Chapter Two: English Task on Text Comprehension and Vocabulary Exploration
Today's task in English involves listening to and reading Chapter 2 of a book, answering questions, and exploring the meaning of words in the text using a provided PowerPoint presentation. Students are encouraged to engage with the text independently, noting their responses in a notebook or document. Specific questions about character emotions, actions, and word usage are posed throughout the learning sequence.
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Chapter Two LI: To answer questions from a text Today s task in English is to listen to and read Chapter 2 of the book. You are then going to use this PPT to answer questions about the text and to explore the meaning of some words in the text. during the sequence of learning with Ms. Johnson, you have been developing your skills to do this. Let s see how you do without the direct teaching of strategies!
Chapter Two LI: To answer questions from a text You will need the recording of the text via this link: https://youtu.be/104uCwuLWb4 You will also need to use the pictures of the text to help you. Make sure you note your answers using a pen and notebook or type it into a Word document. For the meaning of the words task, use the recording sheet uploaded on the webpage.
Lila How does Lila feel when she hears Lalchand s secret? Where does she decide to go, and why?
Lalchand Why is Lalchand so upset that Lila is going to Mount Merapi? How does he feel about his own behaviour? What does heavy-hearted mean?
Chulak Why does Chulak volunteer to rescue Lila? What does Chulak need to help him escape? What do you think his plan is?
Hamlet Why does Hamlet want to go and resuce Lila?
Colon the streets were crowded: rickshaw-drivers jostled with bullock-carts, a caravan of silk-traders was pushing its way through the market, and in the Grand Boulevard, a procession was going past. What has the writer used the colon for?
Hyphens Bullock-carts Rickshaw-drivers Silk-trader Firework-maker Fire-crystals Fire-Fiend Why has a hyphen been used in these words?
The Pirates How do we know that Rambashi is impressive? How would you describe the pirates? What is the name of their boat? Why do they call themselves desperate men ?
Meaning Makers wretch drastic jostled gibbered perish proposition Here are some tricky words from Chapter Two. Use your strategies that you have learnt this week to work out the meaning in context. Then check that you have the right meaning using a dictionary. Use the recording sheet provided that is uploaded on the class webpage.
