Monday, April 25, 2022
Last week's book report.
Finding the Main Idea
Watch the video below and summarize the main idea in 1 paragraph.
Bajan Conkies
This sweet cornmeal based food is perfect for dessert and is well-liked
especially around the month of November.
Ingredients:
12 ounces of cornmeal
12 ounces of grated pumpkin
8 ounces of sweet potato
10 ounces of brown sugar
2 ounces of self-raising flour
6 ounces of melted butter
10 ounces of milk
1 teaspoon of mixed spice
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of mixed essence
4 ounces of raisins
4 large banana leaves (singed)
12 pieces of 20-inch long string
Method
Mix together the pumpkin, coconut, and sweet potato.
Add the sugar, salt, spices and mixed essence. Stir in raisins,
flour and cornmeal and mix well. Combine milk and melted butter
and add to dry ingredients until well blended. Cut banana leaves into
10 inch squares and place 4 tablespoons of the mixture on each square.
Fold the leaf and tie the string. Steam the conkies in a basket over a
saucepan of boiling water until firm and cooked.
Complete the sentences by inserting the missing words.
1. The two main ingredients in conkies are _________ and ____________.
2. Conkies are best eaten as __________.
3. A synonym found in the passage for the word blend is __________.
4. Salt, sugar and essence are used in the recipe to add __________
to the conkies.
5. Two ingredients which add moisture to conkies are _________ and ___________.
6.Conkies are wrapped in ___________ ___________
7. ______________ is used to prevent the conkies from opening.
8. Conkies are cooked (finished) when they have a ________ texture.
9. Twelve ________________ are used in making conkies.
10. _____________ is the method used for cooking conkies.
Book Report
COMPREHENSION
I dared not stir out of my castle for days, lest some savage should capture me. However, I gained a little courage and went with much dread to make sure that the footprint was not mine. I measured my foot against it. Mine was not nearly so large. A stranger, maybe a savage, must have been on shore, and fear again filled my heart.
I determined now to make my house more secure than ever. I built another wall around it, in which I fixed six guns, so that, if need be, I could fire six in two minutes. Then I planted young trees all around. I feared my goats might be hurt or stolen from me, so I fenced round several plots of ground, as much out of sight as possible, and put some goats in each plot. I did all this, while I lived with a terrible fear in my mind that I might one day meet an enemy. I had lived eighteen years on this lonely island.
Once, when on the opposite side of the island, I was filled with horror, for on the ground I saw the remains of a fire, and also a number of human bones. This told me plainly that cannibals had been there.
From Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
How did Robinson Crusoe know that the footprint was not his?
It was smaller than his
It was larger than his
It had a strange shape
2.How quickly could Robinson Crusoe fire his guns?
(a) in thirty seconds
(b) in one minute
(c ) in two minutes
3 .How long had Robinson Crusoe lived on the island?
Eighteen months
Eight years
Eighteen years
4. What did Crusoe feel might be stolen from him?
(a) his guns
(b) his freedom
(C) his goats
Answer the following questions in complete sentences
5 .What two things did Robinson Crusoe do to protect his house?
6.How did Robinson Crusoe ensure the safety of his goats
7. What was Robinson Crusoe’s greatest fear?
8. Why did Robinson Crusoe think that cannibals were on the island?
9. Which word means the same as “if need be”. (a) being (b) necessary (c) voluntary
10-13. Write a word from the passage which means the same as the word or phrases which are given:
Catch: made up my mind:
Go out : safe:
14 Who is the author of this extract?
1. Maria worked 10 hours on Friday, 12 hours on Saturday and 300 minutes on Sunday. What was the average number of hours she worked on those 3 days?
2. Which is more, the average of the 4 even whole numbers from 8 to 15 or the average of the 4 odd whole numbers from 8 to 15? 3. Bangkok can get very hot in the summer months. The temperature in Bangkok during a period of 1 week was 33° C, 32°C, 31°C, 39°C, 35°C, 30°C and 38°C. What was the average daily temperature in Bangkok during this week?
