Dates: January 14-18

Magazine Lessons: Max’s Daily Special/ Sara’s Assignment/ Talking About Dubai/ Describing Buildings

Activity Focus: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Practice, Writing Practice

Around the World

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

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January 14

  1. What are Max and Simon talking about?

(A) Max’s girlfriend

(B) Max’s daily special

(C) Simon’s favorite food

(D) Simon’s wife

  1. At first, Simon thinks Max’s food is ______.

(A) good(B) too hot

(C) strange(D) too cold

January 15, 16

  1. What is different about Sara?

(A)Her hair is a different color.

(B)She is taller.

(C)She is shorter.

(D)none of the above.

  1. What is Sarah’s first column about?

(A)traveling in Asia (B) small buildings

(C)Europe(D) Dubai City

  1. Where is Dubai City?

(A)the United States (B) the Middle East

(C)Asia (D) Europe

6. Sarah feels ______.

(A) happy (B) sad

(C) stressed (D) comfortable

7. When is Sarah’s first article due?

(A) Friday (B) Thursday

(C) Wednesday(D) Tuesday

January 17

8.What will be almost twice as tall as the

Empire State Building?

(A)the Burj Dubai

(B)the Burj Al Arab

(C)Taipei 101

(D)the five-star hotel

9. How much does it cost to go into the lobby of the Burj Al Arab?

(A) $150(B) $55

(C) $50(D) $52

January 18

10.What has two levels and is made of wood and brick?

(A)the Story House

(B)the Grand Hotel

(C)the European Hotel

(D)the Classical House

11.The Grand Hotel is a ______.

(A) tower(B) steeple

(C) European building(D) landmark

12. Which one is true?

(A) Classical Chinese buildings are blue.

(B) Buildings of the future have lights and glass.

(C) Houses in Europe are classical.

(D) Every church is a landmark.

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Part 2: Vocabulary Practice. Match the vocabulary words with their sentences. Not all of the sentences will be used.

  1. _____ looks like
  2. _____ bit
  3. _____ smell
  4. _____ tastes
  5. _____strange
  6. _____ hair
  7. _____ mess
  8. _____ excellent
  9. _____ cities
  10. _____ world
  11. _____ cozy
12. _____ twice / a. That dog is ______. It only has three legs!
b. The food at this restaurant ______delicious.
c. Great job, Karen! You are a(n) ______student.
d. My brother is 10 and I am 20. I am ______as
old as him.
e. Paris and New York are ______.
f. Their warm house is ______in the winter.
g. Steven ______his brothers. They all have
blue eyes.
h. My grandpa traveled all over the ______.
i. Ouch! The cat ______my finger!
j. The house is a ______! Clean it up!
k. Flowers ______good.
l. Megan’s ______is long and brown.
m. ______reads a book everyday.
n. My doctor is a ______.

Part 3: Writing Practice! Finish the following sentences with your opinion and then share them with a classmate.

1. One thing I like about my city is ______.

  1. One person I appreciate is ______because he/ she ______.
  1. ______is encouraging because ______.
  1. If I could travel anywhere in the world, it would be ______because ______.
  1. I feel most comfortable at/in ______because ______.

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