The Lion And The Mouse
A Lion lay asleep in the shady forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her. "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you." The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. He laughed so hard that the whole ground shook. But as he was a generous Lion, he let the poor creature go. Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free. "You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion." __________________________________________________________
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DAY 1 1. Read aloud the story. 出声朗读⼀遍故事，可以录下来。 2. Tell It Back - Narration：Tell back the story as best as you remember it using your own words. Try to keep the events of the story in their proper order. What happens
first? What happens second? And so on. If the child needs it, remind him/her with the first sentence of the story.
复述故事, ⽤⾃⼰的话把刚才读过的故事再讲⼀遍。此训练的⽬的：a）更好地记得这个故事；b） 训练我们更好地整理思维，并且表达它们。复述时尽量保持原故事事件的顺序，⾸先发⽣了什么， 然后⼜发⽣了什么，以此类推。 如果孩⼦需要的话，⽤故事开头第⼀句话作提醒。 3. Talk About It - Rhetoric Today: 讨论故事-今⽇修辞 1) The word “fabulous” comes from the Latin word fabula, which means “fable.” Today we most often mean something excellent or wonderful when we say “fabulous”, for the original meaning was more like “hard to believe”. For instance: “Wow! These tulips are fabulous!” What are some reasons why a fable is fabulous or “hard to believe”?
你认为：为什么⼀个寓⾔故事常常让⼈难以置信？ 2) What do you think would be a good lesson - a good moral - to take away from the fable The Lion and the Mouse? Write it on the line printed at the end of the story. Share it with others.
你觉得从这个故事可以总结出⼀个什么道德功课？写在故事末尾的横线上。 和同学彼此分享。 3) The Golden Rule also seems like a fitting moral for this fable. Do you know the Golden Rule? “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.” Why would the Golden Rule be a good moral for this fable?
⻩⾦法则”似乎也可以⽤来总结这个故事想说的道德功课。 你知道“⻩⾦法则”吗？ “在凡事上，你愿意别⼈怎样待你，就先怎样待别⼈。” 你觉得这条“⻩⾦法则”对这个故事适⽤吗？为什么？ “
有没有过如下的经历：你是较强的⼀⽅，伸⼿帮助⽐你弱⼩者的经历？或者反过来，你是较弱 的⼀⽅，被更强壮的⼀⽅帮助的经历？ 4)
想想我们听到的新闻故事⾥，有没有和这个故事可以类⽐/相似的呢？（【教师】：譬如那些狗 狗救主⼈的新闻...) 5)
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DAY 1 Copywork First, trace the sentences; Then, in the space provided, neatly copy them:
The Lion laughed so hard that the whole ground shook. ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________
狮子大笑不已，连大地都震动了。 _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
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DAY 2
出声朗读⼀遍故事。 2. Deeper discussions. 深⼊讨论。 1） Underline the one sentence in the fable that captures its main idea. 在故事中 下划线你认为最能体现故事中⼼思想的那句话。 2) 下⾯哪句箴⾔最能总结这个故事： 1. Read aloud.
a. “Rude parents make rude children.” - Chinese proverb b. “Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.” - Italian proverb c. “When a mighty tree falls, the goats eat its leaves.” - African proverb d. “Even the strong sometimes need the friendship of the weak.” 3) The word “timid” comes from the Latin word timidus, which means “fearful.” Because the Mouse is described by the adjective “timid,” what might be another word to describe her? a. brave
b. troublesome
c. excited
d. shy
Write a complete sentence that describes how a timid boy might act when he walks into his new classroom on the first day of school. The meaning of the word should be clear by the way you use it in your sentence.
胆怯的）这个单词源⾃拉丁⽂timidus, 本意是“充满恐惧的”。 请根据此意再选 ⼀个形容词来形容⽼⿏。 “Timid”(
想象⼀个timid（胆怯的）男孩第⼀次⾛到新教室的样⼦。⽤⼀句完整的话描述他可能的表 现。 ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________
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DAY 2
） Circle the adjective that best describes the Lion. Why did you pick this
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word? Write a complete sentence.
