Chaga and The Chocolate Factory

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Chaga and the chocolate factory

|| 1. Grammar 1. Past simple: was, shuffled, and pedaled. 2. Present simple: have fried, have seen. 3. Past continuous: was running 4. Past perfect: had gathered, had never been. 5. Modal verbs: must 6. Reported speech: Bokhari taught him how to get by in that terrible place. 2. Rewrite the following sentences: 1. What do you think of my bicycle? The man asked Chaga what he thought about his bicycle. 2. I like it very much! Chaga said that he liked it very much. 3. The bicycle man said that we would be making chocolate. You will be making chocolate. 4. I have seen no chocolate. Or no bicycles either. I have seen neither chocolate nor bicycles. 5. His parents cried tears of joy. They also cried tears of sorrow. Chagas parents cried both tears of joy and tears of sorrow. 6. The boys were forced out into the light and put to work. The man forced them out into the light and part to work. 7. Heavy bags of cocoa beans were loaded onto their backs. The farmers loaded heavy bags of cocoa onto their backs. 8. The farmers beat the boys with sticks. The boys are beaten with sticks by the farmers. III Vocabulary Find words in the text about: Chagas feelings Chaga felt just a little bit scare. Chaga felt the tears in his eyes again Slavery Bags and bags of cocoa beans. Cocoa plantation We are slaves. Freedom Chaga ran. Chaga ran to greet his family. Pictures about Chaga story: Fig.1-Chaga. Fig.2- the non of bicycle. Fig.3- Chagas family Fig.4- chaga in shack Fig.5-Chaga and worker of cocoa. Fig.6- chaga is crying. Fig.7- Chaga in work. Fig.8- Chaga saw the men. Fig.9- chaga is running. 1. Who is Chaga? Chaga is a poor boy from Mali who lives in a village with his parents and six brothers.

2. Why did Chagas parents cry? Chagas parents cried because their son was going to work to a chocolate factory far away from home, so they would miss him and because this job was more than they could ever hope to give him. 3. Did Chaga want to go with the man? Why/Why not? Yes, he wanted because he thought he would win much money to buy a bicycle. 4. Where was the man taking Chaga? The man was taking Chaga to a chocolate factory in a cocoa plantation. 5. At first Chaga was happy, but later he was a bit scared. Why? Chaga was a bit scared because he was travelling to a distant country, away from home. 6. Why did the boys think they were having a bad dream when they arrived at the plantation? The boys thought they were having a bad dream when they arrived at the plantation because they were led to a tin shack, very small that smelled like sweat and urine. 7. Chaga dropped to the floor rubbing the tears from his eyes. Why was he crying? He was crying because her felt that couldnt escape from that terrible place and see his parents again and realized that wouldnt win any money to buy a bicycle. 8. What did Chaga dream about? Chaga dreamed about chocolate, bicycles and even chocolate bicycles. 9. What do you call someone who is locked up, beaten and forced to work? Someone who is locked up, beaten and forced to work has the name of slave. 10. What do you know about slavery? Slavery happens when a person forces another one to work without any payment and lock him up to not run so he can continue working. This practice occurs mostly in Africa, where there are many poor families that want a better life for their children but actually, they are used and obliged to work. 11. Find words/expressions about slavery in your workbook. The words/expressions are chains, child trafficking, civil rights, forced labour, hire, rescue, slave trade, smuggle and torture. 12. Label the pictures with phrases from the story. 1st Image - Chaga shuffled slowly along the dusty West African road. 2nd Image - Chaga flew down the dusty road, his arms wrapped round the waist of the man on the bicycle. And his hopes and dreams were flying too! 3rd Image - And with tears in their eyes, they said, 'yes. Tears of sorrow, because they would miss their son. And tears of joy, because this job was far more than they could ever hope to give him. 4th Image - As he turned, the door slammed shut, and the lock clicked cold and hard behind him. 5th Image - Chaga peered in the direction of the voice, and as his eyes got used to the darkness, he could just about see the boy to whom the voice belonged. He was older than Chaga, surely, but much, much thinner. 6th Image - Chaga felt the tears in his eyes again, and he put his hands over his mouth to cover his sobbing cries. 7th Image - Heavy bags of cocoa beans, some bigger than the boys themselves were loaded onto their backs, and they carried the bags all day, twelve hours a day, until they wanted to drop. 8th Image - One morning, when it was time to leave the shack, Bokhari did not move. He was dead. 9th Image - His tears a prism in the bright African sun, gulping down lungfuls of hot African air, Chaga ran.

Chaga and the Chocolate Factory


Exercise 1 i. Complete the table with information about the story: Title Subtitle Author Illustrations Copyright Year ii. Read page 4 and 5. a. Answer the following questions: i. What was the weather like? ii. Where was Chaga? iii. Describe Chagas family. iv. Where is Chaga from? v. How old is Chaga? vi. Why did Chaga think that man was a magician? vii. What did the man ask Chaga to do? Why do you think so? viii. Why were Chagas dreams and hopes flying?

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