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A Boy and His Tree
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A Boy and His Tree
By the end of the class, I can …
1. describe a story according to time sequence(顺序);
2. learn a life lesson about love ;
3. know how to treat our parents’ love.
Learning Aims
Fast-reading
Task1: Go through the whole passage to get the structure and the main idea
Part 1 (para 1 to __) ______
Part 2 (para __ to __) ______
Task2: Part 1 is developed
in the order of _______
5
6
7
time
theme
structure
parents' love
a story
opinions
Fast Reading
A long time ago
Time went by
One day
One day
Finally
Time Order
Tips: We always develop a
story according to time
sequence.
One hot summer day
Time Sequence
Careful-reading
1
Meet the story
Careful Reading
Careful-reading
A long time ago
Time went by
One day
One day
Finally
One hot summer day
plot
Draw a mind map to describe the story
Careful Reading
A long time ago
One day
One day
One hot summer day
Finally
Further-thinking
This is everyone's story. The tree is our parents.
Life lesson 1: Parents' love is __________________.
When we were young
When we grew up,
When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad…
When we grew up,
we left them. Then we only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter how, parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy.
need something
give everything
unconditional/selfless
Further thinking
The tree is similar to _______. Why
Careful-reading
2
Meet the Feeling
Careful Reading
653
Careful-reading
feeling
Tips: We always use some adjectives to describe
the feeling. (形容词）
When the boy left with what he needed, he was ___________
excited/happy/satisfied
When the boy came back, the tree was
_______________ When the boy didn't come back for a long time, she was ____________
Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph
excited/delighted
sad/lonely
Careful Reading
“….The only thing I left is my dying root,” the tree said with tears.
The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.
Further-thinking
Life lesson 2: Parents' love is ___________.
endless/great
sad/sorry/guilty
happy/satisfied/delighted
Careful Reading
●●●
One day, ...“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
One day,...“Come and play with me,” the tree said.
One hot summer day,...“Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.
Further Thinking
Parents need our company.
Life lesson 3: Love is ___________.
a two-way process
The boy didn’t come back after that.
...but the boy didn't come back.
He went sailing and didn't show up for a long time.
The boy returned after being away for so many years.
You may think the boy in the story is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us are treating our parents.
Further thinking
selfish and cruel !!!
What will the boy say to the tree
thank you
sorry
regret
...
Continuation
Critical thinking
Is the tree's love really good to the boy
Post-reading
3
Meet the Masterpiece
Author Shel Silverstein
Genre Children's picture book
Publication date October 7, 1964
It has become one of Silverstein's best known titles and has been translated into numerous languages.
The Giving Tree
Uncle Shel
Post-reading
4
Meet a better “you”
or
strong/ beautiful/ happy
lonely/sad
What should we do
Write a short letter to your parents.
Time is too slow for those who wait,
too fast for those who fear,
too long for those who feel sad,
too short for those who feel happy,
but for those who love, time is endless.
Love before it is too late;
Love them as they love us.
