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POPCORN ELT PRIMARY READERS Welcome to the Scholastic English Language

introduction Pages 2–3 Teaching Catalogue for 2016! Starter level Pages 4–5 level 1 Pages 6–8 We are very excited about the arrival of our brand-new level 2 Pages 9–11 supplementary exam preparation series, Practise It! Smash It! level 3 Pages 12–14 Packed with exam practice activities, strategy lists and tips from students who have ‘smashed it’, this series is especially designed ELT SECONDARY READERS to engage and motivate classes preparing for the Cambridge English exams. We launch with two fantastic First Certificate introduction Pages 16–17 Starter level Page 18 titles – see page 28 for more information. level 1 Pages 20–21 level 2 Pages 22–23 While we’re on the subject of exams, take a look at our new level 3 Pages 24–26 Timesaver for Exams series. Each title contains over 30 hours of level 4 Page 27 ready-to-use photocopiable lessons for students studying for the new First Certificate exam. Find out more on page 30. PRACTISE IT! SMASH IT! Pages 28–29 Our Popcorn ELT Primary Readers series just keeps on growing. TIMESAVER FOR EXAMS Pages 30–31 Your students will love our simplified adaptations of family favourites How to Train Your Dragon, Snoopy and Charlie Brown and TIMESAVERS Pages 32–37 Kung Fu Panda 3. And if you’re looking for extensive reading material for older students, have a browse through our TIMESAVER INTERACTIVE Pages 38–39 new titles from pages 16–27 which include a biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala, as well as adaptations of box office blockbusters, Suffragette, The Imitation Game and Selma. DVD READERS Pages 40–41

Wishing you and your students a happy and productive year!

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NEW NEW MAY 2016 FEB 2016 Timesaver for exams Boost your student’s confidence with our Help your students prepare for their First exams brand-new series of integrated skills with ready-to-use photocopiable lessons. practice books for First exams. See page 28 See page 30

ELT Primary Readers tIMESAVERS Motivate young learners of English with engaging Save time with ready-to-use teaching resources Popcorn ELT Primary Readers. See page 2 covering grammar, vocabulary, all four skills and cultural studies. See page 32

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Primary Meet ... everyone from This is Charlie Brown’s kite. Charlie Brown Readers Peppermint Patty This is Charlie Brown. This is his dog, Snoopy. Popcorn ELT Primary Readers are a series Lucy Linus of low-level graded readers from Scholastic. Snoopy Based on popular films and TV series, Popcorn ELT Primary Readers are targeted at children in the early stages of learning English. Sally Sally is Charlie These are Brown’s sister. Meet... Charlie Brown’s friends. Meet the key characters before The little And there is a new girl … Why choose Popcorn At Charlie Brown’s school this year there is reading the story red-haired girl

ELT Primary Readers? Before you read … What do you think? Over 50 carefully-graded readers Does Charlie Brown like the little red-haired girl?

High-interest stories based on and a school dance. a talent show 3 popular film and TV series 2 Created with language-learning consultants Audio CD of story recording available with each reader Real World Summer in Minnesota Includes comprehension, vocabulary Minnesota – and language-learning activities Charlie Brown’s home! Charlie Brown and his friends are from Minnesota. Popcorn ELT Primary Readers are published Come and see Charlie Brown’s home! at four levels following a carefully-graded syllabus: LLC. Worldwide © 2014 Peanuts Peanuts

Where is CANADA Minnesota Starter For children’s 150 Story Minnesota? first stories headwords wordcount: This is the Target Field stadium. 39,000 level Minnesota is on the in English 200 words people can see a baseball game there. Mississippi river in the Level 1 For children 200 Story USA. The Mississippi Peppermint Patty loves baseball. ★ USA Children in Minnesota love baseball (Early beginning to read headwords wordcount: is a very long river. It What do you starts in Minnesota. too. In the summer you can play Beginner) independently in 500 words like doing in the baseball or you can see a game. English winter or in the summer? For children gaining 250 Story Level 2 The Mississippi river ★ (Mid- confidence in headwords wordcount: Beginner) reading in English 800 words Winter in Minnesota Winter in Minnesota is very cold. Sometimes it is -11°C. There are Level 3 For children 300 Story a lot of lakes in Minnesota. In the What do these words (High reading confidently headwords wordcount: Real World winter there is ice on the lakes. mean? Find out. Beginner) in English 1,100 words Cross-curricular winter lake ice and cross-cultural Charlie Brown loves his kite. summer people What are headwords? information Children in Minnesota love kites too. Headwords are the selection of words children are 26 27 expected to know at different stages of their language- learning studies without recourse to a dictionary.

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Audio: Each reader is available After you read Puzzle time! with an audio CD. Students can 1 Match the words and pictures. 1 Complete the sentences about Charlie Brown. read along with the story a) Lucy i) She wants to be recording to improve b) Charlie Brown a cowgirl. their listening c) Snoopy ii) She likes writing. d) The little iii) He never gives up. skills and practise red-haired girl iv) She loves baseball. a) He is h _ _ _ ing Sally. b) He is t _ _ _ _ ing about pronunciation. CDs e) Peppermint Patty v) She has dark hair. elp the little red-haired girl. also include a chant f) Sally vi) He is a good teacher. to make key phrases 2 Answer the questions about the little red- easy to remember. haired girl. Write Yes, she is. or No, she isn’t.

a) Is she a good dancer? ...... Yes, she is c) He is s _ _ _ _ ing in d) He is doing a m _ _ _ _ front of everyone. t _ _ _ _ . b) Is she Sally’s sister? ...... c) Is she Charlie Brown’s friend? ...... d) Is she a cowgirl? ...... e) Is she pretty? ...... e) He is d _ _ _ ing. f) He is doingPuzzle a t _ _ _ . time! 2 Look at the pictures in exercise 1 again.Activities for Where’s the popcorn? Colour the stars. different types Look in your book. a) My favourite picture = Can you find it? b) My favourite part of the story = of learner c) Charlie Brown’s favourite part of the story = 28 29 Teacher’s resources: Each Popcorn ELT Primary Reader comes with free downloadable teacher’s notes. Imagine … 3 Answer the questions. a, b, c … x, y, z = letters a, e, i, o, u = vowels 1 Work with two friends. Act out the scenes. a) How many vowels are in this name? Resources Popcorn ELT Readers 2 3 4

Flashcards ✂ include:Teacher’s Notes © Scholastic Ltd Scholastic © b) Charlie How many letters are in this name? Ltd Scholastic © Lesson plans ✁ Brown 7 10 12 Chapter quizzes c) Charlie How many vowels are in this name? Project work Brown 3 4 5 Downloadable d) Write the vowels in these names. flashcards Charlie Brown Who is the little i) S n _ _ p y ii) L _ c y A red-haired girl? iii) P _ p p _ r m _ n t P _ t t y Peppermint Patty Does she like baseball? 4 Draw your favourite character. Then Lucy Is she pretty? complete the sentences about the character.

