THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH
A fisherman cast his net into the sea; and when he drew it up again, it contained nothing but a single tiny fish that begged to be put back into the water.
“I’m only a little fish now, “ it said, “but I will grow big one day, and then if you catch me again, I’ll be of more use to you.”
The fisherman listened, but he replied, “Oh, no, I’m going to keep you now that I’ve got you. If I put you back, it is very unlikely that I’ll ever see you again. “
The moral of this story: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
I. Vocabulary
1. What verb means to throw, to fling, or to hurl ? _________________
2. “nothing but” means (a) nothing
(b) everything
(c) only
3. What phrase means “to be helpful” ? _________________________
4. What word means “probably will not be successful” _______________
II. Verbs
subject verb tense
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III. Conversation Talk to your partner.
1. Who went fishing?
2. Where was the fisherman fishing?
3. How many fish did he catch?
4. What did the little fish want?
5. What did the farmer do with the little fish?
6. Write what you think “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” means.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Milkmaid and the Pail
The Milkmaid and her Pail
A milkmaid was going to the market carrying a pail of milk on her head. As she was walking along, she began to think of what she could do with the money that she would get from selling the milk.
“I’ll buy some chickens,” she thought, “and they will lay eggs every morning. Then I will sell the eggs. When I have enough money, I will buy a new dress and hat. Then when I go to the market, all the boys will notice me, and the other girls will be jealous; but I won’t care because I will just look at them like this. I’ll toss my head in the air and go on my way.”
Just as she said that, she tossed her head back and the pail and all the milk spilled onto the ground.
The moral of the story is this: DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
I. VOCABULARY:
nouns
a. What’s a young girl who milks cows called? ____ __________________
b. What’s a place where food is sold? ____ _____________________
c. What’s a receptacle with a handle to carry milk or water or sand ? __ _________
d. What’s a lesson you learn from a story? ___ __________________
adjectives
a. What’s a synonym in the story for envious or resentful ?_______________
idioms:
a. It won’t bother me = __________________________________
b. I’ll move my head back and forth = ________________________
c. I’ll just keep walking. = __________________________________
verbs:
a. What’s a verb that means to see = _______________
b. When baby chicks come out of their shells, they _________________ .
II. VERB TENSES
present present progressive past past progressive future conditional
am/is/are + verbING was/were + verbING will + base form would/could + base form
go/goes am/is/are going went was/were going will go would/could go
carry/carries am/is/are carrying carried was/were carrying will carry
begin/begins began will begin
A. Identify all the verbs in the story.
subject verb tense
1. a milkmaid was walking past continuous
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IV. Conversation:
1. Who was carrying a pail of milk on her head?
2. Where was she going?
3. What was she going to sell? Why?
4. Why was she going to buy chickens?
5. Why was she going to buy a new dress and hat?
6. What happened when she tossed her head back?
7. What do you think the moral (“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”) means?
Gati©2008
A milkmaid was going to the market carrying a pail of milk on her head. As she was walking along, she began to think of what she could do with the money that she would get from selling the milk.
“I’ll buy some chickens,” she thought, “and they will lay eggs every morning. Then I will sell the eggs. When I have enough money, I will buy a new dress and hat. Then when I go to the market, all the boys will notice me, and the other girls will be jealous; but I won’t care because I will just look at them like this. I’ll toss my head in the air and go on my way.”
Just as she said that, she tossed her head back and the pail and all the milk spilled onto the ground.
The moral of the story is this: DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
I. VOCABULARY:
nouns
a. What’s a young girl who milks cows called? ____ __________________
b. What’s a place where food is sold? ____ _____________________
c. What’s a receptacle with a handle to carry milk or water or sand ? __ _________
d. What’s a lesson you learn from a story? ___ __________________
adjectives
a. What’s a synonym in the story for envious or resentful ?_______________
idioms:
a. It won’t bother me = __________________________________
b. I’ll move my head back and forth = ________________________
c. I’ll just keep walking. = __________________________________
verbs:
a. What’s a verb that means to see = _______________
b. When baby chicks come out of their shells, they _________________ .
