Speaking: school (T: Grade 3)

With a partner talk about the subjects you study at school. Use these questions to help you. What subjects do you study? Which subject is your favourite? Why? Which subjects are easiest/ most difficult…

Reading

I was in my fifteenth year on the island. I was afraid of natives from the mainland, so I built another fence around my house. About two years after I saw the footprint, I thought I saw a boat in the…

The One-Room School - The One-Room School

Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and the other children of St Petersburg went to a one-room school. There were many one-room schools in villages and small towns in the United States during the eighteenth and…

Hello!

Speaking: hobbies/sports (T: Grade 4)

Bill and Nick play on the basketball team, and Mike Andersen is the captain of the football team. What is your favorite sport? Tell the class about it and use these questions to help you. Why do you…

Internet project 01

Look again at ‘A Note on Oscar Wilde’ at the beginning of this book to remind you of Oscar Wilde’s most important works. How many of Wilde’s works have been made into films? What films have been…

Comprehension (I)

Are these sentences true or false? All three girls liked Jack. The girls see Jack coming out of the hostel. Amy suggests following Jack. Claire suggests calling the police. Jack walks down Oxford Street…

Reading

11 December None of the boats in the port of New York were leaving before 14 December: too late to arrive at the Reform Club before eight forty-five on 21 December. Passepartout was very upset. They…

Humour? - Go back to the text

Look at this line. It shows humorous and sad things as opposites, but it also shows that there are points between humour and sadness. For each of the moments from Part Four below (A-H), write a number…

The weather

The weather is important in the story. Can you complete these sentences? When the Otis family drove to Canterville Chase, the sun was . When they came near the house, it began to rain . When Washington…