Exercise 10
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Cloze, Grades 4-5
Objectives: 1. To develop reading skills using a cloze story based
on an interesting topic.
2. To reinforce the students' knowledge of collective
nouns.
3. To encourage the students to search for meaning
by omitting nouns.
Teaching Points: 1. Discuss with students the definition of a collective
noun. That is, a word which stands for a collection
of things even when the collective noun is in its
singular form.
2. Ask students to give examples of collective nouns.
3. Be sure students can read any difficult words in
the story and the list of nouns.
4. Ask students to check the correctness of their
entries by reading through the whole sentence
containing their insertion(s).
5. Stress that only one word is to be inserted in each
space.
Evaluation: 1. How well did the students use the context clues in
the story?
2. Are the students able to define and give
examples of collective nouns other than those
used in the story?
Answers: 1. party 9. cluster
2. swarm 10. family
3. clump 11. herd
4. flocks 12. shoals
5. packs 13. regiment
6. groups 14. gangs
7. fleet 15. crowds
8. tribe
Collective Nouns
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The of tourists took cover as the of stinging
insects approached the
of trees. They had already taken
photographs of
of wild birds on the plains and
of wolves in the mountains, but this was different. Several earlier tourist
had also been threatened, so a of buses had
taken them to a local native village. There, the whole
of
warriors had danced around a
of native huts as their ancestors
had done for centuries. Each
then gathered its
of cattle and drove them to the river to drink, while others caught
of fish which they used to provide food for the
of soldiers in the nearby town. The fish were also sold to of
workers repairing the bridge before the expected
of summer
tourists.
A collective noun is a word which stands for a collection of things.
For example: a pack of cards;
a herd of goats.
Use the collective nouns from the list below to complete the story.
swarm crowds
regiment flocks
cluster shoals
groups herd
party gangs
packs clump
family fleet
tribe
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Exercise 20
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Objectives: 1. To develop reading skills using a cloze story with
a topic familiar to the students.
2. To encourage the search for meaning by
omitting nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Teaching Points: 1. Conduct a class discussion on the types of jobs/
household chores students could perform to earn
money needed to pay for membership in a club.
2. Discuss the different kinds of clubs students
belong to.
3. Be sure the students can read any difficult words
in the story and the list of words provided.
4. Stress that only one word is to be used in each
space.
Evaluation: 1. How well did the students use the context clues
in the story?
2. Did the students participate in the class
discussion?
Answers: 1. small 11. salary
2. unable 12. birthday
3. heavy 13. Christmas
4. stronger 14. mother/mom
5. decided 15. chores
6. training 16. weeds
7. club 17. garden
8. fee 18. work
9. high 19. windshields
10. school 20. garage
Building Up
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Select words from the list below and complete the spaces so the story makes
sense.
unable fee school stronger
garden Christmas windshields heavy
chores weeds decided small
mother birthday garage club
high salary training work
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He was and so was to lift the
weights his older and brothers could lift. It was
because of this he
to build up his muscles by
regularly at the local weight-lifting , even though the member-
ship
was rather for someone who was still in
and not earning a .
Instead of gifts he would ask for money on
his
in July and at
at the end of the year. He
would help his
with her
household
and work out-
side pulling up
in the
when Dad was at
. He could even clean
at the local
when motorists drove in to buy gasoline.
Building Up
Exercise 26
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Cloze, Grades 4-5
Objectives: 1. To develop reading skills using a cloze story on an
interesting topic.
2. To encourage the search for meaning by
omitting adjectives.
3. To reinforce the students' knowledge of
adjectives.
4. To encourage and develop the use of context
and pictorial clues.
Teaching Points: 1. Conduct a class discussion on the students'
experiences of damage done by storms.
2. Ask the students to define an adjective and
provide examples of adjectives.
3. Be sure the students can read any difficult words
in the story.
4. Stress that only one adjective can be used in
each space.
Evaluation: 1. Did the students take an active part in the class
discussion?
2. How well did the students use the context and
pictorial clues?
3. Are the students now more familiar with the use
of adjectives?
Answers: 1. overturned/heavy 9. heavy
2. two 10. young/small
3. careful 11. short
4. steep 12. low
5. dreadful/stormy/bad 13. long
6. good 14. old
7. small 15. new
8. shallow
Adjectives
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They could not lift the boat. The girls had to be
because of the slope. The day before they had
some
weather. Leanne thought of a idea.