II. VERB TENSES
present present progressive past past progressive future conditional
am/is/are + verbING was/were + verbING will + base form would/could + base form
go/goes am/is/are going went was/were going will go would/could go
carry/carries am/is/are carrying carried was/were carrying will carry
begin/begins began will begin
A. Identify all the verbs in the story.
subject verb tense
1. a milkmaid was walking past continuous
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IV. Conversation:
1. Who was carrying a pail of milk on her head?
2. Where was she going?
3. What was she going to sell? Why?
4. Why was she going to buy chickens?
5. Why was she going to buy a new dress and hat?
6. What happened when she tossed her head back?
7. What do you think the moral (“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”) means?
Gati©2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
So Long It's Been Good to Know You Lesson
So Long It’s Been Good to Know You
by Woody Guthrie This version was adapted by the Weavers
1. I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again,
Of the people I've met and the places I've seen.
Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind
And a lot of good people that I've left behind, saying:
CHORUS
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh.
What a long time since I've been home,
And I've gotta be driftin' along.
2. The sweethearts sat in the dark and they sparked.
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark.
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed,
But instead of marriage they talked like this: Honey,
CHORUS
3. I went to your family and asked them for you.
They all said, “Take her. Oh, take her, please do!
She can’t cook or sew, and she won’t scrub your floor.”
So I put on my hat and tip-toed out the door, saying,
CHORUS
4. I walked down the street to the grocery store.
It was crowded with people both rich and both poor.
I asked the man how his butter was sold.
He said, “One pound of butter for two pounds of gold.” I said,
5A. The telephone rang. It jumped off the wall,
That was the preacher, a-makin' his call.
We’re waitin’ to tie the knot.
You’re getting married. Believe it or not!
(5B. The telephone rang. It jumped off the wall,
That was the preacher, a-makin' his call.
He said, "Kind friends, this may be the end.
You have your last chance at salvation from sin!")
6A. The church was jammed and the church, it was packed,
The pews were all crowded from the front to the back
A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride,
but I was so anxious, I rushed her outside.
(6B. The church, it was jammed and the church, it was packed,
The pews were all crowded from the front to the back
That the preacher could not read a word of his text,
So he folded his specs, took up a collection, Sayin')
CHORUS
1. What words in the chorus mean: I have to go. or Gotta go
2. What are the present perfect verbs in the first verse?
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. _____________________________
3. Why are the present perfect verbs the correct verbs for this first verse?
4. In the 2nd verse, what are all the past tense verbs?
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. _____________________________
e. _____________________________
f. _____________________________
g. _____________________________
5. Why are these past tense verbs the correct verbs for this 2nd verse?
6. What does “sparked” mean in this verse?
7. “instead of ” is used when you want to tell an alternative idea.
Can you use “instead of” in a sentence?
The “of” is like a preposition, so you’ll have to follow “of” with a noun. For example,
I’ll have onion rings instead of French fries.
We went to Disneyland instead of Lake Tahoe.
Instead of swimming, we just walked along the beach.
8. In verse 3, why did he go to her family? (Answer in a complete sentence.) __________________________________________________________
9. Why did he leave? (in verse 3) Answer in the past tense, please.
10. What’s the difference between these two sentences: (Use the words either and both in your answers.)
“She can’t cook or sew.” _____________________________________________
“She can cook and sew.” _____________________________________________
11. Why do we use “or ” in “She can’t cook or sew?”
For example: We don’t come to school on Saturdays or Sundays.
I won’t eat meat or chicken because I’m a vegetarian.
12. Can you write your own example of a negative sentence using “OR” ?
13. What is a preacher ? Can you give me a synonym? ________________________________________________________________________
14. “jammed” and “packed” are adjectives. What’s another word in verse #6 that means the same thing? __________________________________
15. In verse #6, what are the pews ? ________________________________________________________________________
16. Also in verse #6B, what is the preacher’s “text”? It’s his______________.
17. What is another word for “specs” [spectacles]?
18. What is “the collection.” _________________________________________
19. We use “can” (“could” in the past) to say we are not able to do something. For example:
I can’t drive. = I am not able to drive.
