A Journey to Hong Kong 2025 (1) Module Places and Activities Unit Out for fun Programme outline What will Hong Kong look like in 2025? Sally, Philip and Nick had a dream about making a better Hong Kong when they were small. Will their dreams come true in 2025? How would you make Hong Kong a better place to stay and visit? Let’s check it out with Dodo. Key Stage 1 Learning Targets To develop an ever-improving capability to use English ~ to converse about feelings, interest and experiences (IS.b) ~ to give expression to one’s experience through activities such as describing and /or providing captions for them (ES.d) Communicative function 1. Identify common plants and sea creatures and give simple descriptions, e.g., Bauhinia, Cotton tree, coral reefs, garoupa, etc. 2. Identify names of places in Hong Kong such as Central, Mongkok, Cruise Terminal, etc. 3. Learn about the vocabulary related to winter activities such as skating, skiing, ice sculptures, etc. Suggested activities 1. Ask pupils to imagine what they will look like in ten years’ time. Brainstorm ideas. 2. Ask the class what Hong Kong will be like in ten years’ time. Teacher may draw their attention to the environment, the weather, the people, etc. 3. Introduce the programme and the characters: Dodo the 1
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A Journey to Hong Kong 2025 (1)ModulePlaces and Activities
UnitOut for fun
Programme outlineWhat will Hong Kong look like in 2025? Sally, Philip and Nick had a dream about making a better Hong Kong when they were small. Will their dreams come true in 2025? How would you make Hong Kong a better place to stay and visit? Let’s check it out with Dodo.
Key Stage 1 Learning TargetsTo develop an ever-improving capability to use English~ to converse about feelings, interest and experiences (IS.b)~ to give expression to one’s experience through activities such as describing and /or
providing captions for them (ES.d)
Communicative function1. Identify common plants and sea creatures and give simple descriptions, e.g.,
Bauhinia, Cotton tree, coral reefs, garoupa, etc.2. Identify names of places in Hong Kong such as Central, Mongkok, Cruise
Terminal, etc.3. Learn about the vocabulary related to winter activities such as skating, skiing, ice
sculptures, etc.
Suggested activities1. Ask pupils to imagine what they will look like in ten years’ time. Brainstorm ideas.2. Ask the class what Hong Kong will be like in ten years’ time. Teacher may draw
their attention to the environment, the weather, the people, etc. 3. Introduce the programme and the characters: Dodo the puppet, Philip, Sally, and
Nick.4. Watch the programme together. Draw pupils’ attention to the changes Hong Kong
in 2025. Is it a better Hong Kong? When the characters talk about the present (2025), and the past (before 2025) in the programme, pupils should notice the use of present tense and past tense of verbs in describing things.
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6. When Philip, Sally, and Nick talked about their dreams of making a better Hong Kong, they were only children.
7. When Philip, Sally, and Nick reappear in 2025, they are all grown- ups doing different jobs, having made Hong Kong a better place for all.
8. After watching the programme, distribute COPYMASTER 1 Part 1 to pupils. Ask them to match the jobs with the right people.
Answers: Philip
I study plants. I’m a botanist. Sally Let’s skate now. I’m a skater. Nick
Look at the submarines. I design submarines.I’m a submarine designer.
9. In COPYMASTER 1 Part 2a, pupils revise the name of the flower of Hong Kong by ticking (✔) in the box.
Answer: Bauhinia For Part 2b in COPYMASTER 1, pupils revise the names of things and places
introduced in the programme by choosing the correct words to write in the brackets. Answers: an ice rink ice sculptures a submarine a submarine terminal10. In COPYMASTER 2, pupils imagine they are in 2025. They find the differences
between the old and new Hong Kong by looking at the pictures. Then they underline the right word that best describes the picture of Hong Kong in 2025. Answers:
The roads were busy, crowded and noisy in 2015. But in 2025, the roads are (less, more) busy, (less, more) crowded, and quieter.There were few tourists at the Cruise Terminal in 2015, but there are (few, more) tourists at the Submarine Terminal now in 2025.
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COPYMASTER 1A Journey to Hong Kong 2025 (1)
Part 1. What are they in 2025? Fill in the blanks.2015
I’d like to see a beautiful Hong Kong.It should be full of colours and good smell!
2025
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I study plants. I’m a _______________________________.
2015
Imagine a white Hong Kong in winter! Everything is covered in snow!Guess what I’ll do.
2025
Let’s skate now. I’m a _______________________________.
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2015
Besides the MTR, buses and ferries, can we have… submarines?I really like to travel by submarine!
2025
Look at the submarines. I design submarines.
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I’m a _______________________________.
Part 2a. Tick (✔) in the box the Flower of Hong Kong.Bauhinia
Cotton tree
Part 2b. Choose and write in the brackets ( ). a submarine terminal / an ice rink/ a cruise terminal
ice sculptures/ a submarine/ a snowy mountain/ a busy road
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COPYMASTER 2A Journey to Hong Kong 2025 (1)
What is Hong Kong like in 2025? Underline the correct word in each sentence.
The roads were busy, crowded and noisy in 2015. But in 2025, the roads are (less,more) busy, (less, more) crowded, and quieter.
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2025
There were few tourists at the Cruise Terminal in 2015, but there are (few, more)
