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Spot the Similarity:
What do the underlined words have in common?
Try yourself:
Bashir’s Family Travel:___________ belongs to ______________
Gram’s mince pies:__________ belong to ____________________
To join two words into shorter one :
Try yourself :
There’s never enough money.
To indicate possession with the use of the apostrophe in the following sentences, apply the following:
| Word showing possession is singular | Add ’s | 1. the book of the teacher = the teacher’s book2. the children of Jos = Jos’s children |
| Word showing possession is plural (more than one) and does not end in ’-s’ | Add ’s | 1. the toys of the children = children’s toys |
| Word showing possession is plural (more than one) and ends in ‘-s’ | Add only ’ | The hair of the girls = the girls’ hair. |
Now try the following:
| Learning outcomes(LOs) |
| LO 1 |
| ListeningThe learner will be able to listen for enjoyment, and respond appropriately and critically in a wide range of situations |
| Assessment standards(ASs) |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 1.3 listens for specific information; |
| 1.4 listens actively in discussion. |
| LO 2 |
| SpeakingThe learner will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in spoken language in a wide range of situations |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 2.1 translates and interprets; |
| 2.2 interacts in additional language; |
| 2.4 debates social and ethical issues. |
| LO 3 |
| Reading and ViewingThe learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 3.1 reads a text (fiction or non-fiction); |
| 3.4 reads for information; |
| 3.6 uses reading strategies; |
| 3.8 demonstrates an ability to use reference books. |
| LO 4 |
| WritingThe learner will be able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 4.3 writes for personal reflection; |
| 4.4 writes creatively; |
| 4.6 treats writing as a process. |
| LO 6 |
| Language Structure and useThe learner will know and be able to use the sounds, words and grammar of the language to create and interpret texts. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 6.9 expands vocabulary (e.g. by mind-mapping related words, such as words about war). |
ACTIVITY 1
Perhaps do the same exercise with other pages in the dictionary. Again, the aim is to make learners familiar and comfortable with using a dictionary or any other reference book. Introduce them to as many as possible.
| WORD | On the page | Not on the page |
| Culture | Π | |
| Curve | Π | |
| Cupful | Π | |
| Curry | Π | |
| Culinary | Π | |
| currency | Π |
1. (a) Culinary (b) Culture (c) Cupful
(d) Currency (e) Curve (f) Curry
2. (a) Spice (b) Spike (c) Spine
(d) Spiral (e) Spit
3. (a) parallel (b) paralyse (c) paraphrase
(d) paratroops
4. (a) buttermilk (b) cardomon seeds (c) chillies
(d) cinnamon (e) coriander (f) dennepitjies
(g) gharum masala (h) paprika (i) turmeric
Suggested assessment
Spelling 5 (5 words)
Alphabetical order 5 1 for each word in the correct place
Meanings 5 These must be completely correct as they may be copied from the dictionary
Presentation 3 3/2/1
Guide words 2 The first and last word in their list will be the guide words
ACTIVITY 2
Again, allow the learners to do some reading silently or aloud – such a good skill to learn!
The Competition
1. Mila shared her curry secret with Frieda.
2. She would be on a ship. “Cruise” shows this.
3. They celebrated 100 years of business.
4. Frieda had torn the competition from Mr Smith’s magazine. He must have found out that she had done it.
She trusted him to keep their secret and they knew he would be able to help them with the formalities.
5. They were very excited at first. They lost hope of winning. Mila became depressed.
6. She thought Mila was born evil and naughty.
7. (a) True: “parents enjoyed their eternal rest.”
(b) False: “the family mutt”; “the spotty mongrel’
(c) False: “Southern Hemisphere”
(d) False: “Gram never used notes or measures”
(e) True: ’”Mila would assist . . . inherited pearls of herb-wisdom”
(f) False: ”cast the warning eye/”
(g) True: ”Scorching tongue . . . inherent evil”
8. Who? Mila, Frieda, Sara and Gram
Where? Cape Coast
ACTIVITY 3
Learners do need to know how to read a recipe. This is cooking literacy!
| IMPERIAL | METRIC |
| 1 dessertspoon cooking oil | 10ml cooking oil |
| 3 dessertspoons flour | 4,8g flour |
| 1 tablespoon hot curry powder | 7,2g hot curry powder |
| teaspoon salt | 2,4g salt |
| 1 teaspoon ground ginger | 2,4g ground ginger |
| 1 teaspoon tumeric | 2,4g tumeric |
| 1 cup milk | 250ml milk |
| 2 teaspoons of lemon juice | 10ml lemon juice |
| 1 lbs stewing mutton | 480g stewing mutton |
| 2 onions | 2 onions |
| Oven temperature 375F | Oven temperature 190ْC |
ACTIVITY 4
Go over the notes with the class and make sure they all understand the rule.
Possession Exercise
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