2. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School1 Our School Life Introduction to the project Topics for discussion My School My Teachers and Classes Preparing for Examinations Assignment

3. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School2 Introduction Objectives: This international e-mail exchange project is mainly intended to help students understand how school life is like in different countries by discussing three topics, My School, My Teachers and Classes, and Preparing for examination through IEEC. At the end of this project, students will create a website on it together. Timeline: The timeline for this collaborative learning project is February to April. (About 4-5 weeks) Activities: Students are expected to exchange e-mails/voice mails/video mails with their key pals every week. Assignment: By the end of March, students have to finish their written reports on A Day in Our Schools and give an oral presentation in class.

4. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School3 Topic 1. My School Questions 1. What school do you go to? 2. What year are you in?/ What grade are you in now? 3. How many students are there in your school? 4. How many teachers are there in your school? 5. Is your house far from or close to school? 6. How do you get to school? Suggested Answers 1. I go to St. Paul's High School. I study at Washington High. 2. I'm in the first year. I'm in the first/final of junior high school. / I'm in the sixth/seventh grade. 3. There are 1000 students in my school. 4. There are more than 100 teachers in my school. 5. My house is very close to/near/not far from school. 6. I ride my bike a motorbike /commute / walk to school. / I take a bus/train to school. / My father drives me to school.

5. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School4 My School I go a nice school with a little over 800 other students. The campus is located very close to the seaside, so my biology class often takes field trips to the beach. Students from all over Taiwan attend my school because it is a very exceptional school. My school is good in many different subjects, especially math and science. In national math competitions, my school always places in the top ten. My school also participates in numerous science exhibitions throughout the year, and we always win many awards.

6. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School5 Learning Activities Exchange e-mails on your school with your key pals. Shortly introduce yourself to your key pal. Describe your school. Ask your key pals how their school is like. Attach several digital pictures of your school in the mail.

7. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School6 Topic 2. My Teachers and Classes Questions 1. What is your favorite class? 2. Who is your favorite teacher? 3. What does she teach? 4. Why do you like her? 5. How is your English class? 6. How many days per week do you go to school? 7. How many hours do you study a day? 8. When does first period begin? 9. When does the school day end? 10. How long do you have for lunch? 11. Do you take a nap after lunch? 12. How long do you take for your nap? 13. What classes are you taking this semester? 14. If you go to cram school, what class do you take in the cram school? Suggested Answers 1. My favorite class is music / history /math/ English 2. I like Miss Lee/ Mr. Wang. 3. She teaches music. 4. Because she is very kind. / She is humorous. 5. My English class is very boring. 6. I go to school five days a week. 7. I study seven hours a day. 8. It begins at eight. 9. It ends at four. 10. I have one hour for lunch. 11. Yes./No. 12. I take half an hour. 13. I am taking physics, chemistry, computer, science, art and P.E. 14. I take English conversation.

8. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School7 My Favorite class I'm currently in the second grade of junior high school. My favorite class at school is history. I like that class very much because I love learning about ancient cultures. The class is also enjoyable because I have a very funny teacher named Mr. Hong. He always makes his lessons very interesting, so you never get bored in his class!

9. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School8 Learning Activities Exchange e-mails on your favorite teachers and classes with your key pals. Draw a picture of your favorite teacher and briefly describe how he/she looks. Tell your key pals the reasons why you like the teacher ’ s class.

10. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School9 Topic 3. Preparing for examinations Questions 1. How often do you have exams? 2. How many days do you study to prepare for exams? 3. Do you study hard the night before an exam? 4. Where do you study for the exam? 5. Do you study alone or with you classmate? Why? 6. What do you do before your exams? 7. How do you feel during exam time? 8. What did you think of your exams this year? Suggested Answers 1. We have exams three times every semester. 2. Usually, I spend two days preparing for exams. 3. Yes, I stay up all night studying. 4. I go to the library to study. 5. I like to study alone because I don't want to be disturbed. 6. I watch TV to relax./ I sometimes go to the movies. / I go to sleep earlier than usual. 7. I'm worried during the exam. / I'm very nervous during mid-term. 8. I didn ’ t do too well./ I did pretty well. / Not bad. It was all right. /It was terrible! /I studied, but I still didn't do very well.

11. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School10 The Night Before an Exam I like studying but I don't like exams. I always get nervous on the night before an exam. I become very uneasy when I have to give up watching TV or reading novels. Usually, I go to the library to review all my notes from class. Sometimes, I have to stay up all night in order to prepare well. This make me very upset, especially when I have several exams in the same week. On those weeks, I don't get much sleep at all, and I don't do very well on any of my exams. I should probably find a better way to study so I will get better grades!

12. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School11 Learning Activities Exchange e-mails on tips for becoming a good learner with your key pals. Are you a good learner? What is learning like? What subjects are you good/bad in? How do you learn the subject before class/ in class/ after class? What are the tips for becoming a good learner?

13. Feb. 14, 2001Badi Chen, St. Paul's High School12 Assignment After exchanging your view points on school life in different countries with international key pals, we may start to compose a written report now. Topic: A Day in Our Schools