Yixing Experimental MiddleSchool Xia Qin Main task Choose your favourite A game Brain storm snail How long can a snail live without eating? A. four days B. four weeks C. four months D. four years [sneil] mouse Why does a mouse like biting ( ) wooden things? A. It is hungry. B. It likes doing that. C. Its teeth will grow longer and longer. D. It wont grow up. cow How many stomachs ( ) does a cow have? A. one B. two C. three D. four [kau] gingko ( ) There is an old gingko in Shandong. How old is it? A B C D ['giku] The tallest man 1. Where was the man from? 2. When was he born? 3. When did he die? 4. How tall was he? 5. How much did he weigh ? 6. How long were his hands? a man in the USA born on 22nd February 1918 died on 15th July m tall weighed kg when he was 21 and 199kg when he died hands 32.4cm long 1.what was the mans name? His name was sandwich. 2.What did he love doing? He loved playing cards. 3.Did he want to stop to have dinner? No, he didnt. 4.What did he do then? He put meat between two pieces of bread. 5.Did people love sandwiches very much? Yes, they did Amazing TV not sure who _________TV. In 1928, the first TV ___ Felix the Cat. In 1936, the first TV_________ in the world BBC in London. by 1966, more than 10________ colour TV sets in the USA. invented star station million Do you know the tallest man in the world? The tallest man in history was from _______.He _________ on 22nd February 1918 and ________on 15 th July He __________ tall. Even his hands ____________ long. At the age of 21, he _______________ kg. When he died,he _______________ kg. the USA was born was 2.72m died were 32.4 cm weighed weighed 199 Most people like eating sandwiches, but few of them know the history of them. I read in a book that once there was a _____ called Sandwich. He ___________________ with his friends all day and he _________________________________. man loved playing cards did not want to stop to have dinner Then he _____________________________ and ate it as dinner so he could keep on playing. Soon many people learnt to make this kind of food and loved it. They named the food after________. put meat between two pieces of bread the man Do you know anything about the first TV star? It was ___________. It appeared on TV in _____. In 1936, the worlds first TV station-BBC, was set up in ________. By 1966, there were more than _________colour TV sets in the USA. Today, most families have at least one TV. However, people are not sure ______________.Isnt that amazing? Felix the Cat 1928 who invented TV London 10 million How can we write about amazing things? First, we make notes about the information. nationality the time of death height the length of hands birthday weight amazing facts general information people 2010 3 15 15 13 21 1988 7 2007 2008 3 7 1 The shortest man nationality___________________ birthday_____________________ the time of death______________ height________________________ Weight________________________ . How can we write about amazing things? First, we make notes about the information. nationality the time of death height the length of hands birthday weight amazing facts general information people things 1946 NoteBook Desktop computer 1985 1.08 4 Amazing computer inventor_________________________________ weight of the first...______________________ weight of the lightest.____________________ the number of users_______________________ How can we write about amazing things? First, we make notes about the information. Check spelling or grammatica l mistakes. tense Explanation (amazing) Beginning (interesting) Ending (stress) Then, we should organize the information well. things people Do you know anything about?/Do you know that? Most people like,but ( facts should be amazing ( because, so, after, but beginning explanation ending ( conclution or stress( tips Can you write an article about amazing things? The shortest man a man in China born in July1988 died on 13th March cm tall weighed less than half a kilo when he was born and 7 kg when he died Writing competition (Here are the notes): Amazing computer The scientists in the USA invented computer In1946,the first computer weighed 3000kg in1985, the lightest Notebook( ) weighted 1.08kg,in Japan by 2010, more than 300 million computers in China How can we write about amazing things? First, we make notes about the information. Check spelling or grammatica l mistakes. tense Explanation (amazing) Beginning (interesting) Ending (stress) Then, we organize the information well. things people eat 54 hotdogs in 12 minutes talk with animals make the bus move with his ears helps grow faster and bigger the biggest flower, smells bad Each stone is about 2000kg. pyramid millions of stones ['pirmid] 100g 130kg be born: 100g; grow up: 130kg a kind of mouse in Africa eats cats ostrich the biggest bird cant fly [' strit ] snail can sleep for 3 years has more than 10,000 teeth [sneil] Most polar bears are left-handed. polar bear ['pul] The tallest man a man in the USA born on 22nd February 1918 died on 15th July m tall weighed kg when he was 21 and 199kg when he died hands 32.4cm long Amazing TV not sure who invented TV. In 1928, the first TV star Felix the Cat. In 1936, the first TV station in the world BBC in London. by 1966, more than 10 million colour TV sets in the USA.