Week 9

The Careless Clown

Pre-Reading Unlocking Vocabulary and Concept Development

carelessclown sewing machine elegant awful

careless without care (adding suffix less)

The word careless is made of the words care and less. Less is a syllable which means without.

What does the word care mean?

What do you call him? Describe his face. What can you say about his costume? What does he do? Where do you usually see him? Have you seen a clown in the party you attended? Now, what does the word clown mean?

clown – a person with a happy face, dressed in a colorful costume and performs tricks in a party

sewing machine

What do you see? Who do you think uses the sewing machine? Why does he/she need a sewing machine? What does sewing machine mean?

sewing machine

sewing machine – machine used for sewing

elegant–What can you say about the man who wears the suit? What can you say about his suit? How does he look? Does he look elegant in his suit? What does elegant mean?

What can you say about the first shirt? How about the second shirt?

awful – not pleasing

The Careless Clown

I have a friend. His name is Lemon. He is a clown. He is a careless clown. I always watch his show. He always ends up with torn jackets, socks and pants. “Friend, take care of your things.” I usually tell him.

So Lemon bought a sewing machine. Every time his clothes got torn, he sewed them with the machine. His clothes were full of stiches.

The day before Lemon’s birthday, we had a meeting. We wanted to thank him for making us happy by giving him a party. We were worried about what Lemon would wear to the party.

“Dress like anyone else,” one friend said. “You will look elegant in a suit,” another friend added. “What will I wear?” he asked me. So we went to his house and opened his cabinet.

“This is awful. Your clothes are full of stitches,” I said. “But I don’t have other clothes to wear,” he said. “These clothes will just be fine,” he added.

At the party, our friends were surprised to see Lemon. The hero of the show was in his old clown suit, full of stitches.

The next day, Lemon asked me to go with him. We went to a store selling suits. He bought a suit. “This time I will take care of this suit,” he promised.

Activity 91How Well Do I Listen and Interact with Others? Group yourselves in 3’s. Talk with your group mates your answers to each of these questions. 1. At the beginning of the story, what

happened to Lemon’s clothes? 2. What did his friend tell him? 3. What did he do to mend his torn clothes? 4. How did his torn clothes look after mending

them with the sewing machine? 5. What was the party for?

6. What did Lemon wear in the party? 7. How do you think Lemon felt about the

clothes he wore at the party?8. Why did Lemon promise to take care of

the new suit? 9. If Lemon listened to his friend’s advice to

be more careful, how would that prevent having so many stitches on his clothes?

10. How about you? How do you take care of your clothes? Of other things you own?

Engagement/Enrichment

Allow the pupils to draw their favorite shirt and let them write their promise to take care for their things