2nd Semester Exam Review for
English an International Approach
A Lucky Day
6/P
Man carries a heavy jiggeh with a basket of rice.
Jiggeh made of woven straw.
Tree-ear is just looking at the man’s jiggeh which
makes Tree-ear even hungrier
The jiggeh has a hole and the rice is trickling out.
Tree-ear wrestles with his thoughts, should he take
the rice, or tell the man about the hole?
He tells the man about the hole in the basket.
The man is rueful that he wasn’t patient enough to
fix his basket properly.
He tells Tree-ear to fetch some leaves to fix the
hole.
A Lucky Day
6/P
The man lets Tree-ear have the fallen rice.
“One good deed deserves another, boy.”
He remembers Crane-man’s words: “Work gives a
man dignity, stealing takes it away.”
Crane-man lives under a bridge with Tree-ear. They
forage through the rubbish to survive.
A Lucky Day
6/R
Tree-ear forages through the rubbish heap to
survive. (12 years old, lives with Crane-man under a
bridge).
Tree-ear sees a man carrying a jiggeh with a basket
made of woven straw full of rice.
The rice is falling out of a hole in the basket.
Tree-ear wrestles with his thoughts, should he tell
the man about the hole or not?
Tree-ear tells the man, the man tells Tree-ear to go
and “fetch” some leaves. The man fixes his basket
and lets Tree-ear have the fallen rice, saying, “One
good deed deserves another.”
A Lucky Day
6/R
Tree-ear remembers Crane-man’s words, “Work
gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.”
A Lucky Day
6/S
Tree-ear (12 year old boy who lives with Craneman under a bridge and forages through the
rubbish heap to survive), sees a man with a jiggeh
and a basket of rice.
The rice is trickling out of the basket.
Tree-ear wrestles with his thoughts, should he tell
the man or take the fallen rice?
He tells the man and tells Tree-ear to “fetch” some
leaves to fix his basket. He laughs ruefully because
he wasn’t patient enough to fix his basket properly
before.
A Lucky Day
6/S
He tells the man and tells Tree-ear to “fetch” some
leaves to fix his basket. He laughs ruefully because
he wasn’t patient enough to fix his basket properly
before.
The man says to Tree-ear, “One good deed
deserves another” and lets Tree-ear pick up the
fallen rice.
Tree-ear remembers Crane-man’s words, “Work
gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.”
A Lucky Day
6/T
Tree-ear is a 12 year old orphan child who forages
in the rubbish heap and lives with an old man
named Crane-man.
He sees a man carrying rice in a basket attached to
a jiggeh. The rice is falling out of a hole in the
basket.
He wrestles with his thoughts, should he tell the
man or just take the rice?
He decides to tell the man. The man laughs
ruefully because he wasn’t patient enough to fix his
basket properly.
A Lucky Day
6/T
The man tells Tree-ear to “fetch” some leaves to fix
the basket.
The man lets Tree-ear pick up the fallen rice saying,
“One good deed deserves another.”
Tree-ear remembers Crane-man’s words: “Work
gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.”
A Lucky Day
6/U
Tree-ear sees a man carrying rice in his jiggeh.
Tree-ear sees the rice trickling out of the basket.
Tree-ear wrestles with his thoughts, should he
pick up the rice or tell the man about the hole?
Tree-ear tells the man about the hole.
The man laughed ruefully because he wasn’t
patient enough to fix the basket correctly before.
The man tells T-e to “fetch some leaves.”
The man fixes the hole and lets T-e have the rice
that has fallen out because “One good deed
deserves another.”
A Lucky Day
6/U
Tree-ear remembers Crane-man’s words: “Work
gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.”
Tree-ear: 12 year old boy who forages through the
rubbish heaps to survive.
Crane-man: old man who lives with Tree-ear
under a bridge.
T.A.S.K.
6/P
T.A.S.K. The Abandoned Street Kids (of Brazil)
They help homeless street kids in Rio de Janiero
They set up homes for these kids.
They run “ecotours” to raise money for the homes.
They have farms to teach the kids farming and to
raise food for the homes.
David’s Diary:
First day: arrives in a jeep and cut undergrowth with
a machete. David carries away barrows full of stuff.
