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Level 4 Suitable for: young learners who have completed up to 200 hours of study in English Type of English: American Headwords: 800 Key words: 14 (see pages 2 and 4 of this Factsheet) Key grammar: past simple including common irregular verbs, could for past ability and possibility, going to for prediction and intention, irregular adverbs of manner

Summary of the story Background information Andy is growing up and is about to go to college. Toy Story 3 is a Disney-Pixar animated movie. It He wants to take his favorite childhood toy, was released in 2010 and is the third movie in the Woody the cowboy, with him. He wants the rest of Toy Story series. It was Pixar’s 11th full-length his old toys to go in the attic. movie production and the first animated movie in history to make over $1 billion worldwide. By mistake, Andy’s mom takes the other toys to Sunnyside Daycare Center. Woody tries to bring Technological advances since Toy Story and Toy them home, but they want to make a new life Story 2 helped the filmmakers to bring even greater there. Woody leaves Sunnyside and is found by a realism to the third part of the story and enabled little girl, Bonnie, from the daycare center. them to create textures such as Lotso’s fur. The other toys soon discover that Sunnyside is The film was nominated for five Academy Awards® much worse than they imagined. The children in and won the Oscars® for Best Animated Feature their room do not know how to play nicely with and Best Original Song (We Belong Together). toys. When Buzz complains, Lotso, the pink bear in charge of all the toys, imprisons Andy’s toys. The toys at Bonnie’s house tell Woody the terrible Did you know … ? things that happen at Sunnyside. Woody decides The movie, Toy Story 3, introduces 150 to return and rescue his friends. Lotso tries to new characters to the world of Toy Story, stop their escape, but a Sunnyside toy, Big Baby, is including Peas-in-a-pod, Mr. Pricklepants sick of Lotso’s bullying and throws the bear into a the hedgehog, Big Baby, and Lotso the dumpster. bear. Woody and his friends go back to Andy’s house. “Lotso” is short for “Lots-O’-Huggin’- Woody realizes that he wants to stay with his Bear” (lots of hugging bear), his toy friends rather than go to college with Andy. He brand name. puts the address of Bonnie’s house on the box for the attic and jumps in with his friends. Andy drives them to Bonnie’s house and the toys start a new life with a girl who will love and play with them.

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The characters Key words Andy is ready to go to college. He likes his toys, (see page 4 of this Factsheet for the Key words in but he is too old to play with them now. context) Andy’s mom helps Andy with his things for college. She is sad because he is going away. attic (n) dumpster (n) basket (n) kite (n) Woody is a cowboy doll. He is Andy’s favorite toy. chute (n) prison (n) Buzz is Andy’s space ranger toy. Woody is his best classroom (n) roof (n) friend. college (n) space ranger (n) Slinky Dog is one of Andy’s toys. He is a dog with cowboy (n) switch (n) a very long body. daycare (n) trash (n) Jessie is Andy’s cowgirl toy. Bonnie is a little girl from Sunnyside Daycare Center. Appearance versus reality Sunnyside seems Lotso is a pink bear from the daycare center. He like a really great place for a toy. Lotso seems looks very nice, but is he really? really friendly at the beginning of the story. What is Sunnyside really like for Andy’s toys? Is Lotso is a toy from the daycare center. He is a Big Baby really a kind toy? baby doll. Recycling Andy’s toys are “recycled” first when Topics and themes they go so Sunnyside, and later when they become Toys Which toys in the story do the students like / Bonnie’s toys. Andy’s mom has a yard sale to sell not like? Why? What toys do the students have at old things. Ask the students why it is better to sell home? Which ones do they play with most? What or give things away than put them into the trash. toys do they want to have? What other stories do (See also Activity 3 on page 3 of this Factsheet.) the students know in which toys come to life? (See Trash Ask the students if they know what happens also Activity 2 on page 3 of this Factsheet.) to trash that isn’t recycled (most goes to landfill or Growing up and changing Andy is now ready an incinerator). Do they think this is good or bad to go to college and doesn’t play with his toys for the environment? (See also Activity 3 on page anymore. Ask the students how much they have 3 of this Factsheet.) changed over the last few years. What were they Baddies Who is the “baddie” in this story? Have like when they were younger? What can they do any students seen the movie? Can they tell you now that they couldn’t do before? Which toys what happened to Lotso? Why did he become a don’t they play with anymore? baddie? Friendship In the end, Woody realizes that College Andy is about to go to college in the his friendship with the other toys is even more story. What do the students know about college / important to him now than his bond with Andy. university? Why do students go there after high This could be the starting point for a class school? discussion about the importance of friendship and the qualities of a good friend (such as loyalty, Instructions Lotso follows the instructions to caring, etc.). (See also Activity 1 on page 3 of this change Buzz to “demo mode.” Do the students Factsheet.) ever read the instructions before playing with a toy? Are they able to give simple instructions in Daycare Sunnyside is a daycare center. Ask the English? (See also Activity 2 on page 3 of this students if any of them went to daycare when they Factsheet.) were little? Can they remember anything about it? What did they like about it? What didn’t they like about it? Do they remember any of the toys there?

