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Gulliver's Travels
--A Writing Lesson
I. Review the previous story
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Rules of the game:
Choose your favorite number; one number stands for one danger Gulliver met;
Describe the situation, tell your choice
and the reason;
Put the pictures in correct order and retell the story.
1. Jump into the sea and swim to another island
2. Wait until the storms stop
You survive!
continue
You drown!
Game is over.
1. Attack the giant with your sword.
2. Run away as fast as possible.
You are killed by the giant!
Game is over.
You are alive!
continue
1. Jump from the handkerchief
2. Stay in the handkerchief
You die!
Game is over
The giant carries you home.
continue
1. Try to ask the farmer for help.
2. Ask Glumdalclitch for help
He becomes very angry and he kills you!
Game is over.
Glumdalclitch comes to protect you!
continue
1. Wait for a right
chance to escape.
2. Ask the farmer
to release you.
You are alive!
continue
The giant kills you!
Game is over.
1. Refuse the queen
2. Try to get along well with the
queen
The queen is angry and she puts you in prison.
Game is over.
The queen treats you very well and you can live a comfortable life.
continue
1. Keep arguing with the king
2. Try to make the king agree with you
The king becomes more and more angry and he kills you!
Game is over.
You make it!
continue
1. Run away
2. protect
yourself with
your sword.
You have no way to go and the rats eat you up!
Game is over.
They are afraid of you and they run away!
continue
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II.Analysize personality traits
liked travelling so much
traveller by nature
P27 “But I am a traveller by nature and after
2 months I looked for another job as a
ship's doctor.”
Model:
I think Gulliver was ... because on page.., it says...
From this I know that...
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I ran as fast as I could in the opposite direction. I then climbed a big hill and when I looked around I saw fields and fields of very long grass. Then I saw other giants working in the fields.
“So this is my destiny,” I told myself. “On my last journey I was a giant on an island of tiny people and now I am a tiny person on an island of giants!” It was not a nice feeling. (P28)
III.Appreciate the language
scared
desperate/
hopeless
feel bad
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III.Appreciate the language
Find descriptions about feelings
Model:
On page.., it says...
This sencence/part shows that Gulliver was very...
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III.Appreciate the language
How did the writer describe feelings?
Feeling words
I was very happy to be with my family again. (P27)
I was desperate and hid behind an enormous tree. (P28)
Thoughts
“So this is my destiny,” I told myself,..... (P28)
“This is the end.” I thought for the second time in my life,.....(P28)
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III.Appreciate the language
How did the writer describe feelings?
Action description
I ran as fast as I could in the opposite direction.(P28)
They began to attack me from every corner and I only saved myself because I still had my sword with me.(P30)
Use feeling words
Tip 1
Tip 2
Tip 3
Use thoughts
Use action descriptions
Tips for writing
V. Writing practice
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One day, when I was particularly homesick, I went on holiday with the king and the queen to the sea. I was in my box-home on the beach....
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V.Appreciate your writing
Grammar person(人称)
tense(时态)
mistakes(错误)
Language (语言) sentences with feeling words
sentences with thoughts
sentences with action description
Plot(情节) logical(有逻辑性)
imaginative(有想象力)
vivid(生动)
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V.Appreciate your writing
Grammar person(人称)
tense(时态)
mistakes(错误)
Language (语言) sentences with feeling words
sentences with thoughts
sentences with action description
Plot(情节) logical(有逻辑性)
imaginative(有想象力)
vivid(生动) ( )
General evaluation (总体评价) excellent good need to be improved
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VI. Home assignment
Read chapter 9, compare the feeling description in the book with yours and polish your writing..
Thank you for your listening!