About a Dog: Gilbert of Lazybone - Stories and Riddles

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Vorwort... 5

Paint the picture! (Anmalbild) ... 6

My name is Gilbert (Good morning!, How are you?, My name is ..., family) ... 7

1. Textverständnis: Secret numbers ... 8

2. Wortschatz: Who is it? ... 8

3. Grammatik: How are you?... 9

4. Riddle: Black beauties (Logical) J... 9

The house (rooms, furniture) ... 10

1. Textverständnis: Yes or no?... 11

2. Wortschatz: Gilbert’s home... 11

3. Grammatik: Three parts ... 12

4. Riddle: Gilbert’s favourite place (Suchsel) J... 12

At Mary’s school (schoolthings, activities, days of the week) ... 13

1. Textverständnis: Mary’s timetable ... 14

2. Wortschatz: Hidden words ... 14

3. Grammatik: What are they doing? ... 15

4. Riddle: The missing pencil-case (Logical) J... 15

In the wardrobe (clothes, colours, numbers)... 16

1. Textverständnis: Mary’s and Rick’s wardrobe ... 17

2. Wortschatz: Strange clothes... 17

3. Grammatik: Colours ... 18

4. Riddle: Word-salad (Suchsel) J... 18

Saturday is bathing day (parts of the body)... 19

1. Textverständnis: Right or wrong? ... 20

2. Wortschatz: Missing letters... 20

3. Grammatik: One or more? ... 21

4. Riddle: Crossword puzzle JJ... 21

At the window (in the street, weather) ... 22

2. Wortschatz: A snake of words ... 23

4. Riddle: Birds in the trees (Logical) JJ... 24

A tree in the living-room (Christmas) ... 25

1. Textverständnis: Questions and answers ... 26

2. Wortschatz: Christmas-ABC... 26

Let's play! (toys, furniture, prepositions) ... 28

1. Textverständnis: What belongs together? ... 29

2. Wortschatz: Too many letters ... 29 Inhalt

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Walk the dog (being outside) ... 31

1. Textverständnis: What a chaos!... 32

2. Wortschatz: Hidden words ... 32

3. Grammatik: What can Gilbert do?... 33

At the doctor’s (being ill)... 34

1. Textverständnis: Right or wrong? ... 35

2. Wortschatz: Puzzle ... 35

3. Grammatik: What’s wrong with you, poor Gilbert?... 36

4. Riddle: In Doctor Bear’s waiting-room (Logical) JJ... 36

Shopping day (at the supermarket, food) ... 37

1. Textverständnis: Mary’s shopping ... 38

3. Grammatik: Mrs Green’s trolley ... 39

4. Riddle: Crossword puzzle J... 39

On the farm (farm animals, being outside)... 40

1. Textverständnis: Questions and answers ... 41

2. Wortschatz: Strange animals... 41

3. Grammatik: Stella and Josh have many animals... 42

4. Riddle: Word-salad (Suchsel) JJ... 42

Fruit salad (fruit, garden) ... 43

2. Wortschatz: Fruit-ABC ... 44

3. Grammatik: Gilbert is hungry ... 45

4. Riddle: Watch out! (Logical) J... 45

A dog’s day (the day, the clock) ... 46

1. Textverständnis: What time is it? ... 47

3. Grammatik: What’s the time this time? ... 48

4. Riddle: Breakfast time J... 48

Hickory, dickory, dock (nursery rhyme, the clock)... 49

1. Textverständnis: Time confusion ... 50

2. Wortschatz: Too many letters ... 50

3. Grammatik: Question words ... 51

4. Riddle: Crossword puzzle J... 51

The dog-ABC (ABC, repetition)... 52

1. Textverständnis: Do you know Gilbert, now?... 53

2. Wortschatz: The Gilbert-ABC ... 53

3. Grammatik: Articles ... 54

4. Riddle: ABC J... 54

Lösungen... 55 Inhalt

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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen!

Sir Gilbert gab es wirklich! Er war ein echter englischer Blauschimmel-Cockerspaniel – frech, dickköpfig und verfressen. Aber er war auch ein treuer Kumpel und ein verschmuster Fußwärmer im Bett, denn das war tatsächlich einer seiner Lieblingsplätze. Manchmal überlegte man wirklich, ob er sich für etwas Besonderes hielt ... Deshalb nannte ihn ein Freund damals gern zum Spaß „Sir Gilbert“.

