Unit 15
1 Make four pairs of opposites. 1 2 3 4 hot empty fat dirty clean full cold thin
2 What is the opposite of each of these words?
sad
new
up
good
Writing 1 Look at this picture of a coconut tree. • Is the tree big or small? • Does it have leaves? • Does it have flowers or nuts? 2 Read the fact file:
Coconuts are useful We eat coconut meat. We drink coconut water. We make bowls from the shells.
3 Write the title: ‘Coconut Trees’. • Use some of the facts you know to write about coconut trees.
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Begin a class list of opposites to put on the wall.
• For more work on opposites, see Workbook 1 pages 82–83. See also the poem ‘Cats’ on pages 109–110 of this book. • Remind pupils that information books are usually written in the present tense . • Encourage them to begin their sentences with ‘Coconut trees have/are….’
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