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Melissa Nilsson
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Art.nr 45648
ISBN 978-91-44-17969-8
Upplaga 1:2
© Författarna och Studentlitteratur 2024
Redaktion: Lára Flosadóttir, Jill McCabe
Språkgranskning: Melissa Nilsson
Formgivning: Louise Nordborg, Louise GrafiskForm
Illustrationer: Cecilia Birgerson Nordling
Printed by Adverts, Latvia 2025
Hi! My name is Melissa, and I wrote this activity book. I am from the USA. I grew up in a state called Pennsylvania. Maybe you have heard of Philadelphia? That’s our most famous city. You can see Pennsylvania on the map – it’s under New York. Now I live in Sweden and teach English at a school like yours! I like to read, write, and sing. My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family and friends.
In this book, you will meet Team English USA! You will meet characters from all around the United States like New York, Texas and Hawaii. They like to do things that you might like to do too, like spend time with family, play sports, eat their favorite food and hang out with their friends.
I love learning more about Sweden, and you will learn more about the USA in this book!
LET’S TALK LET’S ACT
• Kim’s Classroom
• Introduce Yourself
LET’S DRAW LET’S PLAY
LET’S WRITE FEEDBACK + REWRITE
GRAMMAR GRABBER
• School Words School: Nouns:
• My Dream • My Classroom
• Introduce a Classmate Classroom
• A/An – Singular/Plural
• A Letter to a Verbs:
• The Perfect Classroom New Classmate
• Kevin’s Family
• Am, Is and Are
• My Fantasy My Journal: Pronouns:
• Present your Family or Pet Family
• My Day
• Ava’s Favorite Room
• My Favorite Room
• 20 Questions about Food
• At the Diner
• Mateo Goes to the Doctor
• Bingo
• My Day
• I, You and They
• A Trip Verbs:
• Sit or Sits?
• My Table Home and Food: Adjectives:
• My Favorite Room
• Size and Shape
• A Food Review Writing Rules:
• Capital letters and . ? !
• Mateo’s Clothes: Verbs:
• Shopping for Clothes Favorite Outfit
• My Favorite Outfit
• Questions with Do or Does
• A Day in my Adjectives: Shoes’ Life
• Colors and Patterns
• Malia’s Best Friend
• My hobbies
• Funny Friends Friends: Pronouns:
• Let’s Draw:
• Interviews My Friend
• Scary Movies and Ghosts
• Alcatraz Island
• Halima’s Big Game
• Present your Special Day
• Describe Your Best Friend
• Me, My and Mine
• A Creative Story about Question Words: Malia and Noah
• What, Who, Why ...
• A Scary Story Ghosts and Mysteries: Verbs:
• A short story about
• Scream or Screamed? meeting a ghost
• The newest detective Verbs: in Mysteryville
• Was or Were?
• Repeat Together Together: Verbs:
• Special Days • A time your friends or
• Will family helped you
• Holidays in the Future
After each chapter there is a Let’s Reflect page.
Hey!
Family & Pets 2
My name is Kevin. I’m 10 years old and I’m from New York. I want to tell you all about my family and pets!
I can’t wait to hear about yours too!
Let’s Read: Kevin’s Family
Come and meet my family!
My mom is named Daniela. She is 37 years old. She is a music teacher.
I have two older sisters. Their names are Amira and Jasmine. Amira is 17, and Jasmine is 19 years old.
Amira’s dream is to be an actress, and Jasmine wants to be a teacher like our mom.
My dad’s name is James. He is 39 years old. He makes video games, and sometimes lets me try them first!
My older brother, Luis, is 15 years old. His favorite subject in school is math.
This is Bucky! He is the best hamster in the whole world!
Let’s Talk: Kevin’s Family
1 Take turns with your partner to answer these questions about the text. Find and point to the answer in the text. Help and encourage your partner when it is their turn!
1. How many people are in Kevin’s family?
How many sisters does Kevin have?
How many siblings does Kevin have?
4. Are Kevin’s siblings older or younger than Kevin?
2.
3.
Word Work: Family
2 What words do you know for family members?
1. My Words
2. Your Words
4. Share your words and sentences with the class. mom
3. Write two sentences together using words for family members.
Grammar Grabber
Pronouns – I, You and They
Pronouns are words that are used instead of a noun or a name.
for example :
This is Bucky. Bucky is the best. This is Bucky. He is the best.
Do you remember these numbers in English?
English Swedish I jag you du he han she hon it den/det we vi you ni they de
2
Grammar Work: Pronouns and numbers
3 Fill in the blanks below.
1. am years old.
