Unit6Anoldmantriedtomovethemountains LanguageGoal Tellastory SectionA Period11a 2d aHouYiShootstheSuns bJourneytotheWest cNuWaRepairstheSky dYuGongMovesaMountain 1aMatchthestorytitleswiththepictures a d JourneytotheWest YuGongMovesaMountain HouYiShootstheSuns NuWaRepairstheSky 1bListenandcheck thefactsyouhear WhichstoryareAnnaandWangMingtalkingabout Thetwomountainswereveryhighandbig Averyoldmantriedtomovethemountains AmantoldYuGongthathecouldneverdoit 1cDiscussthequestionswithyourpartner 1 Howdoesthestorybegin Onceuponatime therewas Therewere nearhishouse Theywereso thatittook to 2 Whathappenednext Theoldmantold thattheyshouldall 3 Wherewouldtheyputalltheearthandstonefromthemountains Theycouldputalltheearthandstonein 2aListenandnumberthepictures 1 4 inordertotellthestory 1 2 4 3 2bListenagainandcirclethewordsyouhear AmansawYuGongandhis children family whentheywereworkingonmovingthemountains HetoldYuGonghecouldneverdoitbecausehewasoldand poor weak Assoonasthemanfinished talking speaking YuGongsaidhisfamilycouldcontinuetomovethemountainsafterhedied Finally agodwassomovedbyYugongthathesent two three godstotakethemountainsaway Thisstoryremindsusthatyoucannever know see what spossibleunlessyoutrytomakeithappen 1 YuGongandhisfamilybegantomovesomeoftheearthandstonetothesea 2cLookatthepicturesin2aandtellthestoryinyourownwords 2 AmansawYuGongandhisfamilywhentheywereworkingonmovingthemountains HetoldYuGonghecouldneverdoitbecausehewasoldandweak 3 Assoonasthemanfinishedtalking YuGongsaidhisfamilycouldcontinuetomovethemountainsafterhedied Hisfamilywouldliveandgrow butthemountainscouldnotgetbigger SoYUGongandhisfamilykeptondiggingdayafterdayandyearafteryear 4 Finally agodwassomovedbyYugongthathesenttwogodstotakethemountainsaway 2dRole playtheconversation Teacher SowhatdoyouthinkaboutthestoryofYuGong WangMing Ithinkit sreallyinteresting YuGongfoundagoodwaytosolvehisproblem Claudia Really Ithinkit salittlebitsilly Itdoesn tseemverypossibletomoveamountain WangMing Butthestoryistryingtoshowusthatanythingispossibleifyouworkhard YuGongkepttryinganddidn tgiveup Claudia Well Istilldon tagreewithyou Ithinkweshouldtrytofindotherwaystosolveaproblem WangMing ButwhatcouldYuGongdoinsteadofmovingthemountains Claudia Well therearemanyotherways Forexample hecouldbuildaroad That sbetterandfasterthanmovingamountain Teacher Youhavedifferentopinionsaboutthestory andneitherofyouarewrong Therearemanysidestoastoryandmanywaystounderstandit 2dRole playtheconversation Teacher Sowhatdoyou thestoryofYuGong WangMing Ithinkit sreally YuGong Claudia Really Ithinkit s Itdoesn tseemverypossibletomoveamountain WangMing Butthestoryistryingtoshowusthatanythingispossibleifyouworkhard YuGongkepttryinganddidn tgiveup Claudia Well Istilldon tagreewithyou Ithinkweshouldtrytofindotherwaystosolveaproblem WangMing ButwhatcouldYuGongdo movingthemountains Claudia Well therearemanyotherways Forexample hecould That sbetterandfasterthanmovingamountain Teacher Youhavedifferentopinionsaboutthestory andneitherofyouarewrong Therearemanysidestoastoryandmanywa