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Build the Bookshelf

an assembly booklet · Subject + Verb + Object + with + Tool

Esteban and Farida have a new bookcase. Read the assembly booklet: the parts, the hardware, the tools and the steps. Every step is a sentence with a hidden subject: you.

new words · the booklet · ★ find the facts · ★★ find the parts · ★★★ write it with the subject, the missing step, your home

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For the teacher · In class

start with the booklet panel, not the steps: "How many screws? Which part is D? What tools do you need?" Then read the steps one paragraph at a time. For each step ask "What is the verb? What gets the action? With what? Who does it?" The class answers: you. For the missing step, ask what is still in the hardware bag after step 8 (the wall strap and the wall screws). Bring a real booklet or a screwdriver if you have one. ★★★ Your home has no key: any instruction with an object is right.

New words

Four new words. Click each one and listen.

to put one thing on another thing and make it stay
a flat piece of wood
to turn a screw or a bolt too much
a small metal pin. A shelf sits on it.

Millbrook 3-Shelf Bookcase: Assembly

Esteban and Farida have a new bookcase. Read the assembly booklet with them. Click a part to hear it again.

Millbrook 3-Shelf BookcaseAssembly instructions

Parts

A	side panel	2 ×
B	shelf	3 ×
C	top	1 ×
D	back panel	1 ×
E	base	1 ×

Hardware bag

8 ×	screw
4 ×	bolt
12 ×	shelf pin
16 ×	small nail
2 ×	wall screw
1 ×	wall strap
1 ×	Allen key

Tools you need

screwdriver
hammer
Allen key (in the bag)

Before you start

Two people needed.
Do not overtighten the screws.
Keep small parts away from children.
Open the box and count the parts.

Assembly: steps 1 to 4

1. Put the two side panels A on the floor.
2. Attach the base E to the side panels with four bolts.
3. Tighten the bolts with the Allen key.
4. Attach the top C to the side panels with eight screws.

Assembly: steps 5 to 8

5. Tighten the screws with the screwdriver.
6. Push the shelf pins into the holes. Put the three shelves B on the pins.
7. Put the back panel D on the back of the bookcase.
8. Hit the small nails into the back panel with the hammer.

On the citizenship test: Benjamin Franklin founded the first free public libraries.

★ Find the facts

Find the facts in the booklet. Write the missing word.

1The hardware bag has screws.
2Step 3: Tighten the bolts with the .
3Part D is the .
4Keep small parts away from .

★★ Find the parts

Read the step. Find the part and write it.

1Step 2: “Attach the base E to the side panels with four bolts.” What is the verb?
2Step 3: “Tighten the bolts with the Allen key.” What is the object?
3Step 8: “Hit the small nails into the back panel with the hammer.” What is the tool?
4Step 5: “Tighten the screws with the screwdriver.” The subject is hidden. Who is it?
5Step 6: “Put the three shelves B on the pins.” What is the object?

★★★ Write it with the subject

These steps have no subject. Write each step with its subject.

1Tighten the bolts with the Allen key.
2Attach the base E to the side panels with four bolts.
3Hit the small nails into the back panel with the hammer.

★★★ Write the missing step

Put the three parts in order. Write step 9.

Esteban and Farida finish step 8. Farida looks in the hardware bag: the wall strap and the two wall screws are still there! The booklet has no step for them. Step 9 is missing.

the wall screwswith the screwdriverTighten

9Step 9:

★★★ Your home

Now you: one instruction for your home.

___ the ___ with a ___.

Like this:

Write one instruction for your home. Put it in the chat. Then say it with you: You tighten the door handle.

For the teacher · Answer key

Find the facts: 1 eight · 2 Allen key · 3 back panel · 4 children. Find the parts: 1 attach · 2 the bolts · 3 with the hammer · 4 you · 5 the three shelves Write it with the subject: 1 You tighten the bolts with the Allen key. · 2 You attach the base E to the side panels with four bolts. · 3 You hit the small nails into the back panel with the hammer. The missing step: 9 Tighten the wall screws with the screwdriver. (the wall strap and wall screws are in no step)