English

Oral activity
Talk about what you plan to do tomorrow with your friend. This could be your leisure or usual activities.

2.1 Describing tourist destinations

Activity 1
Listen carefully as your teacher reads the following words.

park lake     museum       forest      waterfalls    church     memorial site

Now look at the following pictures. Which of the above words can you use to talk about each picture?

Activity 2
Tell your friend the names of the places that you want to visit. Also give a reason why you want to visit these places.

For example

I would like to visit the National Museum of Rwanda to learn about the history of my country.

Grammar point

We use would like to talk about actions that one is interested in doing.

Activity 3
Take turns talking to your friends about places that you would like to visit in Rwanda.

One person should ask a question, the other one answers it. Follow the example of the children in the picture below.

Activity 4
Listen carefully as your teacher reads the following text.

                                                 Kwita Izina

Every year, people gather to take part in the mountain gorilla naming ceremony.

The ceremony is referred to as Kwita Izina.
During the ceremony, all the gorillas born at Volcanoes National Park are named.

Respected people from all over the world name the gorillas.

Rwanda is the only country that names its mountain gorillas. Therefore, Kwita Izina attracts tourists from all over the world. These tourists come to see this unique ceremony.
Answer these questions orally.
a) What is this text about?
b) Which animals does the text talk about?
c) State the national park mentioned in the text above.

Exercise 1

Carefully read the text on Kwita Izina above.

Answer the following questions in your exercise books.

a) Which animals are named during Kwita Izina?

b) Where do the tourists who attend Kwita Izina come from?

c) Who gives names to the animals mentioned in the text?

d) What is the importance of Kwita Izina to Rwanda?

Activity 5

Recite the poem below in your groups.
I am a tourist
I am a tourist from Europe.
When I am on vacation,
I visit different places of the world.
Africa is my favourite destination.
Especially East Africa.

The land of friendly people,
With a variety of rich cultures.
Rwanda is among the richest in terms of culture.
Home to Kigali
The cleanest city in Africa.

A country with a thousand hills.
Lying side by side.
Hiding many treasures in the volcanoes.
Like the mountain gorillas that I love to watch.

Exercise 2

1. Read the poem above carefully.

Now answer the following questions.

a) Discuss and suggest a suitable title to the poem.

b) What does the poem talk about?

c) Why does the speaker like Rwanda more?

d) What is being done that has made Rwanda the cleanest city in Africa?

2. The words below are used in the poem.

vacation      destination      favourite       variety

a) Use a dictionary or the Internet to find out the correct meanings and pronunciation of the words.

b) Write the meanings of these words in your exercise books.

c) Construct four correct sentences using these words.

Activity 6
Identify the following tourist attractions or destinations from the crossword puzzle. One is done for you.

volcanoes       parks       forests       museums         lakes          rivers

Activity 7
a) Use five different words that you have learnt about tourist attractions or destinations to construct five (5) correct sentences.
b) Draw a sketch map of Rwanda. Mark and name the different tourist attractions.

Exercise 3

Look at the pictures below. Construct three correct sentences using the pictures.

Use would like in each sentence.

2.2 Describing a trip

Activity 1
Think about a journey that you would like to make.
Tell your friend where you want to go, how you will go and what you will do once you get there.
Let your friend also tell you about his or her journey.

For example

I am going to Musanze next week to visit my aunt. She is unwell.

Grammar point

We often use going to in the following ways.

a) When talking about what one intends to do.

For example,

I am going to read more books about wild animals next term.

b) When making predictions based on what is happening or taking place at present.

For example,

He is going to be a brilliant student. It is going to rain. We will not see the gorillas.

c) When giving commands.

For example, You are going to pick up all the rubbish that you have thrown in the park.

Activity 2

Listen carefully as the teacher reads the text below.
Construct five sentences that show the different uses of going to. Write these sentences in your exercise book.

Activity 3

Listen carefully as the teacher reads the text below.
Manzi: Tomorrow is Saturday. What do you plan to do?
Igabe:  I am going to visit my aunt who lives in Huye.
Manzi:  That is good. Will you come back in the evening?
Igabe:   No, I would like to watch a football match on Sunday. Amavubi is playing against the  “Uganda  Cranes” in Huye. I think I am going to watch them play.

