Recently, SMIC Primary and Secondary School, grades 1-8, ushered in this semester's English

Week activities. Taking the class as a unit, the children showed the results of their English learn-

ing through various means such as songs, dances, and dramas.

                                     Grade 1&2

The first and second grades mainly performed songs and dances.The children had been

practicing together in the class long before English week.

The second grade English Week program combined different cultures around the world, not only

related to the daily learning content, but also in preparation for the upcoming International Day.

Young voices, cute dresses, when the smooth English songs sounded in the auditorium, the child-

ren felt the ease and joy of English learning in the collective singing.

Various forms such as song, dance and drama stimulated the students' interest in learning English. 

The children practiced English pronunciation together in a group and successfully presented a com-

plete performance on the stage.

                                                Grade 3

The third grade children performed the drama Melt the Snow.

This was a fictional drama about a little ant being trapped under a snowflake. The children played

different roles and helped the little ant together.

With the help of friendship, the little ant finally got out of danger, returned home smoothly and found

his mother.

                                          Grade 4

In the English class of the fourth grade, everyone read the classic story "Treasure Island" together.

Inspired by this, the fourth grade English group prepared a school treasure hunt for the children.

The English group set up six English clues. The children dressed up as pirates, crew members

and captains according to the role of the unit story, drew their own treasure map according to

the school map, discussed and made decisions in groups, studied the clues and routes of the

group, and finally succeeded in finding the treasure.

The form of outdoor treasure hunting not only exercised the children's teamwork ability, but

also consolidated classroom knowledge in the activity, gained a sense of accomplishment,

and improved communication skills, cooperation skills, innovation skills and critical thinking.

                                     Grade 5

The fifth grade song and dance performance was very different from the cute style of the first

and second grade, and the children's song and dance performance was also related to some

background knowledge about the western United States recently taught in class.

A Bob Marley song seemed to take everyone into the far west. In the children's dance steps,

it seemed to see the beauty of survival beyond immigration and struggle.

Guitar, drum, cello, flute, melodic piano… Different musical instruments converged, and children

learned to express their emotions in music.

                                      Grade 6

The sixth graders had a unique Talent Show. They used their daily learning to demonstrate

their expressiveness and academic ability,and incorporated a lot of social studies vocabulary.

This English activity, presented in the form of a game show, exercised children's team writing

ability and critical thinking from all aspects of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

                                      Grade 7

As early as last semester, the seventh graders finished reading "The Secret Garden" together,

and the eighth graders finished reading "Jane Eyre".

This semester, the seventh and eighth grade students adapted the English novels into a series

of short plays, telling the classic stories in the novels.

The seventh grade students performed 11 scenes from The Secret Garden, respectively telling

the stories of several main characters including Mary, Colin, and Mr. Craven, and exploring the

related themes of the interaction between man and nature. In terms of scene layout and design,

the children actively designed and conceived, trying to restore the beautiful garden in the manor. 

There are lush green plants and flowers in every corner, making people feel like they are in it.

The performance on the stage was even more amazing. The young actors in the seventh grade

played every character in the novel vividly with their wonderful performances. From willful and

selfish Mary to warm and sunny Mary, from withdrawn to physically and mentally healthy Colin,

gentle Dickon, kind Martha...Every character in this play was so touching. The actors in this

English play took the audience into a world full of beauty, where nature, friendship and love

healed all wounds.

                                         Grade 8

Eighth graders told the story of Jane Eyre in a dramatic setting and followed the character 

through her difficult childhood, her time at Lowood School, and her days working for Mr. Rochester.

The setting, background and costumes of this play are extremely complex. Under the guidance

of the teacher, the children carefully studied the social situation of the Victorian era and carefully

sorted out the relationship between the characters in the novel. After many careful rehearsals

and feeling the complex emotions of the protagonists in different periods,finally, this beloved

classic literary work was brought to the stage and vividly interpreted, showing the themes of

romance, heartbreak and redemption in the novel.

During the performance, the children not only felt the passionate and persistent spirit of Jane

Eyre, the courage to pursue love and freedom, but also experienced the delicate emotions

of the characters from the performance.

Every semester's English week is an activity that teachers and students look forward to together.

SMIC's characteristic English teaching is never confined to classroom teaching, but through rich

and colorful forms of expression, it consolidates the foundation of English learning from all aspects

of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and improves students'language learning ability and

cross-cultural understanding ability.

The lower grades of primary school mainly participate in English singing and dancing performances,

while the middle and higher grades will incorporate more cultural background knowledge to help

students understand different languages and cultures.

Junior high school students mainly adapt English novels and perform stage plays. From setting

up scenes to trying to figure out the characters' hearts and emotions, children explore literary 

works in an all-English environment, and also bring out the infinite possibilities in theatrical per-

formances.

It is hoped that the children will not only exercise their English expression skills in the activities

of the special English week, but also appreciate the meaning of helping each other, cooperating

and appreciating each other in the group.