Grade 5 - English First Additional Language - Study Guide 1/2 - 2026

Intermediate Phase Grade 5 • Study Guide 1/2

English First Additional Language

Study Guide 1/2

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complete guide with all the texts and explanations included.

• AComprehensive explanations of language aspects.

• Step-by-step guidelines in plain language.

• Fun, engaging and practical • Interesting themes for Gradeactivities.

• knowledge and inspire curiosity.5 learners to broaden general independent thinking and reasoning skills.

• Encourages for learners at all levels.

• Suitable • Ideal for use in school or at home.

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English First Additional Language Study Guide 1/2

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CONTENTS

LESSON ELEMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 8 RECOMMENDED READING ...................................................................................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................10 YEAR PLAN .................................................................................................................................................11

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UNIT 1: WEEKS 1 – 2 ...............................................................................................................................13 LESSON 1: CURIOSITY IS THE KEY! ..................................................................................................13 Section 1: Listening and speaking ..................................................................................... 14 Activity 1: Listen to a story.....................................................................................................................15 Activity 2: Retell the story.......................................................................................................................18 Section 2: Reading and viewing .......................................................................................... 19 Activity 3: Predict from the title and pictures................................................................................19 ................................................................................

Activity 4: Read a story ............................................................................................................................21 ............................................................................................................................

Activity 5: Discuss new vocabulary ....................................................................................................26 ....................................................................................................

Activity 6: Discuss the story in detail.................................................................................................29 .................................................................................................

Activity 7: Answer comprehension questions on the story ..................................................... .....................................................29 Activity 8: Practise reading aloud........................................................................................................30 ........................................................................................................

Section 3: Writing and presenting ..................................................................................... 33 ..................................................................................................33 Activity 9: Write a personal recount ..................................................................................................

Activity 10: Write a first draft ............................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................34 Activity 11: Write a final version ......................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................35 Activity 12: Write an opinion on a story...........................................................................................35 story ........................................................................................... story........................................................................................... dictionary.........................................................................................35 Activity 13: Create a personal dictionary Section 4: Language structures and conventions ......................................................... 36 Activity 14: Revise common, proper, and countable nouns .....................................................36 Activity 15: Revise punctuation............................................................................................................38 nouns............................................................................39 Activity 16: Revise ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’ with nouns tense..................................................................................41 Activity 17: Revise the simple present tense test........................................................................................42 Activity 18: Sight words and spelling test

UNIT 1: WEEKS 3 – 4 ...............................................................................................................................44 LESSON 2: ANIMATE IT...........................................................................................................................44 Section 1: Listening and speaking ..................................................................................... 45 Activity 19: Take part in a conversation ...........................................................................................46 Activity 20: Give a factual recount.......................................................................................................47 Activity 21: Perform a poem ..................................................................................................................48 Section 2: Reading and viewing .......................................................................................... 49 Activity 22: Read an information text................................................................................................49 Activity 23: Use reading strategies .....................................................................................................50 Activity 24: Answer questions on the main ideas ........................................................................53 Activity 25: Practise reading aloud.....................................................................................................54 Section 3: Writing and presenting ..................................................................................... 56 Activity 26: Write a factual recount....................................................................................................56 3

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Activity 27: Draw a graph........................................................................................................................58 Activity 28: Create your own animated film ...................................................................................60 Section 4: Language structures and conventions ......................................................... 62 Activity 29: Revise the simple past tense.........................................................................................62 Activity 30: Use ‘can’, ‘may’ and ‘must’ ..............................................................................................65 Activity 31: Adverbs of time...................................................................................................................69 Activity 32: Sight words and spelling test........................................................................................70

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UNIT 1: WEEKS 5 – 6 ...............................................................................................................................71 LESSON 3: NICE MICE AND RAD RATS! .............................................................................................71 Section 1: Listening and speaking ..................................................................................... 72 Activity 33: Listen to a story ..................................................................................................................75 Activity 34: Do a role-play ......................................................................................................................76 Section 2: Reading and viewing .......................................................................................... 77 Activity 35: Read a story..........................................................................................................................77 ..........................................................................................................................

Activity 36: Answer questions on the story .................................................................................... ....................................................................................81 Activity 37: Read a social text (invitation).......................................................................................81 .......................................................................................

Activity 38: Practise reading aloud.....................................................................................................83 .....................................................................................................

