Presented by Chen Lei & Gan Yannan Beilun Middle School

Activities and Grammar

Task one: Assignment

Which tools and things would you take if you are going to climb down into a very deep cave? What would be the main dangers and risks that would happen?

Preparation: Tools and things to take

Risks: Dangers and risks

Bring ropes. Wear good shoes. Bring a torch & extra batteries. Matches & candles. Take drinking water & food. Bring a hammer/ an axe.

You may lose your way. You may fall into a pit. A cave may collapse. You may be killed by falling rocks. You run out of power and then all is dark.

Task two: Comparison

Underwater travel and space travel have many things in common. Please read the additional reading materials and describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.

submarine spaceship

differences

similarities

Task three: Mini-play

Choose your favorite story of the two works of science fiction 20.000 Leagues under the Sea; Journey to the Center of the Earth and make up a dialogue based on the story.

Task four: Strategy learning

What is your strategy in understanding the two stories in the text Jules Verne: The Father Of Science Fiction?

Read the following passage and say how you understand it.

Russell Walker, a coffee-addicted newspaper columnist, is jerked abruptly out of a spiralling depression when he is visited by a friend he hasn't seen in decades. The friend is a telepath and he wants Walker to help him prevent some murders that have not yet been committed. With the clock ticking down to horrific deaths, Walker wrestles with whether to try and interest police in a telepathic tip about a villain he can't name or identify, or try his hand as an unlikely amateur detective.

Can you understand the words in blue? How do you understand them?

Word-formation

Grammar

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List examples of word formation as many as possible in each item.

mis- over- extra- inter- dis- ex--ion -through -ness-ment -ure bio-

Choose the words you like with the word-formation grammar and make up a story, which is better to have the topic of fantastic story or science fiction.

Oral composition:

Discussion:

What should you consider when writing the fantastic story or science fiction?Discuss it in groups and list tips as many as possible.

Writing practice

Tips for your writing:1. Write down all the words;2. Make a choice of the words you will use;3. Keep a note book to collect sentences ;4. Be imaginative in your ideas;5. State your story clearly and logically with some vivid descriptions.

1. Ask the students to write the composition carefully according to the tips.2. Finish all the exercises of the “word formation” and “grammar learning”.3. Find more information about Jules Verne and his works and share together.

Thank you!