READING 1 save the fiedl.doc

CP FEDERICO ROMERO. READING 1: SAVE THE FIELD.

OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2010.

1.-Vocabulary Part 1:

Field. Mayor, car park, solution, playground, plan coin, can, recycling centre, garage sale, collect,

save, belong, build, need, vote.

2.- Developing reading part 1. General comprehension questions:

Why are the children serious?
Where is the field?
Where do the children always play?
Who does the field belong to?
Why can´t the school buy the field?
How much money do they need?
How many different ideas do the children have?
What are the two best ideas?
What does Steven make at home?

3.- Analyze the story.

Does the story seem realistic to you? Why or why not?
Do you think this could really happen?
Fiction or not fiction? Can you explain the difference between these terms?

Fiction is something that the writer made up and non-fiction is a true story about something that really happened. Sometimes stories that are fiction can seem real and sometimes stories that are non-fiction can seem like fantasy.

Is the story fiction or not fiction?

3.- True or false?

The children always play in the field.
School starts at eight o´clock in the morning.
Mrs. Jenkins doesn´t talk about the field.
The school hasn´t got a lot of money.
The children think of six ideas.

4.-Vocabulary Part 2:

Can, shopping center, garage sale, flyer, furniture, clothes, sweets, stamp collection, news,

head teacher, collect, enough, spend, work, help, save, write, organize, raise.

5.- Developing reading part 2. General comprehension questions:

Where does Steven go to collect cans?
How many months do they collect cans?
How much money do they make from the cans and washing the cars?
What do the children collect for the garage sale?
What does Steven sell?
What does Lucy sell?
When is the sale?
How much money do they make from the garage sale’
Can the school buy the field?

6.- True or false?.

Lots of people come and they sell everything.
There is a school assembly.
Mr Wiggins tells the students the good news.
They organize a garage sale.
He says that the children raised a lot of money – 8.600!
The children collect cans at the shopping centre.

7.- Moral and civic education.

Reflect on how it was possible to save the field.

At the beginning of the story, did the school have any money?

Could the school buy the field without help? Did Steven work by himself? Did the teachers help to save the field? Did the students help? Did the parents help? Did people in the community help?

It was only possible to save the filed with the help of everyone. Is there a message to the story? Yes, You can achieve more when you work together.

8.-Wrap-up. Write a story review.

Try to identify the key moments in the story: First, Steven arrives at school and everyone is very serious. They want to build a car park in the field behind the school.

Then,

Next, Three months later

After that,

Finally,

Write the title of the story and your opinion about the story. You can also draw a picture.