Activity 39: Independent reading and expressing emotional responses ...........................83 Section 3: Writing and presenting ..................................................................................... 83 Activity 40: Write a simple description ............................................................................................ ............................................................................................83 .....................................................................................................85 Activity 41: Write a short message ..................................................................................................... paragraph..................................................................................................88 Activity 42: Write a short paragraph paragraph.................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................

Section 4: Language structures and conventions ......................................................... 89 ...........................................................................................................89 Activity 43: Uncountable nouns ...........................................................................................................

Activity 44: Prepositions that show position .................................................................................92 speech.................................................................................................................93 Activity 45: Reported speech................................................................................................................. speech .................................................................................................................

Activity 46: Compound words...............................................................................................................95 Activity 47: Sight words and spelling test .......................................................................................96

UNIT 1: WEEKS 7 – 8 ...............................................................................................................................98 LESSON 4: WILD AND BEAUTIFUL PLACES ......................................................................................98 Section 1: Listening and speaking ..................................................................................... 99 Activity 48: Listen to and carry out instructions .......................................................................104 Activity 49: Describe a simple process...........................................................................................105 Activity 50: Perform a short poem...................................................................................................105 Section 2: Reading and viewing ........................................................................................106 Activity 51: Read a recipe.....................................................................................................................106 Activity 52: Practise reading aloud..................................................................................................108 Section 3: Writing and presenting ...................................................................................109 Activity 53: Write instructions...........................................................................................................109 Activity 54: Write an account of a procedure..............................................................................110 Section 4: Language structures and conventions .......................................................111 Activity 55: Possessive nouns.............................................................................................................111 Activity 56: Possessive pronouns .....................................................................................................114 © Optimi

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Activity 57: Ordinal and cardinal numbers ..................................................................................115 Activity 58: Comparative adjectives ................................................................................................117 Activity 59: Sight words and spelling test.....................................................................................119

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UNIT 1: WEEKS 9 – 10.......................................................................................................................... 121 LESSON 5: POP GOES THE WORLD ................................................................................................. 121 Section 1: Listening and speaking ...................................................................................122 Activity 60: Listen to a poem ..............................................................................................................125 Activity 61: Perform a poem ...............................................................................................................126 Section 2: Reading and viewing ........................................................................................127 Activity 62: Revise elements of a poem .........................................................................................127 Activity 63: Read a poem......................................................................................................................131 Section 3: Writing and presenting ...................................................................................132 Activity 64: Write a simple poem .....................................................................................................132 .....................................................................................................

Activity 65: Write a paragraph about your poem ...................................................................... ......................................................................134 Section 4: Language structures and conventions .......................................................134 .......................................................

Activity 66: Gendered nouns ..............................................................................................................134 .............................................................................................................. ..........................................................................139 Activity 67: Adjectives: materials and textures .......................................................................... subject-verb.........................

Activity 68: Practise question forms, personal pronouns, and subject-verb agreement...................................................................................................................................................141 ............................................................................................................................................

Activity 69: Sight words and spelling test..................................................................................... test.....................................................................................144 test .....................................................................................

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UNIT 2: WEEKS 1 – 2 ............................................................................................................................ 147 LESSON 6: WHERE WOLF? ................................................................................................................ 147 Section 1: Listening and speaking ...................................................................................148 ...................................................................................

Activity 70: Take part in a conversation ........................................................................................151 Activity 71: Listen to a story ...............................................................................................................152 ...............................................................................................................

Section 2: Reading and viewing ........................................................................................153 story.......................................................................................................................153 Activity 72: Read a story ....................................................................................................................... story..........................................................................................160 Activity 73: Identify features of a story story.........................................................................160 Activity 74: Make up questions about the story Activity 75: Read a book review........................................................................................................161 Activity 76: Do an oral book review ................................................................................................163 Section 3: Writing and presenting ...................................................................................164 Activity 77: Write a story .....................................................................................................................164 Activity 78: Write a first draft ............................................................................................................167 Activity 79: Write the final version of your story ......................................................................168 Activity 80: Brainstorm your book review ...................................................................................168 Activity 81: Write the first draft of your book review .............................................................169 Activity 82: Revise, edit, and proofread the first draft of your book review..................170 Activity 83: Write the final version of your book review .......................................................170 Section 4: Language structures and conventions .......................................................171 Activity 84: Learn about nouns that only have plurals............................................................171 Activity 85: Practise adjectives as comparatives and superlatives ....................................174 Activity 86: Collocations.......................................................................................................................176 5

