ENG/P/2: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY

ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY

An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans. The term accident implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks.

Sub-Theme:   Causes of common accidents in our community

Vocabulary

Fire                              razorblade

Poison                         knife

Medicine                     spear

Water                          hoe

Insect                          panga

Electricity                    axe

Vehicle                        bleed

Animal                        cut

Blood                          hurt

Needle             poor housing

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Structures

What is wrong?

I am / she/he is hurt.

Don’t play with ……………

It can burn/kill.

Activities

• Pupils will read and spell the vocabulary
• Answer oral questions about the structure.
• Construct oral and written sentences using the structure.

Exercise

Re-arrange the letters to make correct words.

Knei ____________________                       posion ___________________

Pesar ___________________             thur ______________________

Ngapa __________________             icednemi _________________

Xae ____________________             tcu _____________________

Write the plurals of these words.

a) hoe                           g)         water

b) panga                      h)         spear

c) knife                        i)          blood

d) needle                     j)          vehicles

e) axe                           k)         medicine

f) pin                            l)          fire

Similes

Similes are the things that are the same. With similies, we compare one thing to another.

Examples

As hot as fire

As cold as ice

As sweet as honey

Activities

1. Pupils will compare things using similes.
2. Complete sentences correctly using similes.

Exercise

Complete these similes correctly as light as ___________________________

As light as _________________________

As black as _______________________

As _____________________ as grass

As _________________ as honey

As __________________as snow

As _________________ as a snail

As _________________ as ice

As _______________as abc

As busy as _________________

As easy as ______________________

Complete these sentences correctly.

a) Her dress is as ________________________ as snow.

b) The medicine is as sweet as __________________

c) The dog was as _________________as a lion.

d) The sun is as hot as ______________________

e) It is bad to be as proud as a __________________

Sub-Theme: Management of accidents

Vocabulary

Hospital                       tablets

Clinic                           nurse

Dispensary                  alarm

bandage                       shout

Accidents                    treat

Ambulance                  carry

Structure

• What’s she / he doing?
• Where do you go when you are hurt?
• Where’s the _______________?
• What is the _____________ carrying?

Activities

• Reading and spelling the words learnt.
• Answering oral and written questions from the structures.

Exercise

1. Fill in the missing letters.
2. H__sp__tal
3. Cl__n__c
4. D__sp__nsary
5. Acc__d__nt
6. N__u__e
7. Amb__l__nce
8. Tr__at

Make small words from the big ones.

a) bandage ________________ _______________                  ______________

b) hospital ________________ _______________                  ______________

c) tablet ________________ _______________                  ______________

d) treat ________________ _______________                  ______________

Sub-Theme: First Aid.

First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery until medical services arrive.

Vocabulary

Bandage                                              pair of scissors

Cotton wool                            temperature

Spirit                                                   ear buds

Plaster                                     gauze

Safety pin                                            clean water

Thermometer                           soap

Structure

1. What do you use __________________ for?
2. May I have a _________________________?

Activities.

Read the vocabulary

Spell the vocabulary

Use the vocabulary in oral and written sentences.

Answer structural questions orally.

Exercise

Write six sentences using these words.

a) bandage ____________________________________________________________

b) ear buds ____________________________________________________________

c) panadol ____________________________________________________________

d) plaster ____________________________________________________________

e) temperature ____________________________________________________________

f) safety pin ____________________________________________________________

Write the odd one out.

Spirit, plaster, panadol, house, gauze

Lorry, bicycle, stone, bus

Puppy, desk, kitchen, cub, piglet

Cyclist, driver, spirit, motorist, pilot

Fill in the missing letters.

a) pl__st__r

b) p__n__d__l

c) g__uze

d) sc__ss__rs

e) sp__r__t

f) th__rm__met__r

g) i__d__ne