Discussion

Discuss the advantages and disadvanges of hiring elderly people to work in a resturant.

Advantages of hiring elderly people are:

• The poor elderly people can work in the resturant to support their living.
• They will not get bored and they get job skills
• Some of them have good experiences to share with others.

Disadvantages of hiring eldery people are:

• They work slower than the young people
• They may make mistakes when counting money
• They may get sick easily

Liu Xiang and the Asian Games

Liu Xiang is a Chinese national hero. He joined the Asian Games 2009 in Hong Kong. He got the first place in the 110m hurdles event on 11th December, 2009.

I was very happy with his performance. I think all Hong Kong citizens were also happy with his good result. Although he finished the event in 14.05 seconds that is 1.10 seconds more than the record he finished last month in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, his performance was cheered by the audiences.

Sentence Structure

1. The boys would follow the family rules to protect themselves.
2. Their father would tell them to remember the rules next time.

How can the gear help the boys?
The gear can help the boy with the protection so they will not get hurts.

Why didn't the boy follow the rules?
It was because they thought the gear could be left on the way where they would come back to pick it up.

A Reply Letter

Dear Anna,

Thank you for writing to me. Sorry that we could not post your first letter because too many students wrote to us in September.

I like snacks just like you. Among them I love chocolate the most. I also like candies, chips and ice-cream.

Why don't you like eggs. I find eggs yummy no matter how you cook them. I can't think of any food I don't like.

I hope you have a happy life and become a fashion designer in the future.

Cheers,
Louis

If I were... I would...

If I ___________ (be) you, I ________________ (buy) the shoes.
If he ________ (try) harder, he __________(reach) his goals.
I _________ (buy) these shoes if they ___________(fit).
It ____________(surprise / not) me if he ___________ (know / not) the answer.

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If I _were_ (be) you, I _would buy_ (buy) the shoes.
If he _tried_ (try) harder, he _would reach_(reach) his goals.
I _would buy_ (buy) these shoes if they __fit_(fit).
It _would not surprise_(surprise / not) me if he _didn’t know__ (know / not) the answer.

Job Application

A teacher post is available in my school. Many people apply for the job. They also fill in some job application forms. Admission cards are available for them to come for interviews. They are free of charge but they must show their examination results to the principal. The principal does not think they can give good teaching service. The principal says they may apply jobs in Children Protection Association. They are all happy with the suggestion.

Henry's dinner

It was six o'clock on Friday. Henry was home alone. He was watching TV and he was hungry.

He went into the kitchen. He did not find any cooked food. All the food in the fridge was uncooked.

Henry wanted to cook for his parents. He thought about cooking like a chef. He then started cooking a lot of food. He left the food on the table.

When his parents came home, they were surprised to see the food on the table. They had a good dinner that night. Henry's parents were very happy.

Hiking

It was a cloudy day in Autumn. John and his friends went hiking. They hiked up a hill with a steep slope.

Suddenly a strong wind blew to them. John's friend, Tom slipped and fell. Tom was afraid and started crying because his knee was bleeding.

John saw the fall. He helped Tom to bandage his knee. Tom was happy again.

The continued climbing the hill and finally they reached the top of the hill and they were all happy again.

What you want to be when you grow up?

1.astronaut (strong, brave, smart, fit)
2. ballet dancer (beautiful or handsome, fit, tall, musical)
3. dolphin trainer ( brave, confident, patient, caring)
4. pirate (adventurous, fit, brave, strong, confident)
5. racing driver (adventurous, fit, confident, brave, good temper)
6. pop singer
7. actress/actor
8. businessman
9. lawyer
10. singer

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I want to be a businessman. I want to run a supermarket. I will sell products for daily use. If I have a lot of money, I will buy the ParknShop and I will donate some of my money for charity.

Test

Book 6A：Chapter 1-2
Reader：P. 1-7
GP：P. 1-8
Writing Task 1 & 2

Charity Treasure Mall Hunt

I joined the treasure hunt on the seventh of October. It started at eight o'clock and I arrived the venue at ten o'clock.

