This lesson contains 15 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
Term 2
SA 1
Slide 1 - Slide
Expected Learning Outcomes
I WILL BE ABLE TO:
* answer the questions based on 'Tanka', 'Tsunami', 'Abunuwasi's House', 'The Brave Baby' and 'Animals of the Rainforest'.
* recall the rules pertaining to adjectives, the apostrophe, quantifiers and homophones, and answer the questions based on the same.
* answer the questions based on 'word families'.
Slide 2 - Slide
Slide 3 - Slide
Read the tanka given below. My boat bobs gently; sunlight tickles the wavelets, and I sun myself like a sleek, contented cat, one eye half-open for fish. In the above lines, 'wavelets' is synonymous to ___________.
A
ripples
B
waterdrops
C
billows
D
snowflakes
Slide 4 - Quiz
My boat bobs gently; sunlight tickles the wavelets, and I sun myself like a sleek, contented cat, one eye half-open for fish. In the tanka above, the pair of lines ‘… I sun myself like a sleek, contented cat,’ is an example of a/an _________.
A
Simile
B
Homophone
C
Alliteration
D
Both A and C
Slide 5 - Quiz
Which of the following IS NOT true about a tsunami?
A
A tsunami is a gigantic sea wave.
B
A tsunami is never caused by an earthquake on the sea bed.
C
A tsunami brings floods and damage to many places.
D
The waves of a tsunami can be as high as 35 metres.
Slide 6 - Quiz
The waves can travel as fast as some jet planes. Which of the following uses the word 'jet' in the same way as used in the above sentence?
A
He had arrived from Mumbai by jet.
B
A jet of boiling water poured over his hand.
C
The Laser Jet printer is out of order.
D
Both A and B
Slide 7 - Quiz
'Abunuwasi told the merchant that he had hired some strong men to destroy it.' Who were these 'strong men'?
A
Abunuwasi's neighbours
B
Abunuwasi's friends
C
Abunuwasi's relatives
D
Abunuwasi's fellow workers
Slide 8 - Quiz
Choose the option that BEST sequences the events of the story 'The Brave Baby'. 1- Wasso fell asleep. The chief liked the brave baby. 2- The chief began to dance a special dance. 3- The old woman told the chief that she knew someone who was not afraid of him. 4- The chief shouted at Wasso, and Wasso began to cry.
A
2, 1, 3, 4
B
4, 3, 2, 1
C
3, 4, 2, 1
D
3, 4, 2, 1
Slide 9 - Quiz
Which of the following IS NOT true about the red-eyed tree frog?
A
It has webbed orange feet.
B
Its diet is mainly insects like crickets and moths.
C
It is a not good climber at all.
D
When asleep, it curls up so it appears totally green.
Slide 10 - Quiz
Sloths save their energy by ____________.
A
moving slowly
B
hanging upside down in the trees
C
by eating leaves
D
Both B and C
Slide 11 - Quiz
She didn’t come on time, __________ I had to wait for her. Choose the correct connective to complete the sentence above.
A
so
B
also
C
because
D
if
Slide 12 - Quiz
Slide 13 - Slide
SUCCESS CRITERIA Now, I CAN: * answer the questions based on 'Tanka', 'Tsunami', 'Abunuwasi's House', 'The Brave Baby' and 'Animals of the Rainforest'. * recall the rules pertaining to adjectives, the apostrophe, quantifiers and homophones, and answer the questions based on the same. * answer the questions based on 'word families'.