Unit 7 How to Make a Carnival Headdress
Listen up! Listen to your teacher read a poem then answer the questions. 1 Name four things that the poet made. 2 What happened to the cat basket? 3 The cake that I made …Was greeted by all with great acclamation. What is the meaning of acclamation? 4 Which word rhymed with incredible ? 5 But I won’t be dissuaded. I won’t be deflated. What is the opposite of the words dissuaded and deflated ? 6 What is the poet’s goal? Reading
Skim this text. What is its purpose? Who is its audience? WB 6 p105
Carnival Costume Everyone loves Carnival but people often complain that making a costume is a daunting prospect. You want to achieve something exotic and exciting, but you want to make it quickly and simply. The answer is to make the headdress described below. The instructions don’t require you to be an artist. Follow them step-by-step and you will achieve an eye- catching headdress. All you need is a sense of fun and some attention to detail. The headdress is often the first thing that people see, so try to create a design that is colourful and striking. How to make a carnival headdress Materials: Paper Card Decorative trimmings: feathers, sequins, glitter, ribbon, etc. Glue Stapler Marker pens Instructions : First make a band that fits your head comfortably. 1 Make a band of card 6 – 8 cm deep, long enough to go around your head with an overlap of about 5 cm.
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Read aloud the listening text from page 177.
• Carnival costume: this is a short expository text which presents a problem (paragraph 1) and offers a solution (paragraph 2). • Extension: In paragraph 1, ask students to find three adjectives and two adverbs. • In paragraph 3, ask students: What is the meaning of the word striking in this context? What other meaning does it have? 84
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