Part.1
A few days ago, the circle of friends was everywhere circulating Li Jiaqi and Wei Ya's Double Eleven War Report.
Among them, Li Jiaqi's sales reached 10.6 billion:
And Via also has 8.2 billion:
Seeing such a record, the wife could not help but "wow" a sound.
"Husband, we have to train our children well in speech and eloquence", the wife thought thoughtfully, "you see how strong the people who can speak, even if they sell goods, they can also produce performance!" ”
"Yeah, yeah," I agree with my wife.
Speaking and eloquence, my mind suddenly went back to a few years ago.
Part.2
When she first arrived in the United States, she encountered a big problem, that is, English speaking and writing.
If you want to be able to speak, you must first be able to write, and what he often writes is very simple, a few strokes, and the article is empty and boring.
Once, during the school's "Culture Week," the teacher assigned a task for everyone to go back and write stories about their respective countries and then speak out.
Cultural stories? What's the point?
We discussed with Huan Huan, and it happened that I read him the story of "Jingwei Reclamation", and I suggested to him, "Or, you can write a story of Jingwei Reclamation, right?" ”
Because many of the myths of ancient Western times are gods who decide everything, and the myths of ancient China, like Jingwei reclamation, reflect the spirit of man's victory over heaven, this story is meaningful, and it can also reflect the difference between Chinese and Westernization!
The son readily agreed and began to write with a pen.
I remember that at that time, the English language of the humble, translated it, was written like this:
"There was a girl who drowned, so she became a guard bird and threw stones into the sea every day to fill the sea."
When I saw the first draft, I was a little crying and laughing, the content was too flat, there was no ups and downs of the plot, it was really not interesting...
This English, how to do???
So, I quickly asked the teacher.
The teacher put me at ease, and she said that this is a common problem of English composition for elementary school students.
Therefore, they have created a special method called "Story Mountain", Chinese called "Story Mountain", which is to help children write in English.
Here's the one:
Then she recommended me an instructional animation and asked me to go home and show it to Hermitage, to study it well, and all the essence of writing a story is there!
I look at the number of plays, more than a million! In the instructional video, this is a top number, so I rushed home to study it with my son!
Part.3
In this instructional animation, it has a mountain. Different parts of the mountain represent different stages of writing.
For example, at the foot of the mountain is the background of the story:
Halfway up the mountain to tell the plot of the story:
The summit is the climax of the story:
And around this story mountain, it also sets up a dragon fighting plot.
There are all kinds of conflicts in it.
Finally, combined with the story mountain, the story is described in its entirety.
This is the teaching animation, I put it in my video number, you can pay attention to it when you watch it, my future teaching videos are all there!
Part.4
Since the efficacy of "storytelling" is so great, how to train children?
The teacher provided me with a set of homework papers, which is the "mountain" below.
It is based on the content of the instructional animation, comparing "storytelling" to the plot of mountain climbing:
Let's start with an ordinary scene, this is the foot of the mountain.
As the plot develops, using the contradictions of the story to push the story to the climax, this time it is time to go to the top of the mountain.
Finally, with the efforts of the protagonist, the problem is solved, and the story ends, which is the foot of the mountain.
The above is the basic structure of the story mountain, this structure is still relatively rough, how to make this mountain more plump? In fact, there are 6 major parts:
Introduce the characters and background of the story
The beginning of the story
The main contradictions and problems that drive the storyline
The climax of the story
Resolution of story contradictions
The end of the story
With such a structure, it is much more convenient for writing stories. For example, for the "Jingwei Reclamation" written by Huan Huan, we can compare it.
1. Introduction to characters and setting
This is the location at the foot of Story Mountain:
The content can be written:
The protagonist is: Princess Nv Wa (Baby Princess)
The location is: Sea
So the connection is:
The sun shone on the calm sea. Princess Nv Wa smiled at its reflection. It looked like a gold pebble in the water.
(The sunlight reflects on the calm sea, sparkling, and the princess revels in the beauty, and the waves are like golden pebbles.) ）
Here are the characters in the story and where the story takes place.
