Exercise 15 football basketball • What is the contraction for do not? (Tap.)
15 Don’t.
Repeat step a until firm.
a. (Point to baseball.) You use this ball when you b. What is the contraction for who is? (Tap.)
play the game of baseball.
Who’s.
• What game? (Tap.) Baseball. • What is the contraction for I will? (Tap.) I’ll.
b. (Point to football.) You use this ball when you • What is the contraction for I am? (Tap.) I’m.
• What is the contraction for we are? (Tap.)
play the game of football.
• Say football. (Tap.) Football. We’re.
• What game? (Tap.) Football. • What is the contraction for where is? (Tap.)
c. (Point to basketball.) You use this ball when
Where’s.
you play the game of basketball. c. What is the contraction for what is? (Tap.)
• Say basketball. (Tap.) Basketball.
• What game? (Tap.) Basketball. What’s.
Repeat steps a through c until firm. • What is the contraction for we are? (Tap.)
d. (Point to baseball.) What game do people play We’re.
with this ball? (Tap.) Baseball. • What is the contraction for do not? (Tap.)
• Yes, people play the game of baseball with this ball. Don’t.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) People play the game of • What is the contraction for will not? (Tap.)
baseball with this ball.
Won’t.
e. (Point to football.) What game do people play Repeat steps b and c until firm.
with this ball? (Tap.) Football.
Exercise 17 rose roses
• Yes, people play the game of football with this ball.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) People play the game of a. Listen: There were 100 sweet-smelling flowers.
football with this ball. Some of these flowers lived for only one
summer.
f. (Point to basketball.) What game do people
play with this ball? (Tap.) Basketball. • How long did some of the flowers live? (Tap.)
For only one summer.
• Yes, people play the game of basketball with
this ball. • Other flowers lived year after year.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) People play the game of b. The woman who planted these flowers was
basketball with this ball.
named Rose.
Repeat steps d through f until firm. • What name? (Tap.) Rose.
c. Rose loved the sweet smell of her flowers. The
Exercise 16 contractions
flowers she loved most were her roses.
a. Listen: What is the contraction for is not? • What kind of flowers? (Tap.) Roses.
(Tap.) Isn’t. d. Listen again: Her purple roses did not have
• What is the contraction for would not? the same smell as the yellow roses.
(Tap.) Wouldn’t. • Listen: Her purple roses did not have the
• What is the contraction for are not? (Tap.) same smell as the yellow roses.
Aren’t. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Her purple roses did not
have the same smell as the yellow roses.
• What is the contraction for will not? (Tap.) • But both the yellow roses and the purple
Won’t. roses had wonderful smells.
• What did they have? (Tap.) Wonderful smells.
Repeat steps a through d until firm.
e. One day in the middle of summer, Rose said, Exercise 18 dairy products
“I will pick one rose today. I will pick the rose
with the best smell.” 18
• So she smelled all of her roses. She smelled a. What do we call all these things? (Tap.) Dairy
her roses that were on vines and her roses products.
that were on bushes. After half an hour, she
knew which roses were good and which roses • Yes, these are dairy products.
were better. Say the sentence. (Tap.) These are dairy products.
• Listen again: After half an hour, she knew b. Tell me the names.
which roses were good and which roses were c. (Point to cheese.) What dairy product is this?
better.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) After half an hour, she (Tap.) Cheese.
knew which roses were good and which roses were Say the sentence about this dairy product.
better. (Tap.) This dairy product is cheese.
• (Point to milk.) What dairy product is this?
f. But she did not know which rose was best. (Tap.) Milk.
60 roses had a good smell and 40 roses had Say the sentence. (Tap.) This dairy product is
a better smell. milk.
• (Point to butter.) What dairy product is this?
• How many had a good smell? (Tap.) 60. (Tap.) Butter.
• How many had a better smell? (Tap.) 40. Say the sentence. (Tap.) This dairy product is
Repeat steps e and f until firm. butter.
