Reading plan – English

Student’s name: ________________________________________ Graders: 3rd ABCD

Teacher : Nancy E. Carreño Alejos / Alfredo Adrianzen Obando
Literary work: Stone Cold MARKS: _________________

Reading session 2
Stone Cold (Pages 11 – 16)
Competence
Reads and understand
texts in English as a
foreign language.
Time framework
Unit 3 - Week 4
Learning
N°
Capacities Performance evidence
Identify explicit, relevant, and
complementary information by
✓ Obtain information integrating data found in different parts of Reading
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from written texts. the text containing various complex worksheet
elements in its structure and varied
vocabulary, in a literary text.
Timing Resource Strategy: Activities
Reading process:
Stone Cold:
✓ Before reading: Vocabulary work.
60 min Daily Routine Orders 4
✓ While reading: Answer questions.
& 5: Pages 17-28
✓ After reading: Reading worksheet.

Before Reading.

1. Vocabulary work: Use your dictionary and match the words or phrases with their meaning.

a) Snug (adj.) 1. some food

b) christen (verb) 2. pound (money)
c) rough (adj.) 3. one-room flat
d) bumbler (adj.) 4. warm and comfortable
e) grub (noun) 5. hooded coat
f) no strings attached 6. clumsy
g) quid (noun) 7. baptize
h) bedsit (noun) 8. very dirty
i) filthy (adj.) 9. with no restrictions
j) parka (noun) 10. violent, difficult

While reading:

2. Read pages 17-18. Answer the questions.

a) Why does Shelter get a cat?

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b) What’s his cat’s name?
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c) Shelter says “Recruting can now commence”. What do you think he means by “recruiting”?
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d) Imagine what Shelter looks like. Draw a picture of this image.
After reading:

3. Read pages 19-22.

a) Put the events in order.

_____ he came to a row of shops.
_____ he looked for a job
_____ he rented a room
_____ he arrived in London.
_____ Carole gave him some money

4. Read pages 23-26.

a) Describe the night when Shelter finds his first recruit.

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b) What’s the name of the hostel for young people that Shelter made up?
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c) What does Shelter mean when he says “..put him out of his misery”?
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5. Read pages 26-28. Write T (True) and F (False), justify your answer with words exactly as they appear in the text. (2
marks each)

a) There are many places to find work in London. ( )

Justification: _____________________________________________________________________________
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b) Link didn’t spend money on transport when looking for a job. ( )
Justification: _____________________________________________________________________________
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c) Link had only 10 pounds when the room’s owner came for his rent. ( )
Justification: _____________________________________________________________________________
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d) Link promised to take revenge on the room’s owner someday. ( )
Justification: _____________________________________________________________________________
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