Die Idee war geboren!

Als das Fach Englisch in der Grundschule eingeführt wurde und wir Lehrer ins kalte Wasser springen mussten, weil wir nur wenige Vorgaben hatten und auch die Schulbuchverlage sich erst orientieren mussten, schlug Gilberts Stunde.

Er war bereits der Star des Montagmorgen-Erzählkreises meiner Klasse. Jede Woche verlangten meine Kurzen eine neue Geschichte von meinem unmöglichen Vierbeiner.

Als der Englischunterricht anlief, verfasste ich zu den vorgesehenen Themen je eine Geschichte von

„Sir Gilbert Lazybone“. Mit ihnen erarbeitete ich Sprechanlässe, das Vokabular, grammatische

Themen und verschiedene Phrases. Ein Stoffhund, der Gilbert ähnelte, war die Identifikationsfigur. Da die Kinder damals den echten Gilbert persönlich kannten, war die Motivation auch sehr hoch. Die Geschichten, mit Echtfotos gestaltet, standen als Lesekartei weiterhin im Klassenraum.

Die Kinder – auch folgender Jahrgänge – schmökerten immer gern darin und waren stets überrascht und stolz, wenn sie schon „richtig echte englische Geschichten“ vorlesen und verstehen konnten.

Zum Einsatz der Materialien Sie können dieses Buch …

– als reine Lektüre zum Vorlesen und/oder Erarbeiten – als Einstieg in ein Thema

– zum Üben, Vertiefen und Wiederholen – zur Differenzierung

– als Material für eine Vertretungsstunde – oder „just for fun“

einsetzen, weil am Ende einer Planung noch so viel Stunde übrig ist.

Auch in verschiedenen Unterrichtsformen (Frontalunterricht, Partner-, Gruppen-, Plan-, Stations- oder Freiarbeit) sind die Materialien gut einsetzbar.

Die Geschichten werden nach und nach etwas länger und anspruchsvoller.

Zu jeder Geschichte gibt es vier Aufgaben:

1. zum Textverständnis

2. zum Üben, Vertiefen oder zur Wiederholung des Vokabulars 3. zu einem ausgesuchten Thema der Grammatik

4. zum Rätseln

Auf Seite 6 gibt es ein Anmalbild, das als Arbeitsplan dienen kann. Für jede erledigte und kontrollierte Aufgabe dürfen die Schüler ein Feld mit der entsprechenden Nummer in einer vorgegebenen Farbe ausmalen. Wenn alles bunt angemalt ist, bleibt eine weiße Fläche übrig, in der Gilbert zu erkennen ist.

Im Inhaltsverzeichnis finden Sie die Themen der einzelnen Einheiten.

Anhand der Smileys erkennen Sie dort auch den Schwierigkeitsgrad der Rätsel:

J = leicht bis mittel, JJ = schwer.

Das Vokabular ist den Lehrplanvorgaben der Grundschule Klasse 3 und 4 angepasst.

Extra-Vokabeln stehen in Übersetzung unter den Texten. Die Aufgabenstellungen gibt es

ausschließlich auf Englisch. Sie können in der Regel am Aufgabentyp erkannt bzw. anhand eines Beispiels erschlossen werden.

Ich wünsche Ihnen und Ihren Schülerinnen und Schülern viel Freude beim Lesen und Rätseln! Und wenn Sie hier und da über meinen lieben kleinen Freund schmunzeln, lebt er nicht nur in meinem Herzen weiter. Das würde mich sehr freuen.

Vorwort

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My name is Gilbert

Good morning, my friends!

How are you today?

I am fine, thank you.

My name is Gilbert. – Oh, yes, it is.

I am Sir Gilbert Lazybone.

I am a real English Cockerspaniel.

My family is very noble.

My father is Sir Archibald Lazybone.

He has got brown hair. – No, he hasn‘t.

He has got grey hair, now.

My mother’s name is Griselda Guzzler.

She is a very hungry dog – and so am I.

Her hair is black and white – and so is mine.

I’ve got two brothers and three sisters.

My brothers Gus and Gunter have got black and white hair like me.

My sisters have got brown hair like my father.

Gwen, Goldie and Gillian are brown beauties.

