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教学材料：外研版高中英语新教材必修第三册
教学内容：Unit1 Knowing me, knowing you
第六课时：Writing: Writing an essay
Writing an essay
Before-reading:
Watch a video & Think:
What are porcupines
porcupine
quills
While-reading:
The porcupine dilemma
What is the “Dilemma” mentioned in the story
How do the porcupines deal with the dilemma
Answer the following questions:
Choose the lesson you think the story conveys.
1. Porcupines are not social animals.
2. The more independent you are, the better your life will be.
3. There should be boudaries in interpersonal relationships.
What is a fable
a traditional short and vivid story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with characters
Retelling: a summary of the fable
Please try to retell the fable in your own words, and when you do it, you can refer to the following sentence patterns:
1. The fable describes the porcupine dilemma. It means…
2. Fortunately, they solved it by…
3. From the fable, we learn that …
the Main Ideas + the Lesson
the Main Ideas: six factors
Who :
When :
Where:
What :
Why :
How :
a group of porcupines
on cold winter nignt
the place they live
they wanted to keep warm by moving closer to each other, but they hurt each other
their long and hard quills
They eventually found the ideal distance where they could feel warm without hurting each other.
A possible version of the summary
The fable describes the porcupine dilemma.
On cold winter night, a group of porcupines gathered together to keep warm, but they may hurt each other because of their quills.Eventually they found the ideal distance to keep warm without hurting each other.
From the fable, we learn that the ideal distance matters among people.
Thinking:
Do you know other fables
The Cock and the Jewel
　　A cock, scratching(v. 抓/刨) for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed（v. 惊叫/呼喊）: “If your owner had found you, and not I, he would have taken you up, and have set you in the first estate（n. 财产）; but I have found you for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn（n.大麦粒） than all the jewels in the world."
　　
A possible version of the summary
The fable describes the attitude of a cock towards the jewel.
One day, a cock is scratching for food when he found a precious stone or a jewel. However, he didn’t take it. For him, one barleycorn is much more precious than the jewel.
From the table, we learn that what we need most is most precious to us.
The Ass and the Grasshopper
　　An ass having heard some grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
　　
The porcupine dilemma
How to keep the ideal distance
Post-reading: watch & think
What happened to Yingzi
1. What is Yingzi ‘s hobby
2. Does her mother support her hobby Why
3. Which university does Yingzi want to go Why
4. Do you think they love each other
5. Do you think they will get along well with each other in the future if they didn’t do anything about it
Thinking
Help Yingzi and
her mother out
If you were Yingzi's friends, please give some practical suggestions to her and her mother.
Advice:
They should keep an ideal distance between each other.
For Yingzi’s mother:
1. get to know the true feelings and thoughts of Yingzi;
2. respect Yingzi’s reasonable hobby;
3. Don’t force Yingzi to do anything she doesn’t want to do, especially in the name of love.
4. help Yingzi cope with the pressure caused by the college entrance examination instead of putting more pressure on her.
…
For Yingzi:
1. talk about her true feelings and thoughts with her mother peacefully;
2. try to understand her mother’s thoughts and give her mother more chances to get to know herself;
…
Useful expressions
— I would like to suggest that you should do sth;
— You had better do sth;
— It would be a good idea if you could do sth;
…
Could you think about more examples from the real life situation about the ideal distance
Share your ideas with me!
Further-thinking:
Assignment: writing:The ideal distance
Requirements:
1.make a summary about the fable ,the porcupine dilemma.
2. some examples from our real life about the ideal distance among people.
3. Your thoughts about it.
Useful expressions
— This fable describes…
— The fable teaches us that...
— One example of this from real life is...
— In conclusion, ...
Thank you for listening!

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