—— Yuhang High School, Shen Yuanyuan

1. —— Yuhang High School, Shen Yuanyuan

2. Chant • one frog, one mouth, two eyes, four legs; • two frogs, two mouths, four eyes, eight legs; • three frogs…. • four…. • A ha, so many frogs!

3. Story telling ◆when ◆where ◆who ◆what ◆how ◆why Tell the story in about 5 sentences.

4. Story Sharing When? Where? Who? What happened?

5. One sunny day, a group of frogs were traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a deep pit. Immediately, all the other frogs in the group g_______ aroundthe pit and watched as the imprisoned frogs tried to jump out. The pit was very deep, so the frogs on top started yelling at the two frogs in the pit to give up. When the trapped frogs kept trying, the crowd yelled louder, “Give up. You’re as good as dead.” After a while, one of the exhausted frogs took heed of what the others were saying, and fell down and d_____. But amazingly, the second frog kept j________ as hard as she could despite the negative remarks. Finally, with one brave leap, she made it out of the pit! This amazing result occurred because the second frog was d____ and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been c_______ her on the entire time they were yelling! What she had mistakenly perceived (理解) as encouragement inspired her to try harder and succeed against all odds. And that made all the difference! gathered died jumping deaf cheering

6. Brainstorming the first frog: … easily-influenced negative pessimistic the second frog: … positive brave courageous optimistic Reading and appreciation the author’s comments/advice

7. summary True or false questions: immediately F • A group of frogs was traveling across a grassland and two of them fell into a deep pit. • All of the frogs gathered around the pit and cheered their friends on. • One of the exhausted frogs heard what the others were saying, and fell down and died. • The other frog which was blind thought others had been cheering her on. • The second frog succeed in jumping out of the pit. • When we get round others’ criticism, or laughter, we should follow their advice. • We need the wisdom to guide us to the proper way, so as not to be blindly guided by worldly opinion. F therefore/so T F T F T

8. Further Understanding Transforming Obstacles into Benefits —— By Richard Stewart, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

9. Firstly, secondly, lastly To begin with… what’s more… First and foremost… Last but not least… On one hand, on the other hand… For one thing, for another… You’d better… It’s better for you to… I advise you to… It is advisable  to… You might as well… Will it be better if you…? … On how to transform obstacles into benefits writing Obstacle: One of your friends is facing a very important examination and he is quite nervous. Structures: Give advice: Write a paragraph in not more than 50 words!

10. Homework • Polish your writing after class and then email it to aliceyuan007@126.com