My Favourite Subject

I like studying English. English is interesting to me. I can use English to learn a lot of knowledge. Knowledge can be learnt through studying, reading, and writing in English. English is an amazingly important language. The English language can help human being to communicate. Communication is also an important skill for us. We need to communicate with other people in our daily life. This makes our life more colourful.

Vocabulary Items

1. wicked
2. whitewash
3. unwillingly
4. whispered
5. terrible
   
6. pirate
7. homesick
8. funeral service
9. pretended
   
10. regret ?

Story Questions and Answers

1a. Describe the graveyard.
The graveyard was about half an hour's walk from the village. It was on a hill in a very lonely spot. Round it was an old broken fence. The graves were very, very old. Wooden crosses marked the graves. The crosses were so old that they were falling down. Grass was growing everywhere.

1b. Who were the three men in the graveyard?
The three men in the graveyard were Muff Potter, Red Joe and the young Doctor Robinson.

1c. Who was killed and who was the murderer?
The young doctor Robinson was killed and Red Joe was the murderer.

2a. Why did Tom and Joe run away from home?
Tom is angry with his aunt, teacher, and Becky. He thought when he was famous and rich, he would come back and the others would be kinder to him. They would be afraid of him, Joe was angry with his mother, so they decided to run away.

2b.What did the boys do on Jackson's Island?
They made a camp. They sat in front of a big fire and ate meat, fish and bread. They ate a great meal and felt very happy. They talked on until they felt tired. Then they felt a little sad, but after some time they all fell asleep.

3a) Tom told aunt Polly that he had had a dream. Was Tom speaking the truth?
No Tom wasn't speaking the truth.

3b. How do you know that he is/isn't speaking the truth?
It's not a dream, he really saw it.

3c. If you were Tom, what would you do and why?
If I were Tom, I would not do so because it is not good to lie.

4a. What made Tom jealous?
Becky sat down near Alfred Temple. They began to look at a picture book together. They both laughed loudly over the pictures. Tom heard them laughing. He became jealous.

4b. What did Alfred do to hurt Tom?
Alfred opened Tom's spelling book at the page for next lesson. Then he poured ink all over the page.

4c. Will you do it that way? Please explain.
I will not do it that way, because we should appreciate each other but not hate each other. We are all parts of the same body and if a part suffers, the other parts suffer, too.

A Link to Literature - Tom Sawyer

A Poem - Flowers

Flowers are teen girls.
Their beauty is natural and pleasant.
Their eyes embrace hopes.
They are symbols of happiness.
They are growing day by day.

Flowers are ladies in nice dresses.
They blossom in green leaves.

They look elegant with their colourful pedals.

Their sweet smell pleases everyone around.

They are apples in people's eyes.

Tasks to do

-Practise the solo poem for the coming speech festival
- Read aloud the poem five to ten times a day
- Select book for book report
-Fill in the book report review form.

The Un-developers by Jenny Joseph

The little cats sit under the hedge.
The many small offspring of a great big tabby.
Who lives out of sight round the other side of the house.
They are watching the pigeons in the road.
The pigeons strut and flirt and think no danger.
Children are delighted with the cats.
And cajole them as they are tugged along by Mum;
An old woman puts down crumbs for the birds.
And cars pass in between.
The cats purr and the pigeons peck up the fodder
But they are waiting for interruptions of humans to pass
So they can get on with what they are doing:
Five little kittens lurking and stalking big birds
And foolish pigeons flirt-flirting in the road.
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