How the Leopard Got His Spots (part one)

Understanding the text 02

Which adjectives or nouns describe these characters? Some can be used more than once. Choose the words from the box. Then make sentences that describe these characters. Merlin Arthur Lancelot Guinevere…

Project on the web

In groups find out information about the following places: Golden Gate Bridge Chinatown North Beach Telegraph Hill Alcatraz Island Look at the pictures and read about the place. Then write a few…

Reading

Jim heard the voice of a child in the fog. “Help! Help!” It was a cold night. Jim stood in front of the Stewart mansion. There was fog everywhere. The voice came from inside the mansion. He didn’t…

Understanding the text - The Game

One afternoon Susan took the Moreno children to Washington Square. They played in the small playground. Then they went to the duck pond. The children liked feeding the ducks in the pond. But the ducks…

Irregular past simple verbs from the story

For each verb in the table write or say a sentence about Robinson Crusoe. Write a story of your own in a maximum of 100 words using at least twelve of the verbs from the table.

Odd one out (I)

Write the word that doesn't belong and explain why. ears   nose   eyes   beard breakfast   meal   lunch   dinner month   daily   week   year London   England   France   Spain bedroom  …

Let's find out more about these Victorian writers

Choose one of the authors above, or another from the late 19th to early 20th centuries and find out more about their lives and the books they wrote. Prepare a report for the class.

Volcanoes - Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening (a vent) in a planet’s surface, which allows hot magma (liquid rock), ash and gases to escape. This event is called a volcanic eruption. During an eruption, pressure in the…

Speaking: entertainment - the cinema (T: Grade 4)

Discuss these questions. Where’s your nearest cinema? How often do you go there? What kind of films do you like watching? Would you like to see the 2008 film version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth?