WHEN I was seven...

When I was seven…

When I was seven, I realized that my mother was spinning a little story about the ice-cream cart.

See, back home, ice-cream sellers would drive by with ice-cream carts, ringing a bell, beckoning kids to run out and buy ice-cream. My mother, reluctant to spend money on ice-cream, would tell me that they would ring the bell when they had already sold out all their ice-cream. Of course, I believed her.

When I visited a friend’s house one afternoon, I learnt it was not so…

HAHAHA

Vacation Plan

VACATION STUDY PLAN.  LITERATURE LEVEL 6.  DR. ELMA ROSS

All writing must be done in the VACATION COPY BOOK.

FIELD	CONTENT WEEK 1	CONTENT WEEK 2
PUNCTUATION	Fidge p. 18 white block. Memorize all names  and their capital letters.	Fidge p. 20 Green Block. See the worksheet below for instructions.
GRAMMAR You could make flash cards of the nouns on one side, and the adjective on the flipside. Add (N) for noun and (A) for adjective to avoid confusion.	Nouns Adjectives Music Musical Adventure Adventurous Comfort Comfortable Fashion Fashionable Fame Famous Accident Accidental Value Valuable Poison Poisonous Nature Natural Centre Central Danger Dangerous Misery miserable Activity: copy the table in your Vacation Copy Book. Study by covering one side at a time, and guessing the answer until you get them right. If you are not sure about the meaning, look it up in the dictionary and write it out in your Vacation Copy book.	Adjective Noun Girlish Girl               They giggled in a girlish manner. Athletic Athlete         He would make a great athlete, because his is quite athletic. Sunny Sun                The sun is out!  It’s a sunny day. Volcanic Volcano        Volcanic ash was spewed out by  the volcano. Childish/childlike Child             The teens are sometimes acting in a childish way. Watery Water          When his cat died, he almost cried; his eyes became quite watery. Energetic Energy          The kids have a lot of energy; they are energetic. Faulty Fault             The computer is faulty; it does not work. Gigantic Giant            The giant could not find a tennis racket to fit into his gigantic hand. Foolish Fool               Fools act in foolish ways. Angry Anger            Anger  can make you sick; it is best to stay calm and not get angry. Boyish Boy               Boys in their late teens, still act in a boyish manner sometimes.  Copy in Vacation Copy Book. Study the changes.
COMPREHENSION	Pupil Book 6, Authors: Jonathan Rooke and Karina Law. pp.39 to 41.	Pupil book 6. pp. 71-72.
WRITING	Write a report about the development of swimming. Fidge p.34. Use at least three connectives.	1.     Use a thesaurus to look up at least 7 synonyms for “nice”.  Then, never use the word “nice” again in your writing. Ever. 2.
READING	One book review as usual.	One book review as usual.
VOCABULARY	Rays;. Toe; tow; tower; beech; beach; blue; blew; try; tries; sail; sale; bright; dark; murky; gloomy; overcast; ominous; dismal. Shuffle; quietly.	Inexpensive; impatient; informal; insane; immortal; immature; inattentive; insecure; impossible; imperfect; indefinite; incomplete; invisible; impassible; imperfect; indistinct; immovable;  impure.
SPECIAL AREAS OF REVIEW	Review the following connectives: Nevertheless; however; on the other hand; moreover; furthermore; therefore; although. Review the sentences we did so far. Look up more information in the dictionary of each of these terms.	A.    Clauses:  Use either AND or BUT to join each of the following sentence pairs: 1.     We went to town. We first headed to the grocery store. 2.     He was healthy. He always had an excuse to not do sport. B.    Active and Passive voice: Change the following sentences from active to passive voice. 1.     John wrote a letter of concern to the President. 2.     The president did not read the letter. 3.     The secretary read the letter. 4.     The typist typed an answer to John. 5.     The answer satisfied John. Change the following sentences from passive to active. 1.     The piano was made in Germany in 1898 by piano builders. 2.     Kiln-dried wood was used by the piano-builders, who were very meticulous. 3.     The instrument was then put in a wooden box by a shipping company. 4.     It was shipped to another country by a cargo company. 5.     Upon arrival, it was tuned by a tuner. 6.     The A above middle C was tuned at 332 Hz by the tuner of the time.
RIDDLE FOR THE WEEK	It weighs in at the lowest mark, Yet, gives clarity in the dark. Answer: ghitl (scrambled)	The browny scale, Makes bridges fail. Answer: turs (scrambled)

PUNCTUATION WORKSHEET:  FIDGE p. 20

Activity 1:

Read out the conversation below, including the punctuation, i.e.

Capital P Peter asked comma quotation mark is something the matter question mark quotation mark

Activity 2: Read out the conversation, while recording yourself.  Then, listen to your recording. Check if your recording  includes all the punctuation.

Activity 3:  Cut out the sentences along the lines.  Mix in a bowl.  Arrange again.   Check if you have the order right.

Activity 4.  Take as many sentences as you want, and cut out word by word. Mix them up. Arrange them in the correct order, and paste into your Vacation Copy Book.

Activity 5.  Write out the passage below, without any punctuation.  Two days later, insert the punctuation without looking at the text first.  Then, check your answers.

Peter asked, “is something the matter?”

Mrs Brown replied, “Don’t worry. Everything is fine.”

Roberta said, “I hope Dad won’t be away too long.”

Mrs. Brown answered, “He should be back soon.”

“It’s time for bed,” Mrs Brown said to the children.

“Can’t we stay up a bit longer?” Peter begged.

“I’m afraid it’s already past your bedtime,” Mrs Brown replied with a smile.

“Goodnight, Mum. “I’ll see you in the morning,” Roberta called as she went upstairs.