Unit 9 Extra Worksheet Notes

JIGSAW READING

Aim: Give Ss practice reading a text collaboratively.

Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every two Ss.
Cut the copies in half.
Comment: Use with part A of the Reading on page 63.

■ Student’s Books open. Ss work in six groups. Ask Answers

each group to read a different paragraph.
Encourage Ss to help each other with vocabulary. 1. southern states of the U.S.
■ Option: Ss work in three groups and each group 2. Greece and some other Mediterranean countries
reads two paragraphs. 3. soup with rice cakes
4. tangerines and oranges
■ Student’s Books closed. Ss work in new groups.
5. strength and health
Each group has one S from each original group.
6. coins
■ Give each S a copy of the card with questions. Ss 7. luck in the new year
share information to answer the questions. 8. Spain and some Latin American countries
■ Books open. Ss read the article to check their 9. wealth
answers. Then go over the answers with the class. 10. because “tangerine” sounds like “luck” in the
Acknowledgment: Original idea from Alex Mandarin language
Martinez, Cambridge University Press.

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Unit 9 Extra Worksheet

JIGSAW READING

Eating for Good Luck

1. Where do people eat black-eyed peas and rice?

2. Where do people eat pomegranates?

3. What is dduk guk?

4. What do some Chinese people eat on New Year’s Day?

5. What does soup with rice cakes bring you?

6. What are black-eyed peas like?

7. What does it mean when you find an almond in your rice pudding?

8. Where do people eat grapes at midnight?

9. What do pomegranates bring?

10. Why do some people eat tangerines in the new year?

Eating for Good Luck

1. Where do people eat black-eyed peas and rice?

2. Where do people eat pomegranates?

3. What is dduk guk?

4. What do some Chinese people eat on New Year’s Day?

5. What does soup with rice cakes bring you?

6. What are black-eyed peas like?

7. What does it mean when you find an almond in your rice pudding?

8. Where do people eat grapes at midnight?

9. What do pomegranates bring?

10. Why do some people eat tangerines in the new year?

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