JAMBO GOES TO THE MOON Copyright 2017 by Daisy and George Stocker All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to persons or chimpanzees living or dead is purely coincidental. Second Edition. Revised 2017 This is a publication of Learning English With Laughter Ltd. 10-1030 Hulford Street Victoria, B.C. Canada V8X 3B6 info@successfulesl.com http://www.esl-curriculum.ca
1 JAMBO GOES TO THE MOON CHAPTER 1 About Jambo I'm Jambo. I live in Africa in a big jungle. It's really cool living in the jungle. I have all kinds of animal friends.
2 While Jambo was having lots of fun in the jungle, his parents were not! They were very worried. I'm worrierd about Jambo. He's always in trouble. Why can't he play quietly like other chimps? What are we going to do? I don't know what we're going to do with him! He can't keep out of trouble! It's his brain, I think. He has a very smart brain.
3 This is what the brain of most chimps looks like. This is what my brain looks like. You can see all the important machinery there. Isn't that cool?
4 His tricks always seemed to get him in trouble. One day he thought he would get a ride by holding Simba's tail. This should be lots of fun! Jambo had a ride. For a while! Then, slowly, slowly, slowly, Simba SAT DOWN! HEY! Don't do that!
1 The children are to complete the missing words in the paragraph. They can find the words in the story or these words can be written on the board: happy, tricks, worried about, Africa, trouble, brain. Talk about tricks that Jambo could play. The children are to draw a picture of a trick that Jambo might do, and then write a sentence that describes Jambo s trick. NOTE: Chapter 1 has additional exercises. This allows the children to adapt to the new vocabulary. CHAPTER 1 ABOUT JAMBO EXERCISE 1: Jambo lived in. He was a very chimpanzee. His mother and father worried. He was always in. Jambo was born with a very smart. He was always thinking up new. EXERCISE 2: DESCRIBE JAMBO S TRICK 2016, Learning English With Laughter Ltd, all rights reserved www.esl-curriculum.ca
2 EXERCISE 3: Sometimes Jambo s close scrapes were dangerous. Write about a dangerous scrape that he had. EXERCISE 4: Draw your brain in the cut-away views above. Show things that you are good at doing. Write a paragraph of at least two sentences telling what you are good at doing. 2016, Learning English With Laughter Ltd, all rights reserved www.esl-curriculum.ca
1 CHAPTER 1 Jambo Goes to the Moon Teacher s Guide Page 1 Exercise 1: Jambo lived in Africa. He was a very smart chimpanzee. His mother and father worried about him. He was always in trouble. Jambo was born with a very smart brain. He was always thinking up new tricks. Page 1 Exercise 2: For Jambo s tricks, encourage the students to use their imaginations. EXAMPLES: - hide some of his parent s food hide in the trees Page 2 Exercise 3: Suggested answers. NOTE: The word scrāpes is pronounced with a long ā. Sometimes Jambo s close scrapes were dangerous. Write a dangerous close scrape that he had. He pulled the tail of the elephant to get a ride. The children may require help with spelling some of their words. Words from the above sentences could be put on the board. Page 2 Exercise 4: Suggested answers. For the picture and paragraph the teacher could suggest things like: swimming, cooking, dancing, basketball, or playing an instrument. CHAPTER 2: EXERCISE 1: Answer the questions in sentences. 1. What were the trappers looking for? They were looking for a very smart chimp. 2. What happened when Jambo went into their trap? The trap closed. 3. Did Jambo have a helicopter ride? Yes, he had a helicopter ride. 4. Was it hard for Jambo to get out of the trap? No, it was easy to get out of the trap. 5. Who did Jambo make friends with? He made friends with the pilot. 6. Where did the plane take Jambo? It took him to Lunar Control Center. EXERCISE 2: Make good sentences by putting the words in the correct order. 1. trappers, chimp, wanted, The, a, smart. The trappers wanted a smart chimp.