The Guidance School

E-193, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi. Ph: 051-4913388

Class: 7 | Unit 1: THE PAPER CRANES OF PEACE
VOCABULARY
WORDS-MEANINGS
Words P.O.S. Meanings
Legend N. a story from ancient times about people and events
Origami N. the Japanese art of folding paper into attractive shapes
Poignant Adj. keenly distressing to the feelings
Conventional Adj. according to standards generally accepted by the society
Death toll N. the number of people killed in an accident, war, etc.
Contamination N. the process of making a substance or place dirty by adding a dangerous substance
Fatal Adj. causing death
Atrocity N. a cruel act
Inspire V. to give somebody the desire to do something in a good manner
Inscribe V. to write or cut words onto something
Monument N. something built to remind the people of a famous person or event
Extinguish V. to make a fire stop burning; put out
SYNONYMS-ANTONYMS
Words Synonyms Antonyms Words Synonyms Antonyms
collapse faint; pass out rise significant important; notable unimportant; insignificant
unveil disclose; open; tell conceal; hide; cover fatal deadly; unhealable; incurable curable; healable; treatable
explode blast; burst courageous brave; bold; gallant; valiant afraid; cowardly; fearful
instantly immediately; right away later tremendous amazing; awesome; enormous unamazing; common; miserable
dizzy giddy steady entirely completely, totally partially; incompletely
eliminate remove; eradicate add; establish curable healable; treatable incurable; deadly; fatal
WORD FAMILIES
Noun Adjective Verb Adverb
legend legendary
contamination; contaminant contaminated contaminate
inspiration inspired; inspirational; inspiring inspire inspirationally; inspiringly
extinguisher extinguished; extinguishing extinguish
significance significant; unsignificant signify significantly; un~
instance instant; instantaneous instantly
COLLOCATIONS:
Legend: become; tell; according to; living ~; ~ has it Contaminated: become; highly; ~ with
Poignant: make sth ~; find sth ~; quite Courageous: seems; highly; extraordinarily
Conventional: be; seems; highly
Activity #1: (SYNONYMS/ANTONYMS): Put contextually appropriate synonyms/antonyms to complete the sentences.
i. The occasion is being held to ______________________ the new book by Mr Shakir. (UNVEIL)
ii. I was rather busy at the moment, so I promised to do the task ______________________. (INSTANTLY)
iii. Sometimes small, ______________________ changes can lead to great improvements. (SIGNIFICANT)
iv. The chief of the tribe motivated his men to fight ______________________ . (COURAGEOUS)
v. Your theory is good, but I can only ______________________ agree to it due to absence of evidence. (ENTIRELY)
Activity #2: (WORD FAMILIES): Put the correct variants of the indicated word families to complete the sentences.
i. Industrial waste is a large source of ______________________ for fresh water. (CONTAMINATE)
ii. Sir Kamran always tries to ______________________ us to live a meaningful life. (INSPIRE)
iii. We need three fire ______________________ for the school. (EXTINGUISH)
iv. American English is ______________________ different from British English. (SIGNIFY)
v. The question was quite confusing, but her response was very______________________. (INSTANT)
SPELLING-PRONUNCIATION
ancient origami attractive poignant conventional accident
contamination atrocity inscribe monument extinguish collapse
significant unveil incurable courageous valiant immediately
tremendous enormous miserable partially eradicate establish
CLASSWORK: Make legend poignant conventional contaminated inspire
sentences for word family of “signify”
HOMEWORK: Make entirely curable fatal courageous tremendous
sentences for word family of “contaminate”
Activity: Sentence Formation
1. Wilderness The plantation and beautification drive has transformed the wilderness into a tourist spot.
2. Narrative I cannot not believe the popular narrative; howsoever true it might feel.
3. Prediction If I make a safe prediction, I might get about 90% marks.
4. Passionate My mom is really passionate about plantation.
5. Adventure My favourite genre is adventure films.
Activity: Sentences for Word Family of “ambition”
i. Significance The significance of hard work for success cannot be over-emphasized.
ii. Significant Toyota has made significant technological changes in their new model of Hybrid cars.
iii. Significantly Good eating habits may significantly reduce the risk of heart attack.

Activity: Comprehension Questions

Note:
1. The teacher will not number the questions as given in this planner rather in a straight manner as they should be. They are numbered
here in this fashion just to indicate which questions to do and which to skip.
 2. Q #6 to 8 of Reading for Understanding are for the students to express their own opinions with reasons, and interpretations. Select one
or two based on the capability of your class.)

Student #ing Book #ing (READING FOR UNDERSTANDING)

Q1 Q1 According to the Japanese legend, whoever folds one thousand origami cranes will live a long life.
Q2 Q2 In 1945, America dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Thousands of people were killed instantly by the blast and the death toll rose to about 200’000 over the
Q3 Q3
following years.
Q4 Q4 Her leukaemia was a direct result of contamination by the atomic bomb.
(READING FOR UNDERSTANDING)
Sadako showed determination, optimism regarding her illness, and compassion regarding the peace of the
Q5 Q 2:
world.
Q6 Q 3: Students should attempt this question themselves, giving their own opinions and feelings.