Form 5 Home-based learning Date: 4th August 2020, Tuesday

UNIT 6 : SMOKING – THE SILENT KILLER

THEME: HEALTH

Part 1:

Construct a sentence based on each of the words given below.

1.1 Cigarettes
1.2 Peer
1.3 Curb
1.4 Detrimental
1.5 Campaign

Part 2:

Expand the notes given below and write a 50-word paragraph based on each set of notes.

2.1 Set 1 (about reasons why teens smoke): surroundings – smokers in family – peer pressure – wrong choice of friends –
curiosity – want to try

2.2 Set 2 (about the efforts to curb smoking): government – take measures – advertisements – create awareness –
schools – anti-smoking campaign – punishment

Part 3:

As the Head Prefect of your school, you have been asked by your discipline teacher to give a talk to all students to create
awareness on the disadvantages of smoking.
Use the notes below to write your talk.

The Disadvantages of Smoking

 Nicotine: main content of cigarette
- raises both the heart rate and blood
pressure

 Causes diseases
- cancer, respiratory problems, heart
ailments

 Waste of money
– expensive

 Affect passive smokers

- risks the health of the non-smokers

 Effect on a person's appearance

- stained teeth, darkened gums, yellowish
fingernails

When writing the talk, you must remember to:

 greet your audience
 mention the purpose of the talk
 include all the points given
 end your talk appropriately

Note: For your talk, you will receive up to 15 marks for the format and content points, and up to 20 marks for the
quality of your writing.