Stories and Poems
Teaching aims:
Language competence: Ss will be able to use some questions to ask for some details about a story like When/where did the story happen What happened next …; Ss will be able to talk about and listen for some details about a story; Ss will be able to read for the structure, plot, language and linking words for writing.
Cultural awareness : Ss will be able to share their stories or experiences with others.
Thinking ability Ss will be able to improve the logical thinking by analyzing the structure of a passage.
Learning capacity : Ss will be able to sense the value of listening tips like predict from the picture(s) and activate the previous knowledge before listening, reading strategies like analyzing the structures of the passage and writing skills like using adjectives properly to make passage vivid and logical.
Teaching importance and difficult points: It’s important for Ss to listen for details about a story as well as talk about it, even write about it.
Teaching aids: CAI
Teaching procedures:
Steps Activities Purposes
Step 1. Lead-in 1. Enjoy a poem by Dylan Thomas with music 2.Free talk about T’s experience To warm up the atmosphere as well as get Ss interested in the topic.
Step 2. Revision 1. Ask about some details about the experience. 2. Summarize the facts we should talk about when telling a story or an experience. To help Students review the sentence patterns and facts included in a story.
Step3. Listening Pre-listening Predict according to picture While-listening 1) Listen and answer 2) Listen and choose 3.Post-listening What do you think of Houyi To help Ss master some listening tips and make listening easier.
Step 4. Reading 1. Read for the structure of the passage: the beginning, the climax and the ending 2. Read and divided the passage into three parts, then match the main ideas with each part. 3. Read each part carefully and answer the questions. Reading tip 1: Writing types(体裁) help understand the structure The beginning: 1) When and where did this story happen 2) Who were the main characters 3) What does the word immediately mean Reading tip 2: Read between the lines(上下文) carefully and infer推理 The climax: 4) How did the teacher feel when she arrived at school Why Writing tip 1: Create mystery(制造谜团) to make your story more interesting. The ending: 5). What was the teacher’s mistake A. She went to Daisy’s party. B. She didn’t set the alarm. C. She talked to the school’s guard. D. She forgot that day was a holiday. 6). What is the best title of this story. A. A funny story B. A great night C. My mistake D. A school’s guard Reading tip 3: The title is related to the whole passage. To help Ss get ready for their writing of structures.
Step 5. Writing 1. Summarize how to write a story from four parts: structure, plot, language and linking words 2. Write a story according to the checklist. To improve Ss’ writing skills.
Step 7 Homework Finish the exercise paper. To consolidate what they have learned in class.
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Reflection(共18张PPT)
中考英语话题复习
Topic Stories and poems
Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and ①rave at close of day;
②Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their ③frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
①rave /re v/ v. 咆哮
②rage /re d / n.狂怒
③frail deeds
/fre l/ /di dz/ 脆弱的善行
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they ① grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
② Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could ③ blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
④ Curse, bless, me now with your ⑤ fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
① grieve /ɡri v/ v. 悲伤
② grave/ɡre v/ n. 坟墓
③ blaze /ble z/ v. 闪耀
④ curse /k s/ n./v.诅咒
⑤ fierce /f s/ adj. 强烈的
Misfortune, that is where happiness depends;
Happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.
Misfortune
What other information do you want to know
祸兮福之所倚，
福兮祸之所伏。
Why were you late
What happened next
Where did you get happiness
How were you when you were late
…
when
where
who
what
why
how
a story/
an experience
Where/when did the story happen
Who was the main character
How did the story begin
What happened next
…
Sun Birds
Let’s predict.
Listening tip 1:
Predict from the picture(s) and activate the previous knowledge(激发已有知识) before listening.
I know /believe/…that _____.
Houyi is a man who _______.
…
How many characters are there in the story Who are they
How did Houyi become a hero
Listening tip 2:
Read the questions first before listening.
Sun Birds, the emperor, Dijun, Houyi.
Four
He shot and killed nine Sun Birds
and saved the world.
Listening tip 3:
Write short answers instead of the long ones while listening.
(Sun __, em-, Dj, H)
Let’s listen and answer.
Let’s listen and choose.
1. Where did Sun Birds rest
A. in the eastern sea
B. near the eastern sea
C. in the sky
2. Who asked Dijun for help
A. the emperor B. Houyi C.animals
3. How did the sun birds feel when Houyi frightened(吓唬) them
A. happy B. angry C. contemptuous(轻蔑的)
4. Why was Dijun angry with Houyi
A. Because Houyi stole the show and became a hero
B. Because Houyi killed Dijun’s sons.
C. Because Sun Birds laughed at Dijun.
Listening tip 3:
Read the questions and options(选项) first before listening.
