Reading skill Unit: Culture Topic: Local wisdom

Sub topic: Superstitions

Step on a crack, break your mother's back

If your ear is ringing someone is talking about you

Don’t cut a baby’s hair before his-her first birthday

Sunshine,Raining, and Thunder at the same time- The devil is

beating his wife

If you keep making funny faces, one day it will get stuck that way

If your palm is itching that means that you are coming into

some money

Don’t talk on the phone or turn on the TV while it is thundering

and lightning

Don’t put your purse on the floor or you’ll stay broke

Don’t go to the zoo when you are pregnant

Fish dreams means that someone is having a baby

- Can you go to the zoo when you are pregnant?b

- If you dream about fish what will happen?b

- Which superstition do you believe in?

Check your understanding!

Vocabulary

bible (N.)

preacher (N.)

linen (N.)

church (N.)

dishrag (N.)

Structure

In a Type 1 conditional sentence, the tense in the 'if' clause is the simple present, and the tense in the main clause is the simple future

The time in this conditional sentence is the present or future and the situation is real. They refer to a possible condition and its probable result. They are based on facts, and they are used to make statements about the real world, and about particular situations.

Conditional Sentence (If Clause) Type 1

Form

If Present simple Future simple

Subject + V. 1 Subject + will + V. 1

'IF' CLAUSE (CONDITION)

MAIN CLAUSE (RESULT)

- If you see a rainbow, you will have good fortune.

- If you open the Bible after you have made a wish and you find the words “And it came to pass” under your finger, your wish will come true.

Example

Superstitions about faith

A woman who dreams she is in church listening to a preacher will marry one. The same is true if she dreams of white linen. If you dream of church, it means your enemies are about, or your habits need changing. If a knife or a dishrag falls to the floor, the preacher is coming. If you open the Bible after you have made a wish and you find the words “And it came to pass” under your finger, your wish will come true. It’s bad luck to place something on top of the Bible, or to lose one.

If you see a rainbow, say the Lord’s Prayer and you’ll have good fortune.

A star shooting in the sky means someone has died. If it shoots to the right, that person has gone to heaven; if it shoots to the left, he’s gone to hell.

Don’t do anything important on August 1. That is the day the devil was kicked out of heaven, and he always messes up people’s plans on that day.

If someone burns food while cooking, he is feeding the devil. A sudden silence in a room of talking people means an angel is passing through.

If a baby smiles while asleep, angels are talking to it.

While-readingActivity 1

(alphabet cards game)

1.) Work in pair.2.) Read the story for three minutes. 3.) The representative chooses a sign from the board to select the meaning of the vocabulary.4.) Each pair gets the alphabet cards and alphabet- tables.5.) Then read the meaning of the vocabulary and order the word from alphabet cards and stick to the alphabet-tables (two minutes). 6.) Send your work to the box and check the answer together.7.) The group that has the most words will have a chance to open the sign to get the reward.

someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

a cloth that use to wash and clean the dishes

a book of Christianity or collection of writings

constituting the sacred text of a religion

a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant, used to make high quality clothes,

sheets, etc.

a place where Christian go to do many activities

the place believed to be the home of God

where good people go when they die

the process of preparing and providing food

a situation when people do not make any noise or sound

a chance or luck both of good and bad that can happen to people

a thing that you often do especially something that is

hard to stop doing

1.preacher

2.dishrag

3.bible

4.linen

5.fortune

6.heaven

7.church

8.cooking

9.silence

10.habit

While-readingActivity 2

(personal superstition)

1.) Thinking of your own superstition, prepare by finding the reasons to support about why do you believe that superstition and how? (you can take note to guide in the presentation)2.) Present to class and randomly select your friend to comment about does he/she believe in your superstition or not and why? 3.) The selected person shows his/her idea and asks the others who believe or not believe to raise their hand.4.) Present your superstition to class.5.) Take turn.

Guideline to present the superstition

My superstition is………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………..I believe in this superstition because…….……………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………..

Guideline for the critic

I agree/disagree with the superstition because……………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………And I think it is……………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Superstitions about faith

A woman who dreams she is in church listening to a preacher will marry one. The same is true if she dreams of white linen. If you dream of church, it means your enemies are about, or your habits need changing. If a knife or a dishrag falls to the floor, the preacher is coming. If you open the Bible after you have made a wish and you find the words “And it came to pass” under your finger, your wish will come true. It’s bad luck to place something on top of the Bible, or to lose one.

If you see a rainbow, say the Lord’s Prayer and you’ll have good fortune.

A star shooting in the sky means someone has died. If it shoots to the right, that person has gone to heaven; if it shoots to the left, he’s gone to hell.

Don’t do anything important on August 1. That is the day the devil was kicked out of heaven, and he always messes up people’s plans on that day.

If someone burns food while cooking, he is feeding the devil. A sudden silence in a room of talking people means an angel is passing through.

If a baby smiles while asleep, angels are talking to it.