Bahasa Inggeris notes, chapter 2

At school

Textbook Super Minds Student's Book 1 (Cambridge, Puchta, Gerngross and Lewis-Jones), pages 10-21 (Super Minds Student's Book 1, Unit 1 At school)

What this chapter covers

I can say the names of nine classroom objects, like pen, rubber, pencil, book, notebook, bag, desk, ruler and pencil case (1.1)
I can ask "What's this?" and answer "It's a pencil." (1.2)
I can ask "Is it a pen?" and answer "Yes, it is." or "No, it isn't." (1.2)
I can follow and give polite classroom orders like "Open your book, please." (1.3)
I can say "I'm sorry", "It's OK", "Thank you" and "Here you are" (1.4)
I can say words with the sound a, like fat, rat, black and bag (1.5)
I can name the three primary colours and mix them to make purple, green and orange (1.6)

Welcome to Unit 1! We are at school. You will learn the names of things in the classroom, ask what things are, and say polite words.

1.1Classroom objects

A classroom with nine labelled objects: 1 pen, 2 rubber, 3 pencil, 4 book, 5 notebook, 6 bag, 7 desk, 8 ruler, 9 pencil case — Nine things at school.

Super Minds 1, p. 10.

No.	Word	No.	Word
1	pen	6	bag
2	rubber	7	desk
3	pencil	8	ruler
4	book	9	pencil case
5	notebook

The chant (p. 10)

Hey, Flash! Come back!
Close your bag!
Your ruler, your rubber, your pencil, your book, your pen, and your pencil case.

Which thing do you write on paper with? (a pen or a rubber)

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A pen. (A rubber rubs out mistakes.)

1.2What's this?

Four pictures of children guessing objects with their eyes covered: a ruler, a pen, a pencil case and a rubber — A guessing game: "What's this?" "Is it a pen?"

Super Minds 1, p. 11.

We say	Meaning
What's this?	We ask what a thing is.
It's a pencil.	We tell what it is.
Is it a pen?	We guess.
Yes, it is.	The guess is right.
No, it isn't.	The guess is wrong.

A short answer uses the same little words: Is it...? Yes, it is. No, it isn't.

Use a before a thing: "It's a ruler." Do not say "It's ruler."

"Is it a pencil case?" It is a pencil case. Answer with a short answer.

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Yes, it is.

1.3Polite orders: please

Four pictures of a teacher asking: sit at your desk, open your book, close your bag, pass me a pen — The teacher says: Sit at your desk. Open your book. Close your bag. Pass me a pen.

Super Minds 1, p. 13.

Order	What to do
Sit at your desk, please.	Sit down.
Open your book, please.	Open it.
Close your bag, please.	Shut it.
Pass me a ruler, please.	Give it to me.

Also: Put away your book. Take out your ruler. (p. 17)

Say please to be polite. When you pass something, say "Here you are."

The teacher says "Open your bag, please." What do you do?

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I open my bag.

1.4Story: Watch out, Flash!

Six story pictures: Flash bumps into a man, his fruit falls, she says sorry, she runs home for her notebook, her mum says Here you are, and her friends bring her things — Flash runs fast and knocks over the man's fruit.

Super Minds 1, p. 14.

Story: Flash runs and bumps into a man. His fruit falls down. Flash says "I'm sorry." The man says "It's OK." Flash runs home. Mum says "Here you are!" and Flash says "Thank you." Her friends say "Here's your pencil case. Here's your ruler. Here's your book."

Say	When
I'm sorry.	You make a mistake.
It's OK.	You forgive someone.
Thank you.	Someone helps you.
Here you are.	You give something.

Value: helping each other.

Flash knocks over the man's fruit. What does she say?

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I'm sorry.

1.5Phonics: the sound a

A grey rat asleep in a black bag — A fat rat in a black bag.

Super Minds 1, p. 15.

The a in these words says the same sound: fat, rat, black, bag. More words: cat, hat, mat.

Which word has the same sound: bag, cat or pen?

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Cat. (c-a-t has the same a sound as bag.)

1.6Art: Colours

Three bottles of paint: blue, red and yellow — The three primary colours: blue, red, yellow.

Super Minds 1, p. 18.

Paint tubes mixing: red and blue make purple, blue and yellow make green, red and yellow make orange — Mix two primary colours to make a new colour.

Super Minds 1, p. 18.

Mix	You get
red + blue	purple
blue + yellow	green
red + yellow	orange

New colours made from the primary colours are called secondary colours.

What colour do you get when you mix blue and yellow?

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Green.

Summary

Topic	Remember
Things	pen, rubber, pencil, book, notebook, bag, desk, ruler, pencil case.
Asking	What's this? It's a pencil. Is it a pen? Yes, it is. / No, it isn't.
Orders	Open your book, please. Close your bag, please. Pass me a ruler, please.
Polite words	I'm sorry. It's OK. Thank you. Here you are.
Phonics	fat, rat, black, bag.
Colours	Primary: red, blue, yellow. Red + blue = purple, blue + yellow = green, red + yellow = orange.