Family and Friends 3, Unit 13 (Skills time)

Spelling (revision)
Guess the word
Spell it
What’s the opposite of it?

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Papyrus
A tall plant like a grass that grows in North Africa.
Paper made from this plant, especially by ancient Egyptians.
New words

Answer the questions
Is the text about the Vikings?
Do you remember anything about Ancient Egypt from the story?
What is the plant called?
What did Ancient Egyptians use it for?
Pre-listening

Listening

Guess the word
Thin material made from wood or cloth, used for writing, printing or drawing.
paper
5000 years ago, there was no paper.
New words

It’s soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked. It can be shaped to make pots, bricks and other things.
clay
clay tablet
5000 years ago, there was no paper. People used clay tablets to write on.

Plants growing together near water.
reeds
Ancient Egyptians used a reed to write on the wet clay.

papyrus
paper
clay
clay tablet
reeds

Reading / Listening

Answer the questions
Was there paper 5000 years ago?
What was there?
What did people make from papyrus?
Where does the word “paper” come from?
Why did people wash papyrus?
CCQs

Complete sentences about things in the text

Reading

Correct the mistakes
Clay tablets were light.
Clay tablets were heavy.
Clay tablets were difficult to break.
Clay tablets were easy to break.
Papyrus was easy to make.
Papyrus was difficult to make.
Papyrus was heavy.
Papyrus was light.
Papyrus was difficult to write on.
Papyrus was easy to write on.
Papyrus was cheap.
Papyrus was expensive.

Paper is …
Nuts are …
Clay tablets were … Papyrus was …
light
easy to write on
hard
difficult to break
heavy
easy to break
light
easy to write on
soft
difficult to make
Finish the sentences

5000 years ago…
There was no…
People used…
They waited…
Clay tablets were…
People used each tablet…
Papyrus
The AE wanted…
There were lots of…
The AE used…
Papyrus was…
but it was…
Other countries
People in other countries started…
But papyrus was…
Only rich people…
Sometimes…
Speaking