Robots Published by Collins An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77 85 Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith London W6 8JB Browse the complete Collins catalogue at www.collinseducation.com Text Jonathan Emmett 2005. Illustration Graham Bleathman 2005 Design HarperCollinsPublishers 2005 Series editor: Cliff Moon Original ISBN 978 0 00 718582 5 Jonathan Emmett asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd., 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A Catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Illustrator: Graham Bleathman Design manager: Nikki O Reilly, www.together-design.com Ideas for reading author: Alison Tyldesley Acknowledgements Photographs: Cover: 2004 Honda Motor Co., Ltd; p44, top left: Science Photo Library/Philippe Psaile; p44, top right: Science Photo Library/Maximilian Stock Ltd; p44, bottom: Science Photo Library/James King-Holmes; p45, top: Corbis/Charles O Rear; p45, bottom: Science Photo Library/Peter Menzel; p46: Sandia National Laboratories; p47: Rex Features; p48 2004 Honda Motor Co., Ltd; p49, top: 2004 Sony Corporation; p49, bottom: Copyright BBC/Mark Brownlow; p50: OAR/NURP; p51: NASA; p52: courtesy of Carnegie Mellon & NASA; p53: DSTL; p54: Science Photo Library/Maximilian Stock Ltd; p55, top: 2004 Honda Motor Co., Ltd; p56, bottom: Copyright BBC Collins would like to thank the teachers and children at the following schools who took part in the development of Collins Big Cat: Alfred Sutton Primary School St. Anne s Fulshaw C of E Primary School Anthony Bek Primary School Biddick Primary School Britannia Primary School Christ Church Charnock Richard C of E Primary School Cronton C of E Primary School Cuddington Community School Glory Farm County Primary and Nursery School St. John Fisher RC Primary School Killinghall Primary School Malvern Link C of E Primary School Margaret Macmillan Primary School Minet Nursery and Infant School Norbreck Primary School Offley Endowed Primary School Portsdown Primary School St. Margaret s RC Primary School Wadebridge Community Primary School Get the latest Collins Big Cat news at www.collinsbigcat.com/elt G2_Volume_C.indb 42
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What is a robot? A robot is a machine that does a job for you. 44 G2_Volume_C.indb 44
Robots can do many jobs. 45 G2_Volume_C.indb 45
Tiny robots and big robots This tiny robot is as small as a coin. 46 G2_Volume_C.indb 46
This robot is bigger than a man. This robot is very strong. 47 G2_Volume_C.indb 47
What robots look like Some robots look like people. This robot looks like a man. 48 G2_Volume_C.indb 48
Some robots look like animals. This robot looks like a dog. This robot looks like a shark. 49 G2_Volume_C.indb 49
What robots do Some robots go to places where people can t go. Some robots go to the bottom of the sea This robot dives deep. 50 G2_Volume_C.indb 50
or to another planet, like Mars. These robots are on Mars. 51 G2_Volume_C.indb 51
Some robots go into danger. Some robots go inside volcanoes 52 G2_Volume_C.indb 52
and some robots look for bombs. 53 G2_Volume_C.indb 53
Some robots work hard These robots are building a car. 54 G2_Volume_C.indb 54
and some have fun. This robot wants to win. 55 G2_Volume_C.indb 55
Inside a robot Camera: the robot uses this to see Motor: this makes the robot move 56 G2_Volume_C.indb 56
Arm: the robot can pick things up with this Computer: this is the robot s brain. It tells the robot what to do 57 G2_Volume_C.indb 57
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Before You Read 1. Look at the cover. Answer the questions below. Circle the correct letter. 1 What is a robot? a. a machine b. a human c. an animal 2 What do you think a robot needs to move? a. water b. food c. a motor 2. Copy the title. Robots 59 G2_Volume_C.indb 59
Key Story Words 1. Fill in the blanks to complete the words. Look at the pictures for clues. 1 s a k 2 v l n 3 M s 4 b t 5 c n 60 G2_Volume_C.indb 60
2. Label the parts of the robot. Use the words in the box. arm computer camera motor 1 2 3 4 61 G2_Volume_C.indb 61
Key Story Sentences 1 1. Unscramble the sentences and rewrite them to match the text. 1 a machine job you. A for does a robot that is 2 tiny is small a This as robot as coin. 3 This like. robot a man looks 4 inside robots go volcanoes. Some 62 G2_Volume_C.indb 62
2. Match the beginning of each sentence from the text with its ending. Some robots go to places 1 a the bottom of the sea. Some robots go to 2 b where people can t go. Some robots look 3 c and some have fun. Some robots work hard 4 d what to do. The computer tells the robot 5 e for bombs. 63 G2_Volume_C.indb 63
Key Story Sentences 2 1. Fill in the blanks with words from the box. bomb motor volcano animal 1 The makes a robot move. 2 This robot is inside a. 3 This robot is looking for a. 4 This robot looks like an. 64 G2_Volume_C.indb 64