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Activity 87: Sight words and spelling test.....................................................................................178

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UNIT 2: WEEKS 3 – 4 ............................................................................................................................ 179 LESSON 7: LET’S RIDE!......................................................................................................................... 179 Section 1: Listening and speaking ...................................................................................180 Activity 88: Listen to an information text .....................................................................................182 Activity 89: Classify objects.................................................................................................................184 Section 2: Reading and viewing ........................................................................................186 Activity 90: Pre-read an information text .....................................................................................186 Activity 91: Read an information text.............................................................................................187 Activity 92: Scan the information text ............................................................................................192 Activity 93: Answer comprehension questions on the information text.........................192 Section 3: Writing and presenting ...................................................................................193 Activity 94: Write a description ........................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................193 Activity 95: Make a mind map summary.......................................................................................196 .......................................................................................

Section 4: Language structures and conventions .......................................................197 .......................................................

Activity 96: Practise the future tense..............................................................................................197 .............................................................................................. ...........................................................................198 Activity 97: Practise prepositions of direction ...........................................................................

Activity 98: Practise antonyms .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................200 test.....................................................................................201 Activity 99: Sight words and spelling test test..................................................................................... .....................................................................................

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UNIT 2: WEEKS 5 – 6 ............................................................................................................................ 202 LESSON 8: IT’S A MYSTERY … ........................................................................................................... 202 Section 1: Listening and speaking ...................................................................................203 ................................................................................... ............................................................................................................208 Activity 100: Listen to a story ............................................................................................................ ..............................................................................................................210 Activity 101: Retell the story ..............................................................................................................

Section 2: Reading and viewing ........................................................................................212 Activity 102: Read a story ....................................................................................................................212 ....................................................................................................................

Activity story.............................................216 ctivity 103: Answer comprehension questions on the story aloud.......................................................................................................................217 Activity 104: Read aloud Section 3: Writing and presenting ...................................................................................217 Activity 105: Brainstorm a story.......................................................................................................217 Activity 106: Draft and edit a story..................................................................................................221 Activity 107: Write the final version of a story...........................................................................222 Section 4: Language structures and conventions .......................................................223 Activity 108: Use ‘shall’ and ‘will’ to show intention................................................................223 Activity 109: Practise synonyms.......................................................................................................225 Activity 110: Root words, prefixes, and suffixes ........................................................................227 Activity 111: Sight words and spelling test ..................................................................................229

UNIT 2: WEEKS 7 – 8 ............................................................................................................................ 230 LESSON 9: LOST IN TIME..................................................................................................................... 230 Section 1: Listening and speaking ...................................................................................231 Activity 112: Listen to instructions..................................................................................................237 Activity 113: Do a role-play.................................................................................................................238 © Optimi

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Activity 114: Perform a poem ............................................................................................................239 Section 2: Reading and viewing ........................................................................................240 Activity 115: Pre-read instructions .................................................................................................240 Activity 116: Read instructions .........................................................................................................241 Activity 117: Discuss the instructions ............................................................................................243 Activity 118: Answer comprehension questions on the instructions...............................243 Section 3: Writing and presenting ...................................................................................244 Activity 119: Write a recipe or instructions.................................................................................244 Activity 120: Write a short account .................................................................................................247 Section 4: Language structures and conventions .......................................................248 Activity 121: Adverbs of place and degree ...................................................................................248 Activity 122: Practise using question marks and exclamation marks ..............................249 Activity 123: Sight words and spelling test ..................................................................................251

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LESSON ELEMENTS

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Introduction Introduces new concepts or background information required to understand the lesson content.

Vocabulary The meaning of new words to fully understand the text/content.

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Language structures and conventions

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Key language elements that must be studied, understood and applied to the content of the lesson.

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Core content and questions to test the learner’s knowledge.

For the curious

Encouragement to do in-depth research about the content. Expand the activity and exercise to such an extent that learners are encouraged to explore.

Important

Important aspects to take note of.

Revision

Revise work from previous grades or lessons until learners have mastered the knowledge. This helps with preparation for tests, projects, and exams.

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RECOMMENDED READING

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All the texts for this year are either in the facilitator’s guide or this study guide – but don’t stop there! Read as much as you can. Reading is a workout for your brain! It helps to build your vocabulary and improves your concentration, memory, creativity, and imagination. The more you read, the better you will write. Explore the world from the pages of a book. Look for this icon for suggestions for further reading.

