The Wind and the Sun argue about who is the strongest. So the Wind challenges the Sun. Who can make the shepherd take off his coat? Is it better to be strong like the Wind or kind like the Sun? Jack is a shepherd. He lives in the mountains with his two best friends, a brown donkey and a white goat. Life is quiet in the mountains but one day the Wind and the Sun argue about who is the strongest. So who can make the shepherd take off his coat, the Wind or the Sun? One thing is certain: It's better to be kind than unkind. Vocabulary areas: Members of the family, actions, the wood. Grammar and structures: Prepositions of ... |
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Bluebell and his flower fairy friends lose their habitat. Can Matt and Lucy make them happy again? What do you know about flowers? Where do they live? When can you see them? How many petals have they got? Can you eat them? How do they help plants make more plants? Find out about the beautiful, fantastic and funny world of flowers. You can also meet four Flower Fairies and read how two children try to find them a safe home. Vocabulary: Colours-Numbers-The world around us; Parts of the body-Transport; Adjectives for description and feelings. Grammar: Present simple and continuous; This / these; have got for possession; Can ... |
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Katie has some special friends: Regazza the Doll and Monty the Mouse. They live in the Land of Forgotten Toys, the place where toys go when they are thrown away or are left forgotten in a toy box for a long time. One day Regazza and Monty go to find Katie. A pirate with a problem has just arrived in the Land of Forgotten Toys. Can she help him? This is a humorous adventure story about friendship and using co-operation to solve a problem. Vocabulary areas: feelings, adjectives, fantasy, nature. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present continuous, Imperatives, Can, There is / There are, Prepositions of place. In ... |
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Retold and with Activities by Jane Cadwallader. ... Enjoy two stories from The Wind in the Willows with Mole, Ratty and their friends, Otter and Toad. The Wind in the Willows is a collection of stories about five animal characters: Ratty, Mole, Badger, Otter and Toad. Set in the English countryside, the stories are adventures where friendship, loyalty, and the joy of simple pleasures win the day. Vocabulary: Rooms and furniture; Food; Time; Parts of the body. Grammar: Present simple; Present continuous; Descriptive adjectives; Can for ability; Have got for possessions; Prepositions of place and movement; Question words - ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... This is perhaps the most well-loved story by Charles Dickens. Dickens asked his readers to have a heart that never gets hard. As readers follow the life of Oliver Twist, a poor orphaned boy struggling against the dangers of life in 19th-century London, they can empathise with his childhood in a workhouse and his life with a gang of pickpockets. They can also share his relief that there were some good people, ready and willing to rescue a child in need. Vocabulary areas: friendship, social class, feelings. Grammar and Structure: Past simple (regular and irregular forms), Past continuous, ... |
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Retold by Sue Arengo. ... Find out how Lownu mends all the holes in the day sky and in the night sky... Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories. ... |
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Ribadesella, una tranquila localidad asturiana, esconde un tesoro: la Perla Azul. Los antepasados de Don Carlos guardaban este secreto; ahora él, con la ayuda de su loro Pepe, desea recuperarlo. Pero no solo ellos lo saben: hay personas con muy malas intenciones que también quieren conseguir la Perla. El joven Pelayo no se imagina que va a vivir una gran aventura para encontrarla: casonas abandonadas, peligrosas cuevas, montes... ¿dónde puede estar? Destrezas: Describir lugares, tradiciones y eventos - Hablar sobre tradiciones - Hablar sobre la historia - Hablar sobre las diferentes regiones de Espa&# ... |
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Un caballero medieval, el conde Lucanor, pide consejos a Patronio, su siervo y maestro. Son consejos sobre todos los aspectos de su existencia: sobre sus propios problemas, sobre sus amigos, sobre sus enemigos, sobre lo humano y sobre lo divino. A todos nos gustaría tener en algún momento de nuestra vida un Patronio, un amigo fiel que nos aconseje a través de historias procedentes de todos los rincones del mundo. Ocho cuentos del gran clásico medieval, en el que don Juan Manuel materializa el sueño de todos: enseñar (y ser enseñados) con diversión incluida, adaptados para el nivel ... |
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Sechs Erdmännchen-Babys möchten nach Hause, zurück in die Wüste. Onkel Karl und die Kinder helfen ihnen! Die Erdmännchen im Garten des Nachbarn weinen: Sie möchten nach Hause zu ihren Vätern und Müttern. Onkel Karl, Nik und seine Schwestern bringen sie mit dem Heißluftballon in die Kalahari-Wüste zurück. Aber dort gibt es Männer, die Jagd auf Erdmännchen machen! Syllabus: Wortschatz - Familie, Natur, Stadt. Grammatik und Strukturen: Präsens, Perfekt, Imperativ, Verb mit Infinitiv, Possessivpronomen: dein, sein, unser, ihr, Konjunktionen: aber, als, ... |
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Una storia forte, quella di Rashid che, dalla Nigeria, affronta un difficile viaggio in mare per arrivare in Italia. Rashid ha fatto un lungo viaggio con tanta paura e la nostalgia di casa. Per fortuna in Italia qualcuno si prenderà cura di lui ma soprattutto ci sarà Luna, una nuova amica speciale. Una storia che parla al cuore dei ragazzi, raccontando un'amicizia indimenticabile che supera i confini, un passato doloroso e una realtà complessa come quella della migrazione. Sillabo: Coniugazione dei verbi regolari e dei più comuni verbi irregolari. Indicativo presente; passato prossimo; infinito; ... |
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Ago è un ragazzo che adora la pallacanestro. Ha una situazione familiare un po speciale, che non gli permette di allenarsi in una squadra vera. Riuscirà nel suo sogno di giocare in una squadra vera e propria? I compagni di classe più ricchi vestono alla moda, vanno alle feste e lo prendono in giro, come dei bulli, ma non sanno che sarà proprio lui a dare una svolta al più importante torneo estivo di Milano. Un libro che ci insegna a non avere pregiudizi, a lottare contro il bullismo e a vivere lo sport come mezzo di inclusione. Sillabo: Coniugazione attiva e riflessiva dei verbi regolari e dei pi& ... |
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Based on the story by Peter Newell. Adapted by Jane Cadwallader. ... The rocket brings the families who live on 15 Cherry Drive together and makes them into a community. Can't miss this reader based on a story called The Rocket Book by Peter Newell originally published in 1912. Number 15 Cherry Drive is a normal house in a normal town. The people who live there don't really take any notice of each other, except for formal greetings. All this is going to be different when Mr. Popper's son Michael sets off a rocket in the basement which moves up through the house, changing people's lives. Vocabulary areas: ... |