Second Day: they grow bananas which only give fruit
once in their lives. David plants new banana plants
and tries to not be bit by poisonous spiders.
T.A.S.K.
6/R
The Abandoned Street Kids (of Brazil)
An organization that helps street kids in Rio de
Janeiro. It builds homes for them and has a farm,
Epsom College Farm to train the boys in farming and
raise food and money to start new houses.
Has “ecotours” where volunteers come and help on
the farm for their holiday…a humanitarian
experience.
David’s Diary, 1st day: cutting back undergrowth with
a machete, carries away a lot of leaves and stuff.
2nd day, carries a lot of manure for the new banana
plants (bananas trees only produce 1 bunch of
bananas in their lifetime).
T.A.S.K.
6/S
The Abandoned Street Kids (of Brazil)
The set up homes for street kids in Rio de Janeiro.
They have farms to train the boys in farming and
they offer “ecotours” for volunteers to help with
the planting of banana trees (which only have one
bunch of fruit in their lifetime).
The name of the farm is Epsom College Farm.
David’s Diary, day 1: helps clear the undergrowth
with a machete and carries away lots of leaves
and stuff with a barrow.
Day 2: Carries manure and tries to not let the
poisonous spiders bite him.
T.A.S.K.
What is important about T.A.S.K. is the
humanitarian adventure: helping people with
your time and money.
6/S
T.A.S.K.
6/T
The Abandoned Street Kids (of Brazil). This group
helps and builds homes for homeless kids.
They have a farm to teach the boys farming and to
raise food for the homes.
They have “ecotours” on this farm, bringing richer
people to the farm to help and to give them a
chance to see the world with different eyes.
David’s Diary: Day 1
T.A.S.K.
6/U
The Abandoned Street Kids (of Brazil)
They have homes for street children in Rio de
Janeiro.
They have “ecotours” to raise money and
supplies for the homes, especially to build a
home for 7-11 year old boys and girls and a home
for teenage girls.
They harvest fruits and vegetables and teach the
boys from the homes how to farm.
David’s Diary: 1st day they cleared the
underbrush with machetes.
T.A.S.K.
6/U
2nd day: carried bags of manure for the new
banana plants because banana plants only give
fruit once in their lives. Had to be careful not to
be bitten by the poisonous spiders.
The boys on the farm help the “ecotourists.”
Epsom College Farm is the name of the farm.
They can bathe in the waterfalls.
The Red Rooster
6/P
An elder brother who inherits everything from his
father except the red rooster with fine feathers.
This brother is proud and selfish, he never invites
his younger brother to his house and he never
shares anything with him.
The younger brother is a good and kind hearted
person who doesn’t complain about his older
brother.
The older brother has a party but doesn’t invite the
younger brother. The older brother gets ill. They
call the medicine man who says he must eat a
rooster with fine feathers to get well.
The Red Rooster
6/P
The younger brother gives him the rooster and the
older brother gets well.
He has another party but doesn’t invite his brother.
The older brother starts growing feathers.
The elders and the medicine man tells him he is
cursed because he has been greedy and selfish. He
must ask forgiveness from his younger brother.
The Red Rooster
6/P
He has another party but doesn’t invite his brother.
The older brother starts growing feathers.
The elders and the medicine man tells him he is
cursed because he has been greedy and selfish. He
must ask forgiveness from his younger brother.
The younger brother forgives the elder brother and
the elder brother’s feathers fall off.
After that the elder brother shares his property
with his younger brother and they live in harmony
together.
The Red Rooster
6/R
There are 2 brothers. The elder brother is greedy
and selfish. He inherits everything from his father
except a rooster with fine red feathers. This is the
only thing the younger brother gets.
The older brother has a party (feast) but he doesn’t
invite his brother.
The older brother gets ill, calls the medicine man
who tells him he must eat a rooster with fine red
feathers. His wife asks for the younger brother’s
rooster and the younger brother gives it to him.
He eats the rooster and gets better, gives another
feast but still doesn’t invite his younger brother.
