Unit 5 In Business
Let’s talk Most road users are safe if they obey the rules of the road. What rules of the road do you know? Reading As you read this story, ask yourself what kind of person the main character is. In Business Clive had built a pushcart. It had not been easy – finding a crate the right size, sourcing the wheels from a junk yard. Mr. Taylor from next door had helped him assemble it. “It’s nice to see you making something,” he said. “Too many of you boys just sit in front of a screen all day pressing buttons.” Clive didn’t tell Mr. Taylor that he didn’t have any buttons to press. There was no flash computer or smart cellphone in his house. In fact, since Mom lost her job, there wasn’t much of anything. That’s why he wanted a pushcart… to help Mom. There it was in all its glory, at the top of the hill, painted blue and red with leftover paint.
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Clive had left nothing to chance. He had chosen his moment – the end of the school holidays when his friends had exhausted all their ideas for passing the time without getting into trouble. He put up a sign. By midday, business was
booming. Kids were lining up to exchange their hot dollars for three minutes of
the sweetest terror. One after the other, they hurtled down the hill, swerving this way and that, clattering and rattling and squealing at the tops of their voices. They took no notice of Grandpa Joe who came out of his house, halfway down the hill. “Enough!” he roared. “My head is busting with your noise! Go race your cart somewhere else.”
Onomatopoeia
• Students are asked to consider Clive’s character traits as they read. When they get to the end of this page, ask them what impression they have of Clive’s character. You may wish to prompt them: What is he good at? Would you like to have him as a friend? Why or why not?
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