Writing and advisory team: Leonie Bennett, Julia Sander, Ericka Forbes-Blair, Gillian Myers and Serieka White-Lawson.

Writing and advisory team: Leonie Bennett, Julia Sander, Ericka Forbes-Blair, Gillian Myers and Serieka White-Lawson.

Macmillan Education 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW A division of Macmillan Publishers Limited Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-230-49474-9 AER Text Julia Sander 2015 Design and illustration Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015 First published 2007 This edition 2015 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. Designed by Macmillan Education and John Barker Typeset by Tek-Art Illustrated by Pamela Goodchild, Jenny Mumford and Joanna Williams c/o BL Kearley; Jim Eldridge and Robin Lawrie c/o Beehive Illustration; Jenny Northway, Norman Young and Tek-Art Cover design by Blue Dog Design Studio Cover illustration by Rachel Parker Picture research by Victoria Gaunt The authors and publishers would like to thank Ericka Forbes-Blair, Gillian Myers and Serieka White-Lawson for their help and advice throughout the development and writing of this series. The author and publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce their photographs: Corbis/Eremy Bembaron/Sygma p37, Corbis/Franz-Marc Frei p161, Corbis/Rainer Hackenberg p112(b); Getty p167, Getty Images/Sam Diephuis p164, Getty Images/Huw Jones p99, Getty Images/Monty Rakusen p166(t); The Gleaner Company Limited p36(b), The Gleaner Company Limited, 2003 p36(t); Photoshot/Martin Ciesielski pp162, 166(b); Superstock/Science Photo Library p89; Thinkstock/Simone Angelo Ferri p154(b), Thinkstock/tonyoquias p154(t), Thinkstock/Colin Young p155; TriniView.com p49. The author and publishers are grateful for permission to reprint the following copyright material: Pearson Education Ltd for an extract from Sixty-five by V.S. Reid, 2005, pp.9-11. Reproduced with permission from Pearson Education Ltd; Mama Lisa s World (www.mamalisa.com) for contributing the songs Day-O and Linstead Market, with thanks. Mama Lisa s World is the internet s largest collection of international children s songs and rhymes; SunZone Books Ltd for an extract from Getting Common Sense by Al Campbell from Classic Caribbean Stories 2005, pp. 1-3. Reproduced with permission from Alistair Campbell and SunZone Books Ltd; Kids Can Press Ltd for material from Earth Magic by Dionne Brand, used by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd, Toronto. Text copyright 1979, 2006 Dionne Brand; Penguin Books Ltd for the poem Coconut Grove by Anne Marie Linden, from Steel Drum and Other Stories, Penguin Books 2004, copyright Anne Marie Linden, 2004. By arrangement with the BBC. The BBC logo is a trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation and is used under licence. BBC logo BBC 1996; Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) for the lyrics in De Ribba Ben Come Dung as published on www.jjs.gov.jm/ja50/v2/songs. Reproduced with permission; Macmillan Publishers Ltd for an extract from My Father Sun-Sun Johnson by C. Everard Palmer, pp19-20. First published by Andre Deutsch 1974, this edition C. Everard Palmer 1984. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. These materials may contain links for third party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the contents of such third party websites. Please use care when accessing them.

Contents Unit Reading Type of text Page Theme One: Adventures with Books 1 Visit to Hanover Parish Library Story 8 2 My Family Character description 15 3 The Otters and the Fox Traditional tale 22 4 Caring for Books Environmental print 29 Assessment 1 Caribbean Writers Biography 36 Theme Two: Caribbean Customs 5 Carnival Descriptive account 42 6 A Female Legend News report 49 7 Divali: the Festival of Lights Encyclopaedia extract 55 8 Anancy and the Pot of Wisdom Traditional tale 62 Assessment 2 The Silk Cotton Trees Suspense story 68 Theme Three: Weather 9 Working with the Weather Dialogue 74 10 A Lucky Escape Realistic story 81 11 All About Hurricanes Web page 88 12 Wind Poem 94 Assessment 3 Drought Realistic story 100 Theme Four: The Food We Eat 13 Food labels Environmental print 106 14 The Coconut Groove, Linstead Market Poems 113 15 It Sounds Delicious! Story 120 16 Growing Tomatoes Account of a process 126 Assessment 4 Food Around the World Emails 133 Theme Five: Exploring our Country 17 You Really Must Read This! Friendly letter 140 18 The Fringe of the Sea Poem 147 19 Visit the Turtle River Falls and Gardens Brochure 154 20 Jamaican Highlands and Lowlands Expository writing 161 Assessment 5 The Negril Coral Reef Letters to the Editor 167 Test practice 173 The writing process 182 Glossary 183 Index 184

