The Day No one was Angry by Toon Tellegen and Marc Boutavant
Story / Theme / Plot / MessageThe Hyrax / anger frustration / The Hyrax gets angry and very tired because he does not want the sun to set. / There’s no point getting angry about something you can’t change.
The Lobster
The Shrew
The Beetle and the Cricket
The Hippo and the Rhino
The Toad
Week 1 Monday Comprehension 1/ Spoken Language 1
What is a hyrax?
http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/hyrax
Appearance:
The hyrax, also called rock rabbit or dassie, is a small, furry mammal. It looks like an oversized guinea pig, or a rabbit with rounded ears and no tail. Hyraxes have stumpy toes with hoof-like nails; there are four toes on each front foot and three on each back foot. The longer, claw-like nails on the inside toes of the back feet are used for grooming and scratching. The bottoms of the feet have a rubbery texture to assist in climbing steep rock surfaces and trees. The hyrax is said to be the elephant’s closest living relative.
Of the three hyrax species, two are known as rock (or bush) hyrax and the third as tree hyrax. In the wild, it is sometimes difficult to tell them apart. The rock hyrax lives mainly in East Africa. Its coat is yellowish or greyish-brown.
The yellow-spotted hyrax, or rock rabbit, is smaller in size and has a more pointed, rodent-like nose. Tree hyraxes, unsurprisingly, spend a lot of time in trees. In some areas, they are hunted for their thick, soft, long hair.
Behaviour
Rock hyraxes spend several hours sunbathing in the mornings, followed by short feeding trips. They eat quickly with the family group facing out from a circle to watch for predators, feeding on grasses, leaves, fruit, insects, lizards, and birds' eggs. After biting off a mouthful of grass or leaves, the hyrax looks up and cautiously checks the vicinity. If the territorial male gives the shrill shriek of alarm, the hyraxes jump or scuttle to cover where they remain frozen, without moving, until the danger has passed. They can go a long time without water, getting enough moisture from their food. Tree hyraxes feed on leaves and fruits.
Rocky hyraxes do not dig burrows. They live in colonies of about 50 in the natural crevices of rocks or boulders. These groups usually consist of one territorial male and about 20 females and their young. Rocky hyraxes are active in the daytime and can be seen feeding or sunning themselves near the entrances to their shelters. The tree hyrax, on the other hand, is nocturnal and not as social as the rock hyrax. They are often found in pairs and will not form much larger groups.
They are potty-trained. Hyraxes regularly use “latrines,” and in areas they inhabit, conspicuous white deposits from their urine form on rock faces.
They have an extraordinarily long pregnancy as baby hyraxes have a gestation period of seven or eight months, which is unusually long for an animal of its size. Infants are born so fully developed that they are able to run and jump an hour after birth. Although suckled until they are 3 months old, the young begin to eat vegetation by their second day. Rock hyraxes bear two or three young, while tree hyraxes have one—two at most.
Week 1 Monday Comprehension 1/ Spoken Language 1
Week 1 Monday Comprehension 1/Spoken Language 1
Verbs
Verbs are words which indicate that someone or something is doing, feeling or being something.
Usually verbs have the name of a person, a thing or a pronoun in front of them.
I crept quietly out of the room.
The dog chewed its bone.
Ben wished for a bicycle.
The biscuit barrel lay empty on the table.
Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
Verb Tenses
Verbs have a tense. The tense of a verb tells us when something happened.
It might be right now (in the present) some time ago (in the past) or it might be going to happen (in the future).
Present / PastThe hyrax climbs / The hyrax climbed
The sun never listens / The sun never listened
He jumps up and down / He jumped up and down
The sun goes down / The sun went down
He shakes his fists / He shook his fists
Many verbs in the past tense end in -ed. But watch out! Some are different: for example, notice how goes becomes went, and shakes turns to shook.
Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
Cross out the verbs in the past tense and write the present tense above.
dries shakes goes
The hyrax dried his tears, shook his head and went home.
The hyrax lived in a small house.
The hyrax wanted to hold up the sun with his bare hands.
The grasslands stretched away.
The last of the sun slipped below the horizon and vanished.
Every evening he stood on the hill staring at the sun.
The hyrax thought no one ever listened.
Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
Underline the verbs and then write the sentences in the present tense.
The hyrax dried his tears, shook his head and went home.
The hyrax dries his tears, shakes his head and goes home.The hyrax lived in a small house.
The hyrax wanted to hold up the sun with his bare hands.
The grasslands stretched away.
The last of the sun slipped below the horizon and vanished.
Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
Every evening he stood on the hill, staring at the sun.
The hyrax thought no one ever listened.
Now write some sentences of your own using the present tense.
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Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
Cut up the words and put them in the order you think they should go from the most peaceful to the angriest.
soothed / annoyed / cross / quiet
indignant / serene / displeased / grumpy
resentful / composed / peaceful / tranquil
Week 1 Wednesday Spoken Language 2/ Word Reading 1
I sometimes get angry when…
Week 1 Thursday Composition 1
Win Win: Stepping Stones to solving a problem
Week 2 Monday Grammar 2/ Composition 2
© Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users Y2/3 F 1B Stories about getting angry
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Verb Tenses (2)
We’ve looked at the difference between the present and past tenses. Now we’re going to explore the present continuous and past continuous forms of verbs.
