Eva the Beekeeper
Building Background Bees
Building Background Understanding Author’s Purpose
What do you know about bees? Write what you know in the circles
below.
Look at the pictures and put a checkmark (
that match the pictures.
) next to the sentences
1.
A tennis player plays a game.
A doctor examines a patient.
A beekeeper takes care of
bees.
bees
A woman sells the honey the
bees make.
2.
Write sentences using the web you completed above.
She talks about working with
bees.
She uses honey to bake bread.
She likes to eat bread with
honey.
She wears special clothes
when she is near her bees.
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Building Vocabulary Key Words
Building Vocabulary High-Frequency Words
Complete the word puzzle using the words from the Word Bank.
Circle the words that make sense in the sentences. Then write the
words.
[ Word Bank ]
1.
beekeeper
bee suit
hives
❶
b
e
e
s
us
i
t
nectar
e e
k
❸
❷
c
colony
e e
p
frames
The Bee Hive
pollen
e r
p
o
l o
l
l
e
❹
❺
f
n
y
Each hive holds a group
r
h
o
n
a m
e
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bees or colony.
s
The clothes help keep Eva safe
from
1. special clothes a beekeeper wears for
protection
3. the powder in flowers that helps to
make seeds
4. a sweet liquid in flowers
6. places where bees live and make
honey
bee stings.
( from of )
Down
1. a person who takes care of bees and
collects their honey
2. a group of bees living in a hive
5. wooden parts of a hive where bees
store honey
of
( from of )
❻
y
Across
wood.
( from of )
e
c
t
a
n
4
of
These hives are boxes made
‘I am scared
of
( from of )
the bees without the suit,’
she says.
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Comprehension Comprehension Check
Answer the following questions.
1. Which is true about a ‘beekeeper’?
①
②
③
④
A beekeeper takes care of bees.
A beekeeper collects wood from the forest.
A beekeeper sells the milk cows make.
A beekeeper lives in hives.
Comprehension Comprehension Check
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the common word to complete the sentences?
Eva’s bees live in ____________.
These ____________ are boxes made of wood.
① pollen
③ nectar
② hives
④ colonies
2. Which is not true about Eva Prieto?
①
②
③
④
She is a beekeeper.
She takes care of bees.
She collects the honey the bees make.
She makes nectar and pollen.
3. Which sentence might come before the following sentence?
____________________________________________
‘But there is always something new to learn,’ she says.
①
②
③
④
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Eva’s bees live in hives.
There are thousands of bees in a colony.
She knows many things about bees.
Eva has been a beekeeper for a long time.
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2. Choose 3 things from the Word Bank that Eva wears when she is near
her bees.
[ Word Bank ]
bee suit
umbrella
bee suit
hood
gloves
hood
pollen
nectar
gloves
3. What is a group of bees living in a hive called?
① pollen
③ nectar
② hives
④ colony
4. Why does Eva wear a bee suit?
①
②
③
④
It keeps Eva safe from burning.
It keeps Eva safe from bee stings.
It keeps Eva safe from cold.
It keeps Eva safe from wind.
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Comprehension Comprehension Check
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Eva wears special clothes when she is near her bees. She
a bee suit, a hood and gloves. The clothes help keep Eva safe from
bee stings. ‘I am scared of the bees without the suit,’ she says.
.’
‘
Comprehension Comprehension Check
Write the correct words from the Word Bank to complete each
sentence.
[ Word Bank ]
spring
In the
①
②
③
④
Eva is a beekeeper.
Eva wears special clothes.
She is scared of bees.
She doesn’t like bees.
autumn
winter
spring
she feeds the bees sugar-water and honey.
Eva checks the hives. She makes sure each
hive is clean.
In the
summer
Eva makes sure the bees are near water.
Water cools the bees.
In the
2. What word goes in the first blank?
① helps
③ puts
winter
Eva is busy all year.
In the
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
summer
② keeps
④ wears
autumn
Eva collects honey.
Answer the following questions.
1. What does Eva feed the bees?
3. What sentence goes in the second blank?
①
②
③
④
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There is always something new about bees.
If I have it on, I am not scared.
I like to tell people about working with bees.
I love being close to nature.
① sugar-water
③ pollen
② bread
④ nectar
2. What do the bees bring back to the hive?
① nectar and pollen
③ flowers
② honey
④ colony
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Comprehension Comprehension Check
Read the passage and answer the questions.
In the autumn Eva collects honey. First, she moves the bees to
another part of the hive. Then she gathers the frames. A _______
removes the honey from each frame.
1. Write the sentence that tells the main idea of the passage.
In the autumn Eva collects honey.
2. What is the synonym of the underlined word?
① moves
③ collects
② removes
④ helps
3. What word goes in the blank?
① machine
③ hive
Comprehension Comprehension Check
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Eva likes to tell people about working
with bees. What’s the best part about
being a beekeeper? Eva says, ‘I love
being close to nature.’
1. What is the best title for the passage?
① Eva’s Tool
③ Meet Eva Prieto
② Eva’s Year
④ Being a Beekeeper
2. Which is not true about the passage?
①
②
③
④
Eva likes to tell people about working with bees.
Eva loves what she does.
Eva is a beekeeper.
Eva doesn’t like being close to the bees.
② bee
④ colony
Reread page 14 to 15 of the student book and then write about what
working with bees would be like.
4. What story might come before the passage?
①
②
③
④
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what Eva does in the summer
what Eva wears when she is near the bees
why Eva wears special clothes
what Eva collects in the winter
E.g.,
It can be fun.
It can be dangerous.
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Building Sentence Structure Action Verbs & ‘Be’ Verbs
Circle the words that make sense in the sentences. Then write the
words.
Writing Book Report
Write a book report with “Eva the Beekeeper” in the following chart.
What is the main
idea of the book?
What is your
favorite part?
Write about it.
In the summer Eva
makes
sure the bees are near water.
( make makes )
cools
Water
Why do you like
that part the best?
Write about it.
the bees.
( cool cools )
In the summer Eva’s bees
are
busy, too.
( is are )
They
bring
( bring brings )
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nectar and pollen back to the hive.
Would you
recommend this
story to your
friend?
Why or why not?
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Listening Practice
MEMO
Listen to the sentence and fill in the blanks.
beekeeper takes care of bees.
1. A __________
wood
boxes made of __________.
2. These hives are __________
hood and __________.
suit
gloves
3. She wears a bee __________,
a __________
sugar
water and honey.
4. In the winter she feeds the bees __________-__________
nectar and __________
pollen back to the hive.
5. They bring __________
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WORKBOOK
Eva the Beekeeper
Publisher Jae-yoon Chung
Managing Director Hannah Lee
Senior Editor Jung-ah Kim
Project Editor Reese Ji
Written by Jeong Hee Choi
Proofread by Alwin G. Fontenot
Recorded by Yeasung Media Tech
Illustrated by Donghyun Lee, Youngjoo Jung
Designed by DOD Design
Printed by POD KOREA
Copyright © 2008 by Language World Co., Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form
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First Edition in 2008
ISBN 978-89-256-0130-4