Issue 486 For Junior 2

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

 

What grade is best? P (2)

I. Pre-reading   

1. How are you graded in your school? With scores or letters, like A, B…?

2. What do you think of the grading?

 

II. While reading

Fill in the blanks:

1. The French Ministry of Education suggested using ____ for test results, because they think scores could hurt sensitive students. 

2. US schools grade students from letters ____. 

While reading

3. German schools grade students with numbers ____.  

4. Finland doesn’t score students under the age of  _____.  For older students, the lowest score they can get is _____ out of 10.

While reading

5. Some schools in China believe that using grades will lessen the importance of _____. 

6. An article in The Washington Post thinks that students should build on what they truly do well and learn from __________.  

Key: 1. grades 

2. A-F 

3. 1-6 

4. 11, 4 

5. scores 

6. what they do not

 

III. Post-reading

What is the best way to be graded in your opinion?

 

How does Murphy’s Law work? P (5)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

1. Have you heard the term Murphy’s Law?

2. What do you know about it?

 

II. While reading

Comprehension check 

Choose the answer:

1. Which of the following can be an example of Murphy’s Law?

A. When you’re worried about missing the bus, you miss it.

B. You keep worrying about losing the game, but you win.

C. You work hard for the exam, and you get a bad grade.

D. You wish tomorrow is a fine day, and it turns out to be fine.

2. What was the result of the first buttered toast experiment? 

A. Toast with butter tastes better than those without butter. 

B. The butter-side lands down more when it falls on the floor. 

C. Buttered toast is more likely to fall on the floor. 

D. The butter-side lands up when it falls on the floor.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the latter two experiments?

A. The toast didn’t slide off from a higher place in the second experiment. 

B. The second experiment proved that butter matters in this phenomenon.

C. The third experiment used the toast with the letter B written on one side.

D. The third experiment proved that Murphy’s Law is always true.

Key: ABA

 

III. Post-reading

What other laws like Murphy’s Law do you know?

 

 

A question I’ll never forget P(6)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

What is more important about greetings, a smile or a hello?

 

II. While reading

Answer the following questions:

1. What did the writer think of the pop quiz?

2. What was the last question of the quiz?

3. What did the writer think of the question?

4. What lesson did the teacher want to tell the class?

 

III. Post-reading

     Do you say hello or smile to people you don’t know in your community, such as security guards (保安) or cleaners at your school, or street sellers you often meet?