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Unit 5 Best Practices

The document describes a role play activity where a family is getting ready to go on a day out. It involves different scenes like getting on the bus, arriving at the railway station, and boarding the train. The role play is followed by various other activities like filling a table with directives from the role play, discussing safety instructions, writing a formal letter, reading and responding to a complaint letter, designing a notice banner, and having a conversation using exclamatory sentences. It also teaches about the use of adverbs in sentences and includes some riddles and jokes.

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Unit 5 Best Practices

The document describes a role play activity where a family is getting ready to go on a day out. It involves different scenes like getting on the bus, arriving at the railway station, and boarding the train. The role play is followed by various other activities like filling a table with directives from the role play, discussing safety instructions, writing a formal letter, reading and responding to a complaint letter, designing a notice banner, and having a conversation using exclamatory sentences. It also teaches about the use of adverbs in sentences and includes some riddles and jokes.

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BEST PRACTICES 05

Role Play

Activity 01

A Day Out

Mrs. Fernando : Come on children, hurry up! We will be late if we don't


leave now!
Menuka : I'm almost ready. Need to get my hat.
Nimali : I'm ready!
Mr.Fernando : Let's go! The bus is here.
Mrs. Fernando : Children, it's time to go.
Bus Conductor : Hurry up, get on. We are already late.
( A few hours later at the railway station)
Menuka : Look at those trains. I want to have a closer look.
Mr.Fernando : Menuka, don't walk on other platforms.
Menuka : Why not? I want to.
Mrs. Fernando : Because it's dangerous.
Mr. Fernando : Sit down and wait for the train.
(Announcement: Attention please! This announcement is for all passengers
waiting for Podi Menike Express train to Kandy. Please go to platform No.01)
Mr. Fernando : Let's go. The train is there.
Niamli : I want a seat by the window.
Menuka : The train is going, hurrah!
Mrs.Fernando : Don't put your head out and watch your hand Menuka.
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Activity 02

Writing

Copy the phrases in bold into your writing book and fill in the table. Follow
the example.

Imperative Uttered by Uttered to


Hurry up Mrs.Fernando Menuka

Activity 03

In pairs discuss the instructions you have seen displayed in the school,
library, bank, etc.

E.g. : Be in the queue.

Activity 04

Read the following instructions on ‘how to write a formal letter’. Write them
in your book in the proper order.
A. Use an appropriate salutation to the person you are writing to.
B. Write the sender’s address on the top left hand side of the page.
C. Sign off your letter with an appropriate closing.
D. Place the recipient’s designation and address one line beneath the date.
E. Write the body of the letter.
F. Write the subject of the letter and underline it.
G. Place the date directly below the sender's address.

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Activity 05

Read the following letter of complaint.

F.J. Peiris,
Pubudupura,
Danpitiya.
13.03.2015
The Mayor,
Municipal Council,
Danpitiya.
Dear Sir,
Complaint against Dumping Garbage in Public Places

I would like to bring to your attention a problem that is faced by the


residents of this area.
We have noticed that there is a lot of garbage that has been disposed
around the tank bund for the past few months.The tank bund has been
a place where many children gather in the evening to play and we have
worked very hard to keep that area clean. But today, we see that many
ice-cream cups, food wrappers, and polythene bags have been carelessly
thrown away all over the area. On rainy days, there is a bad odour in and
around the area and there is the risk of spread of diseases.
Please be kind enough to look into this matter as soon as possible.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
FJPeris
F.J. Peiris.
Copy : The Medical Health Officer - Danpitiya.

Imagine that you are the Mayor of Danpitiya Municipal Council. Write a reply
letter to Mr. Peiris informing him of the immediate steps that would be taken
to solve the problem.

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Activity 06

Read the following notice. Construct meaningful questions to which the


underlined phrases will be the answers.

NOTICE
A Shramadana Campaign will be
held on 30th May 2015 from 7.30
a.m. to 1.30 p.m. to clean Danpitiya
Tank bund and the Children’s Park.
Refreshments and a complementary
cap will be provided. All are invited.

18.05.2015
Municipal Council
Danpitiya.

Activity 07

Design a banner to be put up at the tank bund to inform the public about the
Shramadana and the public awareness campaign organized by the Municipal
Council in response to Mr. Peiris’s complaint.

