ENGLISH LANGUAGE YEAR FIVE Factual Text Pg 27 Year : 5 Mawar Proficiency Level : Mixed Ability Specifications : Read and understand simple paragraph Give words similar in meaning Read and obtain meaning of words and phrases for contextual clues. for contextual clues Read and understand cause and effect relationship relationship Looking at the cover and pictures of stories and talking about them. talking about them Read and talk about the action of people and animals in the story read animals in the story read Relate the people and events in the story to one’s life. life. Duration : 60 minutes

Pre-reading Activities 1.Draw pupils’ attention to the picture given. Activity A Teacher discusses the picture in a brainstorming session using simple and general questions. Activity B In groups of 4, pupils present their findings in the mahjong paper.

Pre-reading Activities Picture 1 : e.g- a) What does the picture show? b) What are the men in picture 1 doing? c) Who are they? d) Where do you think they are taking the garbage?

Picture 2 e.g - a) Where does the truck dump the rubbish? b) Name the things that people throw. c) Name other ways to dispose your garbage. (accept all logical answers)

The text- page Every day, we always have things to throw into the garbage bin. These are things that we do not want to use or keep anymore. They may be used bottles, leftover food, papers, rags and tins. In many small towns garbage is brought by trucks to open dumps. Here it is burnt or left to rot. These open dumps attract a lot of flies and rats. If the wind blows in your direction, the smell would be very unpleasant.

Garbage is also taken to landfills. Most garbage from big town and cities is disposed of in this way. Landfills are not as smelly as open dumps because workers use tractors to cover the garbage with layers of earth. When a landfill is full, it looks like a small hill and we can plant trees on it to make it beautiful. Another way to dispose of rubbish is to bury or burn it. For many of us who live in kampung and rural areas, garbage trucks do not come to collect it. We usually dig a big hole and dump it there. Either we burn it or leave it to rot.

Finally garbage from most big and modern cities in the world like Kuala Lumpur goes to gigantic incinerators. An incinerator looks like a factory with tall chimneys. Glass, paper, plastic and metal are separated from the garbage goes into furnaces and are burned.

While-reading activities Activity A – First reading 1.Sit in pairs and read the text silently. 2. As you read, discuss with your pair and complete the exercise. 3. Your answers should be based on the information on each paragraph in the text. 4. Present and check your answers in class.

Example paragraph 1 Read and fill in the bin with suitable words 1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._______________ 5._______________ Yummy!! What are they going to throw in next?

Paragraph 2 Read and write the effects Open dumps 1.______ 2.______ CAUSEEFFECTS

Paragraph 3 Read and match the sentence halves Garbage from big towns and cities are Tractors are used to When a landfill is full, cover the garbage with layers of earth. taken to landfill for disposal. we can plant trees on it.

POST-READING ACTIVITIES Activity A Discuss with your friends and make a list of the proper way to dispose rubbish at home.

POST-READING ACTIVITIES Activity B Find words similar to the following words from the text. 1.garbage -______________ 2.unpleasant - ______________ 3.gigantic - ______________ 4.beautiful -______________

POST-READING ACTIVITIES Activity C Answer these questions. 1.Where is garbage from small towns sent to? (Specific Detail) 1.The word “it” in line 1 paragraph 4 refers to…. a)the rubbish b)the landfill c)the truck d)the factory (Pronoun Reference)

3. Why do you think there are a lot of flies and rats at open dumps? (Cause and Effect) 4. What will happen if the garbage is not properly disposed? (Inference) 5. Which of the following best describes the condition of the city if there is no garbage collector? a)Dirty b)Beautiful c)Clean (Drawing Conclusion)

Activity D Some irresponsible neighbours dump their rubbish near your house. What can you do to solve the problem?