And you? Have you got a family?

Have you got a mother, a father, and brothers or sisters?

Yes, you have.

You have got a grandmother, a grandfather, aunts, and uncles, and cousins, too.

Yes, you have.

Me too!

Vocabulary:

lazybone – der Faulpelz noble – adlig, edel guzzler – der Vielfraß like – wie

My name is Gilbert

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1. Secret numbers

What’s this?

Solution: It’s a .

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2. Who is it?

Fill in the right words!

The mother of my mother is my .

The sister of my father is my .

The son of my mother is my .

The daughter of my aunt is my .

The son of my grandfather is my .

The brother of my mother is my .

The daughter of my father is my .

The father of my father is my .

The daughter of my grandmother is my .

Fill in: grandfather – grandmother – mother – father – aunt – uncle – cousin – sister – brother fa t h e r

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h a i r: b r ow n h a i r : b l a c k a n d w hit e

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G il b e r t Gus G unter

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G ill i a n h a i r: b lac k a n d w h i te

2 h a i r: b r ow n

My name is Gilbert

1: brown

2: blue

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Walk the dog

Three times a day we go for a walk.

In the morning Rick takes me out for the first time.

He needs the dog-lead.

I like running away to meet my friends.

We go down the street.

There is a piece of grass where I can make wee-wee and a small heap.

When Mary comes home for lunch we go for a second long walk.

She takes me to the lake.

In summer Mary throws a ball.

But I don’t swim! I hate water!

That is why we loose all the balls.

When it’s good weather Mary jumps

into the lake. She is a good ball finder and brings it back to me. Good girl!

In the evening we all go for our third walk.

In the dark I can smell a lot of things.

At the corner of the garden there is the wee-wee of Barker.

Barker barks all the time and is the neighbours’ dog.

Next to the book shop there is the pet shop.

I love the smell of dog food.

All my friends leave a message at the door.

It takes a long time to read them all.

Rick, don’t pull me!

There is a note from Ruby.

In a bush I find a bone. Quick!

Now, we must go home!

I want to hide my bone so that I can eat it tomorrow.

“Rick, stop! Why is Gilbert pulling?“, Mary asks.

“Oh, no, not again a bone! Spit it out, boy!“, says Rick.

How do you know I have a bone?

Take your hand out of my mouth!

Rrrrrrrr! I can bite!

“You naughty dog! Don’t you bite my hand!“

Ouch! Rick, you slapped my nose.

I am so surprised that I let the bone fall down.

I don’t like you any more, Rick – let us say until you give me my dinner.

Vocabulary:

walk the dog – Gassi gehen neighbour – der Nachbar dog-lead – die Hundeleine message, note – die Nachricht

quick – schnell

small heap – das Häufchen until – bis

lake – der See

loose – verlieren slap – schlagen bark – bellen

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1. What a chaos!

Number the sentences!

I make wee-wee and a small heap.

In the dark I can smell a lot of things.

Rick slaps me and I let the bone fall down.

In the morning Rick takes me out.

At lunchtime we go for a long walk.

We go down the street.

Mary takes me to the lake.

In the evening we all go for a third walk.

I find a bone.

2. Hidden words

Write the words correctly!

Walk the dog

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25: green

26: brown

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Walk the dog

3. What can Gilbert do?

Connect and answer the questions!

Can Gilbert walk? – Yes, he can. Can he sit? – Can he fly? – No, he can’t. Can he sleep? –

Can he write? – Can he jump? –

Can he read? – Can he bark? –

Can he cook? – Can he eat? –

4. Word-salad

Find the 14 hidden words!

B U D C N H L B A R K G E S R M F

H N W A L K I J B N V C Z T M O W

E K E F A L N S U D C O R N E R R

A L P P K T D A E I S C H L S N Z

P R O T E V E N I N G S G F S I O

K I S H E L L M F N G D G Z A N U

T S B T O R X M S E A I C V G G X

T N E I G H B O U R V F R I E N D

A D F B M N I U O P U S S A V C S

L F S T R E E T G H Z I K L N M A

P V P L U N C H Q R D T I S W E E

write

read

cook fly

27: violet walk

sit

sleep jump

bark

eat

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At the doctor’s

I’m so tired today. My eyes are small. They hurt. I have a headache.

