Activity Focus: Reading Comprehension, Label It!, Talk About It!

Dates: January 21-31 Magazine Lessons: International Food/ Festivals/ A Small Town Festival/ Hot Pot/ A Package At The Post Office/ What Is In The Package?/ You’ve Got Mail! Activity Focus: Reading Comprehension, Label It!, Talk About It! What’s in the Mail?

Part 1: Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer for each question. Use the information from the conversations in your magazine.

January 21 7. When do people usually eat hot pot? 1. What are the green things? (A) summer (B) spring (A) noodles (B) onions (C) autumn (D) winter (C) apples (D) grapes 8. Every table had a ______inside it. (A) buffet (B) bowl January 22, 23 (C) stove (D) kitchen 2. What is January 26? (A) Small Town’s birthday January 28 (B) snow festival 9. What is Simon excited about? (C) Australia Day (A) a letter (B) a big bag (D) Sara’s birthday (C) a package (D) a magazine

3. What festival will Sara present? January 29, 30 (A) a cockroach race in Australia 10. How much do stamps cost? (B) Australia Day (A) 40 cents (B) 41 cents (C) a snow cone contest (C) 42 cents (D) 39 cents (D) a winter carnival in Quebec 11. What happened to Simon’s package? January 24 (A) The sender lost it. 4. What are Renee and Ben watching? (B) Betty gave it to the wrong person. (A) Sara’s presentation (C) It went to Alaska. (B) a movie about festivals (D) Betty found it under a table. (C) a cockroach race (D) a dance contest January 31 12. What did Simon order? 5. What is inside Ben’s box? (A) magazines (B) CDs (A) books (B) cookies (C) DVDs (D) books (C) cockroaches (D) pencils 13. Why does Simon like Girls Exercise? January 25 (A) Exercises for men are too hard. 6. Where did hot pot start? (B) The exercises are good for his (A) northern China back. (B) southern China (C) The music is good. (C)northern Japan (D) Renee uses it. (D) southern Taiwan Part 2: Label It! Label the parts below with the words in the word bank. You will not use all of the words.

Char Walter 14569 South Street 2. Montreal, Quebec J7J 1M2

1. Ruby Johnson 3. P.O. Box 27 Anchorage, Alaska 99501

5. 6. 7. WORD BANK

package post office mailman stamp mailbox message sender address 8. 9. return address send express international slice

Part 3: Talk About It! Discuss the following questions with a classmate.

1. What do you think is the most delicious food? Explain. 2. Describe your favorite dish. 3. Have you ever been to a festival? What was it like? 4. What countries do you want to visit? 5. Have you ever done a presentation for school? If so, how was it? 6. Describe your culture or a culture that you like. 7. Have you ever been in a contest? What was it like? 8. What is something special about you?