Theme Unit Text type Reading skill Page
Ready to read 1
4-5Growing up
1 Good old days Interview Understanding one’s feelings
6
2 What should I do? Email 7
3 Hong Kong students News report Understanding ideas
connected by ‘also’ 8-9
Entertainment and leisure
4 The man, the boy and
the donkey Fable
Identifying the main idea of a story
10
5 Tomorrow’s drama
king and queen Leaflet 11
6 Shakespeare’s Globe Webpage Understanding similes 12-13
Helping our world
7 Run for good Notice Understanding ideas connected by ‘so’
14
8 Poor in a rich place Journal 15
9 Thanks for your
kindness Newsletter Identifying information
of places 16-17
Out in space
10 Mars experience Poster
Rephrasing
18
11 Know the planets Magazine
contents page 19
12 Space travel Magazine article Identifying the main idea
of an article 20-21
6
Fun with stories
13 Nursery rhymes Book back cover
Understanding rhymes 24
14 The wicked witch Poem 25
15 Let’s rate it Film review Categorising 26-27
Festivals
16 My favourite festival Report Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar expressions
28
17 Whole world celebrates Book report 29
18 Don’t eat too much! Newspaper article Making a reference with
pronouns 30-31
How to read this text type 1
22-23sample
Language arts
19 Meet the author Interview Visualising of people/
animals
34
20 Join a book club Email 35
21 A novelist’s life Biographical timeline
Understanding ideas connected by ‘why/
because’
36-37
We love Hong Kong
22 Back then Story
Identifying information of time
38
23 Explore outlying
Hong Kong Leaflet 39
24 Clean our home News report Making a reference
without pronouns 40-41
Theme Unit Text type Reading skill Page
Ready to read 2
32-33Taking care of the Earth
25 Recycling week Notice Understanding ideas connected by ‘although/
however’
44
26 Planting trees Journal 45
27 Renewable energy Magazine article Analysing the information 46-47
Knowing other countries
28 Spots in London Poster Interpreting data from graphs
48
29 How many people? Chart 49
30 Visiting India Newsletter Guessing the meaning of
unfamiliar words 50-51
Changes
31 Life of danger Book back cover
Visualising of situations 52
32 Going to the next stage Poem 53
33 My new life Blog Sequencing 54-55
Send a message
34 Graduation Speech Understanding ideas connected by ‘so that’
56
35 Best regards Message 57
36 Let yourself out Newspaper article Identifying the main idea
of paragraphs 58-59
How to read this text type 3
60-61Text types and reading skills overview 62-63
Word bank 64-68
How to read this text type 2
42-43sample
6
A.
2. Paul feels the teachers who taught him.
A. angry with
B. disappointed with C. grateful to
D. sad with
Fill in the table with the correct words.
4. What do the following people do?
Person Job
Jack (i)
Peter (ii) Paul (iii) 1. How did Peter feel when he talked
about his good memories?
A. sad B. nervous C. happy D. anxious
3. What does ‘old boys’ in line 3 mean?
A. boys who do not grow old B. boys who are teenagers C. boys who are at an old age
D. boys who once studied in the school
Good old
1 days
Jack: Welcome to our school radio broadcast, Peter and Paul. Good to see you back at Happy Primary School. I am Jack, your student host today!
Peter: Yes. Ha ha! We are old boys now. We graduated a long time ago.
Paul: Right. We studied here twelve years ago.
Jack: Can you tell us some of your good memories about this school?
Peter: There are quite a lot! I made a lot of friends here! Some teachers were like friends to me.
We sometimes gathered to chat after school. I enjoyed so much being a student here.
Paul: I was happy on the days that I had different kinds of extra-curricular activities.
However, my academic results were not good. I was so stressed, but I was lucky that teachers in this school stayed behind after school to teach me.
Jack: Did you ever think of being a lawyer or a vet or something?
Peter: I wanted to be an architect but now I am a pilot.
Jack: What about you, Paul?
Paul: I was interested in designing. I am now a fashion designer.
I wish I could be a primary student here again.
Peter: Yes, it was so carefree.
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B.
Choose the correct answers by blackening the circles.