2. Tick ( ) the correct sentence to match each picture. 1 a. This tiny robot is as small as a coin. b. This tiny robot is as big as a dog. 2 a. This robot looks like a cat. b. This robot looks like a dog. 3 a. Some robots go to the bottom of the sea. b. Robots cannot swim in the sea. 4 a. Robots cannot go to space. b. Some robots go to Mars. 5 a. Some robots work hard. b. Some robots have fun. 65 G2_Volume_C.indb 65
Reading Comprehension 1 1. True or False? Write T for True or F for False. 1 Robots do many different kinds of jobs. 2 Robots are always bigger than people. 3 We use robots to go to places that are difficult for people to go to. 4 Some robots work in space. 5 Some robots can play football. 66 G2_Volume_C.indb 66
Reading Comprehension 2 1. Write the answers to these questions. Use complete sentences. 1 What is a robot? 2 Where can robots go? 2. Look at the list of tasks. Tick ( ) the tasks you think robots will help us do in the future. clean our homes take a shower do our homework drive our cars cook our meals go shopping wash our clothes teach in our schools 67 G2_Volume_C.indb 67
Have Fun with English! 1. Help the robot find the volcano in the centre of the maze. 68 G2_Volume_C.indb 68
2. Find and circle seven words in the word snake. robot machineplanetvolcanocoinsharkca meracomputer 3. Design your own robot. What can it do? Write about it and draw it below. 69 G2_Volume_C.indb 69
Test Your English 1. Tick ( ) the correct sentence in each pair. 1 a. Robots do not look like animals. b. Some robots look like animals. 2 a. Robots stay away from danger. b. Some robots go into danger. 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct word. 1 People (can/can t) go to Mars so robots go there. 2 Some robots can do (safe/dangerous) things like go into a volcano. 3 Some robots have cameras as (eyes/motors). 70 G2_Volume_C.indb 70
CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed Robots Go to page 205 to get your Reward Certificate. 71 G2_Volume_C.indb 71
Ideas for reading Learning objectives: using terms fiction and non-fiction and understanding their different features; predicting text, reading on, leaving a gap and re-reading; reading words with initial consonant clusters; taking turns to speak and listen Curriculum links: Science: Ourselves (parts of the body) High frequency words: that, this, than, where, can t, or, another, some, have Interest words: machine, people, animals, planet, danger, volcanoes, bombs Word count: 106 Resources: small whiteboards and pens Getting started Read the title and discuss what the book is about. Ask the children what they already know about robots, and discuss how this book is about robots in real life. Ask what the proper word is for books that tell us facts. Use the words fiction and non-fiction. Walk through the book with the children, looking at the pictures, and discuss the different types of robots they see. Ask the children what they should do if they get stuck on a word. Model reading a sentence and leaving a gap for the problem word, then returning to see what word fits. Reading and responding Ask the children to read the book up to p55, aloud and independently. Observe and prompt where appropriate, and praise children who predict unfamiliar words by leaving a gap and then finding the word that fits. Ask children, in pairs, to look through the text and find examples of words with an initial consonant cluster, e.g. small p46, places p50, planet p51. Help the children to blend both initial sounds. Look at pp56 57 together and discuss. How is this illustration different from one in a fiction book? What kind of illustration is it? (It is a diagram with labels showing what the different parts of the robot do.) Discuss how this robot is designed to do what people can do, e.g. to see, to pick up, to move. Returning to the book Ask the children to look through the book to find special non-fiction features they wouldn t find in a fiction book, e.g. labelled diagrams and photographs. Look through the book again, reading and discussing the captions. Discuss the difference between illustrations in non-fiction and fiction books. Ask the children to discuss in pairs what they ve learnt about real robots. Encourage taking turns and good listening. 72 G2_Volume_C.indb 72
Checking and moving on Ask the children to think of more examples of words that begin with pl or sm. Write the words on the whiteboard. Read the words, emphasising the initial sounds. Ask them to draw a diagram with labels for a wall display, showing a robot of their own design. They could bring examples of toy robots to school, label them and create a classroom display. Ask them to find out more about robots. Each member of the group could give a one-minute talk to the rest of the class. large sound detectors My Robot special x-ray eye wheels for extra speed 73 G2_Volume_C.indb 73