1. Adventures in Dream Orchard A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Lynn & Zenobia Play the game Game Directions Story Credits Copyright Notice Game Preparation Objectives Game Pieces

2. The Story of the “Adventure in Dream Orchard” It’s time to harvest!!! After three years’ study in Junior High School, you must have lots of fruits of your study. Imagine you are lying in your bed in the evening. You try to read more, but you can’t help falling asleep after a day’s study. There, you are coming to a mysterious forest and you are wondering where you are and suddenly you find a big and shiny castle! With several paths surrounding it! You can’t help setting out your feet for them! What’s awaiting for you? Now, be prepared and make your choice, begin your adventure in the dream orchard. Home Page

3. Game Directions Return To play this game, you have to make choices who start first by throwing dice. Then you will choose to start with which tree: the green one, the golden one, or the red one. With each tree, you also have different choices to pick the fruit you like and then follow the instruction with each slide. For each correct answer to the question, you will win a corresponding sticker of fruit picture as a prize; for the wrong answer, you will have to try again. Finally, the group which gets the most stickers of fruits will win.

4. Game Preparation Home Page Divide the students into three groups. Have a dice to take turns. Prepare stickers of fruit picture as prize.

5. Game Pieces Return

6. Credits Home Page All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited. Originally designed by Lynn Yin and Zenobia Wang, Zhengzhou 47 Middle School of Zhengzhou,China on Feb. 28, 2012. “Adventure in Dream Orchard”.

7. Educational Objectives Home Page This game is designed to help grade nine students review what they’ve learnt in English class. We aim at mastering the words and phrases that students easily mix them in understanding and using. Hopefully this will make learning not that boring.

8. Copyright Home Page Copyright 2012 Lynn Yin and Zenobia Wang Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non- profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

9. Home Page It’s time to adventure in your dream orchard. Which arrow will be your choice? Just click!

10. Home Page A tree with life and hope! What’s in it! JUST follow the arrow!

11. Home Page Which is your favorite?

12. 1.) When my mother is not at home, I have to babysit my sister, which of the following can take the place of “babysit”? –Sit down –Look after –Look at

13. 2.) My little brother is very clever, he can always think up good ideas when he meets problems. Which of the following has the same meaning as “think up”?: think about come out come up with

14. 3.) My father is good at repairing things. We can also say: My father is good at ___ things. fixing up making doing

15. 4.) A: Hey, look at that girl. Is she Lucy? B: No, she is Lucy’s mother. Lucy takes after her mother. Which phrase has the same meaning as “take after”? Look after Is similar to Is like with

16. Home Page Can you expect a harvest here? Go!

17. Home Page This is in a dream, just reach out your hand…

18. 1.) Lily is not upstairs. Maybe she is ___. inside outside downstairs

19. 2.) A: Let’s go the supermarket to get something to eat. B: I’m afraid it’s closed now. It can’t be__ so late. opened open close

20. 3.) I asked Lily for her homework, but she said she didn’t remember to do it.That means she ________ her homework. forgets to do forgot doing forgot to do

21. 4.) I am thirsty. I asked mom for some milk. But she said she couldn’t because there is ____ milk in the fridge. But I only want a little milk! little a little few

22. Home Page There is a hope of harvest the most. And there is the most fruitful tree. Do have a try!

23. Home Page Wow! Charming fruits! My mouth is watering. I can’t help reaching out for them…

24. 1.) My father was ___ the newspaper when I arrived home. Seeing Looking at reading

25. 2.) The river runs __ the city. through Over across

26. 3.) I spend ___ practicing speaking English every day. sometime sometimes Some time

27. 4.) ___ will your father be back? -- In two days. How long How much How soon

28. That is Correct! Give yourself applause and a fruit! Back to Red Tree Back to Yellow Tree Back to Green Tree

29. Sorry, that’s incorrect. Try Again! Take a Closer Look….. Back to Red Tree Back to Yellow Tree Back to Green Tree