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Look at Unit 10 – The Telephone (page 28)
The telephone
Read paragraph 1. Put the important information in the table.
Who What Where When Describing words
Edinburgh Greek
Read paragraph 2. Put the important information in the table.
Who What Where When Describing words
Use the information in the table to complete these sentences.
1. Alexander Graham Bell __________________ the telephone.
2. Alexander Graham bell was born in __________________ .
3. He moved with his family to __________________ .
4. He invented the telephone in __________________ .
5. He did many __________________ .
6. He made the first telephone call. He spoke to __________________
_______________ .
7. Thomas Watson was in _______________ _______________
_________________ .
Notes
The gap fill exercise, using words from the tables (i.e. text),
makes it clear to pupils that they have understood the text.
This builds confidence for working in the more challenging
environment of the mainstream class.
The table of information is designed to reinforce one of the
basic sentence constructions in English:
Subject + verb + object + place + time
The above example asks pupils to work at paragraph level.
This type of exercise can also be used at sentence level.
Pages 184 and 185 are templates designed to develop the
essential skill of scan reading with any text.
Extension
Pupils put away their books and
worksheets and, in pairs, write
sentences about the text.
Pupils find action words (verbs) in
the text. Make a list of the words
(e.g. was invented, was born,
moved, made, spoke, said, etc.) on
the board. In pairs pupils use the
verbs to make sentences based on
the information in the text.