A SECRET ACTIVITY FOR 5TH GRADERS

ELIZABETH, A BABY WHO READS.

This activity will give you, 5th graders, an extra point in the 1st period.

1. Copy the instructions and questionnaire to a WORD file.
2. Print it.
3. Do the activity.
4. Give it to me by September 4th or before.

(You have more than a week to do it)

INSTRUCTIONS: Watch the video at http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=400a8dd5-902a-4d71-882c-7da7b8b7cc1f

Then you answer the following questions.


1. What word does the first presenter use to say ‘baby’?

2. What was the first word Elizabeth read?

3. How old was she then?

4. How old is she now?

5. What are her parents’ names?

6. What’s their occupation?

7. The reporter sat down with Elizabeth with a Newsweek magazine and asked her
to read some words, what words did she read?

8. What does Elizabeth’s mother think that is helping the baby to read?

9. Once they are in the studio, with a hostess, Elizabeth looks restless.
What is she holding?

10. What is she doing during the interview?

11. What are some of the words or phrases the hostess shows Elizabeth?

12. Elizabeth gets more impatient so the hostess writes a new word,
what is that word?

13. What kind of handwriting is the hostess using, script or cursive?


14. One conclusion of the hostess makes is that if the parents ever have
behavioral issues they can only (what?)………. so that the baby calms down.

15. Did Elizabeth’s parents teach her to read?

A SECRET ACTIVITY FOR 1ST GRADERS

Hello everybody,

This is an activity to get an extra point (10% of your grade for period 1)

1. Read the theory.
2. Copy the theory and the practice to a WORD2003 file.
3. Print it.
4. Do the activity.
5. Give it to me on September 1st or before.

(You have one week to do it)







THEORY

A/AN - Lesson on Articles

WHEN TO USE -A-

Use a if the next word begins with a consonant SOUND.
This is a sound rule, NOT a spelling rule.
a box
a cat
a university (university begins with a consonant sound)
a unicorn (unicorn begins with a consonant sound)
a European trip (European begins with a consonant sound)
a hotel (hotel begins with a consonant sound)

WHEN TO USE -AN-
Use AN if the next word begins with a vowel SOUND.
This is a sound rule, NOT a spelling rule.
an atom
an entrance
an ice cream cone
an uncle (uncle begins with a vowel sound)
an hour (the h is silent, thus a vowel sound)

(TAKEN FROM: English-Zone.Com)

PRACTICE
A/AN

INSTRUCTIONS:
READ the sentence. CHOOSE the answer.

1. He is ____ boy.
a an

2. Yesterday I saw ____ animal.
a an

3. My father is ____ doctor.
a an

4. Marsha is ____ honest girl.
a an

5. The chicken laid ___ egg.
a an

6. Jan ate ____ piece of pizza.
a an

7. Sylvia put ___ old hairbrush in her bag.
a an

8. Mexico is ____ large country.
a an

9. I need ____ English dictionary please.
a an

10. ___ apple a day keeps the doctor away!
a an


INSTRUCTIONS
Write a/an
1. ______ actor
2. ______singer
3. ______waiter
4. ______mechanic
5. ______actress
6. ______engineer
7. ______doctor
8. ______nurse
9. ______clerk
10. ______hairdresser
11. ______university professor
12. ______police officer
13. ______firefighter
14. ______architect
15. ______dentist
16. ______secretary
17. ______administrator
18. ______accountant
19. ______bank teller
20. ______cashier


A or An
1. This is Bob. He's _____ doctor.

2. Peter is ____ engineer.

3. That's Oliver. He's ___ travel agent.

4. Leonardo di Caprio is ___ actor.

5. Fred is ____ electrician.

6. Mr. Smith is ___ teacher.

7. This is Gloria. She's ___ homemaker.

8. That's John. He's ___ police officer.

9. I'm ____ student.

10. Meryl Streep is ____ actress.

11. ___ eagle

12. ___ arrow

13. ____ ultra-violet ray

14. ___ honest person

15. ___ UFO

16. ___ unidentified flying object

17. ___ easy question

18. ___ X-ray

19. ___ SOS

20. ___ university

21. ___ umbrella

22. ___ hour-glass

23. ___ UNESCO office

24. ___ SAT score

25. ___ TOEFL score

26. ___ black umbrella

27. ___ yellow tag

28. ___ ox

29. ___ uniform

30. ___ white umbrella

31. ___ orange bag

32. ___ igloo

33. ___ orange sweater

34. ___ ugly dress


Copyright (C) 2000 Violeta K. Tsoneva

This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.

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