Issue 27/531 for Junior 2
北京市 首师大附中 李玉华
Class on Furry friends star in competition (P4)

I. Warm up
What animals are furry?

II. Pre-reading
1. What furry animals star in competitions?
2. How do they get ready for the competitions?

III. While-reading 
1. Skimming
Match each paragraph with the main idea.
A. Dogs compete in shows.            Para____
B. Preparation for the dog show       Para____
C. The winner of the dog show        Para____
D. The reason of the dog costs        Para____
E. The day of the dog show           Para____
F. Money spent on the dog show      Para____

2. Scanning
    Answer the following questions:
1. Which animal won the dog show this year?

2. What preparations are made to enter the show?

  3. What do judges look at?

  4. How much is it to compete at dog shows?

  5. Why do people spend so much money on dogs?

3. Words learning
Practice
 用短语的正确形式填空：
1. Have you ever _______ monsters living in the lake?
2. Hope for the best and _________ the worst.
3. Every year Jenny ____ a lot of money ____ books.
4. Don’t worry. I will ________ your dogs when you are on vacation.
5. In the competition, he _________ about 100 people and became the champion.

IV．Post-reading
What other animals compete in animal shows?
Can you introduce the show?

Class on Weight plays part in seeing the world (P5)

I．Lead-in
1.Do you have an overweight friend? Do they see the world differently than others?
2.Do you agree with this: “You are seeing the world through your ability (能力) to act”?
How do you understand this sentence?

II．While-reading
1.Read and answer the questions
①Why do overweight people think distances are farther away than they actually are?
②Are overweight people lazy?
③How do overweight people feel about their weight?
2. The explantions of some key sentences
①IF you are hiking with a friend who is overweight, you may hear them say that the hills look steeper and the distances look farther away than what they really are.
如果你和一个体型超重的朋友徒步旅行，你可能听他们会说山看起来比实际情况要陡峭，距离看起来比实际上更远些。
②“If you find yourself out hiking with a heavy backpack, hills are going to seem steeper, distances are going to look farther, a gap across a river are going to look bigger,
如果你自己背一个沉重的背包，山看起来更陡峭，距离看起来更遥远，河面看起来更宽了，
③…if you have to make more of an effort to climb that hill because you are carrying this heavy backpack, the hill is going to look more challenging.
如果因为背负着沉重的背包，你必须付出更大的努来爬山，那么山似乎就更难爬了。
④ You are seeing the world through your ability to act. You have less ability because you are having to carry this backpack.
你通过你的行动能力来看世界。你因为必须要背这个背包，能力减弱了。

III. Post-reading
1.What do you learn from this passage?
2.How can we see the world as it really is?

Class on Finding the true value (P6)
I. Lead-in
1. Do you agree with the sentence: “Don’t judge a person by appearance”?
2. How do you judge a person?
    From his or her dress?
    From his or her character?

II. While-reading
1. Read and answer the question
1.Where did the wise man live?
2.How did he dress?
3.Why were people in the market not willing to pay even a chip of gold?
4.How much was the ring worth?

2 Practice: fill in the blanks with the words in the passage
 用文章中出现的重要词汇填空：
1. Early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and ____.
2. People need to _____ differently in different  situations.
3. The vegetables are sold at high ____ in cold weather.
4. Don’t look down upon little items. They also have _____ for existence.
5. I was ______ 10,000 yuan for the old vase passed on by my grandparents. 

III. Post-reading
1. What do you learn from the story?
2. Can you tell a story to teach people some life truths?

Key
P4:
1. skimming: 132645
2. scanning : C.J., a German shorthaired pointer.
A dog must be 100 percent one kind of breed.
Dogs need good training to do well.
They need to be successful at other important dog shows, too.
How they act, their fur and many small things.
Around $50,000 to $100,000 a year.
Because people love dogs. Some want to help teach people about dog breeds, while others do it to make money. 
3. words learning and practice:
  heard of, prepare for, spend…on, look after, won against

P5
1. Because being overweight distorts perception.
2. No, they aren’t.
3. The heavy weight can feel like a load to carry.

P6:
1.Read and answer
In Egypt.
He dressed simply.
Because they didn’t know the value of this ring.
1,000 chips of gold.
2. practice: dress, wise, prices, value, offered