The hunt started at a quarter past ten.

win - lucky draws $2000

The Knight

The Knight was a knave (奸詐的人).
The knave needed a new knife.
The knife was near the knight's knee.
The knight needed the knife for the night.
The knight knew the knife's name.
The knight named the knife the knight.

The Knight is a knave (奸詐的人).
The knave needs a new knife.
The knife is near the knight's knee.
The knight needs the knife for the night.
The knight knows the knife's name.
The knight names the knife the knight.


The Knight will be a knave (奸詐的人).
The knave will need a new knife.
The knife will be near the knight's knee.
The knight will need the knife for the night.
The knight will know the knife's name.
The knight will name the knife the knight.

Synonym and Homonym

Synonym is the word that means the same as another word.

joyful, merry, happy.

1. I wish you a happy birthday.
2. I wish you a merry Christmas.
3. I wish you a joyful vacation.

Homonyms are the words that pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
Left, Left

• I left school at three o'clock from the left wing.
  

Life, Life

• The old man has a long life of a hundred and ten.
• He spends his whole life in prison.
  

The Ant and the Bettle

The ant and bettle were good friends. They lives in the same tree in a woods.

In the day time they went out to hunt for food every morning. They took the food back at night. The sometimes shared the food together. They collected a large pile of food. They stored the food inside the beetle's house.

They had enough food for the cold winter.

Exploratorium

Today I learned from Miss Terri about a well known museum in San Francisco. It is called Exploratorium. It aims to spark curiosity of visitors. Visitors can touch, pick up, and tinker with hundreds of exhibits.

Puss In Boots

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Puss in Boots

Once upon a time, a father lived with his three sons. When the father died he left each son a special gift.

He left his farm to the eldest son. He left his donkey to his middle son. And he left his cat to the youngest son.

The youngest son said, “Puss, my brothers can earn money with their gifts. How can we earn some money?”

Puss said, “Master, give me some boots and a bag.”

So the boy gave Puss some boots and a bag. Puss put on the boots. Then he went out and caught a rabbit in his bag.

Puss took the rabbit to the King. “Here is a gift from my master,” said Puss.

“Who is your master?” said the King.

“The Marquis of Carrabas is my master,” said Puss.

Not long after, Puss went out with the bag again. This time he caught two partridges. Puss took the partridges to the king.

“There two partridges are a gift from my master, the Marquis of Carrabas,” said Puss.

“Thank you, Puss in Boots,” said the King. “I love to eat partridges.”

Soon after, Puss and his master were by a river. Puss saw the King’s carriage coming along the road. The King and the Princess were in the carriage.

“Master,” said Puss, take off your clothes and jump into the river.”

Then Puss ran to the carriage. “Help me,” said Puss. “My master is in the river, and his clothes have been stolen.

“We must help the Marquis of Carrabas,” said the King. So the King’s men helped the boy out of the river. Then the King said, “We must take you home.” And he put the boy into his carriage.

Puss ran along the road. He saw some men working.

“The King is coming,” he said. “You must tell him that the Marquis of Carrabas is your master.” When the King saw the men he said, “Who do you work for?”

“We work for the Marquis of Carrabas,” said the men. When the King had gone Puss said to the men, “Who lives in that castle?”

The men said, “Our master lives in that castle. He is an ogre.

Puss ran along the road and was soon at the castle. He knocked on the door. When the ogre came to the door, Puss said, “Can I come in?”

“Come in,” said the ogre. He wanted to eat Puss. Puss said, “Can ogres do magic?”

“Just watch!” said the ogre. And he changed into a lion. “Is that all the magic you can do?” said Puss. “Change into a mouse. Puss jumped on the mouse and ate it. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Hence Puss went to the door he saw the King, the Princess, and his master.

“This is my master’s castle,” said Puss.

Not long after, the princess and the boy fell in love and were soon married. The boy took the Princess to live his castle.

So, the boy, the Princess, the King and Puss in Boots all lived happily ever after.

The eight types of plot can be devised and mapped from:
1. problem to solution,
2. mystery to solution,
3. conflict to peace,
4. danger to safety,
5. confusion to order,
6. dilemma to decision,
7. ignorance to knowledge, and
8. questions to answers.