Use each of the following words to make two sentences, showing the different meanings of the words.
a) spell
b) tear
c) plant
d) rock
e) present
f) object
g) note
h) rattle
Omari searched both of his pockets. He was looking for the five thousand
dollars that his mother gave him to take to the shop. It was nowhere to be found.
He searched around the floor of the shop but it was not there. He retraced his
steps to the head of the street but there was no sign of the note. He wondered
if it was down the street where he lived but he dared not check there.
He started to wring his hands as his mother's words echoed in his ears.
"This is all that we have; hold it carefully." He scratched his head. What
would he tell his mother? He thought of the thrashing that he would get.
He was about to cry when he saw his mother coming down the road. She
looked angry. He wiped his face and thought of a fib that he would tell her.
He could hear himself breathing heavily as she approached him. He ran to her
and started to tell her of the man that had just snatched the money. Just then
he saw the five thousand dollars in his mother's hands. His face turned a bright
red and he lowered his head. After scolding him for his lie, his mother told him
that in his haste to return to his favourite cartoon he had dropped the money on
the floor of the kitchen.
Omari was relieved but ashamed. He walked all the way home with his head
bent.
31. When Omari discovered that the money was missing, he was
(A) at the shop.
(B) in the kitchen.
(C) sitting on the corner.
(D) at the head of the street.
32. The phrase "retraced his steps" in line 4 means that Omari
(A) drew his footsteps on the road.
(B) walked the route that he took before.
(C) walked a different route from the first one.
(D) looked for his footsteps and walked in them.
33. Omari was reluctant to go and search for the money in the street where he lived
because he
(A) thought the money was not there.
(B) could see clearly through the street.
(C) was afraid his mother would see him.
(D) was scared of the children who lived there.
34. Which two words in the passage have the same meaning?
(A) fib, lie
(B) money, check
(C) retraced, dared
(D) searched, scratched
35. In which of the following sentences does the reader learn that Omari was
scared?
(A) She looked angry.
(B) It was nowhere to be found.
(C) He retraced his steps to the head of his street.
(D) He could hear himself breathing heavily as she approached him.
Read the passage below carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Snakes are some of the most dangerous animals in a tropical rainforest. Many
snakes are poisonous. They catch frogs, beetles and other small animals on
the rainforest floor and kill them with their poisonous fangs. Other snakes slide
between the branches or wrap themselves around a tree, waiting for their prey.
Some snakes squeeze their prey to death which means that the squeeze is
sometimes as deadly as the bite. An anaconda can squeeze a caiman to death
and then swallow it whole. It may take several days to digest the animal. While
it is doing this, the snake can hardly move. The female anaconda is one of
the world's longest snakes and weighs as much as a horse. This snake is not
poisonous. The yellow anaconda, I ke all snakes, can swim. Its eyes and nose
are on top of its head so it can see when it hides just under the water.
Snakes are often hard to see. The bright green skin of some snakes blends in
with the plants and trees. Normally snakes wrap around a branch and reach
down to catch a chick from the bird's nest.
It would be wise to choose a different pathway if you are to ever clash with a
snake.
Adapted from James Harrison, The Rainforest,
36. Which of the following words could best replace the word "dangerous" as used
in line 1 of the passage?
(A) Risky
(B) Unsafe
(C) Harmful
(D) Insecure
37. Which of the following is the poisonous part of snakes?
(A) Skin
(B) Tongue
(C) The pair of eyes
(D) The pair of fangs
38. The bright green skin of some snakes blends in with the colour of its environment.
This serves as a
(A) veil.
(B) cloak.
(C) disguise.
(D) distraction.
39. The expression "the squeeze is sometimes as deadly as the bite" (lines 5-6) is
an example of
(A) a simile.
(B) a metaphor.
(C) an adjective.
(D) an interjection.
40. Which of the following best captures the main topic of the passage?
(A) Life of an anaconda
(B) Snakes coming awake
(C) Snakes and their methods of hunting
(D) Snakes and the caimans at work in the we
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