Listening Texts
Before using the listening texts below, read the section on Listening in the online Teacher’s Guide ( www.macmillan-caribbean.com ). There follow a series of read-aloud texts, designed to practise and assess pupils’ listening skills. Each is signposted by in the unit to which it relates. Remember that any of the reading texts in this book can be read aloud to pupils. To check their listening skills, ask pupils to summarise a section or to answer comprehension questions.
Tell pupils to work in a group, brainstorming the answers to the questions. Unit 4 Let’s talk page 30 Ask pupils to point to the bus stand on the map. Tell them you are going to read what Ricky wrote. They should listen carefully and follow where Ricky and Mommy went on the map. Last week Mommy and I went to Bridgetown. We got off the bus at the bus stand and went to the library. I got a story book and a book about monkeys. Next, we went all the way to the Post Office. It was a long walk and we passed lots of shops and a big church. Read the story again and ask pupils to answer the questions. Unit 4 Assessment page 36 Tell pupils you are going to read some instructions and you want them to follow them on the map. Starting at Akeem’s house, follow these directions. Where do they take you? 1 Turn left and walk along Main Street. Cross Hill Road and it’s on your right. What is it? 2 From Akeem’s house. Turn right and it is opposite the school. What is it? 3 From Akeem’s house, turn left. Walk along Main Street. Turn right at Hill Road and it’s on your left. What is it? 1 Post Office 2 library 3 supermarket Unit 5 Listen up! page 37 Pupils should have their books closed. Tell them you are going to read two texts. One is part of a story (fiction) and the other is information (non- fiction). Explain that you want them to tell you which is which and why they think that.
Unit 3 Listen up! page 23 Read this poem for pupils’ enjoyment and to feed into the discussion on page 23 about the character of Anansi. CR You can also use the poem to discuss the differences between Creole and standard English.
When Anancy Say When Anancy say walk yuh better run When Anancy say talk yuh better dumb When Anancy say come yuh better go When Anancy say quick yuh better slow When Anancy say wet yuh better dry When Anancy say true yuh better lie
By John Agard
Unit 3 Writing: story starter page 28 Tell pupils that the story, Anansi and the Plantains, could have turned out differently and that you are going to read part of a different version. You may choose to speak the dialogue in Creole. “Hello, Rat,” said Anansi. “I worked hard today. I searched for food but I didn’t find any. Please give me some food.” Rat was kind-hearted but he knew Anansi very well. “No, Anansi,” snapped Rat. “I saw you. You were asleep under the mango tree all day. I will not give you any of my plantains.”
136
Made with FlippingBook Learn more on our blog