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Activity 08

Exclamation Mark (!)


Randuli : Good morning!
Tashmi : Good morning Randuli ! Did you go to the park after the
shramadana?
Randuli : No, I didn't have time. Shall we now?
Tashmi : O.K. I’d love to.
Nethum : Hello!
Tashmi : We are going to the park. Would you like to join us?
Nethum : No way! I never go there. The garbage pit!
Randuli : Not anymore! You didn’t join us in the Shramadana.
Nethum : Shramadana! I didn’t know about it. We were not here during the
last three
weeks.
Tashmi : Really? Then join us. Let’s go.
( Children walk to the park)
Nethum : Wonderful! I can’t believe my eyes!
Randuli : I am happy that we contributed to make the place clean and
attractive, too.
Tashmi : Look! The garbage bins are kept over there. So it’s easy to
maintain the cleanliness.
Nethum : Let’s go in. I want to go on a swing.
Tashme : Swing! No I can't. I’m afraid of that.

List out the utterances in the above conversation which end with exclamation
mark ( ! ). Categorize them under the following topics.
• greetings
• expressing surprise
• positive feelings
• negative feelings
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Learning Point
Adverbs
Read the following sentences.
• Polythene bags have been thrown away carelessly.
• We have worked very hard.
• Place the date directly below the address.

The underlined words in these sentences describe the action. They are called
adverbs.

immediately successfully
Come here quickly You did
the work well
now

Activity 09

Change these words into adverbs.

E.g. honest – honestly E.g. successful – successfully


happy - painful -
sad - wonderful -
safe - colourful -
glad - skillful -
glear - tearful -
correct - powerful
foolish - careful-
loud -
annual –
neat –
real-
full-
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Activity 10

Underline the adverbs in these sentences.


• Open the door very slowly and quietly.
• My little brother is splashing water in the pool noisily.
• Can you come here quickly?
• We sometimes go out for dinner.
• They usually lock the door when they go out.

Activity 11

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word in the brackets
correctly.

1.The old lady crossed the road ………….. (careful)


2.The man waited for the bus ……………( impatient)
3.These sums are not …………. (correct) done.
4.We hold the competition ………….. (annual)
5.The hall is decorated …………. (colourful)

Read and Enjoy

A day without laughter is a day wasted.


-Charlie Chaplin-

Teacher : Sandali, go to the map and find Australia.


Sandali : Here it is.
Teacher : Very good. Now, class, who discovered Australia?
Class : Sandali.

Son : Great news! The teacher said we’d have a test today come rain or
shine!
Mother : What’s so great about it?
Son : It’s snowing.

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Teacher : How old were you on your last birthday?
Student : Nine.
Teacher : How old will you be on your next birthday?
Student : Eleven.
Teacher : That’s not possible. Think again.
Student : It’s the truth. I’m ten today.

Q: What do you call an alligator in a vest?


A: An Investigator

Q: What happens if you eat yeast and shoe polish?


A: Every morning you'll rise and shine!

A woman entered a shop and saw a little dog. He asked the shopkeeper
"Does your dog bite?"
The shopkeeper said, "No, my dog does not bite."
The woman tried to pet the dog and the dog bit her.
"Ouch!" She exclaimed, “Didn’t you say your dog doesn’t bite?"
The shopkeeper replied, "That is not my dog!"

Activity 12

Group work

Collect jokes like these and prepare a booklet. Share them with your friends.

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Activity 13

Speaking
Ask these riddles from your friends.

1. Why won’t the elephant use the computer?


2. Where can you find an ocean without water?
3. Why did the computer go to the doctor?
4. What is white when it is dirty and black when it is clean?
5. What always falls and never gets hurt?
6.What is a robot’s favourite snack?
7.What is the longest word in the English language?
8.What letters are not in the alphabet?
9. What can't be used until it's broken?
10.What letter of the alphabet has got lots of water?"
11.Why is a river rich?

Match these answers with the riddles.


a. the ones in the mail
b. he’s afraid of the mouse
c. on a map
d. a blackboard
e .rain
f. it had a virus
g. the “C”
h. SMILES: there is a mile between the first letter and the last
i. an egg
j. because it has two banks
k. computer chips

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