Unit4 SharingUnit4 SharingBe a volunteerBe a volunteer

The sign of United Nations Volunteer in China ( 中国青年志愿者 )

A Letter Home --By Jo

(a volunteer works in Papua New Guinea)

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

巴布亚新几内亚国旗和国徽 ( 极乐鸟 )

巴布亚在马来语中意为“卷发人”。16 世纪中叶，葡萄牙人来到该岛时，见当地居民和自然景观很像非洲的几内亚，故称之为新几内亚 .

Pre-reading Look at the photos from Jo and

answer the questions.

My Class

1. What was Jo’s job in PNG?

2. What kind of students were in her class? Boys, girls, or both?

Jo was a teacher in PNG.

Boys.

3. What were the classrooms like? Is the classroom well equipped? No. The classrooms are very poor, made from bamboo and grass.

Students putting new grass on classroom roof

Building a new science lab

View of the village from the ridge 4. What can you say about the

village? Is it rich? The village was a place full of natural beauties. There are more trees and bamboos. It’s poor.

Village hut

Skimming: find out the names1________ will receive this letter from Jo.2_____ become a lot more imaginative in

teaching.3 ___________ did visit a village that was

the home of one of the boys, Tombe.4._____ started crying “ieee ieee” to

welcome them.5 _______ led us to his house, a low

bamboo hut.6 ____ was going to share the platform

with Jenny and Jo.

RosemaryJo

Jo and Jenny

Kiak

Mukap

Kiak

Reading

Scanning and try to divide it into

four parts, and summarize what

each part is about.

Opening of

the letter and introduction to what

will be talked about in the passage.

Part 1(Paragraph 1) :

The school where Jo worked and

Jo’s work at school.

Jo and Jenny visited Tombe’s

home in the village.

End of the letter.

Part 2(Paragraph 2-3):

Part 3 (Paragraph 4-7):

Part 4 (Paragraph 8):

Read the passage carefully to

complete the tables below!

Reading carefully

Read the Para 2-3 carefully to complete the tables below

ConditionsThe school described in

the letter

Students’ future

Electricity and

water (Y/N)

Textbook (Y/N)

Chemistry

experiments

(Many/few)

Conditions The school

described in the

letter

Classrooms

(Equipped or not) Not equipped

Table 1 (about the school)

Students’ future

Electricity and

water (Y/N)

Textbook (Y/N)

Chemistry

experiments

(Many/few)

Return to the villages

No

No

Few

Read the Para 4-6 carefully to complete the tables below

Types of houses

Family relationships

Cooking methods

Sleeping arrangements

Diet

Possessions

Agriculture

Beliefs

Types of

houses

Family

relationships

Made from bamboo and

the roofs from grass

Everyone seemed to be

a relative of each other

Table 2 (about the life in the village)

Cooking

methods

Heat stones first, and then put

them in an empty oil drum

with kau kau, corn and

greens. Cover them with

banana leaves and leave them

to steam.

Sleeping

arrangements

Newly made platform for

visitors in the father’s room;

the mother usually sleep in

her own hut

Diet

Possessions

Agriculture

Kau kau, corn and greens

A few tin plates and cups and

a couple of pots

Digging up peanuts with

primitive tools; grow kau

kau, corn and greens

BeliefsThey believe there are evil spirits

that are usually attracted by

leftover food

Homework

1. Read the passage again after

class and find all the attributive

clauses in it.

2. Preparations: Learning about

Language on Page 32. Ex1&2