Students' Spare Time Activitives

Students do many different things in their spare time. Some of them read books and newspaper. Some work on arts. Also some like playing games and doing sports.

Firstly, some students like spending time reading stories and newspapers. It is fun and they can learn new things from reading.

Secondly, some work on arts, e.g. drama and drawing. Drama can train students to learn new skills. Drawing can help students draw and enjoy beautiful pictures.

Thirdly, some like playing games. Games can help them relax. They feel happy after playing games. Playing games is a good way to balance their study and play.

Lastly, some students like playing sports, e.g. tennis and swimming. Doing sports helps students get better health. They can also meet new friends when they play sports.

To sum up, I have talked about four different spare time activities that students like most. What activities do you like?

Exam Items

Book 5B：Chapter 3, 4, 8 ／ Reader：P. 8-17 ／ GP：P. 9-11, 13-16, 33-36
WB：P. 9-12, 13, 15, 33-36 ／ RW：P. 5-6, 13-14
Writing Task：2, 3 ／ Supplementary Ex (Tenses：1-7, Prepositions：1-7)

A Day I Will Never Forget

1st November,2008 is the day I will never forget. It was sunny but cool. It was our school sports day. The event took place at the Kowloon Bay Sport Centre.

I joined the long jump and won the second place. My classmates joined high jump, running race etc. We won a lot of prizes and we were the best team of P.5.

We shouted and laughed at our team. Our teacher said we did a good job. I felt very happy. I will never forget the day.

Letter Writing

You are writing to a school newsletter. You want to suggest your school to buy more new computers and books for students to use in the library. You can start the letter by introducing yourself. Tell the reasons why the school should buy the computers and books.

Dear Editor,

I am a student of Class 5E. My name is Louis Li.

I would like to suggest our school to buy more new computers and books for us to use in the library.

I always see many students waiting for computers at recess and lunch time. I think we also need the computer to look for information for our project.

There are not many new books for us to borrow. We are not interested in reading the old story books. They are not colourful. They look boring. If our school buys more interesting storybooks , more students will enjoy reading books.

I hope our school will think about my suggestion and buy some new computers and books for us.

Yours sincerely,
Louis Li

Tenses Exercise

Tenses Exercise

A. Fill in the right forms of the verb in the blanks.

1. He __ _______ (wash) his bike by himself.
2. My friend sometimes ___ ______ (play) with his uncle.
3. I like to _ _________ ( talk ) with the actor.
4. My friend often _ _________ (go) shopping.
5. My mother __ _________ (cook) the dinner last weekend.
6. My coaches ____ _____________ (swim) in the sea.
7. We _ _____(finish) doing our homework before dinner everyday.
8. My younger brother ___ ______ (eat) three apples yesterday.
9. One of my friends ___ ________ (like ) to play the guitar.
10. Can you ______ (run) two miles ?
11. The teacher ________ (have) a headache.
12. They _______________ (watch) a movie every week.
13. _____ it ________ (snow) outside now?
14. He often __________ (take) his umbrella with him.
15. My good friends __ ________ (stay) in a good hotel last week.
16. I was very happy to __ _______ ( play ) in the park yesterday.
17. My friends often _ _________ (bring) his books to read.
18. The workers _ __________ (wash) his car last weekend.
19. Tom and Jerry _ ____ (climb) the hill.
20. I _ _____(finish) practice playing piano before dinner everyday
21. My aunt ________ ( cook) lunch with me yesterday.
22. One of my uncles _____________ (not like ) to play the guitar.
23. _____ you _______ (fly) by plane last week ?
24. The teacher ___________ (not have) a headache yesterday.

Preposition Exercises

Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.

1. He does not work ______ the morning.
2. She knelt down ________ the floor.
3. It is hot _______ summer.
4. Put the flowers ________ the vase.
5. Please come _______ half past six.
6. There are 24 hours _________ a day.
7. This restaurant opens ________ nine _________ ten.
8. I received a gift from Dad ________ Christmas.
9. Christmas eve is the day ________ Christmas.
   
