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The lonely caterpillar

A hungry, lonely caterpillar

crawled up the juicy stalk.

He ate and ate the leaves away.

through the night and through the day.

He grew so fat he burst his skin

and lay him down to rest –

in a bed of silk, just like a king

he stayed till early Spring.

When he awoke he spread his wings

of gold and silver and yellow and blue

for the friendly sun to dry –

and then – away he flew,

A

beautiful

BUTTERFLY!

G.J.M.

LO 2.2 LO 3.2.2 LO 3.5
  • How well did you listen.
  • Why do you think the caterpillar was lonely?
  • What did he do all night and all day?
  • “He burst his skin because .................................................”
  • Where did he get his “bed of silk?”
  • Describe his wings.
  • What happened to the caterpillar?
LO 2.1 LO 6.1 LO 6.2

The life story of the caterpillar

  • Look at the pictures.
  • Tell the class the story of the caterpillar’s life. Begin from 1. Fill in the other numbers 2 – 6 in the right order.

LO 2.5 LO 3.1.1 LO 5.2.1
  • Read the sentences and decide which sentence fits which pictures.
  • Write the number in the block.
LO 1.1.4 LO 3.1.4 LO 4.5
  • Draw pictures or find pictures in magazines and paste them here.

What I like for breakfast.

What I like for lunch.

What I like for supper.

LO 2.5 LO 3.1.5 LO 5.2.1

My dictionary page

  • How many of these words can you read?
  • Keep this page in your file.
lonely caterpillar lovely sunny rainbow
tiny soft leaf crawling find
kept Mother Hen chicks near chicks
ladybird flew over breakfast grew
bigger fatter longer lunch supper
stalk owl flapped wings carried
high nearly hatch eggs cocoon
  • Choose one and colour it.
LO 3.4.8 LO 3.6 LO 5.5

Assessment

Learning Outcome 1: LISTENING : The learner is able to listen for information and enjoyment and respond appropriately and critically in a wider range of situations.

Assessment Standard 1.1: We know this when the learner understands short, simple stories:

1.1.4 sequences pictures and matches captions with pictures;

Learning Outcome 2: SPEAKING : The learner is able to communicate confidently and effectively in spoken language in a wide range of situations.

Assessment Standard 2.1: We know this when the learner responds appropriately to simple questions;

Assessment Standard 2.2: We know this when the learner memorises and performs songs, action rhymes and simple poems;

Assessment Standard 2.5: We know this when the learner talks about a picture or drawings;

Learning Outcome 3: READING AND VIEWING : The learner is able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts;

Assessment Standard 3.1: We know this when the learner uses pictures to understand written texts:

3.1.1 makes sense of a picture story by sequencing pictures;

3.1.4 matches a sentence as a caption to a picture;

3.1.5 draws a picture to illustrate a sentence;

Assessment Standard 3.2: We know this when the learner begins to make meaning of written text by reading with the teacher;

3.2.2 follows the teacher’s eye and finger movements;

Assessment Standard 3.4: We know this when the learner develops phonic awareness:

3.4.8 recognises on sight an increasing number of high-frequency words;

Assessment Standard 3.5: We know this when the learner reads fiction and non-fiction books at an appropriate level for information and enjoyment;

Assessment Standard 3.6: We know this when the learner demonstrates a reading vocabulary of ± 400 words;

Learning Outcome 4: WRITING : The learner is able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes.

Assessment Standard 4.5: We know this when the learner puts jumbled sentences/words in the right order and copies them;

Learning Outcome 5: THINKING AND REASONING : The learner is able to use language to think and reason, and access, process and use information for learning.

Assessment Standard 5.2: We know this when the learner uses language for thinking;

5.2.1 identifies similarities and differences by comparing;

Assessment Standard 5.5: We know this when the learner keeps a personal dictionary;

Learning Outcome 6: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY : The learner knows and is able to use the sounds, vocabulary and grammar of the language to create and interpret texts.

Assessment Standard 6.1: We know this when the learner understands and uses some question forms;

Assessment Standard 6.2: We know this when the learner understands and uses simple past tense.

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Source:  OpenStax, English first additional language grade 2. OpenStax CNX. Sep 22, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11117/1.1
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