The Red Rooster
6/R
The elder brother starts to grow feathers. The elders
of the village and the medicine man tell him he is
very selfish and greedy, he must apologize to his
brother. He apologizes and the younger brother
forgives him and the feathers. The feathers fall off
and the older brother shares his property with his
brother and becomes a good, kind man.
The Red Rooster
6/S
There are 2 brothers the elder brother is rich he
inherited everything from his father except the
rooster with fine red feathers, which went to the
younger brother.
The elder brother gave parties but never invited his
younger brother. The younger brother doesn’t
complain, he is kind-hearted.
The older brother gets ill, the medicine man said he
had to eat a red rooster to get well.
His wife gets the red rooster from the younger
brother. He eats the rooster and gets well.
He has another feast but doesn’t invite his brother.
The Red Rooster
6/S
The older brother gets ill, the medicine man said he
had to eat a red rooster to get well.
His wife gets the red rooster from the younger
brother. He eats the rooster and gets well.
He has another feast but doesn’t invite his brother.
He starts to grow feathers. The elders and the
medicine man tell him he was selfish and greedy.
He must apologize to his brother.
He apologizes, and the younger brother forgives
him. His feathers fall off and, he shares his property
equally with his brother. They live happily ever
after.
The Red Rooster
6/T
There are two brothers. The elder brother inherits
everything except the rooster with fine red feathers.
The elder brother is selfish and greedy, the younger
brother is helpful and kindhearted.
The elder brother has a party (feast) but he doesn’t
invite his younger brother.
Later he becomes ill so the medicine man says he
will only get well if he eats a red rooster.
His wife goes and gets his younger brother’s rooster.
He eats it and gets well, and has another feast, but
he still doesn’t invite his brother.
Suddenly he starts to grow feathers.
The Red Rooster
6/T
Later he becomes ill so the medicine man says he
will only get well if he eats a red rooster.
His wife goes and gets his younger brother’s rooster.
He eats it and gets well, and has another feast, but
he still doesn’t invite his brother.
Suddenly he starts to grow feathers.
The medicine man and elders come and tell him to
apologize to his brother for being selfish and greedy.
The younger brother forgives his older brother and
the feathers fall off. The elder brother shares his
property equally with his younger brother, and he
becomes a good person, like the younger brother.
The Red Rooster
6/U
There is an elder brother who is greedy and selfish,
has lots of crops, but he doesn’t share anything
with his younger brother.
The younger brother only inherited a red rooster
with fine feathers from his father. The older
brother got everything else.
The elder brother gave a party (feast) at harvest
time, but he doesn’t invite the younger brother.
The elder brother gets ill. The medicine man says
he must eat a rooster with fine feathers to get well.
The elder brother’s wife runs to the younger
brothers house and asks for their red rooster.
The Red Rooster
6/U
The younger brother is kind-hearted and gives his
only rooster to help the older brother.
The older brother gets well after eating the rooster.
He has a feast again but doesn’t invite his brother.
At the party the older brother begins to grow
feathers. The medicine man and the elders of the
village tell him he must apologize to his brother to
get well.
He apologizes and the younger brother forgives
him.
So, the older brother shares his property equally
with his younger brother and they live in harmony.
I’d Like to Squeeze
6/P
The writer wants to change the world into a new
shape because he wants equality, justice and he
wants the world’s resources to be shared equally.
He is not happy with the things happening in the
world today such as hunger, war etc.
Simile: “squeeze the world like a tube of
toothpaste.”
Repetition: “I’d like to squeeze”
I’d Like to Squeeze
6/R
I’d Like to Squeeze a poem about sharing the
world’s resources equally. He uses repetition, “I’d
like to squeeze” and simile, “like a tube of
toothpaste.” He wants to change the world, change
it’s “shape” and make it “fair and square.”
I’d Like to Squeeze
A poem about sharing the world’s resources
equally. He wants to change the shape of the
world from round to “fair and square.”
He uses repetition and simile “like a tube of
toothpaste.”
6/S
I’d Like to Squeeze
6/T
I’d Like to Squeeze is a poem about sharing the
world’s resources EQUALLY.
The writer uses repetition “I’d like to squeeze” and
simile “like a tube of toothpaste.”
He wants to change the “shape” of the world and
make it “fair and square.”
