3.2 To write for personal reflection

Write a final diary copy

Activity 2:

To expand vocabulary

[lo 6.9]

LANGUAGE FOR LIBERATION

• Developing your language skills will enable you to communicate clearly and confidently.

1. Study the word/s underlined in the first sentence. Change the form of the word so that it fits correctly into the new sentence.

a) Mr Jelly hurried down the road to Ahmed’s shop .

• He is always in a ......................... to go ......................... at Ahmed's.

b) Those ingredients make a very special curry.

• Mr Jelly ......................... in making strong curries.

c) If it’s a success , I might give the recipe to you.

• He was hoping he would be ......................... when he used the new recipe.

d) Mr Jelly tried holding his breath , but that only made matters worse.

• He could not ......................... or he would set things alight.

2. Look at the following sentences:

• If it’s a success, we can exchange recipes.
• The recipe was a failure so they did not exchange recipes.
• It is always important to have the full recipe, but Mr Jelly felt it was unimportant.
• He is careful about what he puts into his food because if he is careless he could become very ill.

You will notice that the words in bold type are opposite in meaning. These are called antonyms .

Here are some special functions to remember!

• A suffix is added to the end of a word to change its part of speech (word class) and sometimes its meaning.
• A prefix is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.

Now try these sentences:

Replace the underlined words with a word of opposite meaning (antonym).

• It was a friendly street.
• He liked reading cookery books.
• It was a strange script.
• The dragon curry had a t emporary affect on Mr Jelly.
• The food which he served was tasty .
• The food looked colourless when it was dished onto the plates.

Activity 3:

To read a text (fiction)to read for information

[lo 3.1, 3.4]

Let us get back to our story! Remember that the last time we read, we were told about Mila’s life on the island. Now read about her grandmother’s special curry.

Mila’s Magic (continued)

Gram’s curry

9 Scribbled in Mila’s little notebook was the recipe of her grandmother’s most delicious curry. Mila would often make a note of the quantities of the various spices the old lady used. Gram never used notes or measures. Absent-mindedly she would rub a finger-load of salt onto the sizzling onion rings, garlic cloves and crushed ginger roots. The meat was unceremo­niously added and left to simmer in the saucepan while the few chillies and a handful of cardamon seeds were stirred in.

10 Mila knew however that she herself had recently picked two onions, peeled two garlic cloves and painstakingly chopped one small ginger root. On the table, ready to be added, lay three red tomatoes, about four cups of beans and three large potatoes. In a dainty porcelain bowl, Gram had crushed almost two teaspoons of curry leaves and turmeric powder. And then there were the chillies – only one – carefully chopped. Mila had learnt never to touch her face after this task!

11 Finally, there were four dark brown pieces of sweet-smelling cinnamon sticks. But was that all? Anybody who had not watched Gram closely would think so. But Mila knew, and only Mila, that Gram always reached down into her apron with a swift motion. Quickly into the pot would disappear a bright orange-coloured peel – dried naartjie.