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Class Activities (After Reading) 3. Project: What happens to our trash? Materials: internet access Here are some activities to do with your class after reading Toy Story 3. n 3P^RO]^_NOX^]RKÒ]OOXToy Story 3, they will know that Andy’s toys and Lotso are taken from 1. Friendship poem or song the dumpster to an incinerator. Can they tell you how Andy’s toys escape from the incinerator? Materials: optional – the song You’ve Got a Friend (The three alien toys adopted by Mr. and Mrs. in Me + lyrics; sheets of blank paper; colored pens / Potato Head rescue them using a giant claw.) pencils / markers n +]U^RO]^_NOX^]SP^ROcUXYaaRK^RKZZOX]^Y n 3PKXcYP^RO]^_NOX^]RKÒ]OOX^ROToy Story garbage once it leaves their home. films, ask them if they remember the song about friendship, You’ve Got a Friend in Me. n >OVV^RO]^_NOX^]^RK^^ROcK\OQYSXQ^YNYK project about garbage. n 3PcY_RKÒ^RO]YXQ^\KMUZVKcS^PY\^RO students. Write some of the lyrics on the board. n A\SÔYX^ROLYK\N]YWOUOcZYSX^]PY\ Explain the meaning of the words. students to find out, such as: Recycling – which materials? How are things recycled? Landfill – n >RO]^_NOX^]a\SÔ^ROS\YaXZYOWY\]YXQ good or bad for the environment? Incinerators about friendship. If they write a song, they – good or bad for the environment? could take the tune from another song and write words to fit. n =^_NOX^]NY^ROS\\O]OK\MRSXZKS\]>ROcWKUO notes and find or draw pictures to illustrate the n 1YK\Y_XN^ROMVK]]KXNROVZ^RO]^_NOX^]aS^R main points. any language points. n =^_NOX^]^ROXa\SÔY_^^ROS\SXPY\WK^SYX n 1SÒY_^^RO]ROO^]YPZKZO\KXNMYVY\ONZOX] or type it using a computer and paste in the pencils / markers. pictures. (This activity could also be done as n >RO]^_NOX^]MYZc^ROS\PSXS]RONZYOW]Y\]YXQ homework.) lyrics onto the sheets of paper and illustrate them. n .S]ZVKc^ROSXPY\WK^SYXK\Y_XN^ROMVK]] Discuss the interesting facts with the students. n .S]ZVKc^RO]YXQ]KXNZYOW]SX^ROMVK]]\YYW 4. Act out a scene 2. Favorite toy show-and-tell n ,OPY\O^RO]O]]SYXNOMSNOaRSMR]MOXO]P\YW^RO n ,OPY\O^RO]O]]SYXK]U^RO]^_NOX^]^YL\SXQK story the students can act out and how many favorite toy to class. students are needed for each scene. n +]U^RO]^_NOX^]^YZ\OZK\O]YWOXYÔ]KLY_^ n A\SÔ^RO]MOXO]YX^ROLYK\NKXNKVVYMKÔ their toy. If appropriate, they should include each one to a different group of students. some instructions to make their toy work. n >RO]^_NOX^]\OKN^RO]MOXOSX^ROS\LYYU]KXN n >RO]^_NOX^]^KUO^_\X]^YZ\O]OX^^ROS\^Yc^Y decide who will play each role. the rest of the class. The other students can ask questions about the toy, if they wish. n >RO]^_NOX^]a\SÔK]M\SZ^KXNZ\KM^SMOKM^SXQ out their roles. n =^_NOX^]MY_VN^ROXa\SÔKLY_^^ROS\^YcKXN draw a picture of it. n AROXOÒ\cYXOS]\OKNc^RO]^_NOX^]ZO\PY\W their scenes for the rest of the class. (They can perform them in the order that they appear in the story.)

