Warming up for Classroom discussion Integrated Reading – Speaking Comprehension Oral perfomance Critical thinking

1st

2nd I have an apple tree , number of apple in this tree get doubles every week. On 30th week , the tree gets completely filled with apples :-) Can you tell me , on what week does my tree is half covered with apples ?

3rd I noticed that in my clock , there is a time when the minute and hour clock are exactly between one and two. Also I notice both hands lie on top of each other. What is the time I am talking about ?

4th You Throw The Outside, Cook The Inside Eat The Outside , Throw The Inside. What Is It ?

5th Twins (Rick and Nick) were born in May but their birthday is on June. how’s this possible ?

6th On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

7th My life is generally measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I ?

8th I have forests, but no trees. I have lakes, but no water. I have roads, but no cars. What Am I?

9th You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die. An old friend who once saved your life. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about. Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose?

10th According to an old story , once there was a father and his three loving sons. One day dad met an serious accident , death approached to take the father. Oldest son beg to the death to allow his father to live for some more years. Death was kind and agreed.After 2 years death return to take the father with him , now the second son beg for some more time. Death agreed. After a year death returned again to take the father.Now the youngest son request to allow his father to live till the candle wick of the candle on his hand burned out.Death agreed. Now as the youngest son thought , the death never returned back. How come ?

11th How can we put a elephant in the refrigerator ? How can we put a Giraffe in a refrigerator ? The king of the jungle invites all the animals to a party everyone comes except for one animal, which animal ? You come to a crocodile infested lake, you can't go around it, you can't go under it and you can't go over it, how do you get across ?

For E-learning Class: Discuss with your friends (in a group) about the answers for the previous questions! Please use your reading comprehension and critical thinking. Choose 2 questions and report it orally (in group) on the next meeting. *) You will have classroom discussion for the rest of the classroom meetings. You will be given several topics on the next meeting to be discussed.

Choose one topic and try to search an english article related with the topic. Bring the article for the next meeting (One group = one article). It is a must. Indonesia and Australia relationship Corruption case in Indonesia Popular low cost green car in Indonesia Corruption in Indonesia Jakarta’s problems Indonesian migrant workers