Manzi:  That’s nice. I wish I could come with you. I have never been to Huye. How will you get to Huye?
Igabe:   I will take a bus. I hope to enjoy the bus ride to Huye.
Read and make sure you understand Activity 3 very well.
Role-play Activity 3 with your classmates.

Exercise 4

Read Activity 2 above again.

Now answer the following questions orally.

a) Who is going to Huye?

b) What will happen in Huye on Sunday?

c) Which day of the week were the two friends talking?

d) Write the lessons you have learnt from the dialogue.

Activity 4

Think about a place that your class would like to visit.
Discuss about a visit to that place with your classmates. Remember to give a reason for visiting the place.
Create a dialogue by taking turns to ask each person to talk about the planned visit.

For example

Activity 5

Read the passage below. Underline all the words that you do not understand. Then attempt the questions that follow.

                                           A Trip to Gatuna

Mutoni had never been to the Gatuna Border Post. She heard about it from her father. One day, Mutoni requested her father to take her to Gatuna.
“Yes, I can,” Mutoni’s father said. “I can go with you over the weekend. I will not be working on Saturday.” They planned to leave early the following Saturday.

“I am going to Gatuna Border Post on Saturday,” Mutoni told her friend when they met. Mary was interested in going too.
“I am going to ask for permission from my parents. I would like to come with you,” Mary told Mutoni.
Mary’s parents gave her permission to go. Mutoni’s father asked her to be ready by 5.45 am on Saturday.
They set off at exactly 6:00 a.m. on saturday. The two pupils were very excited by what they saw along the way. There were terraced hills, meandering roads and vast tea plantations.

At the border, they found a long line of travellers from different countries. Some had come all the way from Kenya and were being cleared by the border authorities.
Mutoni’s father took the two pupils through all the different sections. He explained to them how important Gatuna was to the economy of Rwanda; just like their Social Studies teacher had said. Mary promised to tell her teacher about the trip when school would open in January.

Questions

a) Discuss the meaning of the new words that you underlined.
b) Now look up the correct meaning of the underlined words in a dictionary or on Internet.

Exercise 5

Read the story in Activity 5 again. Now answer the following questions. Write True for correct statements and False for incorrect statements.

a) Mutoni learnt about Gatuna Border Post from her father.

b) Mary asked for permission to travel from Mutoni’s father only.

c) Mary, Mutoni and Mutoni’s father started their journey at 5.45 am.

d) The girls saw a line of people at the border.e) Mutoni’s father told the girls about the importance of the border post.

Activity 6

Choose a particular place in Rwanda that your group would like to visit. Plan for the trip by answering the following questions.
a) How many people will be going for the trip?
b) Which means of transport is best for taking the group to its destination?
c) What will you need to carry for your trip?
d) How will the things you have carried be used?
e) What other requirement will be needed for your trip?
Write down the answers from your discussion.
Choose a group leader to present your answers to the class.

Exercise 6

1. Fill the blanks with different names of tourist destinations and attractions
in Rwanda.

a) Our group is...….. visit Amahoro National stadium.
b) The Head teacher is going to take students to...…... next week.
c) Primary six pupils are going to visit...….. at the end of the year.
d) I am going to in...………….. December.
2. Write a short story about a trip that you want to take. Remember to
use going to.

2.3 Talking about tomorrow

Activity 1

Look at Uwamahoro’s plan of activities that she wants to do tomorrow.
1. Look at each picture carefully. Talk to your friend about the picture.

Explain what is happening in each picture.

Activity 2

Sam wrote down a plan for his activities as follows.
My planned activities for tomorrow
6:00 am – I will get up and take a bath.
6:30 am – I will have breakfast and then board a bus to school.
7:00 am – I will be at school.
1:00 pm – I will go to the bus stop and board a bus back home.
1:30 pm – I will have lunch with my parents.
3:00 pm – I will go to play football with my friends.
6:00 pm – I will go back home, bathe and do my homework.
8:00 pm – I will watch TV and go to bed.
Make a similar plan of activities for yourself.
Write down the activities in your exercise book.
Present your plan to your classmates.