I’d Like to Squeeze
6/U
The writer wants to squeeze the world until it is fair
for everyone—this would be a new shape, fair and
SQUARE.
Some countries use a lot more energy than other
countries, this means that the world’s resources are
not used fairly or equally.
The writer passionately wants to squeeze and
squeeze (that’s why he uses repitition) the world
until everyone has an equal share.
Simile: “squeeze this round world like a tube of
toothpaste.
Toro, Toro
6/P
Antonito: a young boy in Spain during the Spanish
Civil war in 1936.
Chica: Antonito’s horse.
Paco: Antonito’s bull.
Antonito wants to take Paco away to save him from
dying in the bullfights.
In the middle of the night Antonito goes to the bull
corral with Chica and opens the gate and frees all the
bulls because bulls stay together (herd animals).
All the bulls start running towards Antonito and he is
knocked out.
Toro, Toro
6/P
When he comes to Chica and Paco are still with him.
Paco has protected from the stampede.
They go up high on the hill to an abandoned farm
and corral. Antonito falls asleep.
When Antonito wakes up, he sees vultures and hears
something like 1,000 bees. Then he sees the
airplanes.
He watches the planes dive down onto his village
and they bomb the village.
Antonito cries knowing that his father, mother and
sister are in the village.
Toro, Toro
6/R
Antonito is a 12 year old boy in Spain during the
Spanish Civil War in 1936.
He has a bull named Paco and a horse named
Chica.
He wants to save Paco from the bullring where he
will be killed in the bullfights.
Toro, Toro
Toro, Toro
6/S
Toro, Toro
6/T
Antonito is a 12 year old boy in Spain during the
Spanish Civil War in 1936.
Paco is Antonito’s bull and Chica is his horse.
Antonito wants to save Paco from the bullring where
he would be killed by the matador.
In the middle of the night, he goes to the bull corral
and opens the gate to free all the bulls. He has to
free them all because they are herd animals and stay
together. All the bulls run out and knock Antonito
over, but Paco protects Antonito and stays with him,
so does Chica.
Toro, Toro
6/T
They climb into the hills and find an abandoned
farm. Antonito falls asleep in the stone corral.
He wakes up to the sound of vultures, then the
sound of airplanes, like 1,000 bees. The airplanes
bomb his village. He cries because his mother, father
and sister are in the village.
Toro, Toro
6/U
Antonito: a 12 year old boy in Spain during the
Spanish Civil War (1936)
Chica: his horse
Paco: his bull
Antonito wants to free Paco, so he won’t have to die
in the bullfights.
In the middle of the night, Antonito frees Paco from
the corral along with all the other bulls (because
they are herd animals and stay together).
When Antonito opens the gate and the bulls
stampede and knock him over. When he comes to,
Chica and Paco (who saved him) are still there.
Toro, Toro
6/U
When Antonito opens the gate and the bulls
stampede and knock him over. When he comes to,
Chica and Paco (who saved him) are still there.
They go up into the forest, find an old abandoned
farm and stone corral and Antonito falls asleep.
He wakes up to the cry of vultures. Then he hears
the sound of airplanes like a 1,000 bees and watches
the airplanes bomb his village. He cries realizing that
his mother, father and sister are in the village, maybe
dead.
Shauzia’s Dream
6/P
Shauzia is a 12 year old girl from Afghanistan who
has escaped from a refugee camp in Pakistan. She is
working in Peshawar to earn enough money to fulfill
her dream of living in France.
She dresses like a boy to get work.
She cleans a butcher shop and a grocery store. She
delivers tea, sweeps out a furniture warehouse and
carries big bolts of cloth. She also carries bags for
people at the train station.
She can’t carry bags at the train station often
because the regular porters don’t want her there.
Shauzia’s Dream
6/P
She can’t carry bags at the train station often
because the regular porters don’t want her there.
She doesn’t like going there because she doesn’t like
seeing people get on the train when she doesn’t
have enough money to buy a ticket to go to Karachi
near the sea.
Every day she earns a little more money and puts it
in her purse, around her neck, near her heart.