• (Point to ice cream.) What dairy product is
g. So she smelled all 40 of the better roses. After this? (Tap.) Ice cream.
she smelled all 40 roses, she knew three of Repeat steps a through c until firm.
those roses smelled better than the others.
d. You’re going to tell me the dairy product you
• What did she know after she smelled all 40 like the most.
roses again? (Tap.) Three of those roses smelled
better than the others. e. (Call on a student:) What dairy product do
you like the most? (Ideas: Cheese; milk; butter;
• Yes, she knew that three of them smelled ice cream.)
better than the others.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) She knew that three of • (Repeat steps d and e with several students.)
them smelled better than the others.
• Raise your hand if you like cheese the most. ✓
h. Two of those roses were beautiful. One was • Raise your hand if you like milk the most. ✓
small and was not very beautiful.
• Raise your hand if you like ice cream the
• She closed her eyes and smelled the best roses
again and again, until she knew which rose most. ✓
had the best smell. She opened her eyes and
looked at the best smelling rose. It was the
rose that was not very beautiful. She looked
at the rose and said,“You may not look very
beautiful, but you have the sweetest smell of
all my roses.”
• Listen again: You have the sweetest smell of
all my roses.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You have the sweetest
smell of all my roses.
i. So Rose will pick that flower.
Repeat steps g through i until firm.
Exercise 19 MEERA story . e. Raise your hand if you think Meera's lie will
a. What’s the name of the girl who noticed be bigger than the one she told today. ✓
things when she walked? (Tap.) Meera.
f. Before breakfast the next morning, Meera
• Does Meera ever lie to her mother? (Tap.) went for her walk around the block. As she
Yes. was walking, she tried to think of a lie that
was so big her mother would listen to it. After
• Yes, Meera sometimes lies to her mother. Say thinking about it for a couple of minutes, she
the sentence. (Tap.) Meera sometimes lies to said to herself,“I have a good lie for Mother.”
her mother.
• What did she say to herself? (Tap.) I have a
• Does her mother ever lie to Meera? (Tap.) good lie for Mother.
Yes.
Yes, sometimes her mother lies to Meera. g. Her mother was cooking breakfast. Meera
said,“Mother, I noticed two things this
b. On the fourth morning, Meera told her morning, only two.”
mother about some things. She told her
about the blue flowers in their garden, about • “Yes, dear,” her mother said.
the crack in the street in front of the Nabha's h. How many things did Meera say she noticed?
house, and about the new dog that the
Kapoor family had. These were not lies. (Tap.) Two.
• Yes, she said she noticed only two things.
• Then she said,“Oh, I also noticed the Patil's
house burned down last night.” Say the sentence. (Tap.) She said she noticed
only two things.
c. (Call on a student.) What did she say i. Meera said,“Here’s the first thing. I noticed
happened to the Patil's house? (Ideas: The that your car is not in the driveway.”
Patil's house burned down; It burned down last • Say driveway. (Tap.) Driveway.
night.) A driveway goes from a street to a garage.
• Listen again: A driveway goes from a street to
• Yes, she told her mother the Patil's house a garage.
burned down. Say the sentence about a driveway. (Tap.)
Everybody, what did she tell her mother? A driveway goes from a street to a garage.
(Tap.) The Patil's house burned down. Repeat steps e through i until firm.
d. Then she asked her mother something. After Meera said that her mother’s car
• What did she ask her mother? (Tap.) Did you was not in the driveway, her mother said,“Yes,
dear. That is very interesting.”
notice that?
Repeat steps a through d until firm. Meera said,“The other thing I noticed was
that two men were driving your car down
Her mother was cooking breakfast. She Oak Street.”
said,“Yes, dear, I noticed that.”
“Yes, dear,” her mother said. Then she
After breakfast, her mother said,“Did dropped the spoon she was holding and said,
anything bad happen to the Patil's house? “WHAT DID YOU SAY?”
I can’t remember what somebody told me Before Meera could answer, her mother
about their house.” ran out the back door and ran to the
driveway. Then she walked back inside the
Meera said,“I don’t know, mother. I didn’t house.
notice anything different about their house.” She said,“My car is still in the driveway.
As Meera was watering the garden that Why did you tell me it was not there?”
morning, she said to herself,“My mother is still Meera said,“Because you never listen to
not listening to what I say, but she is almost me. You are not interested in hearing about
listening. She may listen tomorrow.” the things I notice.”
Her mother started to cry. She put her Exercise 20 warm day sunburned
arms around Meera and gave her a big kiss.
