高中英語(yǔ)后續(xù)寫：The Old Fisherman學(xué)案

Lesson

LearningGoals：

1.Getfamiliarwiththewordsandphraseslikeconvince^complaint,heldo〃,etc.byreferring

tothedictionaryandexercise;

2,Concludethedevelopmentofthestorywiththetimeline;

3.Concludethequalitiesoftheoldmanbyanalyzingdetaileddescriptions

4.Interpretthemoralofthestorybywritingthelasttwoparagraphs;

5.Haveabetterunderstandingofthemeaningbytalkingandwritingyourownexperience.

TheOldFisherman

OurhousewasdirectlyacrossthestreetfromtheclinicentranceofJohnHopkinsHospitalin

Baltimore.Weliveddownstairsandrentedtheupstairsroomstoout-patientsattheclinic.

OnesummereveningasIwasfixingsupper,therewasaknockatthedoor.Iopenedittosee

atrulyawfullookingman-notallerthanmyeight-year-old-IthoughtasIstaredattheshriveled

body.Buttheappallingthingwashisface,lopsidedfromswelling,redandraw.Yethisvoicewas

pleasantashesaid,"Goodmorning.I'vecometoseeifyou'vearoomforjustonenight.Icame

foratreatmentthismorningfromtheeasternshore,butthere'snobusuntilmorning.”

Hetoldmehe'dbeenhuntingforaroomsincenoonbutwithnosuccess."Iguessit'smy

face...,butmydoctorsayswithafewmoretreatments..."

ForamomentIhesitated,buthisnextwordsconvincedme,“Icouldsleepinthisrocking

chairontheporch.Mybusleavesearlyinthemoming.^^

Itoldhimwewouldfindhimabed,buttorestontheporch.Iwentinsideandfinished

gettingsupper.Whenwewereready,Iaskedtheoldmanifhewouldjoinus."No,thankyou.I

haveplenty.^Andheheldupabrownpaperbag.

WhenIhadfinishedthedishes,Iwentouttotalkwithhimforafewminutes.Itdidn'ttake

longtimetoseethatthisoldmanhadanoversizedheartcrowedintothattinybody.Hetoldmehe

fishedforalivingtosupporthisdaughter,herfivechildren,andherhusband,whowashopelessly

disabledfromabackinjury.

Hedidn'ttellitbywayofcomplaint.Infact,everyothersentencewasprefacewithathanks

toGodforablessing.Hewasgratefulthatnopainaccompaniedhisdisease,whichwasapparently

aformofskincancer.HethankedGodforgivinghimthestrengthtokeepgoing.

Atbedtime,weputupacampcotinthechildren'sroomforhim.WhenIgotupinthe

morning,thebedlinenswereneatlyfoldedandthelittlemanwasoutontheporch.Herefused

breakfast.Butjustbeforeheleftforhisbus,haltingly,asifaskingagreatfavour,hesaid,“Could1

pleasecomebackandstaythenexttimeIhaveatreatment?Iwon'tputyououtabit.Icansleep

fineinachair.^^

Hepausedforamomentandthenadded,4tYourchildrenmademefeelathome.Grownups

arebotheredbymyface,butchildrendon'tseemtomind.^^

Itoldhimhewaswelcometocomeagain.

OnhisnexttripheaiTivedalittleafter7:00inthemorning.Asagift,hebroughtabigfish

andaquartofthelargestoystersIhadeverseen.Hesaidhehadshuckedthemthatmorning

beforeheleftsothatthey'dbeniceandfresh.Iknewhisbusleftat4:00a.m.andIwondered

whattimehehadtogetupinordertodothisforus.

Duringtheyearshecametostayovernightwithus,therewasneveratimethathedidnot

bringusfishoroystersorvegetablesfromhisgarden.Othertimeswereceivedpackagesinthe

mail,alwaysbyspecialdelivery...fishandoysterspackedinaboxwithfreshyoungspinachor

kale...everyleafcarefullywashed.Knowingthathemustwalkthreemilestomailthese,and

knowinghowlittlemoneyhehadmadethegiftsdoublyprecious.

