After completing the lesson students will be able to
- read and understand texts
- talk about people, places and familiar objects in short and simple sentences
- write short paragraphs
A. Tarun has moved to a new city with his parents. He is going to a new school and his new teacher has given him the following form to fill out. His teacher wants to know more about him.
Read the form and see what Tarun has written about himself.
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A1. Now, write down similar information about yourself.
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B. Read the following passage about Tarun's first day in the new school
My first day at the new school was interesting. I was going to school with my father in a rickshaw. We reached school after fifteen minutes. My father said good bye and left me at the school gate. I went in and found that everyone had gone to class. I walked into my classroom and found a seat. After sometime a teacher came and warmly greeted us. I found the students very friendly in my new class.
B1. Choose the right answer :
The passage is about
a . who took Tarun to school the first day.
b . how Tarun felt on the first day in school and why he felt so.
c . what happened in the school on the first day.
B2 . Match a word from Column A with a word (or words) from Column B that has (or have) similar meaning.
Column A | Column B |
interesting | lovingly |
frightened | amusing |
happy | afraid |
excited | glad |
warmly | thrilled |
B3 . Talk about your first day school and how you felt-happy, frightened, thrilled or shy. Work in groups.
B4 . Now, write a paragraph on how you felt on your first day at school and why you felt so.
C . Read the following poem and complete this lesson with fun and laughter. Let's Play
Kate Greenaway
School is over,
Oh, what fun!
Lessons finished,
Play begun.
Who'll run fastest,
You or I?
Who'll laugh loudest?
Let us try.
C1 . Notice the use of punctuation marks in the poem. Why are the exclamation marks (!), the question marks (?), and the full stops (.) used in these places?
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