Delhi Public School

Bangalore North

ENGLISH GRADE - III

JUAN BOBO’S POT
 Juan lived in a little village in Puerto Rico. He
was quite silly sometimes. So people called him
Juan Bobo.

His mother wanted to

cook chicken stew,
but she did not have
a large enough pot.

While He ordered
Juan ran up the Juan
returning with the pot to
hill to borrow a noticed
the pot he got race him
pot from his that the pot
very tired. He home.
grandmother. had three
kept the pot
legs.
 Juan ran home, but
the pot couldn't.
Mother was upset
with Juan. She asked
him to go back and
get the pot.

Juan ran back to

the pot. He
ordered him to
walk again.
Juan knew the pot
had worked hard.
When the pot didn’t , He carried it on his
The next day,
Juan kicked the pot and shoulders and
Juan’s mother
it started rolling and asked him to walk
asked him to
reached home. the next time.
return the pot.
CHARACTER SKETCH OF JUAN BOBO

SILLY

NAIVE KIND

FUNNY
Let’s begin the textbook
exercises.
 Reading 1

1. Juan was called Juan Bobo because he

was quite silly sometimes.
Yes, I agree with the reason because he
actually does silly things like asking a pot
with legs to walk.
7
4
5 2. Juan Bobo noticed that the pot had three
6 legs and he had only two. He thought
8 that the pot should not be lazy and walk
2 on its own.
3
1
3. Juan Bobo got angry with the pot for not
racing home with him. He kicked it hard.
The pot tipped over to its side and rolled
down the hill all the way to Juan Bobo’s
house.
 HOMOPHONES

sound
similar

Homophones are words which

sound similar, but have different
meanings.

one - won night - knight

to - two / too ate - eight
aloud - allowed knew - new
son - sun not – knot
right - write know – no
roll - role off – of
I eye
be
bee
bear
bare
 was
was was

were
was were

Were
was
was
were was
Were
weren't
was
 PUNCTUATION

Exclamation
mark (!)

Punctuation

Question
? Full Stop (.) mark (?)
.
!
.
?

20th July 2020

Dear uncle
I come to the park everyday and listen to your
terrific stories. I love them. Your stories have
made my summer holidays so enjoyable.
Thank you so much for taking out the time to
tell us your wonderful stories and filling our
evenings with wonder and joy. I’ll share all
your stories with my sister and cousins .
Looking forward to hearing many more stories
from you.
Love
*****
Speaking skills - Saying sorry

Saying sorry is
called apologizing.
An apology should
be the basic
reaction to any
mistake.
Let’s begin the note book
work.
Index
HEADLINE PAGE

Date in full

Eg: 1 May 2021

 NOTEBOOK WORK

I. Key words Points to remember

1. “Key words” are two

1. Juan Bobo 6. cupboard separate words. Don’t
write them together.
2. chicken stew 7. delicious
2. Write key words
twice.
3. staring 8. shoulder

4. overjoyed 9. nodding 2. Do not start key

words with capital
5. directions letter unless it is a
proper noun.
KEY WORDS PAGE
 II. Word meanings( Use dictionary to find the meanings )
1. stupid - having or showing lack of common sense,
foolish.

2. overjoyed -

3. head start - an early start that gives an

advantage in a race.
III Frame sentences

1. delicious-

2. chicken stew-

3. shouted-
WORD MEANINGS AND FRAME SENTENCES

You may use a red colour

pencil underline the sub
headings.

However, do not use sketch

pens or crayons in your
class work.
IV Answer the following questions

Q1. Where did Juan live? Why was he called Juan Bobo?
Puerto Rico….. quite foolish

Q2. Why did Juan not want to carry the pot home?
pot had three legs…. he had only two

Q3. What did Juan’s mother did not have? How did she get it?
large pot …. grandmother’s house

Q4. How did the pot finally reach Juan’s house?

Juan kicked the pot… rolled down the hill… reached
home
 V Activity in notebook

Draw a pot and write its uses.

Pots are useful to

store water
VI Asset Questions

1. China: Chinese:: Puerto Rico: _______

2. “I’ll make a nice, big chicken stew”

Identify the verb in the above sentence.

Please do the note
book work
neatly.

Take care of your

spellings and write
in your best
handwriting.

Don’t forget to revise

the chapter.
 Practice Work
Pathways Workbook
Worksheet-1 The Royal Parade
 That’s all for today !

Enjoy reading the story in your text book.