Then she said,“I’m sorry, dear. I . . . I . . . .” She a. Almost all of your body is covered with
looked at the floor and said, “I don’t listen to something.
the things you notice because they are not
interesting to me. I’m sorry.” She cried louder. • What is the name of that covering? (Tap.) Skin.
Suddenly, Meera became very sad and started • Yes, almost all of your body is covered with
to cry. She said,“I’m also sorry.” skin.
Her mother said,“I know that you are Say the sentence. (Tap.) Almost all of your body
interested in those things, but I . . . I do not find is covered with skin.
them interesting.” b. (Call on a student.) When you stay out in the
Meera said, “From now on, I won’t tell you hot sun, what happens to your skin? (Ideas: It
about everything I notice, just the things that I turns color; gets burned.)
think you will find interesting.” Yes, when you stay out in the hot sun, your
And that’s what she did. skin gets sunburned.
• Say sunburned. (Tap.) Sunburned.
j. Every morning, Meera goes for a walk • Say: Your skin gets sunburned. (Tap.) Your skin
around the block. She notices things as she gets sunburned.
walks around the block, but she only tells Say the sentence: When you stay out in the
her mother about things she thinks would be hot sun, your skin gets sunburned. (Tap.)
interesting to her mother. When you stay out in the hot sun, your skin gets
sunburned.
• Does she tell her mother about everything c. When your skin is sunburned, does it hurt?
she notices? (Tap.) No. (Tap.) Yes.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) She does not tell her • Yes, sunburned skin hurts.
mother about everything she notices. Say the sentence. (Tap.) Sunburned skin hurts.
Repeat steps a through c until firm.
k. (Call on a student.) What are the only things
she tells her mother? (Idea: Things her mother d. Listen: The weather was cold for five months.
might be interested in.) • How long was the weather cold? (Tap.) For five
• Yes, Meera only tells her mother about things months.
her mother might be interested in. • Then there was a very warm day.
• Listen again: Meera only tells her mother Say the sentence. (Tap.) Then there was a very
about things her mother might be interested in. warm day.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Meera only tells e. Utkarsh wanted to sit out in the sun. So he
her mother about things her mother might be went to the river, took his shirt off, and sat on
interested in. a rock. He put on his sunglasses and read
a book.
Repeat steps j and k until firm. • What did he put on? (Tap.) His sunglasses.
Yes, sunglasses are dark glasses.
l. That’s the end of the story. f. On a sunny day, you can see things more
• The end is the very last part. clearly with sunglasses.
• Listen again: On a sunny day, you can see
things more clearly with sunglasses.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) On a sunny day, you
can see things more clearly with sunglasses.
Repeat steps d through f until firm.
g. Utkarsh's book was very interesting. So he • What part of his body did he fall on? (Tap.)
read it for more than an hour. Then he got up, His seat.
put on his shirt, and went home.
d. As he got up, his mother said,“Watch your
• Now, it’s two hours later. step, dear.”
h. (Call on a student.) How do you think his
• What did she say? (Tap.) Watch your step, dear.
back feels? (Ideas: His back burns; it hurts.) Repeat steps a through d until firm.
Yes, his back burns. It hurts.
• (Call on a student.) How do you think his Exercise 22 understand instructions
shoulders feel? (Ideas: His shoulders burn; they
hurt.) a. You learned a sentence about something Julie
• Yes, his shoulders burn. can’t do.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) His Say that sentence. (Tap.) Avni can’t understand
shoulders burn. the instructions she reads.
i. Utkarsh looks in a mirror. Before he went to
the river, his shoulders and his back and his • Yes, Avni can’t understand the instructions she
arms were white. reads.
• Do you think they are still white? (Tap.) No. Say that sentence again. (Tap.) Avni can’t
• (Call on a student.) What color do you think understand the instructions she reads.
they are now? (Idea: Red.)
Yes, his shoulders and his back and his arms Repeat step a until firm.
are as red as a very red apple.
• He is sunburned. 22
Say the sentence. (Tap.) He is sunburned.
Repeat steps g through i until firm. b. (Point to man.) This man is giving Avni
instructions.
