Superlative Serbia

I've asked my pupils in Class VI5 to write about 'superlative' places in our country, and here's what they've found:

Belgrade is the biggest city. About 2 million people live there. (Miška)

Đeravica is the highest mountain. It is 2,656m high. (Timea)

The Great Morava is the longest river. It is 185km long. (Daniel)

Đerdap is the largest lake. It spreads over 253km2. (Violeta)

Vršac is the windiest place. Winds can blow at the speed of 48m/s. (Andrea)

Sjenica is the coldest place. The lowest temperature measured there was -36 degrees Celsius in 1954. (Natalia)

When I was 7...

As a warm up for the revision of the past simple, I asked my pupils to finish the sentences: When I was 7 I had a ... . I didn't have a ... . I couldn't ..., but I could ... . My favourite food was ... . My favourite things were ... . 

When I was 7 I had a bike. I didn't have a toy plane. I couldn't swim, but I could ride a bike. My favourite food was chicken. My favourite things were my dog and my toys.

Marko Dejanović, V4, 8 March 2013

When I was 7 I had a dog. I didn't have a cat. I could play. My favourite toy was my car. My favourite food was peas. My favourite things were beautiful gardens. 

Milan Jakšić, V2, 8 March 2013

 

Record breakers (examples)

Find record breakers in the animal kingdom and write them down.

An ant is the smallest insect.

Anja Berić, IV2

A hyena is the happiest land animal.

Luka Važić, IV2

A hummingbird is the smallest bird.

Elena Brkanlić, IV2

A seahorse is the slowest sea animal.

A peregrine falcon is the fastest bird.

Kristian Balaž, IV2

A tortoise is the oldest animal.

A shark is the scariest sea animal.

An elephant is the biggest and fattest land animal.

Tijana Varađanin, IV2

A sloth is the slowest animal.

Ivana Komarek, IV2

A rabbit and a tortoise (comparisons)

 Compare a rabbit and a tortoise in as many sentences as you can. 

Try not to use the same adjectives.

A rabbit is faster than a tortoise.
A rabbit is bigger than a tortoise.
A tortoise is cleaner than a rabbit.
A rabbit is taller than a tortoise.
A tortoise is slower than a rabbit.
A rabbit is fatter than a tortoise.
A tortoise is younger than a rabbit.
A tortoise is smaller than a rabbit.
A rabbit is longer than a tortoise.
A tortoise is wiser than a rabbit.

Ivana Varađanin IV2

My favourite animal (notes)

A snake has a long body, small eyes and a small nose. It is from Africa. Snakes are very clever animals. They eat insects, but they don't eat cheese! Snakes like small mice very much.

Anđela Tomić, IV5, March 2012

Lions are my favourite animals. They've got an orange body, a small nose and ears. They eat meat. They've got short legs and a tail. Lions are very fast animals.

Miona Vujošević, IV5

Mina Vidović IV1

My favourite animal is a panda. It eats bamboo. It is beautiful and it can climb trees. There are black and white and red pandas. Pandas live in China.

Mina Vidović, IV1

Adam Petrov IV1

My favourite animal is a rabbit. It eats carrots. It has got a short tail but long ears. Rabbits have got four legs. They are sweet animals.

Adam Petrov, IV1

Igor Zagorac IV1

Jovana Kljajić IV2

My favourite animal is a giraffe. Giraffes live in Africa. They are the tallest animals. They have got a long neck and a short tail. Giraffes are orange with brown points. They don't eat meat. They eat the leaves of trees.

Jovana Kljajić, IV2

Kristian Balaž IV2

My favourite animal is a giant panda. Pandas live in China. They have black and white fur. They have got a big round body and a short tail. Pandas eat any of the twenty-five bamboo species in the wild.

Kristian Balaž, IV2

Milan Jakšić IV2

My favourite animal is an elephant. It has got big ears and a big body. It has got big tusks. It has got a long tail and small eyes. It can hear very well. It looks like a mammoth. An elephant hasn't got a nose. It has got a trunk. I like elephants very much.

Milan Jakšić, IV2

Tijana Varađanin IV2

Dolphins are sea animals. They're grey and they have flippers. Dolphins are very clever. They eat fish. They can swim very fast.