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INTRODUCTION

This study guide is organised into 4 units and 18 lessons. Each lesson is taught over 2 weeks.

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Unit 1 has five themed lessons.

Unit 2 has four themed lessons and a mid-year examination.

Unit 3 has five themed lessons.

Unit 4 has four themed lessons and a year-end examination.

At the end of Units 2 and 4, you write exams.

Each lesson has 4 sections:

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Each section contains activities. At the beginning of each lesson is a list of the topics covered.

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If you feel you need more practise or want to do a few additional exercises, visit the Optimi Online Learning Portal. There you will find remedial and extension activities to stretch your creativity and give you some added practise in different aspects of the language. Examples of the activities can be found at the end of Lesson 1.

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UNIT

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LESSON 1: Curiosity is the key!

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LESSON 3: Nice mice and rad rats!

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LESSON 2: Animate it

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LESSON 5: Pop goes the world

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LESSON 9: Lost in time

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LESSON 8: It’s a mystery …

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LESSON 6: Where wolf?

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LESSON 10: Howdy, partner!

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LESSON 12: Picture-perfect parks

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LESSON 11: That’s weird!

LESSON 13: Octopus 101

3–4 7–8

LESSON 14: Chasing castles

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LESSON 16: Ghostly animals

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LESSON 15: Chocolate dreams 4

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LESSON 4: Wild and beautiful places

LESSON 7: Let’s ride!

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LESSON 17: Dragons, dwarves & dungeons LESSON 18: Write your story …

November Examination

5–6 7–8

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Unit 1 (term 1) and unit 2 (term 2) are in this study guide, unit 3 (term 3) and unit 4 (term 4) are in study guide 2/2.

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Listen to a story Retell a story Take part in a conversation Give a factual recount Perform a poem Do a role-play Listen to and carry out instructions • Listen to a poem • Perform lines from a poem

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Listening and speaking

• Read ead a short story • Answer wer comprehension questions • Practise reading aloud • Reflect on texts read independently • Read an information text • Answer questions on the information text • Read social texts • Read a recipe • Read a poem

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• Write a personal recount of W events • Write Write an opinion on a story • Create Create a personal dictionary • Write Write a factual recount • Draw Draw a graph • Write Write a simple description of someone • Write Write a short message • Write rite a paragraph • Write rite instructions • Write rite an account of a procedure • Write rite a simple poem • Write rite a paragraph about the poem

Writing and presenting

Curiosity is the key!

Animate it Nice mice and rad rats!

Wild and beautiful places Pop goes the world Pop

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CONTENT COVERED IN UNIT 1

Question forms Reported speech Compound words Possessive form of the noun Determiners Possessive pronouns Comparative adjectives Apostrophes to indicate possession Gender forms of some nouns Different types of adjectives

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The simple past tense ‘Can’, ‘may’, and ‘must’ Regular and irregular verbs Adverbs of time Personal pronouns Subject-verb concord Countable, uncountable, and proper nouns Punctuation Articles: ‘a’ and ‘the’ Simple present tense Prepositions

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REVISE

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UNIT 1: Weeks 1 – 2

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LESSON 1: Curiosity is the key!

In this lesson you will:

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listen to and retell a story predict from a title and pictures use reading strategies read a story and discuss new vocabulary answer comprehension questions on the story practise reading write a personal recount of events write an opinion on the story create a personal dictionary revise evise countable, uncountable, and proper nouns revise punctuation revise evise articles: ‛a’ ‛an’, and ‛the’ revise evise simple present tense

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It’s a new school year!

Are you ready to learn new things? Are you curious about what will happen this year? What are you most excited about?

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What does being curious mean to you?

Do you think it is always good to be curious? Why or why not?

How can curiosity land you in trouble?

What are you most curious about?

I wonder what would happen if …

Curiosity is an instinct that helped our ancestors thousands of years ago. Curiosity led to the discovery of fire, then the invention of the first stone tools, then boats, glue, language and clothes.

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A special spark drives people to explore, discover and invent. We all have that spark in us. It makes us eager to learn things and solve problems. This special spark is curiosity, it makes us want to find new knowledge and learn how things work.

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Being curious can improve your life and make you a well-rounded person in many ways.

Learning new things does not always have to be educational or useful. It can just be fun!

