Key for Schools Paper 1 Part 5 Activities

Key for Schools Paper 1 Part 5

A famous circus The circus, Cirque du Soleil, began in Montreal, Canada. It was started by the Canadian Guy Laliberté in 1984. When he left college, Laliberté travelled around Europe and earned money playing music in the streets. Not long after he returned home, he started Cirque with his friend, David Gauthier. During the 1990s, Cirque grew quickly. It now does shows all over the world and the number of people working for it has grown from 73 to more than 3,500.

The Cirque du Soleil does not have any animals, but there is music and dance and each show tells a story. One show, which is called Varian, is about a man who could fly. The show starts with him falling from the sky and tells the story of how he has to learn to fly again.

Activities

1. Notice something! Look at the verbs in the first and the second paragraphs. What do you notice? Always get students to look at a text and notice something about it. This will help them deal with texts as they move up the levels.

2. Find the word! Tell students to write the line numbers on the left of the text. You say words that are in the text. They find them as quickly as possible and say which line (and in which place on the line) they are on. eg. began (line 1, 6th word) grew (line 5, 10th word) left (line 3, 3rd word) What are all the words? (irregular past verb forms) 3. What is ‘it’? Who is ‘he’? It: Lines 2, 5, 6 (the Cirque de Soleil) He: Lines 3, 4 Guy Laliberté Line 10 Varian – a man who could fly

KEY FOR SCHOOL PART 5 EXTRA ACTIVITIES 4. Insert words Where could you insert: Adverbs slowly (Laliberté travelled slowly around Europe/ and slowly earned money/ who could fly slowly.) really well (playing music really well/ has grown really well/ who could fly really well) sometimes (Laliberté sometimes travelled around Europe) always (Cirque always grew quickly) later (Later, when he left college/ then (and then tells the story…)

KEY FOR SCHOOL PART 5 EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Base text

Cirque du Soleil began. It was started by Guy Laliberté. Laliberté travelled and earned money playing music. He started Cirque with his friend, David Gauthier. Cirque grew quickly. It now does shows and the number of people working has grown.

The Cirque du Soleil does not have any animals, but there is music and dance. One show is about a man. The show starts with him falling and tells the story of how he has to learn to fly again.

Can you insert these phrases? a. Not long after he returned home, b. in Montreal, Canada c. the Canadian d. around Europe e. from 73 to more than 3,500. f. During the 1990s g. , which is called Varian, h. who could fly i. from the sky j. and each show tells a story k. in 1984

KEY FOR SCHOOL PART 5 EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Suggested text with phrases reinserted:

Cirque du Soleil began in 1984. It was started by Guy Laliberté in Montreal, Canada. Laliberté travelled and earned money playing music from the sky. During the 1990s, he started Cirque with his friend, the Canadian David Gauthier who could fly. Not long after he returned home, Cirque grew quickly. It now does shows around Europe and the number of people working has grown from 73 to more than 3,500 and each show tells a story.

The Cirque du Soleil does not have any animals, but there is music, which is called Varian, and dance. One show is about a man. The show starts with him falling and tells the story of how he has to learn to fly again.