English Lesson 2020051931 The Hare and the Tortoise

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Dear parents and all students,

There are 7 steps to be followed through in this lesson 2020051931

STEPS :

1.0 Watch video clip from Youtube, sing along. 

2.0 Read a short story.

3.0 Listen to the audio and read along with a passage of story.

4.0 Guided read-along .

5.0 Listen to the audio read-aloud and write the words. 

(Guess 12 words by listening and writing down 12 words in  your exercise book).

6.0 Snap a picture of your completed homework.  

7.0 Answers? 

1.0 Watch the video clip below, sing along. 

2.0 Read the short story below :

The Rabbit and the Turtle 

One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for being so slow. Much to the rabbit's surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the challenge. The fox was the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought. The rabbit reached the halfway point and he could not see the turtle anywhere.

It was very hot. The rabbit felt very tired and so decided to take a break and take a short nap. Even if the turtle passed him, he would be able to race to the finish line and run ahead of him. All this time, the turtle kept walking step-by- step. He decided not to quit no matter how hot or tired he was. He just kept going. However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought. When he woke up, he could not see the turtle anywhere! He raced at full speed to the finish line but he found the turtle there waiting for him.

3.0 Listen to the audio by clicking the link below, and read along . Remember to point to words that go hand-in-hand with text. 

(Make sure you have switched on your audio speaker , Choose "Listen in Browser" if you are using mobile-phone)

4.0 Click the video clip link below to read-along, if you want to read together with Mr.Goh. 

(Make sure you have switched on your audio speaker)

5.0 Click the audio link below and listen, write the words that you know into your exercise book. 

 Remember, DO NOT copy the whole passage. Only write the answers.

(Choose "Listen in Browser" if you are using mobile-phone. You can PAUSE the audio or listen again and again, by clicking back onto the audio-wave)

Example 

(1) shouted

(2)______

(3)______

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(11)

(12)

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

‘Look at me!’ (1)_________the Hare to the other animals. ‘Just look how fast I can run.’

The Hare hopped across a field as fast as he could. All the animals agreed that the Hare (2)_____________ very fast. The Hare ran back.

‘See,’ he showed off. ‘I’m not even out of breath.’

‘Yeah that was fast,’ said a Fox.

‘So who wants a race?’ said the Hare. ‘Anybody think they could beat me?’

None of the animals (3) _________________ 

‘See,’ said the Hare. ‘You’re all too scared to even try.’ 

‘I’ll have a (4) ________________ ,’ said the Tortoise.

The Hare laughed. ‘You?The slowest creature in the whole world? I’m not wasting my time racing a Tortoise.’

‘What’s the matter?’ said the Tortoise. ‘Scared I might  (5)_________________ ?’

Some of the animals laughed at that, so the Hare said, ‘Alright then, Tortoise. Let’s (6)_____________ a race...right now...then we’ll see who’s laughing.’

‘Not today,’ said the Tortoise. ‘We’ll race next week. Got to do a bit of training first.’

Next morning the animals (7) _________________ the Tortoise do his ‘training’. First he did some gentle stretching exercises to warm himself up...and then he (8) _______________to run. 

‘Has he started running yet?’ asked the Fox.

‘Hard to tell with Tortoises,’ said the Hippopotamus. ‘He’s definitely moving.’

‘Is he?’ said the Fox.

‘Tortoise, are you sure about this?’ said the Crow. ‘I mean the Hare is very fast and you...well...’

‘Don’t worry,’ said the Tortoise. ‘This is just day one. I’ll be better and better. You’ll see.’

On the day of the race, crowds of animals (9)__________________ to watch. The Tortoise slowly made his way to the starting line and then suddenly...the Hare ran at top speed wearing a brand new track suit and four expensive-looking shoes. 

‘The race starts here,’ said the Fox pointing to a line on the ground. ‘And ends at that tree on the other side of the field. First one to touch the tree is the winner.’

‘Right, let’s get on with it,’ said the Hare. ‘Ready Tortoise?Ready to see some real speed?’

‘I’m ready,’ said the Tortoise. 

‘Ready, steady...go!’ said the Fox and the race started.

The Hare roared off . The Tortoise was still crossing the starting line. The Hare ran back to the Tortoise.

‘Didn’t you hear him say go? You can start you know.’

‘I have started,’ said the Tortoise. 

‘Look,’ said the Hare. ‘You’re going so slowly I’m going to have a rest. Might even have a little sleep. I’ll continue the race when I (10)_________________ up and still beat you by miles.’

The Hare lay down in the sun and fell asleep. The Tortoise kept going. Slowly, steadily he moved across the field and by evening time he was getting close to the finishing tree. Still,  the Hare slept under the tree,  and now the animals started to get excited.  

‘You know what? I think he might win,’ said the Fox.

‘I can’t believe it,’ said the Hippopotamus. ‘The Tortoise might actually win.’

The animals started to get excited and as the Tortoise (11)________________  close to the finishing tree they started to cheer.

‘Come on Tortoise,’ they shouted. ‘Nearly there. Keep going old friend. Keep going.’

But the noise of the cheering crowd woke up the Hare. He looked across the field,  the Tortoise about to reach the tree and in a flash he was running. 

The Tortoise knew the Hare thundering up behind him but he kept going...and going...and (12)___________ he was there. Just in time the Tortoise touched the tree with his nose. He’d done it. The Tortoise had beaten the Hare fair and square. 

‘There you go,’ said the Hippopotamus. ‘Slow and steady’s sometimes better than fast and flashy.’ 

‘Not fair,’ said the Hare. ‘I was asleep. We have to run the race again. It’s not fair.’

But no-one was listening to the Hare.

6.0 Please snap a picture of your completed homework and post to GOSET, Mr. Goh's English Class in Telegram. 

THE END,  ENJOY !

7.0 Do you know the answers? 

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