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SHORT STORIES GRADE 5 -TERM 2 NAME, SURNAME ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. GRADE …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) CONTENTS ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY ……..………………………………………………...……………………………………..… 3 –4 STORY 1—THE MOON TREE—Before Reading & Vocabulary .……………………………………………………….. 5 THE MOON TREE—Checking Vocabulary ………………………………………………………………………………………..6 THE MOON TREE—Reading …..…..…..………………………………………………………………………………………..….7-8 THE MOON TREE—Reading Comprehension & Follow up tasks..………..………………………………………. 9-10 STORY 2— A HIKE BACK IN TIME —Before Reading & Vocabulary .……………………………………………….. 11 A HIKE BACK IN TIME—Checking Vocabulary ………………………………………………………………………………….12 A HIKE BACK IN TIME—Reading ………………….……………………………………………………………………………13–14 A HIKE BACK IN TIME—Reading Comprehension & Follow up tasks..………..…………………………….. 15–16 REFERENCES & EVALUATION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...20 Grade 5 blog address 2 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) Elements of a short story A. Think and share with your partner ! What do we need to have in a short story? Take your notes here: ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ B. Have a look at the mind map below on STORY ELEMENTS. 1. Which ones do you think you know a lot about? Tick () those ones and be ready to share with us. 2. Which ones do you think you are not so sure about? Put a question mark ( ? ) next to those. Be ready to take notes around the mind map. 3 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) Elements of a short story A. Let’s watch and listen to this song on ELEMENTS OF A STORY. Below is a mind map for you . Listen and take notes. https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/fivethings/ Elements of a ………...… ….……... 4 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) Elements of a short story Characters: People / Animals in a story; They have different looks and personalities. Setting : Time and place of a story. Plot: The main events of a story. What’s the story about? Conflict: The main problem in a story; between two characters , between a character and a group … Theme / Topic: The big idea in a story. For example ; Being honest, Love, Friendship, Family , Hard work… LET’S TRY ….. 5 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) Elements of a short story—Practice OF THREE LITTLE PIGS 6 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) SHORT STORY 1 - THE MOON TREE— VOCABULARY & PREDICTION BEFORE READING A. Why is it important for people to save things from the past ? Discuss wih your partner for 2 minutes. Then be ready to share with us! B. Look at the pictures, words and sentences given below. Read carefully and try to understand the meanings. Study the words at least for 5-6 minutes! explorer (n.) : The slogan (n.) : short plaque (n.) : The team explorer searched phrase that is easy got a plaque after deep in the jungle. to remember winning the competition. orbit (n.): regularly seedling (n.) : a very to scracth (v.): to cut repeated path of an young plant that or mark the surface object in space came from a seed with something sharp. crew: The crew walked into the advertising: business petition: A written spaceship with that tells people about wish / request signed excitement. a product by many people C. Now, think ! What do you think the story is going to be about? Discuss with your partner. Write your predictions / guesses using some of the given word clues. Here are our guesses about the story : Characters : ___________________________________________________________________________ Setting (Time & Place) : __________________________________________________________________ Theme (Topic) : ________________________________________________________________________ Conflict ( Problem ): _____________________________________________________________________ Plot: We think this story is going to be about _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 7 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) SHORT STORY 1 - THE MOON TREE - CHECKING VOCABULARY A. Complete the sentences using the words given in the box. orbit(n.) scratched (v.) petition (n.) explorer (n.) seedling (n.) slogan (n.) crew (n.) advertising (n.) plaque (n.) 1. I was so happy when I won the contest. They even gave me a _____________________ with my name on it! 2. Too much ________________________ can make you want to buy too many things. 