2. The Beginning of the Story (Opening)
This is halfway up the hill in Story Mountain:
Nv Wa walked down to the beach. She slid her small boat into the water. Shw rowed out to the sea.
(The baby girl walked down the beach and paddled a flat boat toward the sea.) ）
This part is the opening of the story, introducing the plot that happens later.
3. The main contradictions and problems that promote the storyline (Problem)
This is the location of the story mountain near the top of the mountain:
Suddenly, clouds hid the sun. Rain poured down. A strong wind blew across the sea. The wind made the waves rise.
The strong waves tipped over Nv Wa's boat. The boat sank into the sea.
(Suddenly the clouds were thick, the rain was pouring, the wind was blowing, and the waves were rough.) The big wave overturned the baby girl's boat, and the boat sank to the bottom of the sea. ）
This is the main contradiction of the story, because the sudden change of sky, which leads to the death of the baby girl in the sea, promotes the development of the entire plot.
4. Climax of the story
This is the top position at the top of Story Mountain:
Nv Wa turned into a beautiful bird! She spread her wings. She flew high above the water.
"Jingwei! Jingwei!" the princess bird cried.
She picked up a stick in her beak. She dropped the stick into the sea.
On the seconod day, Jingwei dropped a rock into the sea.
Day after day, Jingwei dropped a pebble, a rock, or a stick into the sea.
(The baby girl turned into a beautiful bird, spreading her wings and flying high, while calling "Jingwei, Jingwei.")
She picked up a branch with her mouth and threw it into the sea.
The next day, Jingwei picked up a stone and threw it into the sea.
Day after day, Jingwei grabbed a stone and a branch and threw it into the sea. ）
This is the climax of the whole story, the girl incarnated as a jingwei bird, determined to reclaim the sea.
5. Resolution of story contradictions
This is halfway down the hill in story:
The sea laughed at Jingwei. "Your pebbles can never fill me up! Not in a million years!"
She flew in the sunshine. "I will never give up! I will fill you up, Sea! I will stop you from sinking any more boats."
(The sea laughed at Jingwei, "Your stone will never fill me, even for a million years!") ”
Jingwei still spread his wings and flew high, "I will never give up, the sea, I will definitely fill you, I will stop you from letting innocent people die!" ”）
This is the solution to the conflict problem of the story, and although the sea laughs at her efforts, Jingwei still does not give up.
6. Ending and Moral
Jingwei never gives up. She is small. The sea is big and strong. Still, Jingwei does not stop. Every day, she makes the long, tiring trip. Every day, she drops a pebble, a rock, or a stick into the sea.
Jingwei teaches a lesson. She shows us to never give up even when it is hard.
(Although she is weak and the sea is strong, Jingwei never gives up.) She flew far every day, grabbing stones and branches determined to fill them back.
Jingwei taught us a good lesson, she told us that although life may be difficult, we must not give up our efforts. ）
This is the end of the story, Jingwei through his own unremitting efforts, gave us a truth of life.
Therefore, with the help of this "story mountain", the child's organization will be very clear, different content can be written at different stages, and the storyline will advance layer by layer.
In this way, whether it is writing or expressing, they will not worry about no content, nor do they have to worry about talking upside down and writing without focus!
Part.5
The above English story of Jingwei reclamation, see the book "Tales of China Good Stories".
This set of books tells the story of traditional Chinese culture in English, if children are learning to write English compositions, this book will inspire them a lot!
Click here for an introduction to this set of books!
In addition, the "Story Mountain" method also has a great effect on children's English writing, so I have prepared some templates for you.
For example, I gave my son a climbing:
There is also this "dragon" theme of the baby is also very fond of:
There is also a hands-on lesson plan in the folder, teaching children how to make a story mountain by hand. For example, a child will be given a set of comics:
The child then tries to create a "story mountain" based on the description of the comic, and the lesson plan here will also provide answer references:
I have sorted out these documents and put them in the background of the public account.