10. We do not go to school _______ Sunday.
11. Lily was born _______ July.
12. Little sister hid her doll _______ her back.
13. The thief jumped _______ the taxi and escaped quickly.
14. Some flies are flying _________ my food!
15. Our maid is now cooking _______ the kitchen.
16. Please help me to put this book _______ the shelf.
17. "B" is the letter ________ A and C.
18. Boxing Day is the day _________ Christmas.
19. My father bought a book ______ my birthday present.
20. My brother is studying hard ______ the coming test.
21. My mother works hard ________ the living.
22. My teacher spent a lot of time to prepare us ________ the test.
23. My friends prepared well _______ my birthday party.
24. We got a story book ________ my teacher.
25. Mr "Don't" says "don't" _______ the morning to the night.
26. I picked up a washable marker _____ Terri ______ the floor.
27. This is the last day ______ the week.
    
28. Terri has a ring ______ marriage. She wears it everyday.
    

Test Items

Book 5B：Chapter 1,2,7 P. 1-16, 49-56
Reader：P. 1-7 / GP：P. 1-4, 5-8，29-32
WB：P.1-3, 5-8, 29-32 / RW：P.1-2 / Writing Task：1
Supplementary Ex： Tenses：6 / Prepositions：6

Verbs

arise, arose 出現 awake awoke 清醒 beat beat 擊敗 begin began 開始 break broke 打破 bring brought帶來 burn burnt 燒傷 buy bought 購買

1. Tom arose from his bed.


2. Tom's father awoke him in the morning.


3. Tom's heart beat violently because he was not happy.


4. Tom began to rush into the toilet to brush his teeth.


5. Tom broke the flower vase.


6. Tom brought the broken vase to his father and put it on his father's head.


7. Tom's father burnt himself because he could not see.


8. Tom's father wanted Tom to buy a new vase.

Yo Yo

Yo Yo yelled at a young man in Yuen Long.
Yo Yo didn't yield herself to the young man, but
Yo Yo yielded herself to a yes-man.
Yo Yo liked the yacht of the yes-man.
Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

William

William wanted a walk to the white wall of Wong Tai Sin. The white wall was wet. The wet wall dropped dirty water to the floor. The floor became wet.

William walked on the wet floor. William fell down and he felt very unhappy.

Playing Computer Games

Playing computer games can help you relax, but it can mess up your life too!

There are only twenty four hours in a day. If you spend too much time on computer games, you won't have time to do other things. For example, you will have less time to do your revision or talk to your family. Also, sitting in front of the computer for hours can hurt your eyes.

Playing computer games is fine, but make sure you don't play for too long!

Questions:

1. Do you like playing computer games? Why?
I like playing computer games, because it can help me relax.

2. What do you use the computer for?
I use the computer for doing my homework, looking for information for project.

3. How often do you use a computer?
I use the computer every day.

4. What problems are there if we use the computer for too long?
It can hurt our eyes. We will also have less time to do revision or talk to our family.

5. If you have a friend who uses the computer for six hours a day, what advice will you give him?
I will tell him that it is not good to his eyes if he uses computer for a long time. I will also tell him not to play computer games. It will make his study become poor.

Richard's Rainbow Book

Richard read a rainbow book in Rome. The rainbow book was red. The red rainbow book was Richard's love. Richard read about rainbow and rain from the book.

Now Richard becomes a rich man who sells rainbow books.

Nick

Nick needs two new names for his nieces.
Nick nurses his nieces in New York.
Nick reads novels to his nieces.
Nick is nice to them.

Michael And A Man With Mad Cow Disease

Mini meets a man with mad cow disease at McDonald. They eat macaroni on the same table. Suddenly the old mother of the man takes him home. Mini is very happy because she doesn't like the man. She can now eat happily.

Henry

Henry cuts his hair at his barber shop. His hair is long and gray. His barber cuts his hair. He talks to the barber. He tells her what he would like his hair to be cut.

The barber is very patient to cut his hair. She spends half an hour to cut his hair. He likes his new hair style very much.




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Henry cuts his hair at a hair dresser. His hair is long and gray. His stylist cuts his hair. He talks to the stylist. He tells her what he would like his hair to be cut.

The stylist is very patient to cut his hair. She spends half an hour to cut his hair. He likes his new hair style very much.