3. We planted some seeds in our garden and this morning I just saw some new ______________________ coming out of the ground. 4. I was playing with my cat and it ____________________ my hand. 5. Each person in the _____________________ helped prepare the spaceship for the journey. 6. An African ______________________ has found some wonderful dinosaur fossils recently. 7. The moon’s complete _______________________ around the earth is around 28 days. 8. My friend and I signed a ________________________ to have less homework in our school! 9. ‘Just do it’ is the well known _______________________of the company ‘Nike’. B. Choose 4 words from the box above and make your own meaningful sentences. Remember to add the parts of speech. ( n. / v. ) 1 . _______________ ( ) : _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________ ( ) : _________________ ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________ ( ) : __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 ._______________ ( ) : __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) SHORT STORY 1 - THE MOON TREE - READING A. Read the story carefully. Try to spot the PROBLEMS the characters have and SOLUTIONS they find as you read the story. THE MOON TREE By Dan Ahearn The ball flew like a rocket into the woods. Hector found the ball next to a strange, flat stone that was dirty and scratched. It rested against a tall tree. On the stone was a plaque. It said : The seed of this tree was a space explorer. It went to the moon with the crew of the Apollo 14. The seed was planted here on July 4, 1976. Hector ran to get his friend Steve. He didn’t notice the red flags that circled the tree. Hector and Steve ran to the library, and they read about the moon trees. The boys learned that 500 seeds went on the space mission. The seeds didn’t land on the moon. They stayed in orbit with astronaut Stuart Roosa. It had been this astronaut’s idea to bring the seeds to the space mission. Back on earth, the seeds grew into normal trees. Space travel had not changed them. People planted hundreds of moon tree seedlings, and the trees grew all over the world. The boys told the librarian, Mrs. Wu, about the moon tree. ’I forgot about our moon tree’, said Mrs. Wu. ’But I have bad news.’ She explained that most of the woods would be gone soon. There were red flags around each tree that would be cut down. ‘Why?’ cried Hector. ‘To make room for the new shopping mall,’ said Mrs. Wu. ‘That’s not right,’ said Steve. There must be something we can do!’ Mrs. Wu said they needed a plan. She and the boys talked all day about how to save the moon tree. By the time the library closed, they already had a plan. The boys met with their friends. They told their friends the plan to save the moon tree. Hector held up the paper. ‘This is a petition,‘ he said. ‘It says, ‘The moon tree is an important part of history. It is too valuable to lose. Please save our moon tree!’ We need everybody in town to sign this petition.’ 9 051-eng-wb2-(Short Stories) SHORT STORY 1 - THE MOON TREE - READING Hector said, ‘Ask everybody to sign the petition! Save the moon tree!’. They called themselves the Moon Tree Crew. Then, Steve wanted to name the tree. He said, ’Our moon tree needs a name. People will care more about a tree called …. Apollo.’ Steve knew about these things. His father was working in the advertising business. Mrs. Wu made posters. Each poster had a slogan, ‘Save Apollo, the moon tree!’ The boys and their friends were busy. Some went to shops, others walked down the streets. They told people the moon tree’s story. The whole town wanted to help so the Moon Tree Crew got hundreds of signatures. Hector and Steve took the petition to Mr. Bowman. He was a businessman who built shopping malls for towns and cities. ‘Boys, you have made this tree famous,’ he said. ’How did you do it?’ ‘My father told me how,‘ said Steve. ‘He works in advertising. He told me how important it is to have a catchy slogan and showed me how I can use petitions to get people agree on something.’ Mr. Bowman laughed. ‘When I was your age, I saw the first moon landing on TV. I was so excited. Has this tree really been to the moon? ’ ‘Yes, but it was only a seed then,’ said Hector. ‘It never actually landed on the moon.’ Steve added. ‘It only orbited the moon.’ Mr. Bowman was silent for a moment. ‘That’s close enough for me!, ‘ he said. Mr. Bowman did build a shopping mall, but he saved Apollo, the moon tree. He got the old plaque cleaned and shined. Under the old plaque, he added a new one. It said: The Moon Tree Crew saved this tree. ‘Thank you!’ said Hector and Steve. ‘No, thank you!’ said Mr. Bowman.