1 . One easy way you can get to know students is to organize some get-to-know-you activities. The following is some information about them.

Write descriptions next to every color (yellow: your favorite kind of food; red: some-thing you’re good at; blue: your favorite vacation).

Have students sit in a circle.

Open a pack of M&-Ms.

Pass around the pack.

Ask students to pick out an M&.M.

Whatever color they get, they have to answer the description.

Go until the pack is empty.

Write 12 get-to-know-you questions on a board.

Have students sit in a circle.

Have each student roll the dice once and answer the number question shown on the dice.

Write a list of 10 this-or-that questions. Would you rather be a bee or a horse? Would you rather have five brothers or five sisters?You can draw from this list of 200 examples.

Have students sit in a circle.

Ask the first student a “This or That” question.

Take turns going around the circle.

Prepare two sleeping bags. Pair up students in pairs of two.

Each person in a pair gets in a sleeping bag on the ground (one pair at a time).

Have each member of the team race each other from the starting line to the finishing line.

4 . “Never settle down!” It’s a slogan used by the Houston Astros baseball team. When they won the world championship in 2017, I really admired their _________ and mighty team spirit.

On Nov 7, 21 athletes from my_________ participated in an autumn sports meeting. On the playground, the track(赛道) was newly_________ with white paint. Students wore their class uniforms. Sweat shone on the athletes’ faces in the autumn sunlight. They spared_________ to fight for victory and their determination deeply moved us.

What impressed me most was our team spirit. In the 3,000-meter race, one student suddenly fell and seemed to give up. _________, two other students_________ help him up. Then they ran _________ him to the finish line. In my eyes, it was the courage of our classmates that helped the boy_________ the end.

That might be what the director anticipated(期望). The_________ of this event stated, “the intention for us to host this event is to__________ students’ potential to obtain their goals. It’s a powerful approach to let them understand the importance of devotion and feeling a sense of accomplishment(成就). We believe it can greatly help them __________ and mentally.”

Back to September, as soon as we stepped into the third year of our senior high journey, we__________ our minds to let our college dreams come true. After four months of effort, we have__________ a stage__________ there will be more challenges in the way. We will be__________ in our process to succeed.