She likes writing! fold B Peppermint Patty

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He / She has ...... Imagine... He / She likes ...... and Chant 2 Imagine a new boy or girl is at your school...... What do you say? Write a new dialogue.Motivating drama Act it out for your friends. and chanting

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“Popcorn Readers are Level perfect for my class in For children in their first year school, very simple and of learning English straight to the point with 150 headwords (story up to 200 words) good teaching ideas, and clear pictures matching Target language includes: present simple, the film.” present continuous, can for ability. “ Online review

Tigress is a tiger. She is very brave. She is Tigers are beautiful. There are not many a good friend. tigers in China now.

Tigers are beautiful. There are not many Tigress is a tiger. She is very brave. She is tigers in China now. a good friend.

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NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada, China excl. World The Animals of Kung Fu Panda Mr Bean: A Day at the Beach Mr Bean: Mr Bean’s Guide 9781910173800 (Book only) 9781910173237 (Book only) to London 9781910173794 (Book & CD) 9781909221796 (Book & CD) 9781910173244 (Book only) “ 9781909221772 (Book & CD)

NEW NEW MAR 2016 MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada excl. World World excl. USA, Canada excl. World World excl. USA, Canada, Turkey excl. World Dragons: Hiccup and Friends Meet the Croods The Smurfs: Meet the Smurfs! 9781910173763 (Book only) 9781910173787 (Book only) 9781910173176 (Book only) 9781910173756 (Book & CD) 9781910173770 (Book & CD) 9781910173107 (Book & CD)

“These ELT readers have really helped our new starters who are learning English for the first time. Our intake has made excellent progress so far and World excl. Portugal. UAE excl. World

World excl. USA, Canada, Turkey excl. World now the students are beginning The Smurfs: Who are the SpongeBob Squarepants: to enjoy reading the books Smurfs? SpongeBob’s New Toy 9781910173183 (Book only) 9781910173213 (Book only) independently.” 9781910173114 (Book & CD) 9781909221857 (Book & CD) “Angela Shrimpton, ELT advisor World excl. Portugal, UAE excl. World Portugal, UAE excl. World See more SpongeBob Squarepants: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smurfs Underwater Friends Meet the Turtles on pages 9781909221840 (Book only) 9781910173220 (Book only) 8 & 11 9781909221833 (Book & CD) 9781909221819 (Book & CD)

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5 Level 1 For children beginning “Popcorn Readers are the to read independently most popular books in in English our library. The kids love 200 headwords (story up to 500 words) the bright illustrations and stories from their favourite Target language includes: present simple, films.” present continuous, can for ability, simple Sam Harrington, adverbs of frequency. “ Primary School Teacher

It is the night of the school dance. The little Charlie Brown can’t stop dancing! He red-haired girl is a good dancer. does a very good kick … and he kicks the fire Charlie Brown is a good dancer too. He is sprinkler! funny! ‘Oh no!’ shouts everyone.Charlie They run Brown home. can’t stop dancing! He His friends cheer. ‘Go, CharlieIt is the Brown!’ night theyof the school dance. The little ‘Why me?’ says Charliedoes Brown. a very good kick … and he kicks the fire shout. red-haired girl is a good dancer. sprinkler! Charlie Brown is a good dancer too. He is ‘Oh no!’ shouts everyone. They run home. funny! ‘Why me?’ says Charlie Brown. His friends cheer. ‘Go, Charlie Brown!’ they shout.

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The Adventures of Tintin: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Hachiko: A Loyal Dog Tintin’s Daring Escape 9781910173275 (Book only) 9781906861964 (Book only) 9781407133638 (Book only) 9781910173268 (Book & CD) 9781906861971 (Book & CD) “ 9781407133683 (Book & CD)

NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada excl. World How to Train your Dragon Ice Age The Jungle Book: The Cobra’s Egg 9781910173824 (Book only) 9781906861391 (Book only) 9781908351517 (Book only) 9781910173817 (Book & CD) 9781906861407 (Book & CD) 9781908351524 (Book & CD) World excl. China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, excl. World Macau, Taiwan The Jungle Book: Man Trap Kung Fu Panda Holiday Madagascar 9781908351494 (Book only) 9781908351470 (Book only) 9781906861315 (Book only) 9781908351500 (Book & CD) 9781908351487 (Book & CD) 9781906861322 (Book & CD) World excl. USA, Canada, China, excl. World Macau, Taiwan Hong Kong, USA, Canada, China, excl. World Macau, Taiwan Hong Kong, Mr Bean: Royal Bean Over the Hedge The Penguins of Madagascar: The Lost 9781906861452 (Book only) 9781908351531 (Book only) Treasure of the Golden Squirrel 9781906861469 (Book & CD) 9781908351548 (Book & CD) 9781908351555 (Book only) 9781908351562 (Book & CD)

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7 World excl. USA, Canada, Turkey excl. World Rio: Blu and Jewel Shrek The Smurfs: Gargamel’s Magic Spell 9781908351074 (Book only) 9781906861230 (Book only) 9781910173152 (Book only) 9781908351081 (Book & CD) 9781906861247 (Book & CD) 9781910173084 (Book & CD)

NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada, Japan excl. World Portugal, UAE excl. World World excl. Portugal. UAE excl. World Snoopy and Charlie Brown: SpongeBob Squarepants: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Peanuts Movie Talent Show Rise of the Turtles 9781910173503 (Book only) 9781909221727 (Book only) 9781909221642 (Book only) 9781910173510 (Book & CD) 9781909221734 (Book & CD) 9781909221659 (Book & CD)

After you read PuzzlePuzzle time! time! 1 Match the wordsAfter and the pictures. you read 1 a Look at the pictures and write the words. Who is … 1 a Look at the pictures and write the words. a) … green?1 Match the words and the pictures. a) v_ i_ l _ lagea) _ v_ _ i_ _ l _ lage_ _ _ _ _ b) … bad?Who is … a) … green? c) … old? b) _ _ _ b) _ _ _ b) … bad? What is ... c) … old? c) _ _ _ c)______d) … yellow?

