Collins/ Unit 4

Other people, other places

Grade 4

Name ____________

Abunuwasi’s House

A story from Kenya

Read and discuss with your teacher.

No. Word Meaning

1. cunning (adj.) cleverness at tricking people

2. knack (n.) an ability or talent to do something

3. merchant (n.) someone who sells and buys goods

4. greedy (adj.) showing a selfish desire to have more of something

5. share (v.) ed/ ed to have or use (something) with others

6. annoy (v.) ed/ed to cause someone to feel angry

7. locally (adv.) in a particular area, town or city

8. scene (n.) view

9. fed up (adj.) very tired of something

10. mallet (n.) a hammer with a large wooden head

11. hire (v.)-ed/ ed to use the services of someone to do something

12. destroy (v.) –ed/ed to damage so badly

13. save (v.)-ed/ ed to keep something or someone safe

14. knock down (v.) –ed/ed to cause something to fall to the ground

15. hurriedly (adv.) very quickly

Group work

A. Choose the correct answers.

1. Once you get the _____of riding a bike, you’ll never lose it.

a. knack b. scene c. mallet

2. The town’s ____ closed the shops on the holidays.

a. mallets b. merchants c. scenes

3. “There is no need to get ______,” mom said,” There is plenty of juice for everyone.”

a. destroyed b. greedy c. knocked

4. It is nice of you to share your sandwich with me. Thank you.

a. share b. hire c. destroy

5. The winter _____ is amazing with all the snow on the mountains.

a. mallet b. merchant c. scene

6. The brave John jumped into the water and _____ the little puppy from drowning.

a. shared b. saved c. knocked down

7. I’m starting to get _____ with all these boring stories. I’m leaving.

a. cunning b. greedy c. fed up

8. The building was _____ by the fire. Too bad!!

a. destroyed b. annoyed c. hired

Group Work

B. Fill in the spaces with the correct words from the table.

1. My friend, John, has the ________________of telling interesting stories.

2. She was ________________enough to fool me.

3. We are good friends. We, even, ________________ the same house and car together.

4. The children were _________________ and wanted more candy.

5. Peter _______________the teacher with his bad behavior yesterday. She was so upset.

6. This carpet is made ___________________by women in my home town.

7. You should _________________ an investigator to bring you more information.

8. The storm ____________________several trees and damaged the park last year.

9. Tom left ______________________when he heard his father calling him.

10. The fire man used a ___________________to break into the burning house.

Pair Work

C. Use the following words in your own sentences.

1. merchant: _______________________________________.

2. hired: __________________________________________.

3. saved: __________________________________________.

Read SB p. 40 & 41.

Class Discussion

Write down the answers to the questions SB p. 41.

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Dictation

Write the words the teacher reads for you.

1. ____________________ 5. ___________________

2. ____________________ 6. ___________________

3. ____________________ 7. ___________________

4. ____________________ 8. ___________________

Story Structure

Good stories have 5 stages.

1. Introduction ( story begins , characters and setting appear)

2. Build- up or rising action (problem appears)

3. Climax (the most exciting part of the story) Conflict

4. Falling action (problem is solved)

5. Resolution (story ends and conclusion is given)

Introduction Resolution

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Group Work

Read the mixed parts of this story. Write the stage in which each part is.

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_______________ In a kingdom far, far away lived a king and his three daughters. The king

loved them very much for they were good and beautiful girls, but one day he decided to test how

much they loved him. “Oh, father," said the eldest daughter, “I love you as much as all the

diamonds and all the rubies in the world and more!” "That is excellent," said the king happily.

“Dear father," said the second daughter, “I love you as much as all the gold and silver in the

world and more!” “Wonderful!” said her father and smiled.

__________________“Don’t worry, I will send him an invitation for lunch. And when he arrives,

we will teach him a lesson," said the wise man and immediately sent an invitation to the King.

So when the festival day came, the King arrived. He sat at the table in the place of honor next to the

wise old man. Then he was served a meal, which looked absolutely delicious. But when the king came to

taste it, he frowned and cried out, “This meal has no salt in it! I can’t eat it!"

__________________“How dare you! Your sisters love me as much as diamonds and gold, and you

love me as little as salt," said the king angrily. "Leave this kingdom right now and never come back!”

The little princess hid herself in the woods, but she soon got very tired. She sat on a log and started

to cry, when a rich old man, who was passing by on his horse, heard her.

He took her to his castle and soon asked her about her story. “Sadly, my father is angry with me and

has told me never to return to his kingdom," she explained.

