeting with problems we should not complain and expect others to solve them.In fact,what we should do is to take action at once to deal with our problems in our daily life.More importantly,we should learn from the selfless girl
18、always caring for others in the story rather than other selfish villagers.I like the story very much and I think it is very meaningful and helpful to us.Remember:one good turn deserves another.I will recommend this story to as many people as I can.Draft the passage本单元写作任务：寓言故事评论 (寓言以比喻性的故事寄寓意味深长的道理。
19、该作文以 评论为主，主要通过对故事内容折射出的寓意作以点评，使读者领悟其中的内涵以达到受教育的目的。)写作要求：语言简练，内容概括全面，寓意表达清晰。注意事项：1.标题：如有标题，标题一定要明确，能点明事件或主题。2.人称：通常是客观叙述，第三人称。3.时态：在叙事过程中，一般用现在时态。Write a review of a fable.What is a review?Tip:Write a review main purpose:to give your opinion about a piece of writing give a short description of the wr
20、iting give your analysis of the writing state your opinion and your reasonsReading for writing 15Find out the outline.ParagraphMain idea1Basic information about the story2Your analysis of the story3Your opinion about the story Find out detailed information according to the outline.Sample WritingPara
21、graph 1:Basic information about the story“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.What is the title of the story?What kind of story is it?What is the
22、main idea of the story?模板提取第一段：“_”is _ about _ who _,so _ to_.(故事名/书名)类型（文体）主角身份想法行为目的The author used this story to impress upon readers the need to take 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.P
23、aragraph 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?impress upon/on sb.sth.使意识到（重要性或严重性等）；使铭记 take responsibility for 对.负责任 be successful in 在方面成功Sample Writing模板提取第二段：The author used this story to impress
24、upon readers the_ to _.The story was quite successful in achieving its purpose,and I liked it because _.需要/重要性行为原因Paragraph 3:Your opinion about the storyHowever,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 an
25、ything.For this reason,I think there are better stories that can be used to impress upon people the need for personal responsibility.What did you like about the story?What did you not like about the story?Would you recommend this story to others?while 虽然，尽管 pointless 无意义的，不值得做的Sample Writing实用句型Afte
26、r I read the story,I have a better understanding of.读完这个故事后，我对有了更好的了解。Having read the story,I was lost in thought,feeling disappointed with.读完这个故事后，我陷入了沉思，对感到失望 I think the story is worth reading because.我认为这个故事值得一读，因为What impresses me most is that.让我印象最深刻的是I would love to share the story with.我很乐意分享这个故事给Practice Choose a fable and write down your opinions about the story.THANKS
