Issue 466 For Junior 2

大连五十五中学   宋文静

 

What not to wear P(2)

I. Pre-reading 

☆ Do you need to wear a school uniform every day? 

☆ What does your school uniform look like?

☆ If you wear the wrong clothes to school, what will happen to you ?

 

II. While reading

1. Why were the 170 students told to go home on May 14?

A. Because they had the day off. 

B. Because they had a special activity. 

C. Because they didn’t wear uniforms.

D. Because they didn’t wear the right clothes to school.

2. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Different US schools have different dress codes.

B. In Florida, students aren’t allowed to wear pants.

C. In the US, students must wear school uniform every day.

D. US schools ban students wearing saggy pants.

3. The Associated Press reported that __________.

A. schools ask students to wear leggings to school

B. leggings are very popular among students

C. students like wearing saggy pants better than leggings

D. students who wear leggings are popular at school

4. What did some of the students complain about?

Their school is too far away from home.

Their school uniforms aren’t pleasant to wear.

Their school is controlling too much about what they wear.

Their school dress code can’t help protect their safety.

5. What do the schools think of dress codes?

A. They may be too hard on students. 

B. Most students are against the codes.

C. They help students in some way. 

D. They help students stand out outside of school. 

Key: DABCC

 

III. Post reading

1. Debate:

Is it necessary for students to wear a school uniform? 

＊makes our lives easier.

＊don’t have to spend money 

on name-brand clothes.

＊Don’t need to compete with others on how we look

＊can concentrate on our 

studies

＊…

 

＊ cannot wear our favorite clothes

＊ feel uncomfortable

＊ can’t express ourselves when wearing an old-fashioned uniform

＊ …

 

2. Design your own school uniform then describe it in groups of four.

color, style, shoes…

 

Is this the biggest ever dinosaur? P(5)

 

I. Pre-reading

What can you see in the picture?

Try to think of as many adjectives (形容词) as you can to describe it.

What do you know about this kind of animal?

 

II. While reading

Read and choose:

1.What made dinosaurs kings of the land and skies?

A. Their fossils.

B. Their weight.

C. Their height.

D. Their huge size.

2. The paleontologists digging in Argentina found _____.

A. some ancient kings

B. the biggest dinosaur ever on Earth

C. a type of tyrannosaurus 

D. 14 huge elephants 

3. How did scientists find out when the dinosaur lived?

A. By looking up the information in the history book.

B. By examining the fossils of the dinosaur.

C. By asking other scientists for help.

D. By examining the rocks where the bones were found.

4. Which of the following is TRUE? 

A. Although the titanosaur was huge in size, they ate grass and plants.

B. A local farm worker found more than 200 fossils in the desert in 2011. 

C. A team from the US began digging up the dinosaur.

D. The name of the largest dinosaur in the world is tyrannosaurus.

Key: DBDA

 

III. Post-reading 

Activity One: Discussion

As we know the largest dinosaur in the world is still nameless. Let’s give it a name!

Activity Two: In groups, design a poster about dinosaurs.

★ Surf the internet to find more pictures and facts about dinosaurs.

★ Design a poster.

★ Share your poster with your classmates.

 

 

Love every moment of life P(6)

 

I. Pre-reading

What were they doing?

Have your parents ever fought over little things?

If so, what would you do to help them make up?

 

II. While reading

♣ Read the passage and answer the questions:

1. What’s wrong with the couple?

2. Before Lisa answered the phone, what was she doing?

3. After answering the phone, how did Lisa feel? Why?

4. Who came through the front door?

5. What happened to Mike on their anniversary?

6. How do you understand the sentence “That’s the best news I’ve ever heard”?

Key: 1. They fight over every little thing and they didn’t like the way things had changed.

2. She was waiting for Mike to come home to celebrate their anniversary.

3. She felt shocked because she thought her husband died in a car accident.

4. Mike.

5. His wallet was stolen.

6. Students’ own answer.

 

III Post-reading 

1. How do you understand this saying?

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.  井干方知水可贵。

2. How should we treat the people we love the most?