Scope and Sequence Theme One: Adventures with Books Unit Listening and Speaking Reading and comprehension Language 1 page 8 Focus question 1 2 page 15 Focus question 2 3 page 22 Focus question 3 4 page 29 Focus question 4 How to find parts of a book/ information in a library Describe someone you know well Discuss a fictional character Describe a character Discuss a story map Discuss how to care for books Give instructions Visit to Hanover Parish Library (Realistic story) Vocabulary: classifying books Extract from Sixty-Five by V. S. Reid (Character description) Vocabulary: using a thesaurus The Otters and the Fox (Traditional tale) Vocabulary: record words in a Venn diagram Caring for books: poster competition (Environmental print) Vocabulary: synonyms Assessment 1 Page 36 Caribbean writers (Biography) Vocabulary: synonyms Noun types: common, proper, collective, abstract Adjectives and adverbs Adding detail to sentences Verbs of action and being Helping verbs Subject verb agreement Pronouns: personal, possessive Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, pronouns 4 Theme Two: Caribbean Customs Unit Listening and Speaking Reading and comprehension Language 5 page 42 Focus question 3 6 page 49 Focus question 1 7 page 55 Focus question 2 8 page 62 Focus question 4 Describe costume you would wear to Carnival/ Jonkunnu Role play interview with favourite musician Conduct interview about traditional music and dance Recite calypso Describe religious rituals Describe a baptism to someone who is blind Giving instructions for a traditional pastime Carnival (Descriptive account) Vocabulary: classifying sensory words A Female Legend (News report) Vocabulary: compare Creole and Standard English Divali: the Festival of Lights (Encyclopaedia extract) Locate information Anancy and the Pot of Wisdom (Traditional tale) Synonyms: word banks Assessment 2 Page 68 The Silk Cotton Trees (Suspense story) Vocabulary: synonyms Sentences: types, punctuation Subject and predicate Simple present tense Simple past tense Commas and capital letters, proper adjectives Paragraphs: main idea + detail Quotation marks Sentences Simple present tense Simple past tense Punctuation Theme Three: Weather Unit Listening and Speaking Reading and comprehension Language 9 page 74 Focus question 1 10 page 81 Focus question 2 11 page 88 Focus question 4 12 page 94 Focus question 3 Describe the weather in Jamaica Give a weather forecast, discuss information presented graphically Discuss different types of weather, activities and appropriate clothing Formulate questions to help research a topic Use sensory words to describe the rain Working with the Weather (Dialogue) Vocabulary: types of weather A Lucky Escape (Realistic story) All About Hurricanes (Web page) Vocabulary: information technology Wind (Poem) Vocabulary: antonyms Assessment 3 Page 100 Drought (Realistic story) Vocabulary: antonyms Sentences, clauses and phrases Conjunctions Present participle Present and past continuous tenses Comparative and superlative adjectives Future tense Conditional sentences Conjunctions Present / past continuous tenses Comparative / superlative adjectives

Scope and Sequence Theme One: Adventures with Books Word study Study skills Writing Classify books Using an index 1 Complete a library application card 2 Book review Using a thesaurus Using a dictionary Homophones Synonyms Possessive nouns (apostrophes) Synonyms Homophones Possessive nouns 1 Describe a character 2 Friendly letter about character in book Writing process: planning 1 Use story map to retell traditional story 2 Design a flyer for a new book Writing process: editing, proofreading 1 Design a poster about using the library 2 Write an announcement 1 Complete a form about a writer 2 Journal entry about a character Theme Two: Caribbean Customs Word study Study skills Writing Syllabication: words with double consonants Riddles Spelling: ie / ei Silent letters: g, k, w 1 Fact sheet about traditional character 2 Friendly letter about community festival 1 Invitation to school event 2 Persuasive letter about parade Use table to make notes its / it s Hard and soft c and g Revision of spelling Double consonants, ei / ie, silent letters, its / it s, hard and soft c and g Locate information in encyclopaedia 1 Write a grace 2 Report: What happens at a celebration, e.g. Chinese New Year 1 Design a postcard 2 Write story about a traditional character (herringbone technique) 1 Writing paragraphs 2 Picture story Theme Three: Weather Word study Study skills Writing Compound words Sounds: bl-, sh-, th- Base words Prefixes: dis-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, un-, mis-, pre-, non- Interpret graphs showing weather conditions Give instructions for making a paper hat 1 Write paragraphs about types of weather 2 Formal letter about misleading weather forecast 1 Design an advertisement for clothing 2 Letter of invitation to friend coming to Jamaica Suffixes: forming adjectives Making notes 1 Make notes on expository text 2 Journal entry: clearing up after a storm Figures of speech: metaphor, personification Prefixes and suffixes Compound words Weather metaphors 1 Describe what happened when the wind was disruptive 2 Write sense poem about rain 1 Write a weather forecast 2 Story in which the weather plays an important part 5

