The Lottery Winner
The Lottery Winner
The Lottery Winner
ACTIVITIES
Before Reading
1. The title of the story is The Lottery Winner. Answer these questions.
2. Read the back cover of the book. How much do you know now about the story? Complete these sentences.
1. Emma Carter is…
a) A young woman.
b) An old woman
c) An old man.
2. Emma buys a lottery ticket…
a) Every week.
b) Every month.
c) Every day.
3. Emma has got…
a) No money.
b) Only a little money.
c) Lots of money.
4. Jason Williams…
a) Helps old women.
b) Kills old women.
c) Steals money from old women.
3. Read the story introduction on the first page of the book, then answer these questions. Tick one box for each sentence.
YES NO
4. What is going to happen in the story? Can you guess? Tick one box for each sentence.
YES NO
1. Jason is going to get five million pounds.
2. Emma is going to get five million pounds.
3. Jason is going to go to prison.
4. Emma is going to go to Australia.
ACTIVITIES
While Reading
Read Chapters 1 and 2, then answer these questions.
Who
4 . . . bought a lottery ticket with the numbers 5, 12, 23, 24, 38, 41?
Emma Carter.
7 . . . lived in Australia?
Emma Carter’s son.
3 On Tuesday afternoon?
In court.
4 On Tuesday night?
At home.
Why
Before you read Chapter 7, think a b o u t t h e chapter title, So who's going to win? Who is going to win? Can you guess?
After Reading
1 Why did Emma always choose the same numbers for her lottery ticket? Why were they important to her?
5, 12, 23 She was born on the 5th of December (12th month) 1923.
2 What happens after the end of the story? You choose. Tick one box for each sentence. Then use some of the sentences to write a
paragraph. Join your sentences with and, but or so where possible.
YES NO
1 Emma gets a lot of money.
2 Emma goes to Australia to see h e r son.
3 Emma g iv e s one million p o u n d s t o ‘Help the Children’.
4 J ason gets a lot of money.
5 Jason's wife gets half of his money.
6 Jason gives one million pounds to ‘Help the Children’.
7 Jason gives 30,000 each to his mother and father.
8 Jason goes to prison.
9 Sally and her husband buy a new car.
Emma gets a lot of money and goes to Australia to see her son. She gives one million pounds to 'Help the Children'.
3 Here is a new illustration for the story. Find the best place in the story to put the picture, a n d answer t h e s e questions.
5. Imagine that you are Jason. Use these words to complete his letter to 'Help the Children’. (Use each word once.)
children, going, is, lawyer, letter, lottery, one, pounds, to, won, write
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Jason Williams. I won five million pounds in the lottery. I want to help poor children, so I am going to give you one million
pounds. My lawyer believes me, and she is going to write her name on this letter too.
Yours faithfully
Jason Williams
6 Put these words into two groups.
nice, kind, nasty, happy, unhappy, angry, wonderful
good: nice, kind, happy, wonderful
bad: nasty, unhappy, angry_____
7 Imagine that you win five million pounds in the lottery. What are you going to do with it? Write five sentences, Use some of these
verbs.