Tijana Varađanin IV2

Tijana Varađanin IV2

Parrots are birds. They live in jungles. They eat seeds. Parrots have got two legs, a beak and colourful feathers. They can fly very fast.

Tijana Varađanin IV2 

My pet (notes)

My pet is a dog. His name's Wolf. He's brown and black. He's got a long tail and ears. My dog's got a small black nose. He eats meat, but hates cats. He's a very, very good pet.

Dušan Bačkuljin, IV1, March 2012

My pet is a dog. His name is Đole. He is white with brown spots. Đole likes to play with a tennis ball. He also likes to hide shoes in the yard. He likes to eat bones and candies. He is a very clean dog, but he doesn't like to take water. He always runs and jumps when he sees that I am going to the yard.

Strahinja Jesić, IV1

My pet is a fish. His name's Edward. His race is named warrior. He's small and dark red. He hates males of his race. He likes to eat insects. He can swim. His tail is long. He's the king of waters in my room.

Kristian Balaž, IV2

My cat's name is Elina. Her body is small. Her tail is long. She doesn't like water, vegetables and fruit. She likes  cats.

Nevena Milovanov, IV5

Some dogs are small. Some dogs are big. They can be black, white and brown.

My dog is very happy. His tail is long. He runs fast. He eats meat.

Vanja Basaraba, IV5

My cat is called Tutti. He has a long tail and small ears. He is yellow and white. He is very fast and loves mice. I love my cat a lot. He loves the company of other cats.

Marko Mijić, IV5

My dog's name is Gina. She is strong and she has big ears. She has a long tail. She likes meat and bones. Gina likes to play with me. When she sees a stranger, she barks loudly.

Slobodan Bakić, IV5;

Tijana Varađanin IV2

My holiday (notes)

My holiday was excellent. I played football and I went to the park. My mum was with me. We went on foot. 

Matija Kozić, IV3, 20 January 2012

My holiday was perfect. I was making a snowman and snowballs. I went to Belgrade with my basketball club, too. We went by bus. 

Stefan Vujić, IV3

My holiday was great. I played with my friends. I went to the village to visit my grandma and grandpa, too.

Marko Radanović, IV3

Short messages

John has invited Sean to his birthday party. Write Sean's short email in which he: apologises for not being able to go to the party, explains the reason why he can't go and wishes John a happy birthday. Write 50-60 words.

 

Hi John,

Happy birthday!!! I hope you have a fantastic day. I'm really sorry I can’t make to your big birthday party. I'm going camping that day. I got you something really amazing, what you really want! You'll see it next week. Well, have a successful birthday party, enjoy it and have fun!

Lots of love,

Sean

Anđela Kovljenić, VIII1, September 2011

Dear John,

I’m sorry but I won’t be able to make it on your birthday. You and my mother have a birthday on the same day. Hope the present I sent you will be there on your big day.

Best wishes,

Your Sean

Teodora Stankov, VIII1

Dear John,

I’m very sad that I won’t be able to celebrate your birthday with you, but I have to travel to Australia, because my aunt has a wedding.

Best wishes,

Your Sean

Nevena Grubišić, VIII1

Dear John,

Happy birthday! I hope you have a great day.

I’m sorry but I can’t come to your party because I have a soccer game. I play on the first position and my team needs me. I’m so sorry, but I hope you’ll like the present I’m sending you. I wish you a wonderful day, full of surprises and may all your wishes come true.

Lots of love,

Sean

Dejan Škorić, VIII1

Dear John,

I'm so sorry, but I won't be coming to your birthday party because I'm travelling to Paris. I've sent you a gift. Hope you'll like it. Have a great day and happy birthday!

Yours,

Sean

Dejan Kovačević, VIII2

Dear John,

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day!

I'm very sad that I won't be able to celebrate it with you, but I have to travel somewhere. I hope you like the present I sent you.

Have a great day!