下列哪个单词最能体现狮⼦的个性。请⽤完整的话表达你为什么选择这个词。 fierce lazy
wise
sleepy
honest
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这个故事最后，你觉得狮⼦有变化吗？还是没有变？为什么？ Changes
Stays the same
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DAY 2 Copywork First, trace the sentence; Then, in the space provided, neatly copy it:
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________
狮子想着一只小老鼠怎么可能帮到他，觉得 挺好笑。 _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
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DAY 3 SENTENCE PLAY “The Lion laughed so hard that the whole ground shook.” Can you think what else might happen if you heard a Lion laughing? Maybe the Lion laughed so hard that monkeys fell from the trees. Maybe the Lion laughed so hard that it sounded like thunder. Think of two ways to finish the following sentences:
The Lion laughed so hard that ________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________________________
The Lion laughed so hard that
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玩句⼦： “狮⼦⼤笑不已，以⾄于地都摇动了。” 除了这个以外，你还能想到什么狮⼦⼤ 笑时可能发⽣的事？譬如，“狮⼦⼤笑不已，把猴⼦们都从树上震下来了。” 或者， “狮⼦ ⼤笑不已，听起来就像打雷⼀样。” 请⽤你的想象，完成上⾯两个句⼦。 Dictation Your teacher will read to you about lions. Please listen carefully! After your teacher reads the statements once, she/he will read it slowly again and include the punctuation marks. Your task will be to write down the sentences as your teacher reads them one by one.
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DAY 4 Rewrite the fable using a Mouse in the role of the strong animal. What sort of weak animal would you need to make the story work? How would the trap be different? Examples: An Ant saves a Mouse from a snapping trap. A Spider saves a a Mouse that has fallen into a jar of honey. Please use your own notebook. Why do you suppose changing a famous story can be a helpful way to learn how to tell your own stories?
这次让⽼⿏在故事中做强壮的⼀⽅。想想你要⽤什么更弱⼩的动物才能让故 事圆满？故事⾥的陷阱该怎样设置？ 改编故事
举例： ⼀只蚂蚁把⼀只⽼⿏从⽼⿏夹中救出来。 ⼀只蜘蛛救了掉进蜂蜜罐的⼀只⽼⿏。 请⽤⾃⼰的英语本。 想⼀想，为什么改写⼀个著名的故事会是⼀种很好的、训练写作的⽅式？
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DAY 5 Speak and Share It
朗读分享你写的故事。 听听同学或朋友写的故事有何异同。 你也可以把⾃⼰改写的故事录 下来，和之前你⾃⼰录的原作相⽐较，哪个故事更⻓？哪个故事有更多情节？哪个故事能 更好地体现同样的道德律？
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Teacher's Manual
教学目标 知道什么是寓⾔；写作上开始模仿与改编。 按时间顺序讲故事 (Tell It Back) 批判思维 (Talk About It) ⽐较与对⽐ (Talk About It) 中⼼思想 (Main Idea) 简单从句 (that/when) 想像故事 (Imaginative storytelling) 关于本课听写 听写的⽬的是帮助学⽣培养把⾃⼰所听所想转换成书写⽂字的⼀种能⼒。这会增强 孩⼦的记忆与思维能⼒，⽽这种能⼒的不断提升与孩⼦将来的思考、⼝头表达与写 作都是⽆价之宝。 "法式听写", 即听写填空题，适合于还没有太好掌握听写技能的孩⼦。这种练习训 练孩⼦同时使⽤阅读、聆听、和书写技能，却⼜不⾄于让他们觉得太难。这种练习 也特别适合⽤于训练孩⼦在⽂本背景下对同⾳字词的辨识。 另外，听写时教师应该读出标点符号，训练孩⼦对符号的认知。 参考答案 Day 2: 4) fierce. The Lion nearly kills the Mouse for no other reason than the Mouse interrupted his nap. 5) The Lion changes. He will be more humble. He has learned that even strong creatures sometimes need help from the weak.
Day 3: Sentence Play The Lion laughed so hard that he fell onto the ground. The Lion laughed so hard that the tree beside him split in halves.
Day 4:
改编⼀个著名故事对写作的训练在于： 改编⼀个故事⽐凭空想象⼀个故事更简单； 让孩⼦看到，改编故事的⼀点点可能让整个故事读起来感觉很不⼀样； 通过对⼀个故事的改编，可以更理解该故事最初是如何被创作出来的； 模仿经典的过程可以帮助孩⼦们建⽴品味和写作优秀作品的标准，就像有了⼀条 准绳，可以⽤于衡量⾃⼰或他⼈的作品。 13