Module 4 Colourful life
Unit 7 Poems
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Reading
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1 My dad
He comes home, has a shower,
And eats dinner, every day.
Now he's sitting in his favourite chair
Too tired to laugh or play.
He reads his book or newspaper
To learn what's new today.
Soon he'll go to bed.
He's a boring man, my dad.
Then I see him working,
On the building site.
He's high up in the clouds
Higher than a kite.
He's walking on a narrow piece of wood
Not worried about the height,
Not afraid, not afraid like me.
He's a superman, my dad.
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2 The old newspaper seller
He's sitting at the newspaper stand
Near the bus stop,
And he's smiling.
The Sun is shining.
It's very hot.
But he's smiling.
A bus stops, and the people rush out.
They're hurrying to work.
They don't have much time to smile.
They take their papers quickly,
And put down some money.
But he's a patient man,
And he's still smiling.
A crowd of people,
All very busy, with tired faces,
And just one smile.
Is there just one smile in this city?
Or will you make it two?
Let's make a million smiles!
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Listening
Feelings
A Do you know the meanings of these words? Match the words with the faces below.
angry bored excited sad
B Listen to four short poems. How does the boy/girl feel in each of the poems? Choose one of the four words from A for each poem.
1 [Target emotion: excited]
Girl: Tomorrow is my birthday.
I just can't wait!
Lots of presents, lots of cards,
And of course a big cake.
We'll have lots of fun and games,
It's going to be great!
2 [Target emotion: sad]
Girl: Oh no! I can't find her.
Where could she be?
I lost my cat Fluffy.
Will she come back to me?
3 [Target emotion: bored]
Boy: Maths homework.
Oh no, no more Maths!
We do it every day.
I don't know the answers.
I want to go and play.
4 [Target emotion: angry]
Boy: How dare you take my lunch, you thief!
My mum made it for me.
Give it back now.
I'm so hungry!
1 ______________ 3 ______________
2 ______________ 4 ______________
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Speaking
A Talk time
Word stress
When we say words of more than one syllable, we stress one of the syllables.
A1 Say these two-syllable words and stress the first syllable.
always building narrow over people
A2 Say these two-syllable words and stress the second syllable.
around begin cartoon myself today
When we say words of three or more syllables, we usually stress either the first syllable or the second syllable.
A3 Say these three-syllable words and stress the first syllable.
basketball cinema difficult superman
A4 Say these three-syllable words and stress the second syllable.
delicious direction important October
Most words of three or more syllables have stress on the first or the second syllable. However, some have the main stress on a later syllable.
A5 Say these words and stress the third syllable.
disagree engineer exclamation magazine
B Speak up
Read this poem aloud in groups of six.
Two frightening things S4 Loud
Two frightening things are in a house. All 6 Loud
One's a man, S4 + S5 Deep voices, quiet
One's a mouse. S1 + S2 High voices
Squeak squeak! S3 Very high voice
I heard a noise! I know, I'm sure. S4 + S5 Quick
I've heard that noise three times before. S4 + S5 Slow
Boom boom. S6 Very deep voice, slow
What's that? It's coming near. S1 + S2 High voices, quick
I hope it doesn't find me here. S1 + S2 High voices, slow, quiet
Squeak squeak! S3 Very high voice
That noise again. Oh, where's my dad? S4 + S5 Deep voices
I know that noise is something bad! S4 + S5 Deep voices
Boom boom! S6 Very deep voice, slow
The monster's here! This isn't fun. S1 + S2 High voices, quiet
Now's the time for me to RUN! S1 + S2 High voices, loud at the end
And then the mouse and the man meet, All Loud, slow
The mouse jumps on the man's feet! All Loud, slow
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! S1–3 High voices, very loud
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah! S4 + S5 Deep voices, very loud
A mouse! S6 Deep voice, loud
A man! S3 High voice, loud
Two frightened things run from the house. All Quiet, slow
One's a man, S4 + S5 Deep voices
One's a mouse. S1 + S2 High voices
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