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Teaching English to Year 2 Pupils
Here are some questions and model answers for a Year 2 English lesson, covering comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar.
Text: The Little Red Hen by Florence White Williams
Comprehension Questions
1. Question: What did the Little Red Hen find?
- Model Answer: The Little Red Hen found some grains of wheat.
2. Question: Who did the Little Red Hen ask for help?
- Model Answer: She asked the cat, the dog, and the duck for help.
3. Question: Did anyone help the Little Red Hen?
- Model Answer: No, none of the animals helped her.
4. Question: What did the Little Red Hen do with the wheat?
- Model Answer: She planted the wheat, harvested it, and made bread.
5. Question: Who ate the bread at the end?
- Model Answer: The Little Red Hen ate the bread by herself.
Vocabulary Questions
1. Question: What does "grain" mean?
- Model Answer: A grain is a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant like wheat.
2. Question: What is a "harvest"?
- Model Answer: Harvest is the process of gathering ripe crops from the fields.
Grammar Questions
1. Question: Identify the nouns in the sentence: "The Little Red Hen planted the wheat."
- Model Answer: The nouns are "Hen" and "wheat."
2. Question: Change the sentence to past tense: "The Little Red Hen plants the wheat."
- Model Answer: The Little Red Hen planted the wheat.
3. Question: Fill in the blank with the correct verb: "The cat ___ not help the Little Red Hen."
- Model Answer: The cat did not help the Little Red Hen.
Writing Prompt
Prompt: Write a short story about a helpful animal. Describe what the animal did and how it helped others.
About The Little Red Hen by Florence White Williams
The Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat and decides to plant them. She asks her friends - the cat, the dog, and the duck - for help, but they all refuse. The Little Red Hen plants the wheat, waters it, and eventually harvests it all by herself. She then takes the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour and bakes bread. When the bread is ready, she asks her friends who will help her eat it, and they all eagerly agree. However, the Little Red Hen decides to eat the bread herself since she did all the work.
Key Excerpts
1. Finding the Wheat:
"One day, the Little Red Hen found a grain of wheat. 'Who will plant this?' she asked. 'Not I,' said the cat. 'Not I,' said the dog. 'Not I,' said the duck. 'Then I will,' said the Little Red Hen. And she did."
2. Harvesting the Wheat:
"The wheat grew tall and ripe. 'Who will cut the wheat?' asked the Little Red Hen. 'Not I,' said the cat. 'Not I,' said the dog. 'Not I,' said the duck. 'Then I will,' said the Little Red Hen. And she did."
3. Baking the Bread:
"The Little Red Hen took the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour. She then baked the flour into bread. 'Who will help me eat the bread?' she asked. 'I will,' said the cat. 'I will,' said the dog. 'I will,' said the duck. 'No, I will eat it myself,' said the Little Red Hen. And she did."
You can find The Little Red Hen
by Florence White Williams
at the following sites:
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Little Red Hen, by Florence White Williams
The Little Red Hen (americanliterature.com)
"The Little Red Hen: An Old English Folk Tale" (archive.org)
How words can be taught in fun and engaging ways
1. Vocabulary Bingo
- How to Play: Create bingo cards with the vocabulary words. Call out the definitions, and pupils mark the corresponding word on their cards. The first pupil to get a row of words marked wins.
- Example: Call out "A small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant like wheat," and pupils mark "grain" on their cards.
2. Word Matching Game
- How to Play: Create cards with vocabulary words and separate cards with their definitions. pupils match the word cards with the correct definition cards.
- Example: Match "bake" with "To cook food in an oven."
3. Charades
- How to Play: pupils act out the vocabulary words without speaking, and their classmates guess the word.
- Example: A pupil pretends to bake bread, and others guess "bake."
4. Word Pictionary
- How to Play: pupils draw pictures representing the vocabulary words, and their classmates guess the word.
- Example: A pupil draws an oven, and others guess "oven."
5. Story Creation
- How to Play: pupils create short stories using the vocabulary words. They can work individually or in groups and share their stories with the class.
- Example: "The Little Red Hen planted the wheat and baked a loaf of bread."
These activities can make learning new words enjoyable and interactive for your pupils.
