Why Goats Are Afraid of Cars - Big Book阅读指南 - Part 1

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A Level 3 intermediate readers Big Book, Why Goats Are Afraid of Cars, designed to help children enjoy reading and build language skills through story engagement. The guide explains how to use cover discussion, fluent expressive reading, word-by-word tracking, and word prediction. It also supports classroom activities such as matching vocabulary, acting out a skit, reading together in groups, and guided reading alone. The narrative introduces two friends, a goat and a cow, traveling to Mbale market and facing transportation decisions after becoming tired and hungry.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time25 min

How to use this Big Book

First reading session

Second reading session

Third reading session

Activities you can do with the Big Book

Story: Long ago in the village of Mugiti

Why Goats Are Afraid of Cars Level 3: Book 3F English Why Goats Are Afraid of Cars English Copyright © 2025, SIL Global [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. Translated into English by: Gasyodo Mitala Erinayo This book is an adaptation of the original , Lwaki oMbuli Atya eMotoka, Copyright © 2024, SIL Uganda. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Original book written by: Dongo George Willy Illustrators: Kanyago Miria, Mulekwa Fred and Sanja Akisoferi Level 3: Intermediate Readers The original Gwere book “Lwaki oMbuli Atya eMotoka” was written during writers’ workshops held in Budaka, Butebo, Kibuku and Pallisa Districts in April 2023 as part of the Let’s Read Together Project. Technical support was provided by SIL Uganda. How to use this Big Book This Big Book is designed to encourage children to enjoy reading and to like story books. Children will understand that books have words and pictures , which both have a meaning. Reading Big Books helps the children to develop their vocabulary. The children will also practice the skill of word prediction. The children will learn that every book has a main idea and that things happen in a sequence (order) in a story. When you read the book for the first time: 1. Show the cover of the book and discuss the picture with the children. 2. Read the title, while moving a finger under each word. 3. Turn to the first page and discuss the picture. 4. Read the text fluently , accurately and with expression. 5. Ask the children what they think they will see on the next page. 6. Read every page and discuss the pictures. 7. At the end of the book , ask the children what they liked about the book or story. When you read the book for the second time: 1. Show everyone the book. Read the title while pointing to the words. 2. Read the story, following the words with a pointer or your finger. 3. Encourage the children to read with you if they know some words. In the third reading session: 1. Show everyone the book. Encourage the children to read the title. 2. Read the story, following the words with a pointer or your finger. 3. Invite the children to read with you if they know some words. 4. Do an activity with the book. Activities you can do with the Big Book: Matching: Write a word from the story on a paper or blackboard. Let the children match the word to the word in the Big Book. They can raise their hands or clap when they see the word. Acting: Invite some children to act a skit to dramatize the story, while others help the teacher read it. Reading together: Ask one group of children to read one page aloud together , then another group can read another page and so on. Reading alone: Invite children to come and read to the group using the pointer. Long ago, in the village of Mugiti, there were two friends, a goat and a cow. They used to do everything together. One day, they walked to Mbale market to buy food. After purchasing whatever they wanted, they found themselves tired and very hungry. They decided to take a rest under a big tree. Later, they discussed how they would return to their home. Cow said,“Let’s go by taxi.” Goat said,“I do not have money.” Cow said,“We shall plead with the driver to take us, then we will pay your fare when we reach home.” When the taxi stopped, they jumped in and sat down, but the driver did not say anything to them.

FAQs

What is the purpose of this Big Book for children?

It encourages children to enjoy reading and to like story books while helping them understand that books have meaningful words and pictures.

How should the book be used in the first reading session?

Show and discuss the cover, read the title with a finger under each word, fluently read the text with expression, and ask what children will see on the next page.

What activities can be done with the Big Book?

Activities include matching story words, acting out the story with a skit, reading together in groups page by page, and having children read alone using a pointer.

Jul 17, 2026

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