WhenIreceivedtheselittlegifts,Ioftenthoughtofacommentournext-doorneighbor

madeafterheleftthatfirst

morning?"_______________________________________________________________________

Maybewedidloseroomersonceortwice.Butoh!

WorkSheet

Preparation

Checkthefollowingwordsandexpressionsinthedictionary.

*clinic

out-patient

stooped

shrived

lopsided

*swell

"convince

rocking

porch

cripple

*complaint

*accompany

*apparent

cot

bedlinens

haltingly

shucked

spinach

kale

remembrance

*holdup（與hold有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)）

*pulup（與put有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)）

Reading&Comprehension&Writing

Step1:Fastreading

MainIdea:

Dividethestoryintotwopartsandconcludethemainideas:

Part1

Part2

Step2:Readthestorycarefullyandfinishthefollowingtasks.

l)Figureoutthedevelopmentofthestoryandfillinthefollowingchart.

WhenWhereWho(What)

???

2)Whatmakesthegiftsbroughtbytheoldmansospecial?

3)Concludethechangeoftheauthor'sattitudetowardstheoldman.

Step3:Whatwouldthecommentofournextdoorneighborbe?Finishwritingthelasttwo

paragraphsforthestory.

CriticalThinking

Language&Structure

1.Findthedescriptionsoftheoldman'sappearance,languageandactionsandconcludehis

personalities.

2.CanweputPara.10intoPara.9?

Meaning

1.Howdoyouthinkoftheoldman?Andhowdoyouthinkoftheauthor?

2.Whatcanyoulearnfromthestory?

3.Haveyoueverhadsuchexperienceaboutshowingorsensinggratitude?

Consolidation

Language

Fillintheblankswiththegivenwordsorexpressions.

1.Ourhousewasdirectlyacrossthestreetfromtheclinic(enter)ofJohnHopkins

HospitalinBaltimore.

2.IthoughtasI(stare)attheshriveledbody.

3.Icamefora(treat)thismorningfromtheeasternshore,butthere'snobusuntil

morning.

4.Hetoldmehe(hunt)foraroomsincenoonbutwithnosuccess.

5.Hetoldmehefishedforalivingtosupporthisdaughter,herfivechildren,andherhusband,

was(hope)disabledfromabackinjury.

6.Hewasgratefulthatnopainaccompaniedhisdisease,wasapparentlyaformof

skincancer.

7.Asagift,hebroughtabigfishandaquartofthelargestoystersI(see).

Translatethefollowingsentences.

1.Itdidn,ttakelongtimetoseethatthisoldmanhadanoversizedheartcrowedintothattiny

body.

2.Butjustbeforeheleftfbrhisbus,haltingly,asifaskingagreatfavour,hesaid,“CouldI

pleasecomebackandstaythenexttimeIhaveatreatment?Iwon'tputyououtabit.Ican

sleepfineinachair.^^

3.Duringtheyearshecametostayovernightwithus,therewasneveratimethathedidnot

bringusfishoroystersorvegetablesfromhisgarden.

4.Knowingthathemustwalkthreemilestomailthese,andknowinghowlittlemoneyhehad

madethegiftsdoublyprecious.

Listening&Reading

Listentotheaudiotapeofthestoryandtrytoimitatetheintonation.

(UploadyourrecordofstoryreadingtotheEplatform.)

Writing

Writeareflectionofthestory.

PairWork

Writeadialogueoutofthefirstpartofthestoryandpracticeyourdialogueinpairs.

Bethankfulthatyoudontalreadyhaveeverythingyoudesire.

Ifyoudid,whatwouldtherebetolookforwardto?

Bethankfulwhenyoudon'tknowsomething.

Foritgivesyoutheopportunitytolearn.

，

Bethankfulforthedifficulttimes,

Duringthosetimesyougrow.

Bethankfulforyour