__________________At once a person wearing a veil brought him salt and said, “Here you are, my

king! I hope that the meal will taste better now.” The king immediately recognized her voice.

The salt bearer lifted her veil and the king saw his youngest daughter. He understood at once what

they wanted to teach him. Ashamed of what he had done, the king begged his daughter to forgive

him. The princess cried out in joy, “Oh, my father! I forgive you and I love you with all my heart!”

They hugged each other and lived happily ever after.

__________________Then it was the youngest daughter’s turn. “My father and king, I love you as

much as all the salt in the world and more!” The king was very surprised at her answer. “What did you

say? I think I must have misheard you," frowned the king. “I said that I love you as much as salt,"

repeated the youngest daughter.

Homework / Read SB p. 40 & 41. Find the 5 stages of the story.

Direct Speech and Quotations

Class Discussion

Read the following examples and discuss their punctuation with your teacher.

1. “Don’t get greedy,” mom said to John.

2. Mom said, “I’ve got juice for everybody.”

Group Work

Punctuate the sentences with quotation marks. Don’t forget to end with a comma or a

full stop.

1. I hope you will be here he said

2. Lana said The game is over and we won

3. I don’t care he said

4. He shouted Hurry up

Pair Work

Answer Ex. 1 & Ex. 3 SB p. 42

Individual Work

Answer Ex. (Punctuation, speaking and reading) WB p. 25

Stories include the words the characters

say to each other and their sentences are

written between “ “.

Homework / Answer Ex. 2 WB p. 26

1. An apostrophe is used to show contraction- where there are

missing letters

can’t, don’t, isn’t, didn’t, they’re, he’s.

2. An apostrophe is used to show possession- when something

belongs to someone

Ali’s car, Mary’s house, the girl’s dress

(singular nouns)

the chickens’ food, the men’s office, the family’s house

(irregular plural nouns)

The boys’ basketball, the girls’ class, the students’ bus

(plural nouns)

Group Work

A. Rewrite the following sentences adding an apostrophe.

1. The babys toy is on the floor. He didnt pick it up.

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2. Suzys doll had red hair. She doesnt like it much.

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3. The childrens toys were left out in the rain. Theyre soaking with water now.

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4. Those boys shoes are in the lockers. They cant get them out.

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5. Bens mom brought his snack to school because he didnt take it this morning.

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Pair work

B. Rewrite with an apostrophe .

1. The pen belonging to John (John’s _______________)

2. The house belonging to the women ( ______________________)

3. The room belonging to the brothers. (______________________)

Individual Work

Answer Ex. 1 SB p. 43

Present, Past, Future

Group Work

Read the story The Brave Baby. SB p. 44, 45

Underline the verbs you find and discuss their tenses.

Pair Work

Rewrite the sentences, putting them into past tense.

1. I am happy with my results.

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2. John visits his grandmother during weekends.

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3. They are playing football.

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4. She can play volleyball.

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Rewrite the sentences, putting them into future tense.

1. I was in Dubai.

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2. Mary studied for her exam.

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3. The children are in their classroom.

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4. Mark goes to the cinema.

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Homework/ Answer (Punctuation) Ex. 1 WB p. 26

Answer Ex. 2 WB p.27

Homework/ Answer (Grammar) WB p.29 Ex. 1

WB p. 30 Ex. 2 & 3

Writing

Class discussion

We use adjectives and adverbs to make our sentences

descriptive and more expressive.

Read the following sentences and change the underlined

words into stronger ones.

1. Tom was sad for losing his puppy.

Tom was miserable for losing his puppy.

2. Tom quickly left the room.

Tom hurriedly left the room.

3. A large wave hit the city.

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4. John’s friend made him angry.

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5. I tried to catch the train. Unluckily, I couldn’t arrive on time.

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Group Work

Answer (Writing) Ex. 1 WB p. 47

Writing

Add adjectives and adverbs to this part of the story

to make it more descriptive and expressive.

Wasso looked at the man who was shouting at her, and she began to cry. Wasso cried and she

cried, but she still would not go to the chief. So the chief began to dance. It was a special

dance – a dance to make the people do as he said. Wasso stopped crying. She liked the dance.

She looked up at the chief and she smiled.

The chief did another dance, to make her come to him. But Wasso only laughed. The chief

danced some more, but still the baby would not do as he said. Still she would not go to him. The

chief danced and danced and danced. Wasso smiled and laughed …. and then she fell asleep.

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cunning- angry- puzzled- nice- different- tired

angrily- beautifully- proudly- forcefully- happily- suddenly - continuously

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