Exercise 21 watch your step Say the sentence. (Tap.) This man is giving Avni
instructions.
a. Yash's mother told him,“There is ice on
the sidewalk. So watch your step.” • Do those instructions tell her how to fix her
sink? (Tap.) No.
• Listen again: Watch your step.
• What did she say? (Tap.) Watch your step. • Those instructions don’t tell her how to fix her
• Yes, she told him to watch his step. sink.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) Those instructions don’t
Say the sentence. (Tap.) She told him to watch tell her how to fix her sink.
his step.
b. He said,“Mom, I am so good at walking on ice, c. Raise your hand if you know what the
there is no way I could fall down.”
• He said,“I could run on ice with my eyes instructions tell her. ✓
closed.”
• What did he say? (Tap.) I could run on ice with • (Call on a student. Idea: How to change a tyre
my eyes closed. on her car.)
c. She said,“It’s dangerous out there, so watch Yes, those instructions tell her how to change
your step.” a tyre on her car.
• He put on his jacket, opened the front door,
went down the stairs very fast, turned around • Everybody, what do they tell her? (Tap.) How
to wave to his mother, slipped and fell on his to change a tyre on her car.
seat.
Repeat steps b and c until firm.
d. When you change a tyre on a car, you take f. The man is giving Avni instructions about how
something off the car and put something on to change a tyre on her car, but she does
the car. not understand the instructions.
• (Call on a student.) What do you take off the • Who is giving Avni instructions? (Tap.) The
car? (Idea: The bad tyre.) man.
• (Call on a student.) What do you put on the • Yes, the man is giving Avni instructions about
car? (Idea: A good tyre.) how to change a tyre on her car.
Say the sentence about the man. (Tap.) The
• Yes, you take off the bad tyre and put on a man is giving Avni instructions about how to
good tyre. change a tyre on her car.
e. Everybody, what do you take off the car? • Does she understand the instructions? (Tap.)
(Tap.) The bad tyre. No.
• Yes, you take the bad tire off the car. g. She says: I do not understand you.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You take the bad tyre • What does she say? (Tap.) I do not understand
off the car.
you.
• What do you put on the car? (Tap.) A good h. The man tries to tell her again.
tyre. • This time she says: I don’t understand what
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You put a good tyre on
the car. you are saying.
• What does she say? (Tap.) I don’t understand
• You take the bad tyre off the car and put a
good tyre on the car. what you are saying.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) You take the bad tyre i. The man tries to tell her again.
off the car and put a good tyre on the car. • This time she says: I still don’t understand
• What do you do with the good tyre? (Tap.) those instructions.
Put it on the car. • What does she say? (Tap.) I still don’t
• Yes, you put it on the car. understand those instructions.
Say that. (Tap.) You put it on the car. Repeat steps f through i until firm.
Repeat steps d and e until firm. j. At last, the man asks her, “Where is your
car?”
• She says,“Right across the street.”
• Where is her car? (Tap.) Right across the street.
k. (Call on a student.) What does the man do
next? (Idea: Changes the tyre on her car.)
Yes, he changes the tyre on her car.
l. Before he does that, he says,“I will show you
how to change your tyre.”
• What does he say before he changes the tyre?
(Tap.) I will show you how to change your tyre.
m. After he changes the tire, Avni says, ”Thank
you. Now I understand how to change a tyre.”
• Does she understand the man’s instructions
now? (Tap.) Yes.
Repeat steps j through m until firm.
Exercise 23 heart moves blood Exercise 24 SANKET and SANDEEP story
a. Everybody, part of the mouth tastes things. a. Sandeep,Viraj, and Sanket were going down a
• What part tastes things? (Tap.) The tongue. steep part of the mountain. It was raining
• Yes, the tongue tastes things. hard. Rocks and dirt fell down the mountain
onto the path. They could not go back up to
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The tongue tastes the top of the mountain.
things.
b. Listen: Something inside the chest goes thump, • (Call on a student.) Why not? (Ideas: A big
thump, thump. rock pushed away part of the path; there was no
• What is that thing? (Tap.) The heart. path in back of them.)
c. Ask me: What job does the heart do? (Tap.)
