Catch Up Fridays Jan Catch Up Friday Plan
Catch Up Fridays Jan Catch Up Friday Plan
FRIDAY
Paksang Aralin
(Subject Ma琀琀er)
KagamitangPanturo
(Learning Resources)
Pamamaraan
(Procedure)
a. Pre-reading Activity: Old fashion- Give pupils a word that Unlocking of Draw a Sing a song ‘ Heal
Game Charades written on the paper.Let difficulties; picture of a the world”
them construct a person who
Write out a word with a sentence using that 1. waterholes is feeling
bold and thick letter on word. 2. firefighter happy and a
a sheet of paper from 3. squishy mud person who
the story you want to 1. shark 4. sun blazed has a worry.
read for this day. 2. big 5. stained How does
3. strong their facial
Then try and act out the 4. ocean expression
definition of the word. 5. afraid change?
Based on your
impeccable acting
skills, they can guess
the definition of this
new word.
Words to be acted:
1. predator
2. shark
3. attack
4. double-decker
5. enough
himself. beau琀椀ful, shiny, brown This is the story about a and yet they hated
2. Why has the author put skin and watch the world girl named Ruby who each other more and
(meat eaters)in brackets? go by. 昀椀nds a worry. more. Every year the
Ans: To explain the word When winter came to winners were so cruel
carnivore. Africa, there would be no h琀琀ps:// to the losers, in
rain for months. The www.youtube.com/ revenge for the times
3. Why has the author 1. Where is Ben waterholes watch?v=yT7koX185gQ they had lost. There
used the phrase ‘ would and what is he came a time when what
would dry up and the
you believe it’ when mattered most was not
talking about sharks
doing? grass of the savannah
winning the bowling
eating seagulls? would turn dry and match, but rather not
Ans: Ben is on a boat, brown. But 1. Who 昀椀nds a worry? losing. onk the Giant
Ans: It is surprising he wanted to make it back even though it was was the best bowler,
because sharks live in home for the weekend, so winter, the sun kept on 2. Why do our worries and the most afraid. He
water and seagulls spend he braved the strong burning down on the some琀椀mes grow? What had never lost. Many
most of the time out of winds as he made his way savannah, can we do to dragons had been his
water or on top of it. across the water. o昀琀en star琀椀ng 昀椀res in the acknowledge this and slaves and they were
long, dry grass. So, winter stop them from growing? dying to see him lose
4. Why has the author was a tough 琀椀me for so they could get their
used the double-decker Razo. 3. Could you write down revenge. This is why
bus example when talking 2. Why might Ben He spent a lot of his days some of your worries? Yonk was terrified of
about 14m? be talking to a and nights out on the How are they making you losing. Especially since
bird? savannah, stamping out feel? Is there anything last year’s match, when
Ans:So you can imagine it the that could be done to he missed his first ever
based on something with strike and decided that
which you are familiar. Ans: He was 昀椀res and keeping help you worry less about
something had to
startled by a noise everyone safe. One year, them?
change.
5. Why does the author and turned to see the rains stopped before
use an exclamation mark the end of summer and The following year he
the bird. He
at the end? the savannah was hot won again. When he
reacted by asking and dry before winter arrived home, his slave
Ans: A shark the size of
what the even came. dragon feared the worst
1.5 buses is very,very big bird was doing As the sun blazed down but Yonk had a different
and therefore surprising. there, even though on the savannah, 昀椀res idea in mind. “This year
it was unlikely he started you will not be my
6. Why has the author would get a springing up. Razo found slave. We will go
used the phrase ‘ himself having to work bowling and I will teach
strangely enough’?
response. As the you all of my secrets.
even
bird But you must promise
harder than usual. He
Ans: Because most looked gentle, he would be running all over me one thing: when you
people might assume that asked if it was win your match next
all sharks attack people. friendly but it 昀氀ew the year, you will not be
away before it savannah, day and night, cruel to your giant. Do
trampling out the 昀椀res. the same as I am doing
responded. Also, with you.”
Before
he
long, the ash from the
may have felt 昀椀res started to s琀椀ck to his The dragon gladly
scared of the beau琀椀ful, accepted. Yonk kept his
weather and promise and he spent
brown, shiny skin; coa琀椀ng
the entire year without
needed to talk to him in a thick layer of
flying or warming
something to feel dull, grey ash. himself with the
better. But Razo was so busy dragon’s fire breathing.
saving the other animals The dragon also kept
from the 昀椀re that he his promise and both
3. didn’t did exactly the same
How do you think even no琀椀ce that his every year afterwards.
beau琀椀ful, brown skin had Yonk’s idea became so
Ben feels? Why changed into a dull, grey popular that, within just
might he feel this color. a few years, many
way? Eventually, the winter giants and dragons
ended with a large were spending their
Ans: Ben may have thunderstorm that days bowling together.
been scared brought cool drops of They forgot about their
battles and cruelty and
because he was rain to the savannah.
treated each other as
taking a risk Finally, Razo had a chance
play friends rather than
travelling in bad to rest and have a
enemies.
well-deserved bath but
weather. He
he soon discovered that Much later Yonk lost his
thought he was the dull, first bowling match but
going mad when grey ash had been on his he was no longer afraid
he talked to the skin for so long that it had of losing because, by
bird and laughed at stained his skin forever. putting a stop to the
himself. enslavement of
Ques琀椀ons: dragons, he had ended
their hatred and sowed
1. Where does this story the seeds of an almost
Writers often tell take place? impossible peace
between giants and
you more than they dragons.
say directly. They 2. Which season was the
rainy season?
give you hints or "An almost impossible
clues that help you 3. How tall would the peace" is a short story
"read between the grass grow? Complete the to teach that to make
peace in someone you
lines." Using these sentence.
have to take the first
clues to give you a the step by
The grass would grow
deeper forgiving others.
green and as tall as the
understanding of ________ of the
your reading is Impala
called inferring. Can you illustrate what
4. What was Razo peace has in the story?
The ability to infer Rhino’s favourite thing
helps you to think to do during the
critically about a summer?
5. What is rhino short
text and engage for?
with it 6. What happened with
academically. Not the grass during the dry
only does this help winter months?
you understand a
text, but also helps
to improve your
The story improve your
reading knowledge of traditional
comprehension African folk tales
skills. - stories which you may
have heard before, but
not studied in detail.
Activity: Group Discussion Do you think this is a true Retell the story of ruby who
story? Explain your 昀椀nds worry. You need to discuss in pair
How are sharks related to
answer. what is peace all about.
humans?
Ac琀椀vity:
d. Re昀氀ec琀椀on Journal