e) … long?What is ... d) … yellow? d) _ _ _ d)_ _ _ _ _

2 Put the sentences e) … long? in order. Write 1-6. e) _ _ _ _e) ______a) The Smurfs and Clumsy go home. b) The Smurfs2 Put help the Clumsy. sentences in order. Write 1-6. c) Clumsy is a)blue The again. Smurfs and Clumsy go home. b Now complete the crossword with the words. The Smurfs help Clumsy. d) Clumsy pullsb) three hairs from a cat’s tail. b Now complete the crossword with the words. c) Clumsy is blue again. e) Clumsy has a long tail. ` ` f) Clumsy makesd) Clumsy Gargamel's pulls threemagic hairs spell. from a cat’s tail. ` ` ` ` e) Clumsy has a long tail. ```` ```` f) Clumsy makes Gargamel's magic spell. ` Where’s the popcorn? ` Extension ```````v i l l age``````` Look in your book. `v i l l age activities Can you find it?Where’s the popcorn? ` ````` Puzzles and activities Look in your book. `````in every reader Can you find it? 28 29 29 help children to 28 consolidate their English skills

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8 Level 2 For children gaining “The levels work really well confidence in reading as the steady introduction English of new words and phrases helps students progress 250 headwords (story up to 800 words) their English skills without Target language includes: past simple, overwhelming them with and some common irregular pasts, too much, too soon.” going to future, would like + infinitive. “ Dee Fisher, TEFL Teacher

CHAPTEr FIVE A new Alpha dragon On Berk, Drago’s Alpha dragon looked at the young dragons, not at the Vikings or the CHAPTEr FIVE Viking’s dragons. On Berk, Drago’s Alpha dragon looked at A new Alpha dragon Hiccup saw Toothless. ‘Wakethe young up, my dragons, friend! not at the Vikings or the Come back to me!’ he shouted.Viking’s dragons. Slowly, Toothless went to Hiccup.Hiccup saw Toothless. ‘Wake up, my friend! Come back to me!’ he shouted. Slowly, Toothless went to Hiccup.

‘How can we go to Berk and stop Drago?’ Astrid asked Hiccup. ‘All the dragons went with him.’ ‘There are some young dragons here,’ said ‘How can we go to Berk and stop Drago?’ Astrid Hiccup. ‘They don’t obey Alpha dragons. We can asked Hiccup. ‘All the dragons went with him.’ fly on them.’ ‘There are some young dragons here,’ said ‘Let’s go!’ said Astrid. Hiccup. ‘They don’t obey Alpha dragons. We can fly on them.’ ‘Let’s go!’ said Astrid. 22 23 23

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9 The Adventures of Tintin: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Ice Age: The Meltdown Danger at Sea 9781910173299 (Book only) 9781906861414 (Book only) 9781407133645 (Book only) 9781910173282 (Book & CD) 9781906861421 (Book & CD) 9781407133690 (Book & CD)

NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada excl. World USA, Canada, China excl. World How to Train Your Dragon 2 Kung Fu Panda Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 9781910173848 (Book only) 9781906861353 (Book only) 9781906861339 (Book only) 9781910173831 (Book & CD) 9781906861360 (Book & CD) 9781906861346 (Book & CD)

CHAPTER TWO In the city

One night, Theo went to the city. He wanted to ‘Look at me!’ Theo said to Chet. see some cars. He jumped on a car and it started But Chet was angry. to race. The car drove very fast and Theo fell ‘What’s the matter?’ asked Theo. into the turbo engine … and when he came out, ‘You are not a car, you’re a snail!’ said Chet. he was different. Suddenly, a big bird took Chet away. ‘I’m a turbo snail now!’ said Theo. ‘Theo! Help me!’ shouted Chet.

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10 Popcorn ELT Primary Readers Level 2 World excl. USA, Canada, Japan excl. World USA, Canada, China, excl. World Macau, Taiwan Hong Kong, Mr Bean: Toothache Peanuts: Snoopy and Friends Puss in Boots: The Outlaw 9781906861476 (Book only) 9781910173312 (Book only) 9781908351579 (Book only) 9781906861483 (Book & CD) 9781910173305 (Book & CD) 9781908351586 (Book & CD)

Rango Rio: Learning to Fly Shrek 2 9781906861988 (Book only) 9781908351098 (Book only) 9781906861254 (Book only) 9781906861995 (Book & CD) 9781908351104 (Book & CD) 9781906861261 (Book & CD) World excl. USA, Canada, Turkey excl. World Portugal, UAE excl. World Portugal, UAE excl. World The Smurfs 2 SpongeBob Squarepants: Wormy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 9781910173169 (Book only) 9781909221703 (Book only) Kraang Attack! 9781910173091 (Book & CD) 9781909221710 (Book & CD) 9781909221666 (Book only) 9781909221673 (Book & CD)

NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada excl. World More Time Jump: Back to the Stone Age Turbo Ninja

9781908351630 (Book only) 9781910173862 (Book only) Turtles 9781908351647 (Book & CD) 9781910173855 (Book & CD) on page s 5,8,14

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11 Level 3 For children reading “We use these as our confidently in English go-to readers. As a teacher, it’s great to know that my 300 headwords (story up to 1,100 words) students are progressing Target language includes: past simple and developing their skills and some common irregular pasts, but most important is that going to future, must and have to, regular they are enjoying learning comparatives and superlatives, simple English! ” infinitive of purpose. Annie Churchill, “ Specialist English Teacher

In Australia, all the Boov ran to their spaceships. ‘They are running away from the Gorg … We must go with them!’ Oh shouted. He took Tip’s hand. CHAPTER FOUR ‘No!’ Tip shouted. ‘You’re my friend! You must They flew all night and all day to Australia to ‘You’re my friend!’help me find my mum! ’ find Tip’s mum. Oh wanted to help her, but he was frightened. Suddenly, they saw a lot of small Boov He went into a spaceship and it flew away. spaceships. ‘Look!’ Oh shouted. ‘They are running away. Now all the Boov were on their big spaceship, The Gorg are coming!’ but it was too slow. The Gorg were very close. ‘I have got an idea!’ Oh said. He put the Gorg computer chip in the Boov computer. Now the spaceship flew very fast! ‘You are the best, Oh!’ the Boov shouted. They gave Captain Smek’s important rock to Oh.

There were Gorg spaceships everywhere. Suddenly, the car crashed into one of the spaceships. The car and the spaceship went down. Oh ran to the spaceship. Was there a Gorg inside? Oh was frightened. But no ... ‘Wow! A Gorg computer chip. Gorg chips are better than ours,’ Oh cried. He put the computer chip 20 21 in their car. Now it flew very quickly.

