Essential Reading Skills
Identifying adjectives that describe people
We usually put an adjective after
Miss Cheung is tall and slim. the verb be to describe people.
Understanding the main idea of a story
Title: Helping each other We can guess the main idea of a
Author: John Smith story from the title.
Finding out rhyming words in a poem
Rhyming words appear at the end
The sky was grey.
of the lines in a poem.
We had nothing to do and nothing to say.
Predicting the story from the contents page
Contents We can predict what the chapter is
Chapter Page about by the title on the contents
One In the park 2 page.
Two Greg hurts his leg 4
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Text Type Analysis
Contents page
Contents Headings
Chapter Page
One The start of the school holidays! ........................................... 1
Two Helen gets her pocket money ................................................ 5
Contents
Three Helen goes to the pet shop ..................................................... 10
Four A goldfish goes home with Helen ...................................... 15
Five A diamond in the goldfish bowl! ........................................ 20
Six Helen names her new pet ‘Sparkle’ ............................... 25
Postcard
Hi Helen! Recipient
We’re on holiday for a fortnight in
Thailand. The weather is lovely, sunny
and hot and we go to the beach and swim
every day. The sea is really clean. We
have fresh fruit for breakfast and fish Body
and salad for lunch by the hotel pool,
where we also love to swim! The coconut To:
trees, banana plants and river on the Helen Ho
postcard are near our hotel. I’ve got
Flat 2A
some photos of the elephants to show
Recipient’s
you when I get back and I’ve bought you 13 Starry Road
address
a scarf from the market. Kowloon Tong
See you soon, Hong Kong Closure and
Mary sender
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1 Friends
10 minutes
Text Type
Skills Focus Identifying adjectives that describe people Descriptions
We usually put an adjective after
Miss Cheung is tall and slim.
the verb be to describe people.
Word Preview – Adjectives describing appearance
straight
curly
hair
hair
round oval
face face
Reading descriptions
Mary is writing descriptions about her new friends.
Helen David
Hair: Long, straight, blonde Hair: Short, dark brown, wavy
Eyes: Big, blue Eyes: Small, green
Height: Short Height: Tall
Build: Slim Build: Medium
Likes: Taking photos; cycling; ice cream Likes: Playing tennis; chocolate;
Dislikes: Apple pie; getting up early; watching television
spiders Dislikes: Cold weather; rain; mice
Pet: Black and white cat Pet: Ginger cat
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Jane and Jill (identical twins)
Hair: Long, black, straight
Eyes: Big, brown
Height: Medium
Build: Slim
Jane Jill
Likes: Running; dancing; pizza Baking cakes; painting; chips
Dislikes: Loud thunderstorms; fireworks; snakes Snow; noodles; worms
Pet: White rabbit
Mark
Hair: Medium length, red, curly
Eyes: Small, blue
Height: Short
Build: Medium
Likes: Playing football; watching television; cake
Dislikes: Swimming; spaghetti; snails
Pet: White mouse
Have a go
Answer these questions about the descriptions. Blacken the circle next to the
correct answer.
1. Who dislikes Mark’s pet?
A. Helen B. David
C. Jane D. Jill
2. Which of the following people is Jane?
A. B. C. D.
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3. Which people are twins?
A. Helen, Jill and Jane
B. Jill and Mark
C. Mark, David and Helen
D. Jane and Jill
4. Which sport does the person who has a ginger cat like? Answering Tips
Look at the pets
A. cycling and their owners.
B. running
C. playing tennis
D. playing football
5. Who doesn’t like noisy weather?
A. The person who likes playing tennis.
B. The person who has a black and white cat.
C. The tallest person in the group.
D. The person who likes dancing.
Word Bank
Words formed from the verb ‘bore’:
• The TV programme is boring.
• David is bored by the TV programme.
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ec point
A Day to Remember 10 minutes
Reading a contents page
Jane is reading the contents page of the book A Day to Remember. It is about a
group of girls going on a shopping trip.
Chapter Pages
One Holiday today 1–4
At the shopping centre with my friends deciding what to do
Two Buy buy 5–11
5 We buy jeans, T-shirts and shorts — have fun trying things on
Three Fun Reads 12–17
In the bookshop we are buying comics and graphic novels —
then we see them!
Four Band of dreams 18–23
10 Our favourite boy band, Four Streets, are in the bookshop —
they sign our T-shirts and ask our names
Five What a buzz 24–27
We go to a restaurant and have dim sum to help us calm down
Six Movie Mania 28–32
15 We watch their latest film Four Streets Ahead at the cinema —
it’s a day to remember!
Have a go Blacken the circle next to the correct answer.
1. What is Chapter Three called? 2. You see a clothes shop on pages
A. Buy buy .
B. Fun reads A. 5–11 B. 12–17
C. Movie mania C. 24–27 D. 28–32
D. Band of dreams
4. Which word on the contents page
3. How many shops do they go into? is similar in meaning to ‘film’?
A. 2 B. 3 A. band B. buzz
C. 4 D. 5 C. mania D. movie
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Vocabulary List
Unit 1
straight (adj) 直的 round (adj) 圓的 curly (adj) 彎曲的
oval (adj) 橢圓形的 bored (adj) 沉悶的 boring (adj) 沉悶的
Unit 2
pet shop (n) 寵物店 toy shop (n) 玩具店 clothes shop (n) 時裝店
bookshop (n) 書店 name (n) 名稱 name (v) 定名
Unit 3
brave (adj) 勇敢的 funny (adj) 有趣的 timid (adj) 膽怯的
strong (adj) 強壯的 big (adj) 巨大的 large (adj) 巨大的
happy (adj) 快樂的 joyful (adj) 快樂的
Unit 4
merry (adj) 開心的 upset (adj) 傷心的 silent (adj) 寧靜的
noisy (adj) 嘈吵的 slap (v) 拍打 click (v) 點擊
Unit 5
Art Club (n) 美術學會 Chess Club (n) 棋藝學會 Judo Club (n) 柔道學會
drum (n) 鼓 flute (n) 長笛 violin (n) 小提琴
Unit 6
salad (n) 沙律 pizza (n) 薄餅 soup (n) 湯
spaghetti (n) 意粉 fried vegetables (n) 炒菜 roast chicken (n) 燒雞
Unit 10
earrings (n) 耳環 scarf (n) 頸巾 handbag (n) 手袋
watch (n) 手錶 smell (v) 嗅 see (v) 看見
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