What do you think of Houyi in the story
brave, talented in archery(箭术)，selfless,….
Last Thursday was Daisy' birthday. I went to her home in the evening to celebrate. It was a fun night. Lots of her friends came and we had a great dinner together. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot and stayed until very late. When I got back home, it was already 11 pm. I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately and forgot to set the alarm for the next morning.
l had a really good sleep, but when I woke up the next day, it was already 10 am! I didn’t know what to do, because I knew that I was very late for school. Then I quickly put on my clothes and rushed to school.
To my surprise, the school was closed and there were no students or teachers around. I was so confused. While I was trying to find out what happened, the school's guard came over to tell me that day was a school holiday! What a funny mistake!
Read for the structure.
It’s the highest point of interest in the story.
n.高潮/ kla m ks/
Reading tip 1:
Writing types(体裁) help understand the structure.
Structure of the Story
Last Thursday was Daisy' birthday. I went to her home in the evening to celebrate. It was a fun night. Lots of her friends came and we had a great dinner together. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot and stayed until very late. When I got back home, it was already 11 pm. I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately and forgot to set the alarm for the next morning.
l had a really good sleep, but when I woke up the next day, it was already 10 am! I didn’t know what to do, because I knew that I was very late for school. Then I quickly put on my clothes and rushed to school.
To my surprise, the school was closed and there were no students or teachers around. I was so confused. While I was trying to find out what happened, the school's guard came over to tell me that day was a school holiday! What a funny mistake!
Divided the story into 3 parts and match the events.
Last Thursday was Daisy' birthday. I went to her home in the evening to celebrate. It was a fun night. Lots of her friends came and we had a great dinner together. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot and stayed until very late. When I got back home, it was already 11 pm. I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately and forgot to set the alarm for the next morning.
l had a really good sleep, but when I woke up the next day, it was already 10 am! I didn’t know what to do, because I knew that I was very late for school. Then I quickly put on my clothes and rushed to school.
To my surprise, the school was closed and there were no students or teachers around. I was so confused. While I was trying to find out what happened, the school's guard came over to tell me that day was a school holiday! What a funny mistake!
Read the beginning and answer the questions.
When and where did this story happen
Who were the main characters
What does the word immediately mean
A. quickly B. hard C. heavily D. early
It happened last Thursday at Daisy’s home.
The writer(the teacher),
time
the school’s guard.
place
characters
tense
Reading tip 2:
Read between the lines(上下文) carefully and infer推理.
Last Thursday was Daisy' birthday. I went to her home in the evening to celebrate. It was a fun night. Lots of her friends came and we had a great dinner together. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot and stayed until very late. When I got back home, it was already 11 pm. I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately and forgot to set the alarm for the next morning.
l had a really good sleep, but when I woke up the next day, it was already 10 am! I didn’t know what to do, because I knew that I was very late for school. Then I quickly put on my clothes and rushed to school.
To my surprise, the school was closed and there were no students or teachers around. I was so confused. While I was trying to find out what happened, the school's guard came over to tell me that day was a school holiday! What a funny mistake!
Read the climax and answer the questions.
4. How did the teacher feel when she arrived at school Why
Because the school was closed and there were no students or teachers around.
She felt surprised and confused.
Writing tip 1:
Create mystery(制造谜团) to make your story more interesting.
feelings
Read the ending and answer the questions.
5. What was the teacher’s mistake
A. She went to Daisy’s party. B. She didn’t set the alarm.
C. She talked to the school’s guard. D. She forgot that day was a holiday.
6. What is the best title of this story.
A. A funny story B. A great night
C. My mistake D. A school’s guard
Last Thursday was Daisy' birthday. I went to her home in the evening to celebrate. It was a fun night. Lots of her friends came and we had a great dinner together. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot and stayed until very late. When I got back home, it was already 11 pm. I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately and forgot to set the alarm for the next morning.
l had a really good sleep, but when I woke up the next day, it was already 10 am! I didn’t know what to do, because I knew that I was very late for school. Then I quickly put on my clothes and rushed to school.
To my surprise, the school was closed and there were no students or teachers around. I was so confused. While I was trying to find out what happened, the school's guard came over to tell me that day was a school holiday! What a funny mistake!
Reading tip 3:
The title is related to the whole passage.
Read and circle more adjectives.
Why do we need so many adjectives in a passage
Adjectives make the story interesting.
Also, linking words make the story logical有逻辑的 and well-organized有组织的.
