Welcome to our class

Reflecting

1.What is a volunteer?

2.Why should people volunteer?

3.Who is Joe?

4.What do you know about PNG ?

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

A Letter Home

Unit 4

Skimming to get

general ideas

Reading Comprehension I

What’s the main idea of the text?Jo wrote a letter to her friend Rosemary to talk about her experience as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea.

Scanning to get special

information

Complete the sentences with the characters mentioned in the letter:1. __________ was dying to hear all about Jo’s life in Papua New Guinea.2. ________ walked a long way to get to the

school .3. ______________ didn’t have any

textbooks.4. ________ started jumping out of the windows during a chemistry experiment.

Rosemary

The boys

The boys and Jo

Reading Comprehension II

The boys

5. ____________ visited a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe.6. _______ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them.7. _______ led us to a low bamboo hut.8. ______ was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo.9. ______________ softly talked to each other in their language Jo didn’t understand.

Jenny and Jo

Kiak

MukapKiak

Tombe’s family

Read and choose the

best answer

Reading Comprehension III

1. The condition of Jo’s school is___. A. normal B. first class C. simple and rough 2. The attitude of Tombe’s family towards Jo and Jenny’s visit is ____. A. indifferent B. enthusiastic C. dislike

3. Why does Jo call the school where she teaches a bush school? A. Because the school was built in a bush. B. Because the classrooms are made from bamboo and the roofs from grass. C. Because there is nothing but bush around the school. D. Because students in that school use "bush" as their names.

Reading Comprehension IV

4. Which of the following statements is true? A. There is no electricity but enough water at school. B. I can become used to the school' s condition easily. C. The students there often do chemistry experiments. D. We have neither textbooks nor any experiment equipment.

5. Which of the following sentences is wrong about Mukap' s house? A. There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through. B. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust. C. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor but there was an old platform. D. There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway.

ListeningUse one word to summarize the main idea of each para

Para 1:

beginning

To tell Jo’s life in PNG.

Rosemary

Para 2:

school

a _________school

Made of _________

Many boys have to _______________Get to schol

bush

bamboo andgrass

Walk a long way

Para 3:

conditions

no or ,even no .

The students have no of doing experiments.

There is no . Joe has to carry from her house if she need it.

electricity water

textbooks

except

equipment

water

Para 4:

people

We shook hands with all the .

Everyone seemed to be a ________of Tombe’s.

villagers

relative

Para 5:

house

a round, low bamboo hutwith .There were no and it is _______ inside.The was just big enough to get through.a was made for guests to sleep on.Kiak usually slept in .One ,a few and cups, and a couple of jars.

a man’s house

grass sticking out of the roofwindows

darkdoorway

platform

her own hutbroom tin plates

Para 6:

food

They eat sweet _______________________ banana leaves and peanuts.

They cook the food in empty___________with hot stone.

potatoes, corn, greens,

oil drum

Para 7:

belief

They believe that __________ attract evil spirit in the night.

They dry the food out in a ____ over the fire and throw it out of the hut.

leftovers

can

Para 8:

privilege To spend a day with Tombe’s family is a ________ to Joe.

Para 9:

ending

privilege

Complete the table

according to the text

Find or guess the reasons for three facts according to Jo’s letter. Fact ReasonThe boys jumped out of the windows in the science lesson.Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was to the boys.Tombe’s mother cried “ieee ieee” when she saw Jo.There were no windows in Mukap’s hut.The tin can was standing upside down on the grill.

Reading Comprehension IV

Fact Reason

The boys jumped out of the windows in the science lesson.

Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was to the boys.

Tombe’s mother cried “ieee ieee” when she saw Jo.

Because they were frightened; they had never seen anything like it before.

Because most of them would live all their lives as farmers.It was her way to welcome visitors to the village and she drew everyone’s attention to their arrival.

Fact Reason

There were no windows in Mukap’s hut.

The tin can was standing upside down on the grill.

Perhaps it’s because that was a man’s house.

The tin can was used to dry out the leftover food, which might attract evil spirits, so the tin can was thrown out of the hut.

1. If you were Jo, list the first three

things you most want to do and tell

why.

2. If you were Bombe, list the first

three things you most want to do

and tell why.

Discuss

Homework 1. Read the passage fluently and

try to retell it.

2. Think about the positive and

negative things about living in a

village in PNG.