Theme Unit Text Type Page Text Type: Leaflet Reading Skill: Identify Main Ideas
4Our Environment
1. Why Recycle? Leaflet 5
2. Clean Energy Leaflet 6
3. The Grey Curtain Poem 7
4. Beijing Smog Magazine Article 8
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9Health Concerns
5. Fight the Flu Leaflet 10
6. What’s Avian Influenza? Leaflet 11
7. Seeing the Doctor Conversation 12
8. The Doctor’s Note Note 13
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14Text Type: Magazine Article Reading Skill: Identify Cause and Effect
15Myths and Legends
9. What is Bigfoot? Magazine Article 16
10. UFO Sighting Magazine Article 17
11. What’s in the Closet? Conversation 18
12. The House on Elim Road Story 19
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20Fun in Hong Kong
13. The Star Ferry Magazine Article 21
14. Let Your Heart Be Touched Magazine Article 22
15. The Field Trip Discussion 23
16. Environment Day Schedule 24
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25Text Type: Webpage Reading Skill: Look for specific information
26Food and Drinks
17. Chocolate Webpage 27
18. Online Grocery Webpage 28
19. No-Bake Cornflake Cookies Blog / Recipe 29
20. The Forgetful Waiter Play 30
21. Talking with a Chef Interview 31
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Around the World
22. The Eiffel Tower Webpage 33
23. The Pyramids in Egypt Webpage 34
24. From Niagara Falls Postcard 35
25. Wild Safari Advertisement 36
26. Things in Australia E-mail 37
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38Text Type: Review Reading Skill: Analyse Plot
39In Nature
27. Terrible Tornadoes Film Review 40
28. Northern Lights Delight Film Review 41
29. In Case of Bad Weather School Newsletter 42
30. Why Four Seasons? Magazine Article 43
31. A Day in the Rainforest Diary Entry 44
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45Story Time
32. A Night Under the Stars Book Review 46
33. The Magical Forest Book Review 47
34. What’s Your Favourite Questionnaire 48
35. Story Planning Flow Chart 49
36. Dora the Dolphin’s Disastrous Day Story 50
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51Text Type: Presentation Reading Skill: Summarise and Paraphrase
52Popular History
37. Benjamin Franklin Presentation 53
38. The Rosetta Stone Presentation 54
39. Marco Polo Biography 55
40. Genghis Khan Book Covers 56
41. Major Wars in History Timeline 57
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58School Days
42. Science Project – the Volcano Presentation 59
43. Build a Toy Robot Presentation 60
44. Student Awards School Newsletter 61
45. The Next Phase Letter 62
46. So Long. Farewell. Speech 63
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Primary 6
This is a magazine article.
• A magazine article usually explains something in detail.
• When explaining something, one thing often leads to another. This is cause and effect.
• Words like ‘because’, ‘since’ and ‘due to’ show the cause; and words like ‘ so’, ‘hence’ and
‘therefore’ show the effect or the result.
Cause: Hong Kong cuisine has a very special style of its own.
Effect: Hong Kong has been named Gourmet Paradise.
Cause: Hong Kong was once ruled by Britain.
Effect: Hong Kong food is heavily influenced by western cuisine.
Hong Kong Is
Gourmet Paradise
You think of pizzas when someone talks about Italian food. You think of sushi when someone talks about Japanese food. You think of fish and chips when someone talks about British food. But, what do you think of when someone talks about Hong Kong food?
Hong Kong food is based on traditional Chinese cuisine, and closely related to Cantonese cuisine. However, Hong Kong food is also heavily influenced by western cuisine because the city was once ruled by Britain. All these different cuisines have given Hong Kong a very special style of its own. And with it, Hong Kong has been named Gourmet Paradise.
But, what is an example of Hong Kong food? Here are three of Hong Kong’s finest pastries.
Pineapple bun is the best example of Hong Kong style pastry. The sweet top is the most mouth-watering part of this bun.
Egg tart shows how the East meets West. The soft shell is very western; yet, the sweet egg filling is very Chinese.
Egg Waffle is one of the people’s favourite snacks. It is famous for its crispy shell and the soft inside.
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Reading Skill: Identify Cause and Effect
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A teacher asks Sam to write a book review.
The Magical Forest
Answer the following questions.
1. Read line 8. What is a ‘nemesis’?
A. an enemy who is hard to defeat B. the changing climate
C. the leader of the Mollocks D. the name of the promised land
3. How does Sam describe the different parts of the story? Fill in the blanks.
➊ The plot is .
➋ The climax is .
➌ The ending is .
➍ Overall, the story is .
2. Put the sentences in the correct order.
A. The Drogs are laughing and dancing.
B. The Drogs sees the promised land.
C. Yurgeen appears.
D. The Mollocks enter the promised land.
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4. What happens in the climax of the story?
The Magical Forest
reviewed by Sam Gantz The Magical Forest is a fantasy novel. There are many strange creatures which appear throughout the book. It starts with the fighting between different groups of human-like Drogs because their land is in danger. Due to the changing climate there are fewer places to live so they are at war. Then a superhero Yurgeen comes, a cross between a huge bear and a dragon. He leadsthem to safety after facing many challenges and problems caused by their nemesis, the evil Mollocks. When Yurgeen and the Drogs arrive to the promised land, they are all delighted because it is a warm and fertile land. However, the
Mollocks are right behind their tails and the two groups begin to fight. The battle ends with the
Drogs as victors and the story ends with them celebrating with a big banquet.
This story is very dull and boring. The characters are uninteresting. Moreover, the plot is not logical, the climax is not thrilling, and the ending is very predictable. So even if you like fantasy novels, I will definitely not recommend this book to you.
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Writers sometimes give animal characteristics to people to make their writing more descriptive.
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3. I like Japanese _____ . Sushi is my favourite food.
4. If you ______ what you have in life, you will be happy.
6. The course I enrolled on was full, so I received a _________ .
7. The ________ of this bag was bad. The zipper fell off after the first time I used it.
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1. Mum is cooking some noodles in the ________ .
2. The books I bought are too heavy. Is there a _______ service available?
5. ________ is the main ingredient in chocolate.
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32 Pan Lloyds High-flyers — Daily Reading Practice
Date:
Complete the crossword puzzle.
