School Supplies
(Dora) What are three things you can write with?
A pencil, a pen, a marker, chalk, crayon, and more!
(James) What is a word to describe a person who wants to know more things?
Curious!
Bonus 50 points: Use curious in a sentence.
(James) What is a phrasal verb that means to get something, or to take it from a place?
To pick up!
Can you use pick up in a sentence?
(Dora) How old are children when they start school in China?
6 years old!
How old are children when they start school in the US?
(James) What supplies do you need for math class?
A pencil or pen, paper, a calculator, a ruler, a protractor, a textbook...anything else?
(Dora) Fill in the blank: I really like school. School is _____!
School is exciting!
School is fun!
School is interesting!
Bonus 50 points: What is the opposite of exciting?
(Dora) What animal was used to travel on the Silk Road?
A camel!
Why do you think they used camels?
(James) What are some activities children like to do in school/after school in China?
Play basketball, sing, dance, play ping pong, draw...
What are some activities children like to do in/after school in the US?
(Dora) What can cut paper?
Scissors can cut paper!
What else can you cut with scissors?
(James) What is a phrasal verb that means "to give the teacher your work"?
To hand in or to turn in!
Bonus 50 points: Use hand/turn in in a sentence.
(Dora) What is a verb that means to leave your home and go somewhere else?
To travel!
Where have you traveled? Where would you like to travel?
(Dora) What do you like about school? What do you dislike?
I like school because...
I do not like school because...
(James) What are the four levels of school (in the USA) called?
Elementary school, middle school, high school, college/university
What school are you in? What school is Dora in? What grade are you in?
(Dora) What is a phrasal verb for when you prepare in the morning - for example, eat breakfast, brush your teeth, get dressed...
To get ready!
Bonus 50 points: Use get ready in a sentence.
(James) What are three kinds of cloth people traded?
Silk, cotton, and wool!
Bonus 50 points: Where do each of these materials come from?
(James) What subjects in school do you think will be the most useful for you in the future?
Science? English? Math? Chinese?
Why?
(Dora and James) You each have one minute to say all the school supplies you can think of!
The timer starts now!
(Dora and James) Describe your first day of school using at least three adjectives and one phrasal verb!
My first day of school was (fun, exciting, boring, challenging, confusing)
On the first day of school I (got ready, handed in my homework, went back to school)
(Dora and James) What was the Silk Road used for?
The Silk Road was used for trade!
Bonus 50 points: What did people trade on the Silk Road?
(Dora and James) What motivates you more - good grades, or bad grades? Why?
I am motivated by good grades because...
I am motivated by bad grades because...