Unit 19 - Kids Will Be Kids

Unit 19 - Kids Will Be Kids

Apostila - p. 04

What makes a child happy?

• Food

• Toys

• Games

• Electronic devices

What comes to mind when you reminisce about your childhood?

• playing on the street

• hang out with my neighbors

Where is it better to raise a child: in a small town or in a big city? Why?

• Personal answers

CONNECTIONS

QUESTION 1

Look at the following words and phrases and classify them as children's games or toys.

Multiple Choice

Top is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

action figure is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Tag is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Hopscotch is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Doll is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Blind man's bluff is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Cat's cradle is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Yo-yo is a:

• game

• toy

Multiple Choice

Hide-and-seek is a:

• game

• top

Multiple Choice

Slot car racing track is a:

• game

• toy

Question 1 - Answers

GAMES:

tag

hopscotch

blind man's bluff

cat's cradle

TOYS

top

action figure

doll

yo-yo

slot car racing track

FOCUS ON READING

Apostila - p. 06

Question 1 & 2

You are going to read an excerpt of an article about parenting. As you read, check your answers to the previous activity.

Multiple Choice

a) A white lie is an ill-intentioned lie.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

b) Most parents use white lies to shape children's conduct.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

c) American parents lie to their children just as much as Chinese parents do.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

d) According to a study, threatening to abandon their children is the most common lie that American and Chinese parents tell their children.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

e) All white lies are unbelievable.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

f) Much is known about the consequences of lying to children.

• true

• false

Question 1 - Answers

a) F

b) T

c) F

d) T

e) F

f) F

Question 3

Check the option that best replaces the word(s) in bold.

Apostila - p. 8

Multiple Choice

a) "A study has shown that most parents employ 'creative truths" to curb or enhance children's conduct."

• undestand

• read

• limit

Multiple Choice

b) "Will I die? I sobbed to my mother."

• cried

• wrote

• smiled

Multiple Choice

c) "Mum held her hands to her face, shielding me from her look of horror. Or at least I thought it was a look of horror."

• forbidding

• protecting

• releasing

Multiple Choice

d) "On reflection, all these years later, I realise she was muffing her laughter."

• amplifying

• turning up

• muting

Multiple Choice

e) "[...] the bubble gum I was eating that particular day - and which I thought would stay undigested in my stomach forever - was special and could be swallowed without harm."

• ingested

• chewed

• licked

Multiple Choice

f) "I was reminded of the little white lies we tell our children when my daughter recently began pulling faces."

• paiting

• cooking

• making