The document provides guidance for a reading comprehension activity on the story "The Ant and the Cricket" for a 5th grade class. It includes pre-reading activities to introduce vocabulary and match pictures to seasons. While reading, students answer questions and describe the character traits of the ant and cricket. Post-reading activities involve finding similar words in the passage and a group discussion about lessons learned from the story.

1. Reading Comprehension
• Theme: World of Animals
• Topic: The Ant and the Cricket
(English Year 5, pg 60-61)
• Class: 5 Cerdik (Average pupils)
• Time: 60 minutes

2. Pre-reading
Activity A (3.3.1)
Label the insects using the phrases given.

3. summer winter
spring
autumn
Pre-Reading
Activity B (3.2.2)
Match the pictures to the correct seasons.

4. While Reading
Activity A (3.8)
Read the story and as you read , find the answers to the questions at the side
of the text.
1. What did the ant do
during summer?
2. Why did the leaves
turn brown and fall to
the ground?

5. 3. Why did Cricket go
to Ant’s house?

6. While Reading
Activity B (3.6)
Read the story again. Complete the table to describe the characters of the ant
and the cricket. Use the words given to help you.
playful hardworking lazy diligent
irresponsible kind energetic idle

7. Post Reading
Activity A (3.6.2)
Find the words in the passage that are similar to the following words.
happy
keep
began
gather
hungry
Line 1
Line 5
Line 13
Line 21
Line 17
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2
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8. Post Reading
Activity B (3.9.6 & 3.9)
Group discussion.
The cricket did not store food for himself during winter. He was
starving.
What does the incident teach you as pupils?
What do you think will happen if the ant did
not store enough food for winter?
1.
2.

9. Prepared by:
Nor Aziah Binti Jamaluddin
Mahani Binti Hamzah
Hazidah Binti Abd Aziz
Salbiah Binti Tunggal
Rizana Binti Jahidin