How to write a story
Structure
Plot情节
Language
who(characters), where(place), when(time), how(feelings), what(actions), …
adjectives, adverbs…
the Beginning, the Climax, the Ending
Linking words
when, while, so…that…, because …
Use the following questions to help:
Checklist
Write your story.
Example
When I first visited Now York, I went to a shopping centre.
I asked a lady where the shoes were. She said they were on the first floor. I went upstairs. But I couldn’t find any. I was confused. I thought she gave me the wrong information.
Then I realized that the first floor was the ground floor.
Homework:
Finish the exercise paper.
Thank you!听力材料文本
A Chinese Myth (神话): Houyi and the Suns
Long, long ago, there were ten sun birds. Every morning, one of them would rise from a resting place near the eastern sea and fly across the sky.
But one day they decided to fly at the same time. It was terrible. Lakes and rivers dried up, and fires started. People and animals suffered a lot from the heat. The emperor asked Dijun, father of the sun birds, for help. Dijun asked Houyi, the God of Archery, to frighten his sons. Houyi tried to frighten the sun birds but they just laughed at him. So he shot and killed nine of the birds.
Houyi became a hero, but he could not get back into heaven because of Dijun's anger at him.Worksheet of Stories and Poems
Related units: 8B Unit 6 & 8, 9 Unit 7 & 8 & 11 & 14
Class ______ Name _______
Before class
Please review the related units: 8B Unit6 & 8, 9 Unit7 & 8 & 11 & 14
Please think:
What do poems have in common
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How can we tell a good story What facts should be included
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In class
Let’s enjoy
Notes about the poem
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Let’s review.
What questions do you want to ask about T’s story
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Summarize the factors to tell a story or an experience
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Listening tip 1:
Predict
from
the picture(s) and activate the previous knowledge
(
激发已有知识
) before listening.
)Let’s listen.
1) Let’s predict and share
I know /believe/…that _____.
Houyi is a man who _______.
…
2)Let’s listen and answer
(
Listening tip
2
:
Read the questions first before listening.
Listening tip 3:
Write short answers instead of
the long ones while listening.
)How many roles are there in the story Who are they
_______________________________________________
How did Houyi become a hero
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3) Let’s listen and choose
1. Where did Sun Birds rest
A. in the eastern sea
B. near the eastern sea
C. in the sky
2. Who asked Dijun for help
A. the emperor B. Houyi C.animals
3. How did the sun birds feel when Houyi frightened(吓唬) them
A. happy B. angry C. contemptuous(轻蔑的)
4. Why was Dijun angry with Houyi
A. Because Houyi stole the show and became a hero
B. Because Houyi killed Dijun’s sons.
C. Because Sun Birds laughed at Dijun.
4) Let’s think
What do you think of Houyi
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Let’s read.
Read for the structure. 2) Divided it into 3 parts and match them with the main ideas.
3) Read and answer the questions below.
The beginning:
1 When and where did this story happen
2 Who were the main characters
3 What does the word immediately mean
The climax:
4 How did the teacher feel when she arrived at school Why
The ending:
5 What was the teacher’s mistake
A. She went to Daisy’s party. B. She didn’t set the alarm.
C. She talked to the school’s guard. D. She forgot that day was a holiday.
6 What is the best title of this story.
A. A funny story B. A great night
C. My mistake D. A school’s guard
4) Read and circle more adjectives.
Let’s write.
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______________________________________________________________________________诗歌与故事专题复习练习
一、完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
One hot afternoon, a poor farmer was digging his field. Suddenly, his spade (铲) hit something. It was a big metal 36 which was big enough to boil rice for more than one hundred people. "It does not seem to be of any use to me. I will dig 37 . Maybe I will find something else," thought the farmer. He 38 to dig.
Feeling tired, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to 39 . When he got up to leave, he could not 40 his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. What a 41 pot!
After that, he put a 42 into the pot. Then he found one hundred mangoes in the pot. 43 that pot, he became a rich man. The King came to know of the pot, 44 he was very greedy (贪婪的). “I want to find out the 45 of the magical pol. If it is valuable, it should be 46 , " the King thought. So, at once, he ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot.
The King 47 the pot and did not know what to do. Ile thought, "Let me see what is inside this pot that makes this pot so magical " He slipped (滑) and 48 inside the pot. After climbing up out of the magical pot, he was 49 to find that there were one hundred Kings.
All the Kings then 50 among themselves and died. This magical pot has killed the King himself!