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NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada excl. World The Adventures of Tintin: Home Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs The Lost Treasure 9781910173886 (Book only) 9781906861438 (Book only) 9781407133652 (Book only) 9781910173879 (Book & CD) 9781906861445 (Book & CD) “ 9781407133706 (Book & CD)

NEW MAR 2016 World excl. USA, Canada, China excl. World World excl. USA, Canada, China excl. World Kieran’s Karate Adventure Kung Fu Panda 2 Kung Fu Panda 3 9781908351883 (Book only) 9781906861377 (Book only) 9781910173909 (Book only) 9781908351890 (Book & CD) 9781906861384 (Book & CD) 9781910173893 (Book & CD)

Meet... Meet the key characters before reading the story World excl. USA, Canada, China, excl. World Macau, Taiwan Hong Kong, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 9781908351616 (Book only) 9781908351623 (Book & CD)

Mr Bean: The Palace of Bean 9781906861490 (Book only) 9781906861506 (Book & CD)

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13 World excl. USA, Canada, Japan excl. World USA, Canada, China, excl. World Macau, Taiwan Hong Kong, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Peanuts:The Ice-skating Puss in Boots: The Gold 9781906861513 (Book only) Competition of San Ricardo 9781906861520 (Book & CD) 9781910173336 (Book only) 9781908351593 (Book only) 9781910173329 (Book & CD) 9781908351609 (Book & CD)

Rio: Looking for Blu Shrek the Third Shrek Forever After 9781908351111 (Book only) 9781906861278 (Book only) 9781906861292 (Book only) 9781908351128 (Book & CD) 9781906861285 (Book & CD) 9781906861308 (Book & CD)

Chant “My students love the audio CDs and T 1 Listen and read. enjoy reading along 8 Let’s ice-skate! to the story recording. One, two, three, four! I’ve found it’s Are you ready? really helped their Open the door! World excl. Portugal, UAE excl. World pronunciation and Five, six, seven, eight! SpongeBob Squarepants: Now go outside DoodleBob speaking.” And let’s ice-skate! 9781909221741 (Book only) 9781909221758 (Book & CD) Lucia Courts, ELT Teacher One, two, three, four! Five, six, seven, eight! “ I love skating. Jump up and spin, Let’s do some more! Skating is great!

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2 9 Say the chant. World excl. Portugal, UAE excl. World Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donnie’s Robot 32 9781909221680 (Book only) 9781909221697 (Book & CD)

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Using the story with your class Real World: Project Cross- curricular The story is recorded on the CD. your content area: Before reading a section of the Art & Creative The story can be read in a number of ways, story you could: SpongeBob’s Brother/Sister writing depending on the size, age and language level lessons ● Warm up with a vocabulary activity (see of your students and the teaching time available. page 4). The following are some suggestions for ways of reading the story. You may want to combine ● Discuss what has happened in the story so far. several of these. ● Show students a picture from the next part of Teacher-led reading the story and ask them to guess in L1 what is happening. This can work well with younger students. Read ● Copy several pictures from the next part of the the story out loud to your class, or use the CD. story. Give a set of the pictures to small groups If possible, allow your class to sit close together of students. They guess the order in which the on a mat when you read the story to them. pictures will appear. Remember to give the students plenty of time Step-by-stepto process what they are hearing. As you read, ● Play students a short section of the emphasise the words which carry most meaning, episode, showing an event that they lesson plansand pause at the end of each sentence. are going to read about or a character that they are going to meet. For example, play the Children love to hear the same stories again and scene where we ﬁ rst see Pearl dancing again, and repetition supports language learning. (approximately six minutes in on the DVD). Reading the same story several times can be very Then ask, e.g. Who is she? Has she got long useful. hair? What is she doing? Is she good? What comes next in the story? Autonomous reading It is important that students learn to read autonomously. Decide on a period of time each week when students can practise silent reading Set up a class library of graded in class – or perhaps ten minutes at the start or English readers and give students end of every lesson. This will encourage the habit the opportunity to choose their own of reading and will motivate students to continue stories from time to time. This will reading in their own time. Younger students can encourage them to be more involved in take their readers home and read a page or their own reading. chapter to their family. This will give them a strong sense of ownership of the story.

Group or pair reading Students take turns in reading a sentence, paragraph or page of the story to each other in small groups or pairs. Encourage them to help This is ……………………………………………………………………………………… SquarePants. each other with pronunciation of new words. This can be a useful reinforcement task once He/she is ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. . students are familiar with the story. He/she has got …………………………………………………………………………………………. .

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SecondaryChapter 8 Malala Talks To the CaMPaign taKing United Nations to the world The United Nations decided to call her birthday, July ReadersMalala didn’t have much time to think about friends. There was a lot to do when she wasn’t at school. the 12th, Malala Day. On the first Malala Day, nine months When she was in hospital, a group of people from after the shooting on the bus, she talked to a big group of ELT Secondaryaround Readers the world fromstarted a newScholastic charity, the Malala Fund. politicians and young campaigners at the United Nations. Now they wanted Malala to lead the charity. She talked of peace and love, and of children’s problems are a series of contemporary film and in different countries. ‘One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can TV adaptations, original teenage fiction, change the world,’ she said. classic literature and biographies specifically targeted at teens.

Why choose ELT Malala in Zaatari, Jordan Full-colour graphics SecondaryMalala wentReaders? to Zaatari in Jordan. 60,000 Syrian children were there because of a war in Syria, but there were only Film stills aid three schools for them all. The Malala Fund helped to give comprehension them an education. In Kenya, Malala helped to build an Over 70 excitingall-girls school. titles And in Nigeria, that she teenage campaigned against and bring the students anwill Islamic love group, Boko Haram, after it took more than two storyMalala to speaking life! at hundred girls from their school. Malala wanted more help the United Nations from the President of Nigeria to find the girls. Adaptations of award-winning 31 films and TV series 30 Popcorn ELT Primary Readers are published at four levels following a carefully-graded syllabus Inspiring biographies of StarterPEOPLE ANDFor children’sPLACES 150 Story contemporary icons level first stories headwords wordcount: in English 200 words PlaceS This is Swat Valley in PaKiSTan Pakistan. Before the war For childrenMalala 200 Story there, a lot of Pakistanis Carefully-graded syllabus Level 1 Malala YouSafzai is from Pakistan. In October liked going to this beautiful (Early beginning2012, the to Taliban read shot headwordsher on her school buswordcount: place for their holidays. Beginner) independentlybecause she is in a campaigner for girls’ education.500 words Self-study activities and online English Malala lived in Mingora, a city in Swat Valley, before Malala’S faMilY live with her in Britain. resource sheets Level 2 For children gaining 250 Story she moved to Britain. (Mid-Malala’s father,confidence ziauddin, is in Malala’sheadwords mother, Tor Pewordcount:Kai, also a campaignerreading for ingirls’ English didn’t have much education800 aswords Beginner) Swat Audio CD recording available with education. In Pakistan, he a child. Now she is learning to Valley owned a group of schools. read, write, and speak English. every reader Level 3 For children 300 Story (High reading confidently headwords wordcount: ELT Secondary Readers are published at five levels: Beginner) in English 1,100 words

