Extensive reading and Writing

What things at home can be dangerous? electrical equipment electric fires poisons ladders What to do? knives hot water windows

Discussion How to prevent us from being injured at home?

The kitchen

Fill in the blanks. _________ the floor is not ________.Make sure slippery Always use a _______to _____ high cupboards. ladder reach Always ________ from your body when you use a knife. cut away ______ all appliances, especially irons, after use. Unplug Keep matched ______________ of children. out of the reach

Things we do Things we shouldn’t do In the kitchen We always let the floor dry after it is washed before we use the kitchen again. I shouldn’t stand on a chair to reach things. We shouldn’t leave matches anywhere.

In the bedroom In the bathroom My mother keeps bottles of medicine on a high shelf out of the reach of children. I shouldn’t light candles in my room. My father should never smoke in bed. I always unplug the hairdryer after I’ve used it. We shouldn’t take an electric heater into the bathroom.

Electricity Make sure that electric wires are safe and that children can’t touch them. More advice

Things in mouth Don’t leave small things on the floor or table which a baby can put in its mouth.

Poisons: Don’t pour poisons into other containers, for example, empty bottles. Keep them on a high shelf out of the reach of children.

What must you do if you are badly burnt? Cool the area of skin at once.Wash the area of skin under the cold tap for several minutes. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the area of the burn.

How do you deal with a simple cut? Wash the area of the cut, dry it and cover it with a piece of dry clean cloth.

Write more advice Gas fires: If you are using one of these, check that a window is open. Water: Make sure that young children can not get close to pools, lakes and rivers by themselves.

Ladders: Don’t use the one a wet floor. Get someone to hold the ladder for you. Don’t reach sideways while standing on a ladder. Get down first and move the ladder.

Writing Write a letter to your principal politely asking whether he or she could organize the first aid courses. Dear ___________, Our class has been studying a unit on first aid, ___________________________ _________________________ __________. Write your principal’s name Say why the first aid unit has been useful. it has been very useful because we have learnt about what to do to help someone who has had an accident

Even though the unit has been very interesting and useful,____________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ __________. Say why you would like a first aid course. we would like to be able to do a first aid course. A first aid course would give us information about many more situations. It would also give us information about many more situations. It would also give us the chance to practise first aid treatments.

We would like to request that____________________ _____________. We think that a first aid course at the school _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ ________________________. Yours sincerely, _____________ Say what you want the principal to do. Say again why a first aid course would be a good thing to do. Sign your names the school organises a first aid course. is a necessary part of our education and will make us more useful members of our society. Perhaps we will even save someone’s life one day.

Homework Finish the homework in workbook Write an article about first aid.