1. Unit 1: A Morning Person or a Night
Person

2. Look at the Following Images

7. Getting Ideas
BRAINSTORMING

11. Organize Your Ideas
Mo
rning Person/Night Person
Why I like It What I Do How I feel

12. Plan Your Writing

13. Leave the Irrelevant
• 1. Morning
i. Breakfast
ii. Go dancing
iii. Read the paper
iv. New day

14. • Evening
i. Dinner
ii. Watch the news
iii. Pretty sunrise
iv. Wash dishes

15. • Afternoon
i. Lunch
ii. Work
iii. Classes
iv. moon

16. • Night
i. Sunshine
ii. Do homework
iii. Relax
iv. Call family and friends

17. Cross Out the Irrelevant sentence:
• Maria offered to help her
mother clean the house.
• She vacuumed the living room and
dusted the furniture.
• She picked up the toys in the
playroom.
• She ate a chicken sandwich for lunch.
• Then she mopped the kitchen floor.

18. Find the Unfit
1. Winter provides the opportunity for
many outdoor activities.
2. Many people enjoy ice skating on a
pond.
3. Swimming in the pond in summer
can also be fun.
4. Skiing can be a thrilling experience
too.
5. After a new snowfall, you can even
build a snowman!

19. 1. Mary was planning a birthday
party.
2. She bought the invitations and put them
in the mailbox.
3. She ordered a birthday cake.
4. She played with her new puppy.
5. Then she planned some games to play
at the party.

20. Recognizing Main Ideas
• Show What You Know!
• Directions: Benjamin Franklin was a
very famous American. He is known as a
great writer, scientist and statesman.
Read the following paragraphs and
choose the correct main idea for each
paragraph.

21. 1. Benjamin Franklin loved to write. When he was twenty-two, he set up his
own printing shop and started a newspaper. He also printed a book called
Poor Richard’s Almanac. It had funny stories, information about the
weather, and wise sayings.
What is the main idea?
a. Benjamin Franklin loved to write stories and books.
b. Benjamin Franklin worked very hard when he was young.
c. Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about the weather.
d. Benjamin Franklin was very poor.

22. 2. Benjamin Franklin loved the city of Philadelphia. He started the city’s first
hospital and fire department. Ben also started Philadelphia’s first public
library. Benjamin Franklin worked very hard to make Philadelphia a better
place to live.
What is the main idea?
a. Benjamin Franklin worked hard to make his city a great place to live.
b. Benjamin Franklin worked for the fire department.
c. Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about books.
d. Benjamin Franklin went to school in Philedelphia.

23. 3 .Benjamin Franklin was very interested in electricity. One day he tried a
very dangerous experiment to prove that lightning was electricity. He
attached a key to a kite string and flew the kite during a thunderstorm. When
the lightning hit the kite, sparks flew from the key. Benjamin Franklin proved
that lightning was electricity.
What is the main idea?
a. Benjamin Franklin liked to play in the rain.
b. Benjamin Franklin performed an experiment that proved
lightning was electricity.
a. Benjamin Franklin knew a lot about thunderstorms.
b. Benjamin Franklin invented a new kind of kite.

24. 4. Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late
1700’s. He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires. He
also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room better than a
fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a special kind of
glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.
a. Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
b. Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
c. Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.
d. A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.