Starter level 300 headwords 1 year of CEF (Beginner) (story: up to 1,500 English Stage words) Pre-A1 islamabad is one of Level 1 600 headwords 1–2 years CEF Pakistan’s biggest cities. The country’s most (Elementary) (story: up to 4,000 of English Stage important politicians People Queen elizabeth hospital, birmingham Her brother, aTal, is seven Her brother, KuShal, is two live and work here. words) A1 The doctors at this hospital in the years younger than her. years younger thanand her. Places 1,000 headwords 2–3 years CEF British city of Birmingham saved Level 2 puts characters Malala’s life. (story: up to 7,000 of English Stage (Pre-intermediate The PaKiSTani Taliban Maulanaand fazlullah settings –Intermediate) words) A2 is an Islamic political was the leader of an Kushal School is a school for group. Its leaders want Islamic inpolitical context group, girls in Mingora. Malala’s father, Level 3 1,500 headwords 3+ years of CEF to lead Pakistan. It the TNSM. He is now Ziauddin, owns the school, and (story: up to English Stage does not believe in an important man in Malala went here for many years. (Intermediate) education for girls. the Pakistani Taliban. 10,000 words) B1 Level 4 2,000 headwords 4+ years of CEF 4 5 (Upper- (story: up to English Stage intermediate) 15,000 words) B1

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16 Teacher’s resources What’s inside? and audio FACT FILE Audio: Each reader is available with an A RUBBISH IDEA Azza Abdel Hamidaudio Faiad is from CD. Ideal for improving students’ Alexandria, Cairo. There’s a lot of plastic rubbish in herlistening city. It’s a big and comprehension skills. problem. But when she was sixteen, Azza found a way to make biofuel from this old plastic. ‘It’s safe and it’s cheap,’ she said. ‘And with all the plastic rubbish from Egypt in one year, we can make $78 million of biofuel.’ People are hoping to use Azza’s biofuel in cars very soon. Azza Faiad GIRLS FOR CHANGE Malala isn’t the only teenager with big ideas for change. CHANGE IN GUATEMALA Meet these fantastic girls from around the world. When Emelin Cabrera and Elba Velasquez talked about their schoolwork, the boys always laughed. ‘Why do you come to school? Girls are only CYCLING FOR FREEDOM useful when they have children!’ Emelin and Elba wanted a better life Most girls in Afghanistan can’t choose their own husbands. They can’t for the girls in their town in Guatemala. They wrote a report about the wear short skirts or drive cars. And bikes are only for boys. But a group of small number of girls in school and the high number of teenage mothers. Afghan women want to change that. They are in the first AfghanFact Women’s File Now girls in the town can see a doctor more easily. And more girls can Cycling Team. Men often shout angrily when they see them on a bike. have a good education. But when women see them, some want to cycle too. The team thinksprovides that cycling can bring other changes for women in their country.cross-curricular Emelin and Elba The Afghan Women’s Cycling Team near Kabul What input changes do you want for your country or the world? How can you help to make those changes?

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‘I have come to tell you that you have great expectations.’ Pip lives with his sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith. 1 Circle the mistakes in these sentences. Write the correct large fortune and his life Then he discovers that someone has given him a ow to live like a gentleman. Can he in English 200 words changes. Pip moves to London and learns h ho is the person behind Pip’s win the love of the cold but beautiful Estella? And w word(s). ‘great expectations’? old yellow With Fact Files on Charles Dickens, Victorian Britain, vel’. and ‘Great Expectations: the story of a no

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Chapters 1–2 English. Each title is especially chosen to motivate and engageraised teenage in GREAT EXPECTATIONS classes, and the magazine-style Fact Files explore the themes each story, as well as providing contextual background. LEVEL 1 StartEr LEVEL Pre-A1 Elementary: A1 Estella wants to play cards with Pip. Beginners: ds) b) (600 headwor For children 200 Story (300 headwords) 3 Level 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL Chapters 3–4 Intermediate: B1 Pre-intermediate – Intermediate: A2 (1500 headwords) Before you read (1000 headwords) LEVEL 4 c) When Pip cries, Estella is unhappy too. upper-intermediate: B2 Charles Dickens beginning to read headwords wordcount: (2000 headwords) SCHOLASTIC READERS (Early Story WorDCount: 9,063 You can use your dictionary. Before you read (excluding Fact Files and Self-study) d) Miss Havisham didn’t plan to get married on her birthday.

