After children can well understand the destruction of Yuanmingyuan with the characteristics of writing strategies, they will learn the most critical part in the fable— the lesson children should learn from the ruin. I asked three questions at the beginning of the concluding paragraph. Those questions will lead children to think and review the fable we have talked about. I told the children the end of the story followed by the analysis of it. Giving the conclusion first will lead children to think about the question again with the answer.
However, if I just started the analysis after the question, they will just follow the explanation without thinking about it. For example, if we meet a difficult math problem and there are solutions after the question, one only offers the final answer and the other has the whole solving process. If we only see the answer of the question, we will try to consider the problem again with the key. However, if we follow the solving process, we will just look at the solution and we will be less likely to think of this math problem again. If it happened in this way for a long term, then students may be deprived of their ability to have critical thinking toward all their puzzles and they may form a habit to depend on others to get a specific solution at last. Fables are just written to educate children and lead them to think, to conclude and to learn. The former way of writing the conclusion paragraph will be more beneficial to the development of children. I wrote this fable not mainly because I want children know the history of the end of Qing Dynasty. I want to let children enjoy the way of thinking and finally conclude the moral. Apart from those children, maybe the children’ parents will as well be the unintended audiences as they would like to teach their own children so that they have to read before them in order for better tutoring afterwards.
As a matter of fact, to translate an academic article into a fable is really a consuming job and it may require many techniques in that process. To put it more specifically, translating an academic article into a fable is suitable for elementary school students because it requires a simple and straight-forward way of narrating. Metaphor and vivid diction will arouse children’ interest and it can also contribute to comprehension. Suppose that children can not understand the content of the fable at all, how can they later put the essence of this fable in the reality so as to contribute to the their cultivation of pleasant personalities and their rid of bad habits in a way or another. These methods lead children to understand easily and follow the fable fluently, which will lead them finally to learn the moral of the fable. Elementary school students can learn that they should never despise others and keep developing, which will have great significance to their future life. It is hoped that children can learn those personalities and can well apply them into their daily life so as to make their potential to the full play.
Ringmar Eric, “Malice in Wonderland: Dreams of the Orient and the Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China.” Journal of World History. Vol. 22 Issue 2, Jun2017, p273-298. 26p. Web EBSCO, May 1, 2017 网站原创范文除特殊说明外一切图文作品权归所有；未经官方授权谢绝任何用途转载或刊发于媒体。， |
