UNIT 4 Stories and Poems Lesson 22 The Giant i 课件1.pptVIP

L/O/G/O Stories and Poems Unit 4 Lesson 22 The Giant (i) Introduction Content 1 2 3 Contents Homework Introduction 1. Do you like reading fairy tales? 2. Do you know any famous fairy tales? What are they? What’s a fairy tale? A fairy tale is a story that often has character like fairies, dwarfs, giants or mermaids. This fairy tale is adopted from The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde. He was one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Question Have you read this before? If you have, please tell us the Chinese version. If not, please read the following fairy tale carefully. Once upon a time, there was a large, lovely garden. Its grass was soft and green. Its trees were filled with singing bird. Every afternoon, children would play in the garden after school. They ran in the grass and climbed the trees. One day the children were playing in the garden when a giant appeared. “What are you doing here?” the giant cried in a loud voice. “This is my garden! You must leave immediately!” The children were frightened and dared not come back. The next day, the giant built a high wall around his garden and put a notice on board: DO NOT ENTER. The poor children no longer had a place to play. Summer turned to fall and fall turned to winter. When spring came, flowers blossomed and the birds began to sing across the land. “I don’t understand why spring is so late coming to my garden this year.” the giant said to himself. One morning as the giant was lying awake in his bed, he heard lovely music coming through the window. “perhaps spring has come at last.” he said as he jumped out of his bed and looked outside. What did the giant see? Question 1, What your feeling after reading this tale? 2, Talk your opinions toward this giant. I. Memory all the new words and expressions. II. Finish the exercises on the textbook. I. Collect a fairy tale on the internet. II. Talk with your friends about what we