English For Today chapter 5: Their Days

Their Days

Joyful school time 1

A. Look at the pictures. What are they doing?

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Labels: a, b, c, d, Wash Block Description: Four pictures labelled a to d, arranged in two rows. (a) Students in school uniform picking up litter from the ground while a man in a long kurta stands by holding a bin. (b) Students planting seedlings in a raised bed while a woman in a sari watches and one student carries a watering can. (c) Students in school uniform with cleaning cloths standing in front of a building labelled "Wash Block", with a woman in a sari beside them. (d) Students cleaning a classroom: one sweeps the floor with a broom, one wipes a desk, and one dusts a table.

B. Read the following text.

Porshi lives in Kushtia. She goes to Chechua Government Primary School. She is in class three. There are some student groups in the school. Every group includes students of classes three, four and five. A teacher leads a group. The Headteacher also leads a group and supervises others. Every Thursday, the groups clean the school by turns. They clean the play ground, wash block, classrooms, the garden, etc. They always use bins. Students help each other. Porshi joins one of the groups and enjoys the cleaning activities.

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Grammar focus: We use capital letter for the first letter in the names of the persons, places and things. We also use capital letter for the first letter of the first word in a sentence and also the name of the days.

Example: Porshi lives in Kushtia. She loves her school. Every Thursday they clean the school.

C. Ask and answer the following questions.

1. Where does Porshi live?
2. What does Padma group clean in the 1^st week?
3. Who supervises the groups of students?
4. When does Surma group clean garden?
5. How many classes are there in a group of students?

D. Fill in the blanks with the words from the boxes.

Words: love, teacher, roof, 3^rd, primary, Jamuna, 2^nd

1. Porshi goes to a ……………………. school.
2. A ……………… leads a students' group.
3. In the ………. week, ……… group cleans the wash block.
4. I like the ………… garden.
5. Do the students ………… their school?

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E. Project work: Make a cleanliness plan for yourself and share with others. One is done for you.

Let’s practise

1. Read the sentences. Write True or False.

a. Porshi lives in Jashore. ______________ b. Students assist each other. ______________ c. The Head teacher guides the students. ______________ d. Students rarely use bin. ______________ e. Porshi likes the cleaning activities. ______________

2. Use capital letters where necessary.

kamal is jamal’s elder brother. they live in dinajpur. the litchies of dinajpur are famous in bangladesh.

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Joyful school time 2

A. Look at the pictures. What are they doing?

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Labels: a, b, c, d, 31, 38, 47 Description: Four pictures labelled a to d, arranged in two rows. (a) Students on grass helping a student in a wheelchair, while a student in a red and green head covering kneels beside a plant and a student holds a watering can. (b) A teacher stands by a whiteboard in a classroom, where students sit at desks with books; the board shows rows of counters with numbers 31, 38 and 47. (c) Students playing football and badminton on a field, with a student in a wheelchair and a teacher in a blue sari beside them, and a goal net in the background. (d) A man in a light blue shirt holding a book talks with students at a library desk, surrounded by bookshelves.

B. Read the following text.

Rani and Porshi are neighbours. Rani is a special need student. Every day, she goes to school with Porshi. They are attentive in the class. Every Sunday, students change their seats. But Rani always sits in the same chair. The students follow the sitting plan in the class. Rani and her friends enjoy their classes. They like group work, pairwork, roleplay, project work, etc. in the classes. Sometimes, teachers give lessons outside the classroom. Rani joins these classes in a wheel chair. Rani and her friends enjoy these classes very much. They also like audio and video clips which are used in the classes. Every Thursday, students borrow story books from the school library.

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C. Read the text in activity B again. Ask and answer the following questions. Now write the answers.

1. Who is a special need student?
2. How does Rani join lessons outside the classroom?
3. Where do the students borrow story books from?
4. Why do you read story books?

Grammar focus:

Noun: A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing etc. Example: Porshi, Kushtia, Padma, Book, etc.

Pronoun: A pronoun is a word that is used to replace or refer to a noun in a sentence. Example: He, She, They, It, etc.

Verb: A verb is a word that expresses an action. Example: Go, Clean, Give, Enjoy, etc.

Noun, pronoun and verb are called parts of speech.

D. Correct the sentences using capital letters.

porshi and rani go to school. moloy is their friend. his village is fulbari. the river padma flows by his village. friday and saturday are their holidays.

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E. Pairwork: Read the text in section B. Find out the parts of speech. One is done for you.

F. Game: Let’s make sentences with the words from the circle. You can use a word more than once. Finally, write the sentences in your notebook. One is done for you.

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Labels: the, school, are, Rani, Porshi, time, They, neighbours, goes, and, she, nature, to, is, helpful, enjoys; below the circle: Rani, enjoys, the, school, time Description: A red oval contains word cards in mixed colours: the, school, are, Rani, Porshi, time, They, neighbours, goes, and, she, nature, to, is, helpful, enjoys. Below the oval, five word cards are set in a row: Rani, enjoys, the, school, time, forming the sentence "Rani enjoys the school time".

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Let’s practise

1. Rearrange the jumbled words to make a sentence.

a. Sujan child need special a is b. Kajal are neighbours Kanta and c. Aurup attentive is class in the d. enjoys Arnab classes the e. Sunday students their clean school on

2. Circle the nouns, underline the pronouns and tick the verbs below:

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Osman’s village life

A. Look and read the following text.

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Description: A man standing in a pond with a boy beside him, who is holding a net. Trees line the far bank.

Osman lives in a village. He gets up early in the morning. First, he gets ready for breakfast. Then he brushes his teeth and studies for some time. After study, he prepares for school. Osman returns home in the afternoon. Again, he studies in the evening.

In the afternoon, Osman plays with his friends. Sometimes, he goes fishing in the river with his father. Every Friday, he borrows story books from the village library. In the free time, Osman goes around the village to see birds, trees, paddy fields, etc. Osman is proud of his village.

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Description: A man in a light shirt stands beside a wooden bookshelf on wheels, painted with a pink and blue pattern and full of books. A boy in a white shirt and shorts reaches toward the books, another boy with a bag stands beside him, and a girl in a blue dress stands at the right. A bicycle is parked at the left.

B. Read the text in the section A. Choose the correct answer.

1. Osman borrows story books from …. a. the school b. his father c. the village library

2. Osman brushes his teeth …. a. after breakfast b. before breakfast c. early in the morning

3. Osman studies in the …. a. afternoon b. free time c. morning and the evening

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C. Match the words in column A with the words of similar meaning in column B. One is done for you.

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Description: A red arrow drawn from "get up" in column A to "rise" in column B, showing the example match.

D. Pairwork: Let’s read the text in section A again. List the nouns, pronouns and verbs in the following table.

E. Write a short paragraph on “My village life” by answering the following questions.

1. What is the name of your village?
2. Where is your village?
3. How does your village look?
4. How do you spend your time in the village?
5. How do you feel about your village?

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F. Let’s go outside the classroom with your teacher. Observe a tree and write the names of the different parts of that tree. You can use the following words from the box.

root, leaf, branch, trunk, twig

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Description: A drawing of a leafy tree with a round crown, a brown trunk and roots spreading at the base. Five horizontal leader lines extend from the tree to the right edge of the picture, three from the crown, one from the trunk and one from the roots, for the parts to be named.

G. Project work: Let’s look at a cat and write the names of its 5 different parts.

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