A Special Day By Dora

It was a special day for all Chinese.

It was a special day for them.

It was a special day for them.

It was a special day for him. 我上小学了！

It was a special day for them.

Last Friday was a special day for me because I had a birthday party. Thank you, Mom. I love you!

Let’s talk ___________was a special day for me because I ________... (When was the special day?/ What did you do? / Where did you go?/ Who did you do it with…?)

The special girl likes doing volunteer work. Who’ s the special girl? ?

Let’s read Last Saturday was a special day for me because I volunteered to make Zhoushan a national civilized city (全国文明城市). Early in the morning, my friend and I walked to Kaihong shopping center and we picked up the rubbish along the way. It was very meaningful, although we felt a little tired. After that, we tried to be traffic policemen. We stood at the crossing and asked people to follow the traffic rules. Some people didn’t care about what we said, but we were still kind to them. We thought being policemen was so difficult. I really like being part of the city. This Saturday made me love my city more than before. What a special day!

Task 1 : Read and answer the questions

在描述事件的时候需要更多的细节，如一系列动词。 Task 2 : Read and circle Tip1 : When we describe an event, we need more details. (e.g. a series of verbs) . 在描述事件的时候需要更多的细节，如一系列动词。 Last Saturday was a special day for me because I volunteered to make Zhoushan a national civilized city (全国文明城市). Early in the morning, my friend and I walked to Kaihong shopping center and we picked up the rubbish along the way. It was very meaningful, although we felt a little tired. After that, we tried to be traffic policemen. We stood at the crossing and asked people to follow the traffic rules. Some people didn’t care about what we said, but we still kept kind to them. We thought being policemen was so difficult. I really like being part of the city. This Saturday made me love my city more than before. What a special day!

Task 3 : Groupwork Use 3-4 sentences to talk about what they did in the old people’s home （用3到4句话描述他们在老年之家的活动） Last Saturday was a special day for me because I volunteered to make Zhoushan a national civilized city (全国文明城市). Early in the morning, my friend and I walked to Kaihong shopping center and we picked up the rubbish along the way. It was very meaningful, although we felt a little tired. After that, we tried to be traffic policemen. We stood at the crossing and asked people to follow the traffic rules. Some people didn’t care about what we said, but we were still kind to them. We thought being policemen was so difficult. I really like being part of the city. This Saturday made me love my city more than before. What a special day! Then , we visited the old people’s home. We…

Tip2 ：Different feelings can help enrich the event. （不同的情感描述有助于使事件更加生动） What did they get from the experience? How did they feel when…? Last Saturday was a special day for me because I volunteered to make Zhoushan a national civilized city (全国文明城市). Early in the morning, my friend and I walked to Kaihong shopping center and we picked up the rubbish along the way. It was very meaningful, although we felt a little tired. After that, we tried to be traffic policemen. We stood at the crossing and asked people to follow the traffic rules. Some people didn’t care about what we said, but we were still kind to them. We thought being policemen was so difficult. I really like being part of the city. This Saturday made me love my city more than before. What a special day!

Let’s write A special day _______________________________ _____________________________________________________________

Checklist (评价表) Do you start with “____ was a special day for me because____”? Yes /No Are there clear events and feelings? Yes /No Are there any details to describe the activity？ Yes /No Do you use the right punctuations(标点)? Yes/ No Do you capitalize the first letter（大写首字母）in each beginning word? Yes/ No

EVERYDAY IS SPECIAL. ENJOY YOUR DAYS. EMBRACE YOUR LIFE!

Homework Polish the writing and share your writing with your partners.