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Module 7 Unit 4
Reading
A Letter Home
Step 1: Revision
1. The definition of volunteers
People who help others in their community or outside
their community will be called volunteers.
2. What do the volunteers usually do to help other people?
• Help people in stricken area ---collect or donate money
• Help the old and the disabled
• Plant trees and protect environment
• Clean the community
• Teach the kids in the mountainous areas
• ----
There are many volunteers working in poor
mountainous areas or developing countries, among
which Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one.
Where is Papua New Guinea ?
1. Independent State of Papua New Guinea
巴布亚新几内亚独立国
Do you know where PNG is?
Step 2:Pre-reading
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located to the north of Australia
Location: located to the north of Australia
Population: about 5.7 million
Economy: a poor country, depending on farming
to make a living.
Education: about 85% of children start
school but only about 60% of these
reach Year 5
PNG is a poor country
Most people live in tribal(部落的) villages.
Its educational and living conditions are
especially poor.
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Jo working as a volunteer wrote
A letter home photos
2. Information got from the photos taken by
Jo
• What kind of student
was in Jo’s class?
Age/Clothes/Sex---
• Describe the classrooms.
Made of---
Students:
They are ____________students. All of them
are____. And the students are ________dressed.
Classrooms:
The classrooms are made with___________
poles(柱） and have _________walls and_____
roofs .There is no _______in the windows.
high school
boys poorly
wooden
bamboo grass
glass
View of the village from
the ridge 山脊
What can you say about the village and life
in the village?
The village and life there
1. The village was very _______and in the
____________area.
2. The village huts are made of__________
_________________________. They have
no__________.
3. Meals_____________________________
4. People are ________dressed.
small
mountainous
wood and
bamboo with grass roofs
windows
are prepared and cooked outside.
poorly
Step 3: Fast-reading
1. By getting information from the pre-reading and
photos. We can summarize the main idea that:
The passage is written in the form of a ________by
a young_________(voluntary), Jo. It is about her
experience____ a teacher and her first visit ___ a
village _________ is the home of her students.
volunteer
as to
which/that
letter
2. Skimming Divide the reading into four parts
Opening of the letter and introduction to what
will be talked about in the passage.
Part 1 (Paragraph ____):
Jo and Jenny visited Tombe’s home in the
village.
Part 2(Paragraph_______):
Part 3(Paragraph______):
Part 4 (Paragraph____):
The school where Jo worked and Jo’s work
at school.
Closing of the letter.
1
2-3
4-8
9
• Read the passage carefully to complete
the tables below.
• Multiple choice about each part.
Step 4: Detail Reading about part 2&3
Jo’s
high
school
• It’s a(n) ____ school — the
classrooms are made of ________
and the roofs of grass.
• There’s no ________________
and we don’t have any_________
Part 2: Table 1 : About the school
electricity or water
bush
bamboo
textbooks.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Jo’s attitude
towards her teaching in PNG?
A. She is sure that all the boys will go to college in the
future.
B. She believes that chemistry is very useful to the boys.
C. She is wondering if she can make any difference to the
boys’ lives.
D. She doesn’t like the simple life in the mountain village.
2. The boys jumped out of the windows in the science
lesson, because________________
A. they felt interested to see the mixture bubbling.
B. there was no door in the classroom.
C. they were excited; they had never seen anything
like this before.
D. they were frightened; they had never seen
anything like this before.
C
D
Jo’s
first
visit to a
village
Time to get
there
Two and a
half______________
Description
of the
house
• A low bamboo hut
with _______
___________ of the
roof
• No___________
•_________doorway
Part 3:Table 2 (About the life in the village)
sticking out
hours of walking
grass
windows
Narrow
Jo’s
first
visit to
a
village
_____
the
house
• A newly made _____ for
Jenny and me to sleep on
• A(n) _______ in the
centre of the hut near the
doorway
• A few tin plates and cups
and __________ pots
Inside platform
fireplace
a couple of
Jo’s
first
visit to
a
village
Outside
the
house
• Mukap 9_____ stones
in the fire, and he
______them ___an
empty oil drum with
kau kau, corn and
greens.
• He then 10_______ the
vegetables with banana
leaves and left them
to________.
laid
covered
placed in
steam
3. Tombe’s mother cried “ieee ieee” when she sew Jo.
Which one is not the reason?
• She was frightened to see the strangers.
• It was her way to welcome visitors to the village .
• she drew everyone’s attention to their arrival.
• She was excited to see Jo’s coming.
4. By writing “The only possessions that I could see
were…”, the author wants to tell us ____.
• Tombe’s family were kind-hearted
• Tombe’s family were guest-lovers
• Tombe’s family only used simple things
• Tombe’s family were too poor
A
D
5. Why did Tombe throw out the tin can?
A. Because he believed the can attracted evil spirits.
B. Because he believed any leftovers attracted evil spirits.
C. Because he believed the can has no use at all.
D. Because he believed the grill attracted evil spirits.
6. How did Jo feel after the visit to Tombe’s family?
A. Happy B. Sad
C. Worried D. Upset
B
A
Step 5: Summary:
• 从Jo写的信中，我们可以说PNG的高中------而且那里
的人过着-------的生活。
• From the letter written by Jo, we can say the high
school in PNG is in poor conditions and the people
there led a simple and uneasy life.
• 而Jo很高兴在那里做-------虽然，她有时会怀疑------但
她还是尽最大努力帮助孩子们学一些重要的，有用的
东西。
• While Jo was happy to be a volunteer there and tried
her best to help the children to learn something
important and useful even though she sometimes
doubted whether she made any difference to the boys’
lives.
Step 6 : Discussion
• Would you like to work as a volunteer in
poor areas, just like PNG? Why?
• Group work: suppose your group will
work as volunteers in poor areas . Talk
something about your voluntary work.
• Days to stay
• Things to share
• Work to do
Roses given,
fragrance in hand.
赠人玫瑰, 手留余香。
Homework
• 1. Finish the discussion and hand in the
chart.
• 2. Underline some difficult sentences and
expressions in the text.
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