The continuous form of a verb suggests that the action is still going on, that it continues. This can be in the present (something carrying on now) or in the past (something that carried on a while ago for a time).
Present / Present continuousSquirrel talks / Squirrel is talking
The ant gives advice / The ant is giving advice
The cricket waves / The cricket is waving
Past / Past continuous
Shrew cried / Shrew was crying
The hippopotamus frowned / The hippopotamus was frowning
The lobster thought / The lobster was thinking
Week 2 Tuesday Grammar 3
Continuous Form
We’re going to practise using the present continuous, which shows the action is still going on.
Present / Present continuousHyrax sits on his stool. / Hyrax is sitting on his stool.
Hyrax stamps his feet.
Hyrax screams loudly.
Hyrax
Now let’s practise using the past continuous, which suggests the action carried on for a time, a while ago.
Past / Past continuousSquirrel lay asleep in his bed. / Squirrel was lying asleep in his bed.
Shrew knocked on the door
Squirrel sat up in bed.
Week 2 Tuesday Grammar 3
Continuous Form
We’re going to practise using the present continuous, which shows the action is still going on.
Write your own sentences in the present tense. Then change these into present continuous to suggest that the action is still going on.
Present / Present continuousNow let’s practise using the past continuous, which suggests the action carried on for a time, a while ago.
Write your own sentences in the past tense. Then change these into past continuous to suggest that the action goes on for a time.
Past / Past continuousWeek 2 Tuesday Grammar 3
Present and Past tense
Toad has been writing a story in the past tense but has got in a muddle with his verbs. He has crossed out his mistakes but can’t remember how to write the verbs in the past tense. Can you help?
Shrew and Squirrel crept through the long grass by the pond very quietly. They saw Toad dozing peacefully on his lily pad and decided to play a trick on him. They pick up some hazel nuts and flung them in the water. Cold drops of water go everywhere, especially on Toad.
“Stop that at once,” shouts Toad (he counted to 10 under his breath).
“Sorry Toad,” says Squirrel, “it is Shrew’s idea.”
Toad drifts back into his lovely sleep and dreamed about juicy flies.
Squirrel and Shrew have another idea. They use a long stick and rock his lily pad. They push it so hard that Toad falls into the water. He gave a loud angry croak and makes a great leap on to the bank. As soon as he caught Shrew and Squirrel his anger magically melts away and they all roll over in a heap. They tickled each other and roar with laughter. Toad started to plan a trick that he could play on his mischievous friends.
What do trick do you think he might play on his friends in return?
Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 4
Present Perfect form of verbs
They are formed by using the correct form of haveplus averb (participle) often with –ed ending. He the game. But many verbs are exceptions: ‘He has gone out to play’ not ‘He has go-ed out to play.’
Instead of the simple past... / ...we can use the present perfectI walked / I have walked
You walked / You have walked
He, she, it walked / He, she, it has walked
We walked / We have walked
You walked / You have walked
They walked / They have walked
Squirrel went to help someone. (he did it in the past)
Squirrel has gone to help someone. (he is still doing it)
Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 4
Perfect form of past tense
Cross out the past tense verbs and write the present perfect tense instead.
1. Shrew and Squirrel played in the woods.
2. The animals looked for their friends.
3. The ants carried a big leaf.
4. Some toads jumped into a pond.
5. The hungry mouse searched for some seeds.
6. The squirrel climbed up the enormous tree.
have looked / have carried / have playedhave jumped / has climbed / has searched
Now write several sentences of your own using the perfect form of the past tense.
Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 4
© Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users Y2/3 F 1B Stories about getting angry
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What can we do about anger?
Ant’s Ideas (p65) / Your ideasBlow your anger away like dust.
Break it into pieces and crush it.
Bury it and cover it with a boulder.
Build a high wall around it.
Swallow your anger.
Hide it so you can never find it again.
Let it drift out to sea and be calmed by the waves.
Let it shrivel up until it disappears.
Sing it away.
Give it away to someone who wants to be angry.
Laugh it off.
Squash it into a ball and kick it away.
Dance with it.
Melt down your anger and let it evaporate.
Chase it off.
Think it away. /
Week 2 Thursday Comprehension 2/ Spoken Language 4
Poster ideas – which do you think works best?
Week 2 Friday Composition 3/ Transcription 1
The verb to have
PresentI have / We have
You have / You have
He/she/ it has / They have
Past
I had / We had
You had / You had
He/ she/ it had / They had
Week 3 Monday Grammar 5
© Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users Y2/3 F 1B Stories about getting angry
We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the plan, about links to other websites.
Continuous Form (2)
We’re going to practise using the present continuous, which shows the action is still going on.
Present / Present continuousHippo and Rhino dance. / Hippo and Rhino are dancing.
Hippo and Rhino smile.
Rhino stands still.
Hippo turns around.
Now let’s practise using the past continuous, which suggests the action carried on for a time, a while ago.
Past / Past continuousHippo and Rhino danced. / Hippo and Rhino were dancing.
Hippo and Rhino smiled.
Rhino stood still.
Hippo turned around.
Now write some sentences of your own using the past continuous
Week 3 Monday Grammar 5
Writing the perfect form of the past tense