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Teacher guide & answers

In this lesson: Identify how the robot moves and how its body changes.

A Folding Robot Can Crawl and Jump

How to use these two pages

Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.

Student worksheet

A simple 15–20-minute lesson

Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.

Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.

Answers to the 2 questions

The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.

What can make the robot crawl, turn, jump and roll?
Correct answer: A — Magnetic forces
Why: The reading names magnetic forces as the way to make these movements happen.
Clue in the story: Researchers have made a small robot with a folded body. Magnetic forces can make it crawl, turn, jump and roll. It can also catch objects.
What can a strong magnetic push do to the body?
Correct answer: B — Switch it between two shapes
Why: The body can stay in two shapes, and a strong push can move it from one to the other.
Clue in the story: The body can stay in two different shapes. A strong magnetic push can switch it from one shape to the other.

The open question: accept different answers

Ask learners: Name two ways the robot can move and one other thing it can do.

One possible answer: The robot can crawl and jump. It can also catch objects.

This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.

Grammar to discuss

Can followed by a base verb

It can also catch objects.

Can describes an ability demonstrated by the robot. Catch is the base form after can; it does not take an -s ending.