What job does the heart do? The heart moves b. And it would be difficult for them to keep
blood inside your body. going down the mountain because something
• What does the heart do? (Tap.) Moves blood was on the path in front of them.
inside your body.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) The heart moves blood • (Call on a student.) What was on the path?
inside your body. (Idea: A pile of rocks.)
d. When a person is running, does the blood
move faster or slower? (Tap.) Faster. c. Everybody, could Sandeep push the rocks off the
• Yes, when a person is running, the heart works path? (Tap.) No.
harder.
Say the sentence. (Tap.) When a person is • (Call on a student.) Why not? (Idea: Some of
running, the heart works harder. the rocks were too big to push.)
e. (Call on a student.) What is the heart’s job?
(Idea: To move blood inside your the body.) • Everybody, could they go around the rocks?
• Yes, the heart’s job is to move blood inside the (Tap.) No.
body.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) The heart’s d. (Call on a student.) What would the men have
job is to move blood inside the body. to do? (Idea: Climb over the rocks.)
Repeat steps a through e until firm.
• The men would have to climb over the rocks.
Everybody, say the sentence. (Tap.) The men
would have to climb over the rocks.
Repeat steps a through d until firm.
That was dangerous because the rocks
might start to slide. The pile of rocks was
about 3 metres high. Sandeep told Viraj,“You
wait here. I’ll climb to the top and look
around. Then I’ll come back and help you
climb over the rocks.”
Sandeep climbed to the top of the rock
pile. He stood up on a large rock. He
shouted,
“It looks okay on the other side of the pile. I
think you can . . . .”
He never finished his sentence. The rock
he was standing on started to slide down.
Sandeep turned around and jumped, as that
rock and two other rocks slid off the pile and
fell down the mountainside. Sanket could not
see Sandeep because Sandeep jumped to the
other side of the pile.
Sanket stood there in the wind and the Viraj had a little trouble, so Sanket pushed
rain, listening. Then he shouted,“Sandeep, on Viraj's seat. Viraj made it to the top of the
round rock. He started to stand up. Sanket
are you okay?” shouted,“Stay on your hands and knees. I
Sandeep did not answer. think that will be safer. Go a little to your
left . . . good. You got it.” Todd held up his
Again, Sanket called,“Sandeep, are you hand and smiled.
okay? Can you hear me?” Sanket climbed to the top of the rock pile.
“Yeah, I’m on the path but . . . my leg is It was difficult because he was holding Viraj's
cane, but he did it and did it without thinking
between two rocks and I can’t get it out.” about falling. He was watching Viraj, who
“Are you hurt? Did you break your leg?” “I was going over some smaller rocks. “Stop,”
don’t think I broke my leg, but it hurts.” Sanket Sanket shouted. Sanket climbed to where
was very scared. He was ready to say, Viraj was. Sanket said,“Go a little to the
left.” Sanket stood up. He could see Sandeep
“What should we do?” But before he could now. Sandeep was near the edge of the
say the words, a voice inside him said,“You mountain. His left leg was between two
know what to do. You have to do what rocks that were the size of coffee tables.
Sandeep would do.”
Sanket told Viraj,“We’re going down the
A sudden change came over him. He other side of the pile now. I’ll go first. Follow
wasn’t thinking about himself now. He was me. I will stay on my hands and knees all the
thinking about what he had to do. He was way down. You can feel where my feet are.”
thinking of Viraj and Sandeep. He thought
about how Viraj must feel. Viraj was scared. Viraj say,“Okay.”
And how did Sandeep feel? Sandeep was Sanket and Viraj went down to the path.
scared. Sanket said to himself,“I can’t be a Sandeep looked at them and smiled. Sanket
said to Sandeep,“You don’t look like
follower. I have to be a helper.” you’re having a very good time.”
Sanket said to Viraj, “Give me your cane. “That’s true,” Sandeep said.
You will be able to climb better with no cane. e. More next time.
You need both arms and legs. “Then he told
Viraj, “I will tell you what’s in front of you and
what you should do.”
Viraj smiled and nodded. He gave his cane
to Sanket.
Then Sanket said,“Okay, the best way up
is to your right a little bit. That’s the way
Sandeep went up. Reach up and there’s a flat
rock you can put your hand on.” Viraj found
it. Sanket said,“Now climb over the round
rock in front of you. It is chest high.”