Scope and Sequence Theme Four: The Food We Eat Unit Listening and Speaking Reading and comprehension Language 13 page 106 Focus question 1 Discuss food preferences Create menu for day of healthy eating Food labels / food groups (Environmental print) Commas in lists Use of colon, semicolon 14 page 113 Focus question 3 15 page 120 Focus question 2 16 page 126 Focus question 4 Discuss features of poem Dramatise poems Change Creole poem to SJE Describe Jamaican foods Role play: acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in a restaurant KWL strategy Give instructions for growing vegetables The Coconut Groove, Linstead Market (Poems) Vocabulary: descriptive language, onomatopoeia It Sounds Delicious! (Realistic story) Vocabulary: Jamaican food proverbs Growing tomatoes (Account of a process) Vocabulary: collective nouns with foods Assessment 4 Page 133 Food around the world (Emails from e-pals) Vocabulary: describing foods, cooking techniques, compound words for foods Comparative and superlative adverbs Contractions Direct / reported speech Active / passive voice Sequencing words Punctuation Comparative / superlative adjectives and adverbs Contractions Reported speech Active and passive voice Theme Five: Exploring our Country Unit Listening and Speaking Reading and comprehension Language 17 page 140 Focus question 1 18 page 147 Focus question 2 19 page 154 Focus questions 2 and 3 20 page 161 Focus questions 3 and 4 Presentation of book or story Describe the sea Recite poem in groups Role play: planning an excursion Compare living in hilly and flat area You Really Must Read This! (Friendly letter) Vocabulary: Jamaican plants and animals The Fringe of the Sea (Poem) Vocabulary: words relating to the sea Visit the Turtle River Falls and Gardens (Brochure) Vocabulary: glossary of bodies of water Jamaican Highlands and Lowlands (Expository writing) Vocabulary: antonyms Assessment 5 Page 167 The Negril Coral Reef (Letters to the editor) Vocabulary: adverbs Present perfect tense Past participles Helping verbs Prepositions, give directions Relative pronouns: who, which, where Present perfect Prepositions, give directions Relative pronouns 6

Scope and Sequence Theme Four: The Food We Eat Word study Study skills Writing Abbreviations Consonant blends with r Classify foods according to food groups 1 Advertisements for food 2 Encyclopaedia entry about type of food Homographs 1 Poem about fruit or vegetables 2 Story about a character in Linstead Market Silent letters: b, l, n, t 1 Recipe for banana cake 2 Glossary of Jamaican foods 3 Letter describing food at a celebration Irregular plurals with es Interpret diagram of cooking process 1 Picture dictionary of fruits and vegetables 2 Letter of invitation to class Food Fair Abbreviations Homographs 1 Letter of thanks to aunt, praising her cooking 2 Story: Thief in the Market Theme Five: Exploring our Country Word study Study skills Writing Interjections Figures of speech: simile, alliteration Give a presentation about Jamaican national symbols Change Creole poem ( De Ribba Ben Come Dung ) to SJE 1 Report on ferns or orchids 2 Story about an animal or a fruit 1 Acrostic poem about sea or river 2 Descriptive writing about beach Phrasal verbs Use a map 1 Formal letter to arrange a class visit to a body of water 2 Report on mineral spa Forming nouns: suffixes Arguments for and against 1 Paragraphs about crops grown in Jamaica 2 For and against living on an island 3 Story: being lost in a remote area Verbs: simple past, past participle, present perfect Phrasal verbs Similes Alliteration 1 Report on bamboo 2 Letter to friend giving account of a visit 7