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Key words attic ...... Andy put all his toys in a big, black bag. After he left, they could go in the attic. (p. 3) basket ...... Buzz and the Sunnyside toys put Andy’s toys in toy baskets. (p. 12) chute ...... Woody pointed to a garbage chute in one of the walls. (p. 16) classroom ...... At the daycare center, a teacher took the box of toys to one of the classrooms. (p. 6) college ...... But now Andy was older. It was time for college. (p. 3) cowboy ...... His favorite toys were Woody the cowboy and Buzz the space ranger. (p. 3) daycare ...... “Perhaps the Sunnyside Daycare Center is better for us,” said Buzz. (p. 5) dumpster ...... He took Lotso in his arms and threw him into the dumpster! (p. 18) kite ...... The kite flew up over Sunnyside’s walls. (p. 8) prison ...... “Now put them all in prison!” Lotso said. (p. 12) roof ...... He climbed through a window and up to the roof. (p. 7) space ranger...... Woody moved the switch on the space ranger’s back. (p. 15) switch ...... “Move the switch on his back,” Lotso said. (p. 11) trash ...... “That bag is for the attic. It isn’t trash!” (p. 4)

While-Reading activities Activity 1 (pages 3–5) Circle the right words. 1 Andy only wanted to take Buzz / Woody to college. 2 He put his other toys in a bag / box. 3 Andy’s mom thought the toys were trash / for the attic. 4 The other toys wanted / did not want to go to Sunnyside. 5 Woody went / did not go in the car to Sunnyside. Activity 2 (pages 6–9) Complete the words in the sentences. 1 At Sunnyside there was a p bear. His name was Lotso. 2 Woody was angry because his friends wanted to s at Sunnyside. 3 Woody climbed up to the r of the daycare center. 4 Woody flew with a k over Sunnyside’s walls. 5 Bonnie was a little girl from the d center. 6 The children at Sunnyside were very y . 7 The children did not know how to p with the toys.

Activity 3 (pages 10–13) Copy the correct sentences next to the pictures. a Buzz and the Sunnyside toys put Andy’s toys in prison. b The Sunnyside toys pushed Buzz to the floor. c Bonnie’s toys were nice, but Woody wanted to go home. d “Move the switch on his back,” Lotso said.

Activity 4 (pages 14–18) Put the sentences in order. a The toys jumped into the garbage chute. b The toys moved the switch on Buzz’s back. c Woody went back to Sunnyside. d Lotso and the Sunnyside toys arrived. e Big Baby threw Lotso into the dumpster! f The toys moved carefully across the garden. Activity 5 (pages 19–22) Write T (True) or F (False). 1 Woody jumped into a box with ATTIC on it. 2 Andy wanted to go to college. 3 Woody put Bonnie’s name and address on the box for the attic. 4 Andy’s mom drove to Bonnie’s house. 5 Andy wanted Bonnie to have his toys. 6 Woody remembered the happy times with Andy. 7 Buzz did not want to stay with Bonnie.

After-Reading activities Activity 1 Circle the words.

attic basket chute classroom college daycare dumpster kite

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Activity 2 Who says it? Write the names.

Andy Buzz Jessie Lotso Woody

1 “I must save my friends!” 2 “We can have a new life here.” 3 “Children don’t really love their toys!” 4 “These were my toys. I want you to have them now.” 5 “Now we’re going to have good times with Bonnie.”

Activity 3 Match. 1 The toys got out of the trash bag a and put him in her bag. 2 Woody was angry because b but Woody wanted to go home. 3 Bonnie saw Woody in a tree c and into a box with SUNNYSIDE 4 Buzz could not remember his on it. name d the garbage chute was dark. 5 Bonnie’s toys were nice e and threw him in the dumpster! 6 The toys were afraid because f his friends wanted to stay at 7 Big Baby took Lotso in his arms Sunnyside. g after the toys moved his switch. Activity 4 What do you think? Answer the questions. Then draw a picture of your favorite part of the story. 1 Who is your favorite character in the story?

2 Why do you like this character?

3 What is your favorite part of the story?

4 Why do you like this part?

My favorite part of the story

Answer Key After-Reading activities In the back of the Reader Activity 1

Before You Read ecdpsk i te 1 f aa t t i c lm hlydrbood kocraescu c l a s s r o om

Disney/Pixar. Activity 2 © cowgirl space ranger cowboy 1 Woody 2 Jessie 3 Lotso 4 Andy 5 Buzz 2 a classroom Activity 3 After You Read 1 c 2 f 3 a 4 g 5 b 6 d 7 e 1 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 F Activity 4 2 The correct order is: e, b, d, a, f, g, c Students’ own answers.

In this Factsheet While-Reading activities Activity 1 1 Woody 2 bag 3 trash 4 wanted 5 went Activity 2 1 pink 2 stay 3 roof 4 kite 5 daycare 6 young 7 play Activity 3 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 c Activity 4 The correct order is: c, b, f, a, d, e Activity 5 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 T 7 F

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