2. Kevin is years old.
3. Daniela is Kevin’s mom. is a teacher.
4. Kevin’s dad is named James. makes video games.
5. Kevin’s brother, Luis, is years old. likes math.
6. Kevin has two sisters. are years old and
years old.
7. Luis, Amira, Jasmine and I are brothers and sisters. are siblings.
Let’s Read: Kevin’s Journal
I want to tell you about what I do every day.
In the morning, I wake up early and get ready for school. I eat breakfast with my dad. He works from home, so he makes me breakfast. Next, I get dressed. I wear my favorite shirt every day. The last thing I do in the morning is feed Bucky. Sometimes I forget, and dad gets mad. Then he feeds Bucky for me, so don’t worry!
I take a yellow bus to school. It picks me up from the corner. My friend Jason takes the same bus, and we sit together in the back. He sits in the window seat, and I sit next to him.
At school, I have a class meeting first. We listen to the school news on the speakers, and we say the pledge of allegiance. Then, our class has math and English. Then it is time for the best part of the day – lunch! We eat our lunch in our classroom, at our desks. Jason’s mom packs his lunch for him.
We have recess and play on the playground. I love to play wall ball during recess. We have three more classes after lunch.
tell berätta wake up vakna
get ready göra sig klar
breakfast frukost
get dressed klä på sig
wear ha på sig
feed mata
forget glömma
mad arg, galen
pick up hämta
the corner kvartershörnet
school news skolnyheter
speaker högtalare
recess rast
playground skolgård
wall ball bolla vägg (lek)
cook laga mat take a shower duscha
stories berättelser fall asleep somna
After school, my mom picks me up and takes me to karate class. After karate, I go home and do my homework. My brother helps me a lot with my math homework. My sister, Jasmine, likes to help me with my English homework.
In the evening, I help my parents cook dinner. I make pasta, rice, hamburgers, and lots of other things. We eat dinner together and talk about our day.
At night, I have a routine to get ready for bed. I go to the bathroom, take a shower, brush my teeth, and wash my face. I put on my pajamas and get into bed. I listen to stories to help me fall asleep.
TAKE TURNS
Let’s Talk: Kevin’s Journal
4 Take turns with your partner to answer these questions about the text.
1. Who makes breakfast for Kevin in the morning?
2. What does Kevin wear every day?
3. What happens if Kevin forgets to feed Bucky?
4. How does Kevin get to school?
5. Who does Kevin sit with on the bus? Where do they sit?
6. Where does Kevin eat lunch?
7. What game does Kevin like to play during recess?
8. Where does Kevin go after school?
9. Who cooks dinner?
10. Who helps Kevin with his homework?
Grammar Grabber
Verbs – Sit or Sits?
There are many verbs in Kevin’s Journal. A verb is a word that tells us about something you do like eat, play or sit.
I eat breakfast every day. I sit next to Jason on the bus. We always play wall ball.
When you talk about what he, she or it does you always add an s at the end of the verb.
Kevin (he) wakes up early every day.
Jasmine (she) always helps Kevin with his homework.
Bucky (it) eats vegetables in the morning.
Grammar Work: Find the Verbs
5 Circle the verb in each sentence.
1. Our hamster eats carrots.
2. My sister plays with our dog.
3. Dad cooks yummy food.
4. The cat sleeps on the couch.
5. We visit our grandparents often.
After he, she and it: verb + s / es
Grammar Work: After He, She, and It ...
6 Circle the right forms.
1. I want to tell tells you about what I do every day.
2. Dad feed feeds Bucky for me when I forget.
3. I take takes the same bus as Jason.
4. He sit sits in the window seat, and I sit next to him.
5. At school, we have has a class meeting first.
6. Jasmine like likes to help Kevin with his homework
TWO SOLVE A PROBLEM
Grammar Work: Verb Hunt
7 Go back to Kevin’s Journal and circle all the verbs. Try by yourself first!
Now check with your partner. Did you circle the same words?
An s has been added to verbs twelve times after he, she or it. Work together to find all twelve.
8 Practice building some bigger numbers.
Two-word numbers
Two-word numbers need a hyphen. thirty-seven fifty-five twenty-one
Let’s Play: Bingo!
9 Fill out the bingo card below with numbers from 1 – 40. B I N G O
Let’s Talk: Present Your Family or Pet
10 Prepare a short presentation about your family or about a pet. Remember to add an s to the verb after he, she and it. Use the help below.