Adventures with Books Unit 1 Speaking What kind of books do you like reading most? Why? Who is your favourite author? Ask another pupil questions about a book s/he has read. Reading 1 Skim this account of a visit to the library to find the answers to these questions. Which library did the children visit? What is the name of Taylor s friend? Who is Mrs. Webster? Skimming means looking over a text quickly to get a general idea of what it is about. Visit to Hanover Parish Library Taylor and Michelle are very fond of reading, so last week their mother took them to the Hanover Parish Library. When they went in, the children were amazed to see that there were thousands of books on the shelves. They noticed some children choosing books and others sitting quietly at tables reading. Taylor recognised one of his friends and went over to speak to him. Hello, Shawn, he whispered. Do you often come to the library? Yes, I ve been a member for two years. Would you like me to show you around? Shawn offered. First Shawn showed Taylor and Michelle the fiction section. This part of the library contains story books, poems and plays, he told them. It s easy to find the books you want because the authors names are in alphabetical order. Then he took them to the reference section. This section contains informational books like encyclopaedias and manuals, he said. I use the books in this section to find information for my school projects. I sometimes use the library computers as well to look things up on the 8 Read an account / skimming

Adventures with Books Unit 1 Internet. He pointed out a bank of computers at the other end of the library. Do you enjoy coming to the library? Michelle asked. Oh yes. I love spending time here. The thing I like best is Mrs. Webster s library club. Mrs. Webster is one of the librarians. We meet with her once a month to read stories and talk about our favourite books. Mrs. Webster recommends new books to us as well. At the moment we re getting ready for the National Reading Competition next April. On the way out of the library, Taylor s mother spoke to the librarian. How can the children join the library? she asked. To join the library they must fill out an application card. Then they will be allowed to take books out. Do we have to pay anything? asked Michelle. No, you can borrow one book free of charge for two weeks at a time. If you return the books late you will have to pay a fine. How soon can we start borrowing books? asked Taylor. If you fill out the form now, you can start taking books out right away. 2 Answer the questions. 1. What surprised Taylor and Michelle when they went into the library? 2. What did they see children doing in the library? 3. In which section of the library would you find a book of fables? 4. Which of these books would you expect to find in the reference section of a library? A. mystery stories B. biographies C. a cookery book D. a dictionary 5. Where can you find information for school projects? 6. A librarian is a person who A. borrows books from a library. B. helps children with their school work. C. looks after the books in a library. D. shows people how to use computers. 7. Explain how children can borrow books from the library. 8. Do you think Taylor was keen to join the library? How do you know? 9. Why is it important to be quiet in a library? 10. What would you most like to do in a library? Why? Vocabulary: classifying books 1 Are these books fiction or non-fiction? Write the titles in the table. Birds of the Caribbean: Peter Evans Baba and Mr. Big: C. Everard Palmer Tales from the West Indies: Philip Sherlock The Young Warriors: V.S. Reid Fiction Duppy Stories: David Brailsford Atlas of the Eastern Caribbean My First Spanish Dictionary Juice Box and Scandal: Hazel Campbell Non-fiction Baba and Mr. Big Comprehension / classifying books 9

Adventures with Books Unit 1 2 Match the words in the box to the definitions. You can use a dictionary to help you. Example: book which contains a list of addresses or telephone numbers directory table of contents index manual glossary atlas directory encyclopaedia catalogue thesaurus 1. list of topics at the back of a book showing on which page they are mentioned 2. a book containing maps 3. list at front of book giving information about the different sections of the book 4. book containing instructions on how to do something 5. book containing lists of words with similar meanings 6. list of items in an exhibition or a library 7. list of difficult words with explanations of their meaning 8. book or set of books which give information about different subjects 3 Imagine you are a school librarian. Classify these fiction books in alphabetical order according to the names of the authors. Example: 1. The Ring and the Roaring Water: Diane Browne Three Finger Jack s Treasure Speaking and Listening: giving explanations 1 Work with a partner. Each of you chooses a book you use in class. Explain to your partner what each part of this book contains. Use these questions to help you. What information can you find on the cover of the book? How would you use the Table of Contents? What other sections can you find in the book? What information do they contain? 10 Classifying books / giving explanations