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Unit 1: A Morning Person or a Night
Person
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Look at the Following Images
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Getting Ideas
BRAINSTORMING
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Organize Your Ideas
Mo
rning Person/Night Person
Why I like It What I Do How I feel
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Plan Your Writing
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Leave the Irrelevant
1. Morning
i. Breakfast
ii. Go dancing
iii. Read the paper
iv. New day
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Evening
i. Dinner
ii. Watch the news
iii. Pretty sunrise
iv. Wash dishes
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Afternoon
i. Lunch
ii. Work
iii. Classes
iv. moon
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Night
i. Sunshine
ii. Do homework
iii. Relax
iv. Call family and friends
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Cross Out the Irrelevant sentence:
Maria offered to help her
mother clean the house.
She vacuumed the living room and
dusted the furniture.
She picked up the toys in the
playroom.
She ate a chicken sandwich for lunch.
Then she mopped the kitchen floor.
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Find the Unfit
1. Winter provides the opportunity for
many outdoor activities.
2. Many people enjoy ice skating on a
pond.
3. Swimming in the pond in summer
can also be fun.
4. Skiing can be a thrilling experience
too.
5. After a new snowfall, you can even
build a snowman!
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1. Mary was planning a birthdayparty.
2. She bought the invitations and put them
in the mailbox.
3. She ordered a birthday cake.
4. She played with her new puppy.
5. Then she planned some games to playat the party.
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Recognizing Main Ideas
Show What You Know!
Directions:
Benjamin Franklin was avery famous American.He is known as
agreat writer, scientist and statesman.Read the following
paragraphs andchoose the correct main idea for each
paragraph.
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1. Benjamin Franklin loved to write. When he was twenty-two, he
set up hisown printing shop and started a newspaper. He also
printed a book called
Poor Richards Almanac. It had funny stories, information about
the weather,
and wise sayings.
What is the main idea?
a. Benjamin Franklin loved to write stories and books.
b. Benjamin Franklin worked very hard when he was young.
c. Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about the weather.
d. Benjamin Franklin was very poor.
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3 .Benjamin Franklin was very interested in electricity. One day
he tried avery dangerous experiment to prove that lightning was
electricity. He
attached a key to a kite string and flew the kite during a
thunderstorm. When
the lightning hit the kite, sparks flew from the key. Benjamin
Franklin proved
that lightning was electricity.
What is the main idea?
a. Benjamin Franklin liked to play in the rain.
b. Benjamin Franklin performed an experiment that proved
lightning was electricity.
a. Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about thunderstorms.
b. Benjamin Franklin invented a new kind of kite.
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4. Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier
in the late1700s. He invented the lightning rod that saved many
homes from fires. He
also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room
better than a
fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a
special kind of
glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people
to read better.
a. Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
b. Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
c. Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.
d. A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.
