The clever monk (P1)

Pre-reading

1. Do you know the monk in the picture?

2. What do you think of  him?                    

While reading

Answer the following questions:

1. Where is Ikkyu from?

2. Why does Yulan compete with Ikkyu?

3. Who steals the princess’ gift? 

Words in use

Fill in the blanks:

1. Kathy is ______ (smart) than his brother.

2. The children had a _________ (compete) to see who can sing best.

3. My father doesn’t know how ______ (fix) the car.

4. I called you yesterday, but ________ (fortunate) you were out.

Post-reading

1. What other stories do you know about Ikkyu?

2. How do you like to solve problems, by yourself or with others’ help?

How to be a good volunteer (P3)

Pre-reading

1. What does “volunteer” mean?

2. Have you ever been a volunteer?

3. What do you think of volunteer work?

While reading

1. What does the writer think of the volunteer meeting?

A. boring           B. difficult      

C. moving          D. lively

2. According to the article, how can a volunteer help patients?

  A. Discuss the illness with their doctors.

  B. Bend down to listen to them.

  C. Give them some medicine.

  D. Have meetings with them.

3. Which statement is incorrect?

  A. We should care about volunteering.

  B. Miss Graham is good at talking in volunteer meetings.

  C. The writer does not like the meetings.

  D. Volunteers should keep eye contact while helping patients.

Words in use

Fill in the blanks:

1. My room is not very big, but it is _______.

2. What the headmaster said yesterday _____  the students a lot.

3. Our English teacher often gives us many _______ to make us understand better.

4. Ben _______ to help the animals in a local animal hospital every Sunday afternoon.

Post-reading

1. How many kinds of volunteer work do you know?

2. What volunteer work do you want to do?

3. Why do you choose it?

4. How are you going to do it well?

Showing Mom love (P5)

Pre-reading

1. Do you know when Mother’s Day is?  

2. How do you usually show love to your mother on that day?

While reading

True or false:

1. Mother’s Day is a great time to show love to your mom.

2. Children in the UK always buy gifts for mothers on Mother’s Day.

3. The writer made a surprise breakfast himself on one Mother’s Day.

4. The writer sent his mom a card with a poem as a Mother’s Day gift this year.

Words in use

Put them into English:

1. 我把近期的照片给奶奶看了看。

　 I _________________ my grandmother.

2. 一休经常帮助大家解决难题。

   Ikkyu often ____________ problems.

3. 妈妈尽管很累了，还帮助我学习。

  _________ my mother was tired, she helped me with my work. 

4. 走路是一种受欢迎的锻炼身体的方法。

  Walking is _____________ get exercise.  

Post-reading

1. What’s the date of this year’s Mother’s Day?

2. How are you going to show your love to your mom this year?