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I work in … because I want changes in our country. a) EXPECTAT GREAT For children gaining 250 Story I want to be a … for a ntextualnewspaper. background. family. StartEr LEVEL Level 2 LEVEL 1 Beginners: Pre-A1 (300 headwords) Elementary: A1 live in a big house in a (600 headwords) ii) Pip LEVELand his family looks at Pip with clever eyes. b) 2 ii) LEVEL 3 c) check b) IONS Please don’t … me! I can’t help you if I’m dead! I don’t want to bePre-intermedia in the … because I don’t want to gob) Matthewto war. Pocket te – Intermediate: A2 (1000 headwords) Intermediate: B1 small town. (1500 headwords) confidence in headwords wordcount: LEVEL 4 (Mid- upper-intermediat iii) never visits Satis House. e: B2 d) (2000 headwords) iii) does not have toLevel worry 2 c) Mr Jaggers She and I have opposite ideas about everything. We never … . c) There’s a £100 …c) forEstella the best picture.Charles Dickens Story WorDCount: This level is suitable for students who have been learning English for at least two years and 9,063 (excluding Fact Files and Self- only feels comfortable in study) about money. d) Mr Pumblechook and iv) reading in English 800 words comprehension as up to three years. It corresponds with the Common European Framework level A2. Suitable Cover art © The British Film Institute / his working clothes. BBC / Number 9 Film Beginner) e) He’s going to die. Nothing can … him now. d) There are too many wars (Great) Limited 2012. in the world. Why can’t we have Pip’s sister …? d)cover_56pp_gr eatexpectations.inddJoe 1 iv) has broken the forlaw. users of CROWN/TEAM magazines. 02/07/2013 12:18 v) sends Estella to France. f) Long ago in Egypt, people believed in Ra, the … of the Sun. e) There was a ... in the city yesterdayv) andmakes thingsthirty out of peoplemetal. died.e) Joe they progress e) Miss Havisham and Estella SYNOPSIS f) Miss Havisham vi) think Miss Havisham g) Barack Obama became the … of the USA in 2009. f) Miss Havisham vi) is seven years old, like Pip, has plans for Pip. 7 Chapter 4 is called ‘Without a Home’.Pip lives with Who hiswhen unkind theis sisterstorygoing starts.and her kindto husband,be without Joe Gargery a THE BACK STORY beside the Kent marshes, near London. One day when Pip is For children 300 Story g) Biddy In a votevii) to markwant her200 money. years since Charles Dickens was born in Level 3 seven years old a man in a prison uniform with iron around his 2 Match the two halves of these sentences. home, do you think? Why? 1812, readers from the UK chose Great Expectations as their leg appears. He orders Pip to bring food and a blacksmith’s file, favourite DickensResources novel. The story is regularly filmed for television Chapters 1–2 3 Work with a partner. Imagine you are moving from a reading confidently headwords wordcount: and to keep his mouth shut. Pip helps the prisoner. Later, when and cinema. (High a) People go to school because they want 1 Are these sentencessoldiers about recapture Pip true the(T) orprisoner, false (F)? Pip Correctstill keeps his mouthcountry shut. village to a big city like London. Discuss what life After you read Like Pip in his story, Charles Dickens was born into a poor i) a gun. the false sentences. The Gargerys are a working class family and Joe is willa blacksmith. be like in the city.family. Unlike Pip, Dickens was not given a secret fortune. He b) When two countries fight, there’s Pip expects to be a blacksmith too. Then a rich lady called Miss include in English 1,100 words T made his own fortune, publishing many novels and stories. Beginner) ii) an earthquake. 8 When did these thingsa) Hishappen? parents had seven HavishamNumber children offers – six him themboys a andstrange a 1–7.girl. job – to play with her daughter, Chapters 5–6 He wrote epic books about extraordinary characters with very c) Three or more people together are b) Only he and his sisterEstella, are oncestill living. a week. complicated plots. He wrote about crime and social problems, iii) a group. a) Malala joined a new political groupEstella is proud for and children. pretty and Pip falls in love with1 her.Choose Pip’s the correctespecially pair of wordsin London, for each as wellsentence as love and and family, describing greatest wish is to become a gentleman and marry Estella. But suggestions on d) To shoot someone, you need c) His father is the village blacksmith. put them in the correctpeople spaces. and places in great detail. He died in 1870, a rich and one day, Miss Havisham tells him not to come anymore. Now he iv) an education. b) Fazlullah said, ‘Fromd) They January live in a village the next to15th, the marshes. there are going to be no famous writer. For more about Charles Dickens’ life, see the Fact e) has to learn to be a blacksmith after all. wait, break his sister, Joe walk, dance Buildings sometimes fall down in job, fortune File on pages 56-7. v) a war. girls at school.’ e) He has a very happySome home years life. later an unnamed person offers to pay for Pip to how to use readers in become a gentleman. Pip moves to London. He spends freely, ashamed, good pleased, jealous impossible, beautifulMEDIA LINKS 3 f) His sister often hitsand him gets but into he debt. isn’t frightenedEstella comes of her. to London and Miss Havisham Read ‘People and Places’ on pages 4–5 and answer the questions. c) Malala started writing a blog. DVD: The photos in this reader come from Mike Newell’s 2012 asks Pip to look after her. his sister a) d) 2 Put these events inEstella the correctmarries order. Bentley Drummle, a rich and cruel gentleman,a) Pip visits ………………Joefilmclass, adaptation because of Great ……………… Expectationsextra has, starring died. Jeremyactivities Irvine as Where are Malala and her family from? The war started again, and lotsand Pip’s of heart people is broken. left He learns Mingora. that his1 benefactor is not Pip and Holliday Grainger as Estella. Other stars include Ralph a) A prisoner suddenlyMiss appearsHavisham, from but behind the prisoner a gravestone. from the marshes. b)His Pip name feels ……………………Fiennes as Magwitch, ; Biddy Helena knows Bonhamthat he thinks Carter as Miss Havisham b) How many brothers and sisters does Malala have? e) Malala’s school closed. is Abel Magwitch, and he has made his fortune in Australia. If and Robbie Coltrane as Mr Jaggers. b) He sees the second prisoner and runs away from him. he is too …………………… for Joe. Magwitch is found back in England, he will be hanged. Pip tries CD: An audio recordingand of follow-up Great Expectations accompanies the c) Where do Malala and her family live now? f) The Pakistani army arrivedc) He tells Pip toin bringto Mingorasmuggle him food Magwitch and aand blacksmith’s out of warthe country, file. started. but the plan c)fails Pip and uses some Scholasticof his …………………… Reader. to buy a Magwitch is returned to jail, where he dies. Visits: You can visit Charles Dickens’ only surviving London home g) d) The first prisonerMany says Pipyears is alater, good Pipboy. and Estella meet again. Will they…………………… live for Herbert. Malala and her family came back to Mingora and she decided to in Bloomsbury in Londonproject ( work After you read happily ever after? The reader decides. www.dickensmuseum.com). Dickens e) Pip says he won’t tell anyone about the prisoner. d) Pip and Estellaalso …………………… has his own theme together park in at his parties hometown and of Chatham in be a politician. Kent (www. dickensworld.co.uk). 4 Complete the sentences with the correct names. f) Pip’s prisoner says sorry to Joe for taking his pie and file. …………………… in the park.