Shauzia’s Dream
Shauzia’s Dream
6/R
Shauzia’s Dream
Shauzia’s Dream
6/S
Shauzia’s Dream
Shauzia’s Dream
6/T
Shauzia’s Dream
6/U
Shauzia is a 12 year old girl from Afghanistan who
has escaped from a refugee camp in Pakistan. She is
now in Peshawar looking for work. She is disguised
as a boy. Her dream is to go to France to start a new
life.
She works cleaning the butcher’s shop, carries bags
at the train station, unloads heavy bolts of cloth,
delivers tea, cleans the floor of a grocery store and
sweeps a warehouse.
At the train station she asks how much the ticket is
to Karachi on the sea. She is sad because it was too
expensive for her.
Shauzia’s Dream
6/U
She works cleaning the butcher’s shop, carries bags
at the train station, unloads heavy bolts of cloth,
delivers tea, cleans the floor of a grocery store and
sweeps a warehouse.
At the train station she asks how much the ticket is
to Karachi on the sea. She is sad because it was too
expensive for her.
A man asks her to carry his bags and gives her a tip.
She can’t do this often because the official porters
don’t want her to take their jobs.
She doesn’t like to go to the train station and watch
other people get on the train when she can’t.
Shauzia’s Dream
6/U
She doesn’t like to go to the train station and watch
other people get on the train when she can’t.
Still, every day she feels closer to her dream as she
saves her money in her purse that she hangs around
her neck, near her heart.
Alien Abduction
6/P
A poem about a young girl who emigrates with her
family to England.
Her biggest problem is she feels like an alien.
She feels like an alien because the people in England
are DIFFERENT from her.
She looks different from the English.
She has black hair, brown eyes. She is a “blot in a
white sea.”
All of this makes her feel ALONE.
She understands at the end of the poem that she is
an alien to the English as much as they are aliens to
her. She wonders if this will ever change.
Alien Abduction
Alien Abduction
6/R
Alien Abduction
Alien Abduction
6/S
Alien Abduction
Alien Abduction
6/T
Alien Abduction
6/U
A poem about a girl who emigrates to England but
she feels like an alien there because she feels ALONE
and very DIFFERENT.
The culture is different and she is a “blot in a white
sea” (she has black hair, brown eyes).
In the end she understands that she is an alien to
them just like they are aliens to her and she wonders
if this will ever change.
The Obvious Elephant
6/P
The Obvious Elephant is a fable about a village in
which an elephant shows up one day. They don’t
know what it is. Some are afraid of it, some prod it
with sticks, poke it in the eye and throw stones.
A “professor” comes and stops this bad behavior and
goes to the library and finds out that it is an
ELEPHANT!
The villagers say, “Oh! It’s an elephant.” They give
him a name and a flower necklace.
Moral: Don’t be prejudice, don’t be afraid of what
you don’t know. People are more comfortable with
something they have a name for.
The Obvious Elephant
The Obvious Elephant
6/R
The Obvious Elephant
The Obvious Elephant
6/S
The Obvious Elephant
The Obvious Elephant
6/T
The Obvious Elephant
The Obvious Elephant
6/U
A Quechan Fable
6/P
A Quechen Fable about a time when dogs could talk
like people. The dogs told everyone’s secrets.
The villagers prayed to the Great Spirit for help.
One morning a man shoves his dog and the dog
doesn’t say anything. After that, dogs can only
BARK.
Moral: Be careful what you say, might end up
having to bark.
A Quechan Fable
The Obvious Elephant
6/R
A Quechan Fable
The Obvious Elephant
6/S
A Quechan Fable
The Obvious Elephant
6/T
A Quechan Fable
The Obvious Elephant
6/U
A Fable By Aesop
A Fable By Aesop
6/P
A Fable By Aesop
A Fable By Aesop
6/R
A Fable By Aesop
A Fable By Aesop
6/S
A Fable By Aesop
A Fable By Aesop
6/T
A Fable By Aesop
A Fable By Aesop
6/U
Citizen of the World
Citizen of the World
6/P
Citizen of the World
Citizen of the World
6/R
Citizen of the World
Citizen of the World
6/S
Citizen of the World
Citizen of the World
6/T
Citizen of the World
Citizen of the World
6/U