People are meant to try things out, get distracted, and sometimes look like we’re wasting time. Maybe we are wasting time today, but our brains collect nuggets of information that could be useful tomorrow.

Without curiosity, we would be a rather boring species who never got lost and found hidden cities, never tried things just to see what would happen or did things just because we can.

Dictionary work Find these words in your dictionary and write the meaning on the lines or in your workbook.

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes is one of the most curious and interesting people on the planet. The Guinness Book of World Records called him ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has had many amazing adventures, including the epic Transglobe Expedition, in which he became the first person to visit both north and south poles by walking and skiing, as well as later becoming the first to cross Antarctica completely on foot. He also found the Lost City of Ubar in the Arabian Sands.

Find out more about the extraordinary life of Sir Ranulph Fiennes and tell the class about it. Do you think we still need explorers or curious people who want to find out things? Discuss this point with your facilitator or the class.

Activity 1: Listen to a story While your facilitator reads the background information and the extract from the story, make sure you are actively listening.

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Follow directions

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Visualise what is being said

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ACTIVE LISTENING

What is active listening?

Listening is one of the most important skills to develop.

What do we listen for?

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We listen for information information.

We listen to understand. understand We listen for enjoyment.

We listen to learn.

Can you see how these skills relate to all your school subjects and life in general?

It takes a lot of concentration and practise to be an active listener. We all sometimes do not listen when someone is speaking – or we listen with an answer already on the tip of our tongue. Work hard not to do this when you must listen in class.

There are five ways to develop your active listening skills: 1.

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Pay attention.

Do not think about other things when someone is speaking or reading in class.

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Show that you are listening – use your body language to show that you are interested.

Give feedback – when your facilitator asks questions or asks for your opinion, make sure you can answer. When you give feedback, your facilitator will know whether you understand the content of the text and the lesson. If you do not understand something, say that, too! Never assume that your facilitator knows what you are thinking; it is up to you to tell them and ask for help.

Do not be ready to judge – never interrupt when someone is speaking or reading to you. Listen until the end and then form an opinion.

Respond appropriately.

Act ct respectfully when you are asked a question or for your opinion. You add nothing by being disruptive or disrespectful in a discussion.

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Treat reat others in the class the way you want to be treated.

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodges Burnett tells the story of the spoilt and bad-tempered Mary, who is orphaned at the age of ten and sent from India to live with her uncle on the Yorkshire Moors in England. At first, she is completely miserable and rude to everyone around her, but gradually, the friendship of her servant and the discovery of a secret garden in the grounds of the house begin to change her.

The garden has been locked up for more than 10 years after the death of her uncle’s wife.

Mary sets out to discover the secrets of her new home and bring the garden back to life.

Read the vocabulary box before you listen to the story. bustled: Mrs Medlock walked quickly – she was very busy.

swamped: In this context, it means that the bed was very big, and Mary looked very small lying in it. snapped: Say something quickly and irritably.

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wintry: Very cold

ivy: A climbing plant with dark-green leaves. Do not touch ivy, as the leaves and stems can make you ill.

robin: A small bird with red chest feathers. enchanted: Filled with delight

murmured: Say something in a low voice.

charm: Someone’s ability to influence others.

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moors: An open area of hills covered in rough grass.

Listen carefully as your facilitator reads the extract to you a second time. This time, listen to the details of the story. story. For example, what are the characters’ names? What is the setting of the story? What do we know about the characters in the story?

Now, answer the questions your facilitator asks you about the story.

Activity 2: Retell the story

You can retell a story by remembering what events happened first, next, then, and last.

Identify the main elements

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Setting: Where and when does the story take place?

Problem: What is the main conflict or challenge in the story?

Key events: What are the important things that happen in the story?

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Solution: How is the problem resolved?

Retell the story your facilitator read to you.

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Take your time and remember the sequence (order) of the actions in the story.

How did the retelling go?

Did you ou know the story before hearing it?

Did you ou write anything down to help you remember?

What could you ou do differently next time to improve your retelling?

Practise this skill by retelling fairy tales you know well. You can retell them to yourself in the mirror, to a friend, or even to your pet!

SECTION 2

Reading and viewing

Activity 3: Predict from the title and pictures

To infer means to work out the meaning of a word or a phrase from the context. The context is where the word appears. Look at the words and sentences around the word you do not understand. Also look at the story.

This might give you a clue about what the word means.

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