a) … didn’t learn to read and write as a child. 9 Answer the questions. g) That evening Pip hears guns when a secondHOW prisoner TO USE YOURe) Estella isSCHOLASTIC …………………… when READER other men are escapes. …………………… of Pip. b) The … helped a lot of people after an earthquake. a) Why did Malala wanth) toThe nextbe morning aChoosing doctor? Pip takes and his motivating sister’s pie and Joe’s file. Is this the right story for your class? Have your students f) heard Pip knows heGlossary must …………………… for Estella to i) The soldiers go onto the marshes to look for the two c) A lot of people listened to …’s ideas on the radio. b) Where did people read Malala’sof Great blog?Expectations? Try to generate interest with background …………………… Go to ‘New other Words’ men’s at the hearts. back of the reader. Translate the words prisoners. information (see The Back Story above) and by reading aloud with the class or get students to find meanings at home. The c) Where did Malala go when the first war page ofstarted the story with again?dramatic atmosphere. g) Pip believesVocabulary that Estella Builder is so …………………… on page 3 of this resource it is sheet practises the 3 Pip is frightened by the prisoner on the marshes but not 5 True or false? Correct the false sentences. Organising ……………………new words forin a her different to have context. no feelings. by his sister. What are you frightened by? Talk to a partner. d) Why was she angry with herPlan father a class reading on schedule.her birthday? Decide how many pages to set for Charles Dickens’ world a) Malala was with her family when the Taliban shot her. reading each week. Select exercises from the Self-Study section Teacher’s notes e) Why were there reporters at Malala’s school in 2011? 2 Victorian Britain was very different from today’s world. People b) ©Scholastic Ltdat the back of the reader and extra activities from this resource rode in carriages instead of cars, and communicated by letter Women in Swat Valley always wear a hijab or burqa in town. sheet to go with each chunk of reading. All answers are on page rather than phone. Read through the information about life in c) When people gave Fazlullah money, he bought school books. 10 What do you think? Was Malala4 ofright this resource to sheet.write a blog and campaign 1850 on pages 6–7 before students start the story. Using the CD Fact Files d) Music and DVD shops closed because of the earthquake. on TV? Were her mother and fatherStudents can right listen and to follow say in their yes books. to They the can listenidea? and Set these as self-study or use for whole class work. These then read. They can read and then listen. All these activities will provide background information about Charles Dickens, Great improve their reading speeds and skills. Expectations and growing up in Victorian England. Using the DVD What did they think? Select the English language option on the DVD. The running Get everyone in the class to do a written or spoken review of time is 128 minutes. Select key scenes to show in parallel with Great Expectations. Compare opinions. Will they read the original the class reading schedule. in their own language? Did you like it? Let us know at: 36 [email protected] ©Scholastic Ltd 37 1 Teacher’s notes

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See See page page 28 30 Find out more at www.scholastic.co.uk/elt Find out more at www.scholastic.co.uk/elt 19 Chapter 4 More than two million people left their homes. Some without a ho Me were in cars, with big bags of clothes and food. Others Level 1 were on bikes or on foot. It usually took a few hours In the days after her school closed, Malala wrote more of to drive from Mingora to Tor Pekai’s family, but that her blog. It was now on English websites as well as the time it took two days. They walked the last twenty-four CEF Stage A1 Urdu one, and in a Pakistani newspaper too. kilometres with all their bags on their backs. Sometimes Malala read her schoolbooks alone in her Ziauddin didn’t come with them to Tor Pekai’s family. room, but it wasn’t much fun without her friends. She He lived and worked with other campaigners in the city was very happy when, after six weeks away from school, of Peshawar. The work was important, but it was difficult the Taliban and the Pakistan army agreed to end the war. for the children without their father. When Malala turned Girls’ education was part of the peace agreement, and twelve, he forgot her birthday. She was very angry with girls’ schools opened again. him. After three months, the war ended and the people of Swat Valley went home. As Malala saw Mingora again, MILLIONS LEAVE she thought about all her country’s problems, and her THEIR HOMES IN SWAT plans to be a doctor. Pakistan already had a lot of good doctors, but it needed better political leaders. She decided But people quickly started breaking the agreement, and to be a politician. in May the war started again. This time, Tor Pekai didn’t The Taliban didn’t make the laws in Swat now but they want to stay in Mingora. She decided to take Malala and still bombed schools. And they bombed one of Ziauddin’s the boys to her family home in the country. campaigner friends and shot another. They wanted Elementary • 1–2 years of English Ziauddin dead too. They also knew Malala’s face from the People leaving their homes in Mingora American film. 600 headwords (story up to 4,000 words) ‘But that’s OK,’ thought her mother and father. ‘The Taliban kill men, but they never kill children.’ When Malala didn’t think about the Taliban, life was Target language includes: past simple and good. She talked a lot on TV about girls’ education. She common irregular pasts, going to future, was also in a new political group for children. Every month, young people from different parts of Swat Valley regular comparatives and superlatives, came together and decided on the biggest problems for would like + noun. children. Malala, as the group’s leader, then asked the politicians of Swat for change. ‘Street children must have more help with their

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21 CHAPTER 9 ‘Then change the law, Mr President,’ said Dr King. ‘Give Level 2 us voting rights. We are Americans and we want to vote’. The cassette ‘I can’t do that this year. I told you!’ said the President, pointing his finger at Dr King’s face. ‘You’ve got one CEF Stage A2 problem. I’ve got a hundred and one problems. Come on, ‘What’s your next move?’ asked President Johnson. Dr King, help me out here!’ Dr King and the President were talking in the Oval But Dr King remembered his words to Jimmie Lee office, standing under a picture of George Washington*. Jackson. ‘People are dying in the South for this,’ said Dr King. ‘It cannot wait, sir.’ The President tried a different idea. ‘We have information, Dr King,’ he said. ‘You’re not safe. The Ku Klux Klan is planning to kill you. Stay away from the front line - just for a while.’ ‘I don’t think so, Mr President,’ said Dr King. ‘I know the FBI will try anything to stop me. They listen to my telephone, in my home and in my hotel rooms. It ain’t gonna work.’ Dr King said goodbye and left. Pre-Intermediate–Intermediate The President sat alone for a while. He felt he had no choice now. He picked up the phone to the next office. 2–3 years of English ‘Get me J. Edgar Hoover,’ he said. 1,000 headwords (story up to 7,000 words) ‘A march from Selma to Montgomery,’ said Dr King. *** ‘This was always part of the plan, wasn’t it?’ said the J. Edgar always did things quickly, and the next day, a President. ‘You make trouble in Selma, then you make Target language includes: present perfect, cassette arrived at the King home. Coretta and Martin sat trouble across Alabama. Selma to Montgomery is fifty and listened. It was an FBI cassette - they made it in hotel will future, past continuous, zero conditional, miles. Through Alabama full of racist white folks and the rooms where Martin was staying. He wasn’t alone on Ku Klux Klan**. It’s too dangerous. People are gonna die. defining relative clauses not embedded, the cassette. In parts of the cassette he was with different Then it won’t just be Alabama. It’ll be all over the South, women. reflexive pronouns. and then all over the country.’ The cassette finished. Martin couldn’t look at Coretta. * The first President of the United States; LBJ is the 36th. ‘Tell me the truth, Martin,’ she said. ‘Do you love me?’ ** See page 7. ‘Yes, I love you,’ he said.

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EXAM TASK 23 4 Listen to the rest of Kate’s talk about coral reefs and complete sentences 3–10. On her second coral reef dive, Kate was shocked by the changes to the (3) of the reef. Kate was surprised to learn60 about the damage that mins (4) causes to the marine PART 2 Long monologue with sentence completion environment.

Kate says scientists think that (5) of coral reefs in the world are likely to die. Rainforests at the bottom of theKate sea suggests that listeners may not realise how reefs protect the land against (6) .

