Extensive reading

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Extensive reading
Period 6
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Fast-reading(P42)
Whats the main idea of the short story.
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Questions and answers. Work in groups of 3,
raising questions from the story and answering
them. Start like this.
A What did they do when they arrived at the
hiding place? B What did he/she say? C He/ she
asked what they did when they arrived at the
hiding place. B
(Questions on page43.)
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Retelling
Use indirect speech to retell the story. Key
words/phrases arrived at, went upstairs, closed
the door, was waiting for us, lay on the floor,
start clearing up, were tired and lay down, did
sleep,
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Leading in for reading task(p44)
1. Talk about different ways of showing
friendship of minority groups in China.
2. Compare Chinese ways of showing friendship
with Western ways. And discuss why there is a big
difference.
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Every culture has its own ways to show
friendship.
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Think of any place in the world where Chinese and
Western cultures live side by side.
Hongkong, Macao, Singapore, Hawaii
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Skimming
Whats the main idea of the reading passage?
Hawaiian ways of showing friendship
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Scanning
What do they mean?
To be with happiness/ good bye/our hearts sing
together
Oneness with all people
A circle of flowers worn around the neck
help
family
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Reading aloud
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Discuss the following questions

• What are the ways Hawaiians show friendship?
• Why do many different peoples call Hawaii their
  home?
• How do people in Hawaii get on with each other?

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• What are the ways Hawaiians show friendship?

Hawaiians say aloha to each other to show
friendship. They welcome people with lokahi
which means oneness with all people. They give
visitors a lei to make them feel at home.
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• Why do many different peoples call Hawaii their
  home?

It is because Hawaii is a place where many
cultures are encouraged to live together
peacefully and cooperate with each other.
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• How do people in Hawaii get on with each other?
• They try to help each other so that all feel
  stronger. They solve problems with understanding
  and treat all people as if they are part of the
  same family.

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Post-reading
Can you find similar things in your
hometown? How do you show friendship to visitors?
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Homework
Surf the Internet to collect materials like
poems, stories about friendship. And share them
with your friends.