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1. Lesson Plan 1
2. Lesson Plan 2
Prepare Lesson: The Chain of Sapphire, reading assignment
Lesson Preparation: The Chain of Sapphire, Reading Assignment, Short 1
Main Content: A touching story about the girl Gioan and the shop owner Pi-e. The girl saved all her money to buy a sapphire necklace for her older sister. Pi-e sold the necklace to the girl. He had lost his almost-wife, and by giving the necklace to Gioan, he found solace in his sorrow.
Question 1 (page 136 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): Who did the girl buy the sapphire necklace for? Did she have enough money to buy the sapphire necklace? Which detail indicates that?
Answer:
- Gioan bought the sapphire necklace for her older sister on the occasion of No-en festival. She is the older sister who became her foster mother after her real mother passed away.
- Gioan did not have enough money to buy the sapphire necklace: 'The girl opened her handkerchief, revealing a handful of coins on the table, and said it was the amount she had saved from breaking her piggy bank. Mr. Pi-e looked at the girl thoughtfully, then reluctantly removed the price tag.'
Question 2 (page 136 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): Why did the girl's sister visit Pi-e?
Answer:
Gioan's sister didn't believe her little sister had enough money to buy the sapphire necklace, so she went to the shop to inquire whether the sapphire was real and how much it was being sold for.
Question 3 (page 136 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): Why did Pi-e say the child paid a very high price to buy the sapphire necklace?
Answer:
To purchase the gift for her older sister, the child bought it with all the money she had. That gift was also all the love and care she wanted to send to her sister.
Above is the section on preparing the content for the Sapphire Necklace story. You can revisit to study Preparing for the Sapphire Necklace story, dictation along with Preparing for Vocabulary and Sentences: Reviewing Parts of Speech, Week 14, Lesson 1 to improve your Vietnamese language skills in grade 5.
Preparing for the Sapphire Necklace story, reading practice, Short 2
A. EXPRESSIVE READING SKILLS
- The general tone of the entire passage is storytelling. Therefore, it is necessary to read calmly, clearly, always changing the intonation to match the character traits of each character.
- Pause at the appropriate punctuation marks. Raise and lower your voice according to questions, emotional sentences, and narrative sentences in the passage.
B. EXPLORING THE CONTENT OF THE PASSAGE
1- Segmentation: The passage can be divided into two segments for reading practice:
- Segment 1: From the beginning to ... 'the beloved brother' (Dialogue between Pi-e and the little girl).
- Segment 2: The remaining part of the text (Dialogue between Pi-e and the older sister of the little girl).
- The story involves three characters: the little girl, Pi-e, and the older sister of the little girl.
2- Passage Content
Question 1: Who does the little girl buy the sapphire necklace for? Does she have enough money to buy the sapphire necklace? What detail indicates that?
Answer:
- The girl bought the sapphire necklace to give to her sister on Noah's Day. She's the sister who took care of the girl since her mother passed away.
- The girl didn't have enough money to buy the sapphire necklace.
- Detail: 'The girl unfolded her handkerchief, revealing a handful of coins she had saved from her clay piggy bank. Mr. Pi-e looked at the girl thoughtfully and then hesitantly removed the price tag.
Question 2: What did the girl's sister seek from Pi-e?
Answer: The girl's sister sought Pi-e to inquire about three things.
- Is this sapphire necklace from Pi-e's store?
- Is this sapphire necklace real or fake?
- How much does this sapphire necklace cost?
In addition to the content of the article 'String of sapphires' above, students can explore the section Prepare for the lesson 'The Little Forest Guard' to get ready for the content of the reading exercise: The Little Forest Guard textbook for Vietnamese Grade 5.