Kate now sends photographs she takes of coral reefs to a website called 1a How much do you know about coral reefs? What do you think (7) . are the missing words or numbers in sentences a–g? Kate likes the term ‘reef (8) ’ to refer to human impact on coral reefs.

a) Coral reefs are home to at least Kate admires someone who uses a (9) to clean coral reefs. different species. Kate mentions a (10) at a beach as an example of positive action people can take. b) It is said that coral reefs occupy about of the surface of the ocean floor worldwide. 5a In her talk, Kate uses several words that are followed by prepositions. Complete the following

c) Coral is largely made up of the sentences with the correct prepositions. of tiny marine creatures called polyps. a) The trees in the city act a kind of cooling system and make the air there nice and fresh. d) Polyps feed on minute organisms called algae and b) The caves we visited are home lots of bats and some strange looking plants. . also some small c) The internet is a good source information about the environment.

e) Most coral reefs are found in d) I feel I should get involved some kind of work to protect the environment. waters which are shallow. e) There has been a serious decline the number of wild elephants in Asia and Africa. f) Most coral reefs don’t grow at depths over f) We watched the birds feed the fruit in the trees. metres.

g) Certain fishing methods are very harmful coral reefs. g) The world’s largest coral reef is off the coast of h) I’m not very well informed climate change. . 5b Look at the transcript of Kate’s talk. Look at how she uses the underlined words in exercise 21 6a and 1b Listen to the information about coral reefs and write check your answers. the correct answers. Were any of your predictions correct? 6 Complete these sentences with your own ideas. Exam tip! 2a Read the Exam tip and look at the completed sentences 1 a) Money is often a source and 2 below. What has the student done wrong? The maximum number of cousin of hers one holiday . b) I’m quite well informed 1 Kate first learned how to dive with a words needed to complete turtles which looked c) CityPart gardens 2 sentences are often is three, home but Kate felt reassured when she saw the 2 for most sentences you will the first time she went diving at a coral reef.d) It would be interesting to be involved beautiful swimming around only need one word. Don’t e) In mywrite country, more there’sthan is beennecessary a decline 22 2b Now listen to the first part of a talk about coral reefs. Decide which of as then you’re more likely to 7 the student’s words in exercise 2 are essential and cross out the rest. Work inmake small mistakes. groups to discuss the statements below. Decide whether you agree or disagree with them on a scale of 1–5 (1 = completely disagree, 5 = completely agree). 3 Read sentences 3 to 10 in the Exam task and note down words that you Coral reefs are too far away for me to be concerned about. think might be suitable for the gaps. Individuals can’t really do anything to protect the environment – only governments can.

3 Some people worry too much about climate change – it’s happened many times in the history of the world

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GHTS Kings and queens TIMESAVER BRITISH HISTORY HIGHLI The Titanic The Titanic was a huge ship, about the length of three football fields. Everyone was very proud of the Titanic. They thought it was the best ship in history - and the safest. Crazy* kings Nobody could imagine the terrible accident that was going to happen.

1 King Henry VIII had six wives. Do you know their names? Read the text to find out. 1 Read some things that people said about the Titanic. Who was speaking after the accident?

Henry VIII (1491-1547, King from 1509) ‘I have never been in an accident of ‘The Captain can, by simply moving any kind. I cannot imagine anything an electric switch, instantly close which could make a ship sink in the doors and make the ship c our day. Modern shipbuilding practically a d impossible to sink.’ f has gone beyond that.’ the Shipbuilder magazine E. J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic b e ‘God himself cannot not sink this ship.’ ‘It was a beautiful ship. It was A crew member* really a floating palace.’ Edith Haisman, 15, a passenger

2 Match the underlined words with their meanings. 3 What do you think happened? Mark the sentences True or False. Then read the text and check your ideas. 1 staying on top of the water ...... floating 1 The Titanic’s 2 almost ...... first voyage* was from Britain to America...... True 3 go down under the water ...... 2 The ship hit another boat...... 4 the people who work on a ship ...... Cross-Curricular English Activities 3 There weren’t enough lifeboats* for 5 immediately ...... 9781900702584 all the passengers...... 4 A lot of people refused to leave the ship...... Henry and his six wives Which two words are opposites? 5 Fewer than half the people died...... to ______and to ______6 The Titanic was rescued and made her. Next Henry married Jane Seymour. more voyages...... When Henry VIII became king he was 18. He danced She had a son, Edward, but then she died. and sang well. Everyone loved him. But he needed a son. His first wife - Catherine of Aragon - was Spanish. After that Henry married a German princess, A terrible tragedy Catherine and Henry had a daughter, Mary. Henry Anne of Cleves. She was ugly. ‘She looks like a wasn’t happy. He wanted a divorce*. The Church* The Titanic left England for New York on April 12th horse,’ Henry said. They soon divorced. Then Henry1912. It had a crew of 892 people and 1,316 in Rome said ‘no’. So Henry started the Church of married Catherine Howard. She was 20 and beautiful, England. Then he and Catherine divorced. passengers. On April 14th, the crew saw an iceberg* and Henry was 49. Catherine lost her head whenin front of them. It was too late to do anything. The Henry heard about her boyfriend. Henry’s last wife Henry then married Anne Boleyn. She had a daughter, ship hit the iceberg, and the Titanic began to go was Katherine Parr. She was nice to Henry - anddown. she There were 20 lifeboats on the Titanic, but Elizabeth. But Anne was in love with her brother, and survived* him! Henry’s son Edward was the next king. Henry heard about it. He sent her to the Tower of 63 were needed to save everyone. However, not all London. There they cut off her head, or ‘beheaded’ the lifeboats were full. A lot of people stayed on the ship instead of trying to escape. They were sure that the Titanic could not sink. Only 650 people escaped in the lifeboats. Other people jumped into Extend...... 1 Catherine of Aragon ...... the sea when the boat went down. The sea was What happened to Henry’s wives? Write these 2 very cold...... and only 55 people survived it. A total of 2 Anne Boleyn ...... words next to the names. They make a rhyme 705learning people survived the terrible tragedy*. The that English children learn at school...... 3 Jane Seymour ...... Titanic’s first voyage was also its last. 4 Anne of Cleves ...... Help students ...... 5 Catherine Howard TIMESAVER BRITISH HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS survived died beheaded 46 © MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. beheaded divorced divorced 6 Katherine Parr ...... to deepen their understanding with © MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. 12 TIMESAVER BRITISH HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS British History Highlights cross-curricular (with poster) activities 9781904720294

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1 Match the beginnings of these jokes with their punchlines.

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