I can speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. =
I am able to speak both Mandarin and Cantonese.
When I was young, I could walk 5 miles and not get tired.
Today I am not able to walk even 1 mile.
How do we say “He could not read” in another way?
He_______________________________________________________
20. Now you write two sentences, one using “can or could + base form of a verb.______________________________________________________________
and another sentence using to be able to
_______________________________________________________________________
21. Can you tell me something you cannot do.
22. What phrase in verse #5A mean “to get married”? ___________________
23 Why do you think the groom was anxious to take his bride outside?
_______________________________________________________________________
24. What words rhyme?
a. ____________ sort of rhymes with again.
b. mind rhymes with _______________
c. sparked sort of rhymes with _______________
d. kissed sort of rhymes with _______________
e. you rhymes with _______________
f. floor rhymes with _______________
g. store rhymes with _______________
h. sold rhymes with _______________
i. wall rhymes with _______________
j. end sort of rhymes with _______________
k. packed sort of rhymes with _______________
l. text sort of rhymes with _______________
by Woody Guthrie This version was adapted by the Weavers
1. I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again,
Of the people I've met and the places I've seen.
Of some of the troubles that bothered my mind
And a lot of good people that I've left behind, saying:
CHORUS
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh;
So long, it's been good to know yuh.
What a long time since I've been home,
And I've gotta be driftin' along.
2. The sweethearts sat in the dark and they sparked.
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark.
They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed,
But instead of marriage they talked like this: Honey,
CHORUS
3. I went to your family and asked them for you.
They all said, “Take her. Oh, take her, please do!
She can’t cook or sew, and she won’t scrub your floor.”
So I put on my hat and tip-toed out the door, saying,
CHORUS
4. I walked down the street to the grocery store.
It was crowded with people both rich and both poor.
I asked the man how his butter was sold.
He said, “One pound of butter for two pounds of gold.” I said,
5A. The telephone rang. It jumped off the wall,
That was the preacher, a-makin' his call.
We’re waitin’ to tie the knot.
You’re getting married. Believe it or not!
(5B. The telephone rang. It jumped off the wall,
That was the preacher, a-makin' his call.
He said, "Kind friends, this may be the end.
You have your last chance at salvation from sin!")
6A. The church was jammed and the church, it was packed,
The pews were all crowded from the front to the back
A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride,
but I was so anxious, I rushed her outside.
(6B. The church, it was jammed and the church, it was packed,
The pews were all crowded from the front to the back
That the preacher could not read a word of his text,
So he folded his specs, took up a collection, Sayin')
CHORUS
1. What words in the chorus mean: I have to go. or Gotta go
2. What are the present perfect verbs in the first verse?
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. _____________________________
3. Why are the present perfect verbs the correct verbs for this first verse?
4. In the 2nd verse, what are all the past tense verbs?
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. _____________________________
e. _____________________________
f. _____________________________
g. _____________________________
5. Why are these past tense verbs the correct verbs for this 2nd verse?
6. What does “sparked” mean in this verse?
7. “instead of ” is used when you want to tell an alternative idea.
Can you use “instead of” in a sentence?
The “of” is like a preposition, so you’ll have to follow “of” with a noun. For example,
I’ll have onion rings instead of French fries.
We went to Disneyland instead of Lake Tahoe.
Instead of swimming, we just walked along the beach.
8. In verse 3, why did he go to her family? (Answer in a complete sentence.) __________________________________________________________
9. Why did he leave? (in verse 3) Answer in the past tense, please.
10. What’s the difference between these two sentences: (Use the words either and both in your answers.)
“She can’t cook or sew.” _____________________________________________
“She can cook and sew.” _____________________________________________
11. Why do we use “or ” in “She can’t cook or sew?”
For example: We don’t come to school on Saturdays or Sundays.
I won’t eat meat or chicken because I’m a vegetarian.