It was only a
boat but they couldn't lift it at first.
The water was
even though
rain had fallen.
Julie and Leanne couldn't lift the boat because they were
girls.
They only needed a
rope because they threw it over a
branch.
It was a
journey to the beach in Uncle Peter's
truck. Uncle Peter needed to buy a truck.
Adjectives are describing words. They are used to describe nouns or pronouns.
All the missing words are adjectives. Do not use any adjective twice.
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Girls to the Rescue
The young girls walked carefully
down the steep river bank. Their
father's canoe was in the water. It
was upside down after a rainstorm
the day before. Because it was heavy,
they couldn't turn it over. Then
Leanne had an idea that Julie thought
was a good one. They threw a rope
over a low branch. Then they tied it
to the stern of the small boat. Then
they pulled on the rope and the canoe
rose slowly out of the shallow water.
Uncle Peter would take it back to his house in his old truck that was always breaking
down. After a hole was fixed it would be ready to use again after the fifty mile trip to
the ocean.
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Exercise 36
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Cloze, Grades 4-5
Objectives: 1. To develop reading skills using cloze in a poetry
format.
2. To encourage the search for meaning by
omitting nouns, adjectives and verbs.
Teaching Points: 1. Discuss with the students, the importance of the
work of the farmer in our lives.
2. Ask students to give examples of rhyming words.
Then discuss the poem's rhyming pattern as help
in choosing the words.
3. Stress that only one word is to be used in each
space.
Evaluation: 1. How well did the students use the context clues
and rhyming patterns in the poem?
2. Did the students realize how important the
farmers are to our cities/country?
3. Did the students enjoy the poem?
Answers: 1. skies/sky 9. sun
2. blue 10. heat
3. clouds 11. earth/ground/soil
4. shines 12. fields/crops
5. Lightning 13. farmer's
6. sound 14. Planting/Sowing
7. rain 15. you
8. dry
Poem 3
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The Farmer's Woes
The
above, a bright, bright .
A few white
, the sun through,
flashes, followed by thunder's ,
But they bring no
to the , hard ground.
The fierce, hot
with its tropical ,
Has parched the
, destroyed of wheat.
The
work now starts anew,
his seeds for me and .
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Use your own words to fill in the spaces in the
poem so that it makes sense. Do not use any
word twice. Rhyming words should help you.
Poem 3
Exercise 44
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Cloze, Grades 4-5
Objectives: 1. To develop reading skills using a cloze story with
context clues.
2. To reinforce the students' knowledge of proper
nouns.
3. To encourage the search for meaning by
omitting proper nouns.
Teaching Points: 1. Conduct a class discussion on proper nouns,
including the definition of compound proper
nouns such as Sea Queen.
2. Ask the students to tell about their most
enjoyable vacation experiences.
3. Stress that only one word is to be used in each
space.
4. Be sure all students can read any unfamiliar
words in the story and the word list.
5. Students should check their insertion(s) by
reading carefully through each sentence.
Evaluation: 1. How well did the students use the context clues?
2. Are the students more knowledgeable about
proper nouns?
3. Did the students take an active part in the class
discussions?
Answers: 1. Karen 9.
Sea Queen
2. Richard 10. Sydney
3. England 11.
Royal Express
4. Christmas 12. English
5. London 13. France
6. Tahiti 14. Egypt
7. Pacific 15. Cairo
8. Sarah
Proper Nouns
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THE HOLIDAY
and her brother traveled
to southern
during the
holidays as their cousins lived in the city of .
The house would be empty as their relatives were vacationing
on the island of
in the Ocean.
Karen's Aunt
enjoyed cruising on luxury liners like the
and last year visited to see Australia's famous
Harbor Bridge. She also enjoyed travel on trains like the
which
traveled along the
Channel rail tunnel to .
She also enjoyed her visit to
where she saw the Pyramids
near the city of
.
Use the list words below to fill in the spaces in the story. Each list word is a proper
noun. Proper nouns are words which name particular things or persons, for
example, Paris, Tony, America, and Easter require capital letters.
England France London
Karen Sydney Egypt
Richard Sarah Sea Queen
Tahiti English Christmas
Cairo Pacific Royal Express
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