Unit Title Theme Text type
1 School Open Day Places and activities: School days Poster2 Good student coupons Caring and sharing: Be a good friend Coupon
3 Best friends Me, my family and friends Rhyme
4 Moo! Moo! Using my five senses Song
5 My ‘big sister’ We love Hong Kong Story
6 My favourite teacher Places and activities: School days Personal recount
7 Good job! The world around us Comic
8 Behaving on the MTR Caring and sharing: Be a good friend Diary
9 On holiday Me, my family and friends Postcard
10 A new theme park We love Hong Kong E-mail
Vocabulary quiz 1
11 Fire! Using my five senses Poem
12 Transport in Venice The world around us Blog
13 Monkey at school Places and activities: School days Comic 14 A kind friend Caring and sharing: Be a good friend Story
15 Eye care We love Hong Kong Leaflet
16 Parents’ Day Me, my family and friends Diary
17 What is it? Using my five senses Conversation
18 Children’s Day The world around us Encyclopaedia
19 School signs Places and activities: School days Sign
20 Don’t worry! We love Hong Kong Blog
Vocabulary quiz 2 Prefixes and suffixes Vocabulary index
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Table of contents sample
2 A
Unit Title Theme Text type
1 School Open Day Places and activities: School days Poster 2 Good student coupons Caring and sharing: Be a good friend Coupon
3 Best friends Me, my family and friends Rhyme
4 Moo! Moo! Using my five senses Song
5 My ‘big sister’ We love Hong Kong Story
6 My favourite teacher Places and activities: School days Personal recount
7 Good job! The world around us Comic
8 Behaving on the MTR Caring and sharing: Be a good friend Diary
9 On holiday Me, my family and friends Postcard
10 A new theme park We love Hong Kong E-mail
Vocabulary quiz 1
11 Fire! Using my five senses Poem
12 Transport in Venice The world around us Blog
13 Monkey at school Places and activities: School days Comic 14 A kind friend Caring and sharing: Be a good friend Story
15 Eye care We love Hong Kong Leaflet
16 Parents’ Day Me, my family and friends Diary
17 What is it? Using my five senses Conversation
18 Children’s Day The world around us Encyclopaedia
19 School signs Places and activities: School days Sign
20 Don’t worry! We love Hong Kong Blog
Vocabulary quiz 2 Prefixes and suffixes Vocabulary index
New word(s) Repeated new word(s) Page
finish, start, tuck shop 4
coupon, free, lunchtime, student tuck shop 6
cry, friend, help, kind 8
cow, farm, horse, sheep 10
cleaner, driver, problem, unhappy cry, kind 12
basketball, favourite, funny, lesson 14
banker, cook, doctor, money cleaner 16
home, loudly, people, phone unhappy 18
beach, beautiful, holiday, mountain favourite, people, sheep 20 build, exciting, new, theme park beautiful, people, tuck shop 22 24
dream, fire, fireman, hot 26
boat, excited, push, road driver, friend, funny, holiday, people 28
children, litter, must, queue, quiet home, push 30
homework, sad, share friend, help, kind, lunchtime, money 32 computer, minute, pain, weak children, doctor, must, people, phone,
problem 34
classroom, mark, parent computer, homework, kind, quiet, unhappy 36
colour, round, soft, sour, sweet funny, quiet 38
country, film, present, zoo children, free 40
corridor, garden, library, open classroom, computer 42
author, writer, worry banker, favourite, film, funny, mark,
people, student 44
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JumpStart Reading and Vocabulary Powerhouse 2A 8
Your friend gives you a rhyme. Read it and answer the questions on the next page.
Unit 3
Best friends
Best friends Text type:
rhyme Text type:
rhyme
New word(s) cry, friend, help, kind
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Here’s your friend
Here’s your friend, say ‘Hello!’
When they want help, don’t say ‘No!’
Be kind to friends,
And they are kind to you.
Love your friends, they love you too!
Here’s your friend, please say ‘Hi!’
You can help them when they cry.
Be kind to friends,
And they are kind to you.
Love your friends, they love you too!
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Tick ( ✓ ) the correct answers.
1. This rhyme is about .
A. friends B. girls
C. school D. love
2. You meet your friend on the street. You can say ‘ ’
A. No! B. Friend!
C. Hi! D. Yes!
3. You can help friends when they . A. say hello B. are happy C. help you D. feel sad
4. ‘Hi’ rhymes with ‘cry’. What word rhymes with ‘you’?
A. hello B. too
C. no D. our
Fill your answer in the space provided.
5. How should we treat our friends?
We should .
A rhyme is a short poem, often written for young children. Rhyming words are found at the end of the lines in a rhyme.
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JumpStart Reading and Vocabulary Powerhouse 2A 24
Vocabulary Quiz 1
1. Name the animals. What sounds do they make? (10 marks)
(a) (b)
Animal : Animal :
Sound : Sound :
(c) (d)
Animal : Animal :
Sound : Sound :
(e)
Animal :
Sound :
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Marks:
Date:
2. Name these jobs. (4 marks)
3. One of the teachers here is a NET. Who is it? Fill in the table.
(6 marks)
Name
What subject does she teach?
Tall or short?
Fat or thin?
Colour of hair Colour of eyes
( a ) ( b ) ( c ) ( d ) ( e ) ( f ) Miss Allen
Mr Lee
Mrs Fan
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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Vocabulary in Minutes
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Around 80 grade-appropriate new words extracted from the units
Words are marked with syllable breaks, parts of speech, Chinese definitions and example sentences
Personalised booklet allows students to add their own words
English in Minutes goggles make vocabulary learning fun and easy
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chil.dren (n.) 小孩 coun.try (n.) 國家
e.g. Many children in the world cannot go to e.g. Children’s Day is on 20th November in
school. many countries .
class.room (n.) 課室 cou.pon (n.) 贈券
e.g. Do not eat or drink in the classroom . e.g. You can use this coupon to get a free drink.
clean.er (n.) 清潔工 cow (n.) 牛
e.g. Kitty’s mother is a cleaner and her father e.g. A cow moos.
is a driver.
co.lour (n.) 顏色 cry (v.) 哭
e.g. Red is my favourite colour . e.g. The baby iscrying .
com.pu.ter (n.) 電腦
e.g. Computer games are not good for your e.g.
eyes.
cook (n.) 廚師
e.g. The cook at this restaurant is an Indian. e.g.
cor.ri.dor (n.) 走廊
e.g. Do not run in the corridor . e.g.
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