12. Can you write your own example of a negative sentence using “OR” ?
13. What is a preacher ? Can you give me a synonym? ________________________________________________________________________
14. “jammed” and “packed” are adjectives. What’s another word in verse #6 that means the same thing? __________________________________
15. In verse #6, what are the pews ? ________________________________________________________________________
16. Also in verse #6B, what is the preacher’s “text”? It’s his______________.
17. What is another word for “specs” [spectacles]?
18. What is “the collection.” _________________________________________
19. We use “can” (“could” in the past) to say we are not able to do something. For example:
I can’t drive. = I am not able to drive.
I can speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. =
I am able to speak both Mandarin and Cantonese.
When I was young, I could walk 5 miles and not get tired.
Today I am not able to walk even 1 mile.
How do we say “He could not read” in another way?
He_______________________________________________________
20. Now you write two sentences, one using “can or could + base form of a verb.______________________________________________________________
and another sentence using to be able to
_______________________________________________________________________
21. Can you tell me something you cannot do.
22. What phrase in verse #5A mean “to get married”? ___________________
23 Why do you think the groom was anxious to take his bride outside?
_______________________________________________________________________
24. What words rhyme?
a. ____________ sort of rhymes with again.
b. mind rhymes with _______________
c. sparked sort of rhymes with _______________
d. kissed sort of rhymes with _______________
e. you rhymes with _______________
f. floor rhymes with _______________
g. store rhymes with _______________
h. sold rhymes with _______________
i. wall rhymes with _______________
j. end sort of rhymes with _______________
k. packed sort of rhymes with _______________
l. text sort of rhymes with _______________
Thursday, May 8, 2008
"M" is for the Million Things She Gave Me Lesson
MOTHER (1914)
words by Howard Johnson
music by Theodore Morse
"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
1. This is a song built on an ACROSTIC.
Acrostic poems are easy to write, and some of the easiest acrostic poems use names. Let’s pretend your name is Joe.
J
O
E
Now think of a word or a phrase that describes you that begins with the letter J. Then think of a word or phrase that begins with O. Finally, think of a word or phrase that begins with E. Here's what your acrostic poem might look like:
Jolly
Outgoing
Excellent
Try this: Write your first name vertically and pick some adjectives that describe you.
2. What are the subjects and verbs in this song?
Subject Verb Tense
1. _________________ ________________ ______________
2. _________________ ________________ ______________
3. _________________ ________________ ______________
4. _________________ ________________ ______________
5. _________________ ________________ ______________
6. _________________ ________________ ______________
7. _________________ ________________ ______________
8. _________________ ________________ ______________
9. _________________ ________________ ______________
10. _________________ ________________ ______________
11. _________________ ________________ ______________
12. _________________ ________________ ______________
13. _________________ ________________ ______________
3. What rhymes with what?
a. “old” rhymes with _______________
b. “right” rhymes with ______________
4. What phrase means “to cry.” __________________________
5. What phrase means “she would give you anything she could”.
6. What phrase means “Nothing is more important than this. This is the most important thing to me.” _________________________________________________
words by Howard Johnson
music by Theodore Morse
"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
1. This is a song built on an ACROSTIC.
Acrostic poems are easy to write, and some of the easiest acrostic poems use names. Let’s pretend your name is Joe.
J
O
E
Now think of a word or a phrase that describes you that begins with the letter J. Then think of a word or phrase that begins with O. Finally, think of a word or phrase that begins with E. Here's what your acrostic poem might look like:
Jolly
Outgoing
Excellent
Try this: Write your first name vertically and pick some adjectives that describe you.
2. What are the subjects and verbs in this song?
Subject Verb Tense
1. _________________ ________________ ______________
2. _________________ ________________ ______________
3. _________________ ________________ ______________
4. _________________ ________________ ______________
5. _________________ ________________ ______________
6. _________________ ________________ ______________
7. _________________ ________________ ______________
8. _________________ ________________ ______________
9. _________________ ________________ ______________
10. _________________ ________________ ______________
11. _________________ ________________ ______________
12. _________________ ________________ ______________
13. _________________ ________________ ______________
3. What rhymes with what?
a. “old” rhymes with _______________
b. “right” rhymes with ______________
4. What phrase means “to cry.” __________________________
5. What phrase means “she would give you anything she could”.
6. What phrase means “Nothing is more important than this. This is the most important thing to me.” _________________________________________________
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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