I don’t want to get up. Leave me alone in my basket.

Mary comes and pats me.

“Hey, socks, what’s wrong with you?“ – I feel bad!

“Your nose is warm and dry. Are you ill?“ – I don’t know.

“Drink some water.“ – No, thank you.

“Look, here is a dog biscuit.“ – No, thank you.

“Oh, boy, you don’t drink and you do not even eat.

You must be ill. We must go to Doctor Bear.“

Oh, no! This man is terrible.

But I am too weak to run away.

Mary puts me into the car and takes me to the doctor’s house.

It’s a big white house in town.

It smells interesting in front of the door.

Many poor cats and dogs like me are here.

Doctor Bear has got a big waiting-room.

Two women with a black cat and a fat pug-dog wait.

We are third after them.

We must wait for an hour.

It’s half past four. Now Doctor Bear has got time.

I don’t like his smell. He smells like medicine.

He looks into my eyes.

“It’s an inflammation of the eyes.

Mrs Adams, you must put one or two drops into each eye three times a day for one week.“

Oh, my God! He wants to kill me!

Hey, what are you doing? What’s in this little bottle?

It’s so cold in my eyes! Who switched off the light?

Oh, help! I am blind! It’s burning!

“You must take drops, old boy!“

What is it? And I am not your old boy, old doctor!

At the doctor’s

Vocabulary:

headache – Kopfschmerzen

Leave me alone! – Lass mich in Ruhe!

waiting-room – das Wartezimmer pat – streicheln

pug-dog – der Mops dry – trocken

inflammation – die Entzündung even – sogar

drops – die Tropfen terrible – furchtbar

switch off the light – das Licht ausknipsen weak – schwach

burn – brennen

interesting – interessant each – jede, jeder, jedes

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1. Right or wrong?

Find out the right sentences! The letters make the solution.

1. Gilbert is happy today. C 2. Gilbert’s eyes are small. T 3. Gilbert has a headache. H 4. Gilbert’s nose is cold and dry. U 5. Mary says: “I think you are ill.“ A 6. Gilbert eats a lot of dog biscuits. K 7. Gilbert does not drink. T 8. They must go to Doctor Bear. I 9. Mary puts Gilbert into the car. S 10. The doctor’s house is red. W 11. There is a big waiting-room. R 12. They must wait for two hours. L 13. Doctor Bear smells like medicine. I 14. Gilbert must take drops. G 15. Gilbert has an inflammation of the eyes. H 16. The drops are in a schoolbag. Z 17. The drops are cold in his eyes. T

Solution: !

2. Puzzle

Put the words together!

At the doctor’s

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se ket es

28: black

29: orange

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The dog-ABC

Vocabulary:

marry – heiraten blush – rot anlaufen quite – ziemlich

take away – wegnehmen journey – die Reise

stubborn – dickköpfig zig-zag – Zick-zack

The dog-ABC

A, B, C, D, E, F, G – Sir Gilbert Lazybone sitting by the tree, H, I, J, K, L, M, N – making love to Ruby, his friend.

O, P, Q, R, S, T, U – “Dear little Ruby, I want to marry you!“

V, W, X, Y, Z – Poor little Ruby, she blushed quite red!

A – appetite is what I always have! I’m hungry!

B – basket: Good night!

C – car: Take me to the supermarket!

D – Doctor Bear: He calls me „old boy“.

E – eating: It’s my hobby!

F – feeding-dish: It must be full.

G – garden: In my garden I am the king! Tell the birds ...

H – heap: Why do Rick and Mary take my heaps away?

I – ill: I feel bad!

J – journey: Driving in the car for days!

K – kiss: A kiss from Ruby ...

L – lead: Come on, walk the dog!

M – Mary: She’s the best cook!

N – nose: I have got the best. I can find everything!

O – obey: This is a problem. I like doing what I want!

P – play: I have got a lot of toys. My cow is my favourite.

Q – quick: Mary and Rick always hold me back. They’re not quick!

R – Rick: He is a good boy and plays with me.

S – stubborn: I know what I want and I want it now!

T – tree: Where I make wee-wee.

U – upset: Who is coming? Where do we go? Ohhhhh!

V – Valery is Mary’s and Rick’s friend.

W – Walk the dog three times a day!

X – X-mas is when the father brings me an extra bone.

