Unit 1: Family Day
This unit is about a Family Day event organised by the school. Pupils talk about the activities held during a Family Day, read a poster and a sandwich recipe, write a postcard, learn about common nouns, and recite a poem about a bumble bee.
Irfan, Jasleen, May Lee, Sigat, and Vijay talk about a Family Day event announced by their headmaster. Activities discussed include:
Lots of games and a colouring contest for children below six years old
Parents can visit the classrooms to talk to the teachers
A grand event to start the school term
Carry out a class survey to find out the most popular Family Day activity
Sigat reads a poster for the Family Day event (Date: 5 February, Venue: School hall and school field). Vijay and Irfan prepare sandwiches using this recipe sequence:
Mash the eggs and add salt and pepper
Spread some butter and the egg mixture onto the bread
Arrange the sliced cucumber on the bread
Cut the sandwiches and pack them
Jasleen sends a postcard to May Lee about her holiday in Penang. A postcard is a card for sending a message by post without an envelope. Common punctuation marks:
Full stop (.) — at the end of a complete sentence, e.g. The view was truly breathtaking.
Comma (,) — to separate phrases or items in a list, e.g. milk, eggs, and bread.
Question mark (?) — at the end of a question, e.g. Where are you going?
A common noun refers to people, places, things, and animals but does not name a specific one. A singular noun refers to one; a plural noun refers to more than one.
| People (singular/plural) | lady / ladies, doctor / doctors | |
| Places (singular/plural) | factory / factories, village / villages | |
| Things (singular/plural) | bowl / bowls, knife / knives | |
| Animals (singular/plural) | ox / oxen, goat / goats | |
Poem 'Watching a Bumble Bee' by Wes Magee. The bee gathers nectar all day, hums a buzzy song, and zigzags away. Activity: make a Bee Hive using bubble wrap, yellow paint, scissors, thick paper, and coloured pencils.
Colour the bubble wrap with yellow paint
Cut the bubble wrap in the shape of a bee hive
Paste the bubble wrap on a piece of paper
A common noun names people, places, things, or animals in general (e.g. doctor, village, bowl, goat). Most plurals add -s, but words ending in -y change to -ies (lady→ladies) and words ending in -f change to -ves (knife→knives). Some plurals are irregular: ox→oxen, child→children.
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The 'Oxford comma' is the comma placed before 'and' in a list of three or more items (e.g. 'milk, eggs, and bread'). It is named after Oxford University Press and is used to avoid ambiguity in sentences.
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