Issue 423

大连市第四十四中学 孙旭

Food fuels car race in tech class (P3)

Pre-reading (Discussion)

While reading

1.     What’s the special point of the car-racing match?

2.     Where and when was the match held?

3.     What does the word STEMM mean?

4.     What was the most difficult part of this match?

5.     What can students learn from this game?

Choose the best answer:

1. The cars in this match are not made of _____.

A. metal

B. different kinds of food

C. toothpicks

D. popsicle sticks

2. What did Cipolla use for the base _____.

A.     steak

B.     fruit

C.     candies

D.    vegetables

Post-reading

Tell us your favourite thing!

Queue up to learn about my line story (P4)

Pre-reading

What are the Father Christmas doing?

While reading

1.     What kind of stereotype do British people give us?

2.     Why do British people often stand in a queue?

3.     When do Chinese people stand in a line in our daily lives?

4.     What’s the surprising experience did the writer have?

5.     How long does each person spend waiting in a queue?

While reading

Fill in the blanks according to the passage:

1.     While this sounds funny, it’s a popular English_______. The English people are well known for their ability to form a line of people.

2.   From the supermarket to the subway, ____are a common sight on the streets of Britain.

3.   Even away from the busy subway________, queues are different. One day I was standing in line at the supermarket.

4. It is with these small, everyday differences that I get to live and learn ______a new culture.

5. Back in Britain, the ______ person spends six months of their life waiting in a queue, ________to the auction site MadBid.

Post-reading

Discussion:

  Do you think we should wait in line? Why or why not?

Old dog’s brave bark (P6)

Pre-reading (Discussion)

While reading

2.     What did neighbors think of Brandy?

3.     Whom did Brandy play with one day?

4.     Where did they find Adam?

5.     What did Brandy do to save Adam?

6.     Why did Adam’s mother found Pets Alive?

Judge true or false

(     ) 1. All the neighbors were afraid of Brandy.

(     ) 2. One day, a mother and her son played with Brandy.

(     ) 3. Adam was badly hurt in the hole.

(     ) 4. Brandy held Adam and saved him.

(     ) 5. Adam’s mother founded Pets Alive to help pets.

Post-reading

 One world, one family!

Key: P3: AC

P6: FTFTT