Y – yes: The best word of all!

Z – zig-zag I run.

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Marion Berndt: Sir Gilbert Lazybone

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1. Secret numbers What’s this?

Solution: It’s a f a m i l y t r e e .

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2. Who is it?

Fill in the right words!

The mother of my mother is my grandmother .

The sister of my father is my aunt .

The son of my mother is my brother .

The daughter of my aunt is my cousin .

The son of my grandfather is my father .

The brother of my mother is my uncle .

The daughter of my father is my sister .

The father of my father is my grandfather .

The daughter of my grandmother is my mother .

Fill in: grandfather – grandmother – mother – father – aunt – uncle – cousin – sister – brother fa t h e r

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s i s t e r s G i l b e r t Gus G u n t er

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h a i r: b r o w n My name is Gilbert

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2: blue

3. How are you?

Fill in the matching answers!

1. Gilbert, how are you?

I am fine .

2. Goldie, how are you?

I am sad .

3. Gus, how are you?

I am angry .

4. Gillian, how are you?

I am scared .

5. Gunter, how are you?

I am sleepy .

Fill in: I am sleepy. – I am fine. – I am angry. – I am sad. – I am scared.

4. Brown beauties Find out the right sister!

I want to play with my sister Goldie.

But who is Goldie? I know Goldie has a blue ball. Goldie is sister 1 . 1. The sister with the orange collar is next to the sister with the pink collar.

2. One sister has a blue hair-ribbon and a yellow ball.

3. Sister number 1 has a pink collar and a green hair-ribbon.

4. One sister has a purple collar and a red hair-ribbon.

5. The sister with the green ball has a purple collar.

sister 1 sister 2 sister 3

ball blue yellow green

collar pink orange purple

hair-ribbon green blue red

Vocabulary:

collar – das Halsband, hair-ribbon – die Haarschleife My name is Gilbert

3: red

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1. Right or wrong?

Find out the right sentences! The letters make the solution.

1. Gilbert is happy today. C

2. Gilbert’s eyes are small. T

3. Gilbert has a headache. H

4. Gilbert’s nose is cold and dry. U 5. Mary says: “I think you are ill.“ A 6. Gilbert eats a lot of dog biscuits. K

7. Gilbert does not drink. T

8. They must go to Doctor Bear. I 9. Mary puts Gilbert into the car. S 10. The doctor’s house is red. W 11. There is a big waiting-room. R 12. They must wait for two hours. L 13. Doctor Bear smells like medicine. I

14. Gilbert must take drops. G

15. Gilbert has an inflammation of the eyes. H 16. The drops are in a schoolbag. Z 17. The drops are cold in his eyes. T

Solution: T H A T I S R I G H T !

2. Puzzle

Put the words together!

At the doctor’s

ey

dr ops bot tle

medi cine

scuit dog bi wa ter

bas ket no se

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drops bottle

medicine dog biscuit

water basket

nose

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3. What’s wrong with you, poor Gilbert?

Give the right answers!

1. Do you have a headache? – Yes, I have.

2. Do you have an earache? – No, I haven’t.

3. Do you have a warm and dry nose? – Yes, I have.

4. Do you have a toothache? – No, I haven’t.

5. Do you have an inflammation of the ears? – No, I haven’t.

6. Do you have small eyes? – Yes, I have.

7. Do you have an inflammation of your eyes? – Yes, I have.

8. Do you have a good medicine? – Yes, I have.

9. Do you have pills? – No, I haven’t.

4. In Doctor Bear’s waiting-room Find out the name of the animal!

One animal in Doctor Bear’s waiting-room has a broken leg.

It’s name: Elisa 1. Ronny has a temperature.

2. The animal between Mrs Stephens’ cat and Barker is Mrs West’s animal.

3. Mr Smith’s animal has toothache.

4. The cat on the left is Mizzi.

5. Elisa is Mrs Stephens’ cat.

6. The animal with the cold is next to the animal with toothache.

7. Mr Myers animal is next to the animal with a temperature.

name of the animal Mizzi Barker Ronny Elisa

owner Mr Smith Mr Myers Mrs West Mrs Stephans

illness toothache cold temperature broken leg

At the doctor’s

Vocabulary:

toothache – Zahnschmerzen, cold – die Erkältung

30: violet