Issue 504 for Junior 2

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Looking after my school flour baby p(3)

I. Warm up

1. Do you have any dolls?

2. Can you take the dolls to school?

II. While reading

Read and choose:

1. According to the story, what were the babies made of?

A. Flour.             B. Cloth.   

C. Plastic.            D. Paper.

2. Why did the students carry the babies to school?

A. Because they loved the babies very much.

B. Because Mr Craton asked students to take them.

C. Because school wanted to teach students a lesson. 

D. Because students had to write baby logs for a year.

3. What were the students asked to do with the babies?

A. To spend more time with their parents.

B. To find financial support for their babies.

C. To give their babies a better education.

D. To help each other look after the babies.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A. It was good for students to experience being a parent.

B. The students had to spend a lot of money on the babies.

C. The students stopped Mr Craton kidnapping kids.

D. It was quite hard for students to carry the babies to class.

III. Post-reading

What do you think of the baby-taking class?

By what other ways can you understand the efforts your parents have made for you?

El Nino: the year of flood and drought? P(5)

I. Warm up

The photo on this page shows El Nino. Based on the photo, what do you think El Nino is?

II. While reading

Read and choose:

1. When did the strongest El Nino happen?

A. Last winter.          B. Last summer.

C. In 1982.                D. In  1882.

2. What does the word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The rainfall.

B. The climate.

C. The warm water.

D. The Pacific Ocean.

3. Which of the following about El Nino is TRUE according to the article?

A. It causes flooding in South Asia.

B. It happens every year now.

C. It has caused a lot of damage around the world.

D. It can be prevented if we protect the environment. 

4. What can be the best title of the article?

A. El Nino: the climate of warm or cold?

B. El Nino: the year of flood and drought? 

C. Is El Nino damaging the world?

D. Is El Nino more serious than before?

III. Post-reading

Lean more about El Nino.

What other extreme climate events do you know?

What can we do to stop climate change?

Work together to design your climate change poster.

Three words changed me p(6)

I. Warm up

Who has changed you? Your parent? A teacher? A friend or a stranger?

What happened to you?

II. Fast reading 

Read the story and try to find the answer.

What three words changed the writer?

III. While reading

Read and choose:

1. The writer’s parents found he was deaf when _____.

A. he was three years old 

B. the doctors examine him

C. his classmates talked with him

D. the teacher asked him to answer a question

2. Why did the writer think of himself as ugly?

A. Because the other teachers disliked him.

B. Because he must wear a hearing aid.

C. Because he was too outgoing to fail.

D. Because other kids made fun of him.  

3. When Mrs Jordan called on the writer, he felt ____.

A. hopeful          B. nervous 

C. confident         D. surprised 

4. What has the writer learned from his experience?

A. The power of words is surprising.

B. Words helps us communicate better.

C. We should be ready to help the disabled.

D. Teachers should set a good example to students.

IV. Post-reading

What have you learned from the story?

Do you believe in the magic power of words? 

What other simple words have magic power?