A FAMILY B PET
1 Introduce yourself and say your name.
2 Tell the names of your closest family members, like your parent(s), siblings, cousins, grandparents or pets. My mom is Sarah, and my dad is Mike.
3 Tell the ages of your family members. My sister Jana is 12 years old.
1 Introduce yourself and say your name.
2 Tell the name of your pet and what type of animal it is. My pet’s name is Stella, and she’s a cat.
4 Describe anything special about the way your family looks. My dad has curly, red hair. My sister wears glasses like me!
3 Describe what your pet looks like. Stella is black and white, with a pink nose.
4 Talk about what a typical day with your pet looks like. Mention feeding, playing, and any special activities. I feed Stella every morning. Dad feeds her at night.
5 Tell us the best thing about your family. In my family we help each other.
6 End by saying thank you to your partner for listening. Thank you for listening to my presentation about my family.
5 Tell us the best thing about your pet. Stella is so cuddly.
6 End by saying thank you to your partner for listening. Thank you for listening to my presentation about Stella.
2. Practice your presentation on your own first. Then, give your presentation to a partner who writes their feedback as two stars and a wish.
Feedback from My Partner:
Let’s Listen: Kevin’s Podcast
11 Listen to three clips of Kevin’s podcast. What do they talk about?
Part 1: What do Kevin and his family do to take care of Bucky the hamster? Tick the right boxes.
Part 2: True or false? Tick the right boxes.
1. Kevin wants a puppy.
2. Kevin plays football.
3. Kevin’s dad thinks Kevin has lots of time to take care of a new pet.
4. Kevin plays with his team in the spring and the fall.
5. Kevin will not get a puppy.
Part 3: Put the things that happen every day in the right order using the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Number 1 is already done.
Kevin and Poppy take a walk.
Kevin feeds Bucky.
Amira brushes Poppy.
Bucky and Kevin play together.
Kevin and Poppy eat breakfast.
Kevin tries to teach Bucky tricks.
Let’s Draw: My Fantasy Family
12 Draw a family and pets. Label the family members and pets with names and relationships like mother or uncle.
Let’s Talk: My Day
13 Talk with your partner about your daily routines.
Use these phrases and words to help you:
Starting Phrases
Daily Routine Words/Phrases
In the morning … eat brush
At school … bathe/shower watch TV
In the afternoon … class recess
After school … homework lunch
In the evening … dinner read
At night … clean/tidy go to bed
Let’s Write: My Journal
14
Write a journal like Kevin. Choose one of these tasks to write about.
1. Write a journal entry about what you do every day.
Here are some phrases to help you:
• In the morning, I …
• In the afternoon, my dad ...
• At night, my sister ...
2. Write a journal entry describing a trip. It can be a real trip you have taken, or an imaginary one.
Remember to add an s to the verb when you write about what he, she, or it does.
Rewrite …
15
Write your text again. Use your teacher’s or partner’s comments to improve your work.
Feedback:
16 What did you practice in this chapter?
1. Try by yourself first! What things did you practice?
4. Did you understand everything in this chapter?
3. Share with the class! Great job! Now go to the map and color in my region of the United States.
Rating Scale Self-Assessment
This is how I rate my understanding of this chapter. Color one in.
I think I got this! I think I need a bit more practice. I'll get there, but I need help!
Activity Book
Activity Book A är en kooperativ och tematisk allt-i-ett-bok som verkligen aktiverar eleverna. Namnet Team English syftar på att läromedelsserien genomsyras av kooperativt lärande och laginsatser. Kooperativt lärande som metod är väl spridd i de svenska skolorna och har bevisats ha positiva effekter för såväl lärandet som motivation och inkludering. I boken varvas enskilt arbete med kooperativt lärande i par, grupp eller klass där eleverna lär tillsammans och av varandra.
Boken har sju kapitel och varje kapitel har ett tema och en huvudperson, ett barn från en stad i USA, som berättar om sin vardag. I kapitlet tränas alla färdigheter. Eleverna möter kortare texter för läsförståelse, hörförståelseövningar samt uppgifter för att tala och skriva. Stödstrukturer, modelltexter och övningar förbereder eleverna väl för att de ska kunna uttrycka sig på egen hand. Dessutom finns det integrerade övningar för ordkunskap och grundläggande grammatik.
Särskilt tyngd läggs vid talövningarna och att få alla elever att våga tala. Det kooperativa arbetet ger eleverna mycket taltid och möjlighet att prata med stöd av varandra i par eller mindre grupper.
Learn more English together!
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