Lots of love,

Andrea

Andrea Kiš, VIII5

Mysteries (notes)

It happened when I was ten years old. My parents were not at home so I was alone all day. I just finished watching the “Home Alone” films, made myself something to eat and surfed the Net for a while. Since I had to wake up early for school, I lay on my bed, but simply could not sleep. At midnight sharp something started knocking on my window. I was scared. I looked through the window and there was nothing. Suddenly, the door started to open... I could not move. A ghost appeared right in front of me. It looked like it was my grandfather who died ten years ago. I felt peaceful then. He laughed and showed me a book called “Ghosts, witches and monsters”. Just for a second I closed my eyes and when I opened them again my grandfather was gone. It was the sight which I will never forget.

Denis Nastovski, VI2, February 2010

I was nine years old if I can remember... My mum was going to work, when I had a strange dream.

It was a rainy day, my mum was riding a bike when suddenly she fell down and broke her finger. I was running to help her, but then I woke up. When I woke up, I got the phone as quickly as possible and called her.... Her boss answered the phone and told me that she was in hospital... I waited for her to come back home... When she came back, I saw that her finger was broken... I asked her how she did that and she told me that she fell down. For about four years I have been trying to solve this mystery, but I still haven’t. (Maybe, I need to call the MYTHBUSTERS!!!!).....

Filip Smiljanić, VI2, February 2010 

It was a dark and rainy night. I was having a bath when the phone rang. I went to the phone and answered it. I heard a scary, noisy voice on the other side, saying, ‘You’ll die in six days, six hours and six minutes!’ I was scared and couldn’t sleep all night. But the next day at school I found out that the scary voice on the phone was my friend Filip’s and that it was a joke. 

Milan Reljin, VI3, February 2010 

It was raining. Max felt bored watching through the window. He turned around and saw the house was in a mess... everything was covered with white sheets. He freaked out. He went to the kitchen and saw two monks sitting on the chairs. He sat on the rocking chair. One of the monks jumped up and pointed his finger straight to Max. Another one stepped on his foot and started singing and spilling water all around the place. At that moment, Max felt pain, like something was cutting him apart. Then he realized that those monks were getting rid of ghosts, and that he was probably a ghost himself. The monks then banished him. Spooky!

Rastko Zamurović, VI2, February 2010

My favourite character is... (notes)

My favorite character is Eric Cartman. He is short and fat. He is not clever. He can eat so much, but he doesn't like to work.

Mihailo Kozomara, VI1

My favorite character is Courage the Cowardly Dog. He is short. Courage is very clever. He likes his owner Muriel and to solve mysteries. But he doesn't like his other owner Eustace at all, because he is cruel to him. Courage can do the tricks, solve big mysteries and save his owners. He does things for love! He doesn't like monsters and other villains cause he gets really scared and then panics a lot.

Anđela Kovljenić, VI1

My favourite character is Harry Potter. He is thin. He is very clever. He can do magic and he doesn't like EVIL!!!...

Denis Nastovski, VI2

My favourite character is Ash Ketchum. He is an adventurer. He is of average height. He likes to catch pokemons. He doesn t like to lose. He is very cunning. His best friends are his Pokemons, Dawn and Brock.

Aleksandar Petrović, VI1

My day

Write about your day:

When I go to school in the morning, I get up at _____. I have breakfast at _____. I usually have _____ for breakfast. I leave home at _____. The first lesson starts at _____. I often have _____ lessons a day. I get home at _____. I have lunch at _____. I sometimes have _____ for lunch. In the afternoon I _____. After dinner I _____. I go to bed at _____. 

It's me

Describe yourself. 

My name is _____, but my friends call me _____. I am _____ years old. I am in the _____ class.

My eyes are _____ (colour) and my hair is _____ (size, colour). I can play _____ (sport). I am very good at _____. 

I like listening to _____ (pop star). My favourite food is _____, but I like _____ (food), too. I don't like _____ (food). I like _____ (hobby). My favourite TV programme is _____.

My pet

Draw your pet and write something about it.

My pet's a _____ (animal). His/Her name's _____. He/She's _____ (age). He/She's _____ (colour). He/She likes _____ (food).

My family

Draw your family tree and write who they are to you. Or, draw the pictures of your family and write about them.

This is my father. His name is _____. He's a _____ (job).

This is my mother. Her name is _____. She's a _____.

This is my sister. Her name is _____. She's a _____.