Exercise 7

Use the plan of Sam’s activities to answer the following questions.

a) How many activities did Sam plan for ?

b) When will Sam play football?

c) What will Sam be doing at 1.30 pm?

d) What time will Sam be at school ?

Grammar point

An adverb of time is a word that describes:

a) When an action happened.

b) For how long an action happened.

C) How often a certain action happened.

Examples of adverbs of time are now, then, today, in the morning, at 6:00 a.m, among others.

Activity 3

1. Construct five correct sentences with your study partner using different adverbs of time that show the future.
2. Write these sentences in your exercise books.
3. Read the sentences to your classmates.

Exercise 8

Identify and underline the adverbs of time in the following sentences.

1. I am going to buy a new shirt next week.

2. My sister goes to Kigali in December.

3. It rained heavily last night.

4. Next month, the twins will be five years old.

5. My favourite television programme starts at 6:00 p.m.

Activity 4

Read the letter below.

Now discuss it and answer the questions that follow.

Questions

a) Who wrote the letter?
b) To whom was the letter written?
c) When was the letter written?
d) What is Betty planning to do?
e) In which school is the writer?
f) Retell the message in the letter in your own word

Exercise 9

Write a letter to your friend who is in a different school telling him or her about what you are going to do tomorrow.

2.4 Making suggestions

Activity 1

1. Listen as your teacher reads the dialogue below.

Ngabo: Hello, Kabera.
Kabera: Hello, Ngabo.
Ngabo: Teacher Mike is coming to class at 10:20 a.m. Have you finished doing the class assignment that  he gave us?
Kabera: No, Ngabo. I haven’t finished it. I failed to get a good resource book to use.
Ngabo: I also had the same problem. I have only done part of the assignment.
Kabera: So what do we do?
Ngabo: Shall we go to the library? I am sure we will find plenty of books that will help us.

Kabera: Why didn’t I think of that? Yes, let us go then before the bell for the next lesson rings.
Ngabo: You may need a pen and a notebook to take notes.
Kabera: Oh, thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten about that.

2. Role-play the dialogue above with your friend.

Exercise 10

Read the dialogue in Activity 1 again and answer the following questions orally.

a) What suggestion was given?

b) Who is suggesting what to do?

c) Why have they chosen the school library?

d) What lesson have you learnt from the dialogue?

e) Suggest a suitable title for the dialogue.

Activity 2

Make a dialogue about giving suggestions and present it in class.

Activity 3

Discuss the importance of a school library. Write down the findings in your exercise book.

Present your answers in class.

Grammar point

To make a suggestion, use shall at the beginning of a question.

You can also use the word may, to indicate that you want to suggest something.

For example,

a) Shall we go to the library?

b) You may need a pen and a notebook to take notes.

Exercise 11

Sounds and spelling

Activity 1

Listen carefully and write down what your teacher dictates.

Activity 2

Rblailyr…………….
gsgutes…………...
idnen……………….
farteonon…………..
otmorwro……………..
vcolnaoseearrange the following letters to get correct words.

Riddle
You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present. But the future can never touch me.

What am I?

Debate
Planning for the future is a waste of time. Do you agree? Give your views.

                                                Unit 2 Assessment

1. Write down your favourite tourist sites in Rwanda and why you like them.
2. Choose a place you want to visit in the future, make a plan in your book about the visit and present it to the class.
3. Write a list of activities you are planning to do tomorrow.
4. How do countries like Rwanda benefit from tourists?
5. Design a tourist brochure (a small book usually with a cover) to explain the beauty of Rwanda’s tourist sites.
6.travel visit go shopping picnic

travel              visit                     goshopping            picnic

outing           come back            have dinner              get up      

7. Write three sentences that make suggestions about what you will do tomorrow.
8. Draw a picture of a tourist in one of the Rwandan tourist attractions. Write a sentence about it.
9. Write one or more short words that you can get from the following words:

a) destinations  ............................
b) favourite       .................................
c) tourist           .....................................
d) suggestion   .............................

10. Write sentences using the short words that you have formed above.