1. A. bottle B. bowl C. plate D. pot
2. A higher B. nearer C. deeper D. earlier
3. A. chose B. decided C. hoped D. continued
4. A have a rest B. have a meeting C. have fun D. have a try
5. A. fix B. believe C. open D. close
6. A exciting B. terrible C. magical D. beautiful
7. A. mango B. spade C. king D. man
8. A. In B. With C. Without D. By
9. A. but B. so C. or D. and
10. A. price B. secret C. cost D. wealth
11. A. the farmer's B. mine C. yours D. his
12. A. looked after B. looked for C. put away D. looked at
13. A. fell B. jumped C. joined D. felt
14. A. relaxed B. excited C. shocked D. bored
15. A. stayed B. competed C. discussed D. fought
二、阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
A
In the 1950s, a female swimming athlete set a goal for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired. If she could make it, she would be the first person in the world who did it.
On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation and swam towards the opposite bank.[]
In the journey, she faced heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy waves. Though she was very tired, she carried on swimming.
But in the end, she gave up. And what she didn't know at the moment she gave up was that the opposite bank was only I mile away.
Later people asked her about the reason. And she said:"The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the destination which I was so close to."
Too many success stories have been lecturing us about courage and persistence(坚持). But they never told us where to find courage and persistence.
You can have courage only when you know where your goal is. You can manage to persist only when you know where your goal is, and prepare yourself well mentally(心理上).
Courage and persistence never fall from the sky. They come from weighing between input and output.
A life without goals is like a ship without a compass. It goes nowhere. There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.
16. In paragraph 1, the underlined word "it" refers to _______.
A. being retired
B. swimming across the English Channel
C. swimming towards the bank
D. setting a goal
17. ________ is not mentioned in the passage.
A. Fog
B. Waves
C. Rain
D. Wind
18. The underlined word "weighing" in paragraph 8 probably mean _______.
A.权衡
B.有……重
C.称重量
D.有分量
19. Why did the athlete give up Because ________.
A. the bank was one mile away
B. she was too tired
C she didn’t have courage at first
D. she thought her destination was far away
20. What can be inferred (推论) from the last sentence of the passage
A. If you have courage and persistence, you have goals.
B. Even if you have no goals, you have courage to persist.
C. There is no courage or persistence unless you know your goals.
D Between input and output, you must find courage and persistence.
B
Fresh off his MasterChef Junior run, Evan Robinson, who is only 12 years old, is using his
kitchen skills to raise money for Puerto Rico. The TV show contestant wanted to offer help after
hurricanes(飓风) hit the country last September.
“I’ve been seeing, all over the news, people struggling,” Evan said. “They can’t get fresh
water, electricity; they can’t get really anything. I know I’m just a kid, but I think if a lot of people do something, a lot of things will get better.”
He raises money by baking and taking online orders for homemade empanadas(馅 饼). He
started cooking on a recent Friday night. By the next Sunday evening, he had filled orders for 420 empanadas — — roasted chicken, cheeseburger and vegetarian — — getting $18 for six empanadas and $30 for a dozen.
His mom, Veronica Robinson, helped him send the empanadas around the city. “We’ve never done anything like this before,” she said. “But it’s a great idea, so I want to help him make it work.”
For Evan’s out-of-town friends and supporters, he has set up a crowdfunding(众筹) page. Through it, he’s hoping to raise $1, 500 in “virtual (虚 拟 的) empanadas”. This is because he heard on the news that it could take Puerto Rico years, maybe even 10 years, to recover(复 原) from
the hurricanes. And he said, “Fruit pies are up next. And my baking will continue as well.”
It’s a difficult job, especially for a kid with homework and Boy Scouts and friendships to
tend to. But he doesn’t seem worried.
“It’s what we’re supposed to do.” he said. “I’m a human. They’re humans. Why shouldn’t I help them ”
Indeed.
21．How did Evan help those struggling in Puerto Rico
A．He asked his parents to send the empanadas around the city.
B．He continued offering a lot of fresh water and fruit pies to them.
C．He donated his big winning prize in his MasterChef Junior run.
D．He raised money by selling homemade empanadas through online orders.
22．Evan set up a crowdfunding page because .
A．he raised more money than he expected for the people in need
B．he knew that it could take Puerto Rico a long time to recover
C．he wanted more and more friends to know his kitchen skills
D．the number of online orders was beyond his expectation
23．According to the passage, which are the best words to describe Evan
A．kind-hearted and helpful B．careful and confident
C．honest and hard-working D．humorous and organized
24．How can we understand the last sentence in the passage
A．Friendship is important in our lives. B．It’s difficult for humans to raise money.
C．We should help those who’re in need. D．Everyone must do something unusual.
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