Step 2 Questionnaire

1) Ask students to finish the questionnaire by themselves;

2) Ask students to share their answers with classmates.

Tips:

For the first question, students can express themselves like this:

On my first day at senior high, I felt very excited/happy/nervous... because...

For the forth question, students can express themselves like this:

About my new school, I like the campus/my teachers/my classmates...most because...

Part 2. Understanding ideas

Step 1. Activity 1 & 2 on page 2.

Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Tick what you think is mentioned in the passage.

The school campus

A new teacher

School subjects

A new timetable

An embarrassing moment

New friends

Tips:

Some students may think all of the subjects above will be mentioned in the passage, but after reading, they will find just No 1, 2 and 5 are mentioned. But it doesn't matters.

Step 2. Activity 4 on page 4.

Task 1. Complete Meng Hao's experiences with expressions from the passage.

Task 2. Find expressions from the passage that show Meng Hao's feelings at each stage of the day.

Tips:

Task 1 requires students to find information from the passage quickly and Task 2 requires students to find and integrate information.

For task 2, students should use some adjectives to describe Meng Hao's feelings, then find some detailed information to support.

Step 3. Activity 3 on page 4.

Choose the best description of Meng Hao's first day at senior high.

Tips: