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The dialogue guides learners through practical library skills: finding the reference section, using an atlas to locate Thompson Falls, and consulting a dictionary for difficult words. A follow-up narrative shows Mwewa asking the librarian for an atlas, learning how atlases differ by region, and understanding the table of contents and the index to locate entries efficiently.","Mwewa in the Library  \nPLP Grade 6 English  \nMwewa in the Library  \nPLP Grade 6 English Zambia  \nCopyright © 2016, K. Jinaina, T. Olang, M. Githui.  \nNeeds Copyright  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)  \nYou may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors , illustrators , etc.  \nAll rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means , electronic , mechanical , photocopying, recoding or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher.  \nISBN 978-9982-76-031-7  \nDialogue  \nRead the folowing dialogue in pairs.  \nSuria: Hi Mwewa, where are you going to? Can i join you if it is the library?  \nMwewa: Yes i am going to the Library, lets go.  \nSuria: Thank you.  \nMwewa: You are welcome.  \nSuria: Which section are you going to?  \nMwewa: I am going ton the refrence section.  \nSurai: Do you want to read the newspaper?  \nMwewa: No! I need to check in the atlas where Thompson Falls is located. I will also need to use the dictionary to check up some difficult words. What about you?  \nSuria: I will go the fiction section. I want to borrow a storybook and read. Then i will write about the main character.  \nMwewa: That sounds interesting.  \nSuria: Thank you.  \nMwewa: Remember to borrow the book through the librarian.  \nDo you remember the other day a Grade Four learner walked out of the library with an unborrowed book?  \nSuria: No, I did not hear of it. What happened? When? Please tell me about it.  \nMwewa: The learner did not know she was to borrow the book.  \nSuria: That is sad. I feel sorry for her.  \nMwewa: See you later then Read well. Bye.  \nMwewa in the Library  \nMwewa walked into the library. He went to the first floor whwere he knew therefence section was. He greedted the librarian who was a kind young lady. Mwewa then asked to be given an atalas.  \n\"What kind of atals do you need? Is it for the world , Africa or Zambia?\" the lady asked. Mwewa was suprised. He had never imagined even atlases were different. He explained that he wanted to check where the Thompson Falls was located. The librarian went to her computer and clicked a few buttons . Mwewa could not see what the lady was doing . She came back and told Mwewa that he would need the Atlas for Africa. He woukd check through the table of contents to see Thompson Falls.  \nIf he did not find it on the table of contents , then he would have to use the index. Mwewa knew the table of contents but he had not heard of indesxes before. He asked,\"What is an index madam?\" The lady smiled and decided to demonstrate to Mwewa what she meant.  \nShe took a big book called 'science Encylopaedia' and put it on the table before Mwewa. She asked Mwewa to open the table of contents which Mwewa did with ease. She then asked Mwewa to turn to check for the wortd index towards the end of the table of contents list. Mwewa saw the word almost immediately; he was excited. The librarian told him to check the page of the index.  \n\"1083\" Mwewa shouted happily . The librarian asked him to find the page towards the end of the book. He did.  \n\"What can you see under index?\" The lady asked. \" i can see words listed alphabetically plus page numbers. For example, I can see that the word 'heart' can be found on page 176,\" Mwewa explained.","cbCaigtZ6ZDAyP59","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigtZ6ZDAyP59","pdf",1545292,1,21,"English","en",105,"# Dialogue\n## Reading and section choice\n## Using an atlas, dictionary, table of contents, and index\n# Library Visit Narrative\n## Asking the librarian\n## Finding Thompson Falls in the atlas","[{\"question\":\"Where does Mwewa go in the library and what does he want to do there?\",\"answer\":\"Mwewa goes to the library’s reference section. He needs to check an atlas to locate Thompson Falls and use the dictionary for difficult words.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the librarian help Mwewa find Thompson Falls in the atlas?\",\"answer\":\"The librarian tells Mwewa to use the atlas for Africa, then check the table of contents for Thompson Falls. 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