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The Sun and the Wind Vocabulary nouns valley coat verbs arguing blow burn adjectives strong dry heavy 1 Characters Setting The Sun The Wind Scene 1: In the sky. The Man The Cloud Scene 2: In a valley. What happens? The Wind thinks he is stronger than the Sun. The Sun thinks he is stronger than the Wind. Can the Wind make the Man take off his coat? Can the Sun make the Man take off his coat? You are going to read a short play called ‘The Sun and the Wind’. Macmillan English Level 4 © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012 This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/macmillanenglish

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Page 1: The Sun and the Wind - Macmillan Young Learners · PDF fileThe Sun and the Wind Vocabulary nouns valley coat verbs arguing blow burn adjectives ... the airport on the plane 12, Oasis

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layers of lavalayers of ash

magmahot, liquid rockinside the Earth

Vocabularynouns: mountains, lava, magmaverbs: erupts, explode, blocksadjectives: dormant, deep, hard

ventthe crack, or hole, inthe top of the volcano

lavahot, liquid rock pouringout of the volcano

You are going to read about volcanoes.The text gives you information.It explains how volcanoes are made.

Information: What does a volcano look like?

Explanation: How is a volcano made?

• A volcano starts with a deep crack in the Earth’s surface.• Magma moves up from inside the Earth.• Magma pours out of the crack and down the sides of the

volcano. It is now called lava.

2 Volcanoes

Learn more about volcanoes in Unit 2!

lava flow

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Clever Polly

Vocabularynouns: slice, stove, saucepanverbs: slunk, escape, snarledadjectives: delicious, marvellous, tiny

3You are going to read a short story called ‘Clever Polly’ from a book by Catherine Storr.

There are two characters.

Polly is very clever. The wolf wants to eat Polly.She makes delicious food. He is very greedy.She does not want the wolf He is very stupid.to eat her.

The setting for the story is Polly’s house.

The wolf comes to Polly’s house.She takes him to the kitchen.

Polly makes a pie, a chocolate cake and toffee in her kitchen.

The plot of the story is in three parts. The plot is what happens.

Part 1: The wolf wants to eat Polly. He eats the pie.Part 2: The wolf wants to eat Polly. He eats the chocolate cake.Part 3: The wolf wants to eat Polly ...

Read the story and see what happens!

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You are going to read a story that is part of a longer story.

Here is the book cover.

SettingThe story is set in South Africa.It says on the cover: ‘A South African Story’.

CharactersThe characters are the people in the story.There are two main characters in the story: Naledi and Tiro.You can see them on the cover of the book.They are two young children. They have a baby sister who isvery ill. Their mother works 300 kilometres away. What can they do?

PlotThe plot is what happens in a story. Naledi and Tiro walk to Jo’burg where their mother works. It is a long and dangerous journey.

Journey to Jo’burgA South African Story

Beverley Naidoo

This is thename of the

author.

Vocabularynouns: grassland, tune, bodiesproper nouns: Johannesburg, Rraverbs: sighed, suggested, gazedadjectives: dusty, scratchy, friendly

This is thetitle of the

book.

This is theillustration on

the cover.

5 Journey to Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo

Now read about the journey in Unit 5!

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You are going to read a letter about a journey.Kim writes a letter to her friend, Katy. She tells her about along journey.Kim and her family are staying with friends in Britain. They arestaying for a month.

• Kim beginsher letter with her addressand the date.

• She says who she is writing to.

• She tells Katy what she is writing about.

• Kim writes about:

• This is how she ends her letter.

A long journey

Vocabularynouns: journey, suitcase, addressverbs: arrived, locked, watchedadjectives: long, good

6

packing the suitcases riding in the taxi

the airport on the plane

12, Oasis FlatsHigh StreetSandtown

25th July

Dear Katy,

I am writing to tell you about thejourney.

Lots of love,

Kim

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The ant and the beetle

Vocabularynouns: sunshine, grain, weatherverbs: hurried, sobbed, learntadjectives: lazy, shady, important

7

Read the whole story in Unit 7!

Parts Plot

1 The first part happens The beetle sits in the sunshine.in summer. The ant works hard.

2 The second part happens The ant has lots of food.when the weather The beetle has no food.gets cold.

3 The third part happens in It snows.the winter. The beetle is cold and hungry.

The ant helps the beetle.

You are going to read a short story about an ant and a beetle.

The ant is a character in the story.

The beetle is a character in the story.

The beetle is lazy.

He does not work for food.

The plot is what happens in the story.

The plot of this story is in three parts.

The ant works very hard in the summer.

He gets food for the winter.

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Vocabularynouns: shade, germs, hospital proper nouns: Baobab, Africanverbs: awaken, attacked, sprang adjectives: ancient, burning, ferocious

Lions9

You are going to read two poems about lions.What do you know about lions?

Lions are big cats. They live in Africa.They are large mammals with sandy coloured coats.They have a thin tail with a tuft at the end.

The male lion can grow to The female lion weighs less than2.8 metres. the male.It has a shaggy mane. It does not have a mane.

Lions live in groups called prides.

Poem 1: Lions by Robert MellorThis poem is about hunting. Lions rest in the day and hunt atnight.

The poet has used rhyme in the poem.Here are some of the words that rhyme.

mane plain around sound kill fill

Poem 2: The Veggy Lion by Spike MilliganThis poem is funny. Lions kill other animals for food. The lion inthis poem is vegetarian. This means it does not eat meat.

The poet has used rhyme in the poem.Here are some of the words that rhyme:

meat tweet skin in head bed

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Celebrating success

Vocabularynouns: pilot, airfield, engineer, cockpit, stoveverbs: succeed, repair

I n d i a nO c e a n

A t l a n t i cO c e a n

P a c i f i cO c e a n

Croydon, England

Baghdad, IraqIstanbul, Turkey

Darwin, Australia

Karachi, Pakistan

Singapore

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Day 2: Amy landed inIstanbul, Turkey. Shefelt sick because thepetrol smelt.

Day 4: Amy landed in Baghdad in a sandstorm.

Day 7: Amy flew into a rainstorm and crashed.

Day 14: Amylanded inSingapore.

Day 20: Amy flew overa sea of sharks andlanded in Darwin,Australia.

Amy Johnson wasa famous pilot.

Amy was anengineer fortwo years.

Amy bought a planewith two cockpits.

You are going to read a biography of Amy Johnson. A biography is a story of a person’s life (or part of their life) that is written by another person.

In 1930, Amy flew from London to Australia. The journey tookher twenty days.

Day 1: At 8 amon 5th May 1930,Amy took off.

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It’s a knockout!

Vocabularynouns: knockout, fan, match, pitch, pace, kit, star, refereeverbs: zoomed, translated

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Can you guess how the story ends?Read the story in Unit 14 and find out!

You are going to read a story.It has three main ingredients:

Characters

Stacey and Steve their mum and dad Brent and Vialli(They are twins.) (famous footballers

from Italy)Setting

the twins’ home the football match at the hospital

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The story has got three parts (like chapters).

Part 1 – the beginningStacey and Steve discover that Brent and Vialli are coming to play in their town.

Part 2 – the middleMum and Dad take the twins tothe football match. Vialli kicks the ball. It hits Stacey on the head and knocks her out.

Part 3 – the endingStacey wakes up in hospital and …

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You are going to read part of an exciting story. In it, a girl calledJudy finds a Martian (a person from Mars) in a supermarket!

How to write an exciting story

The Martian and the Supermarket by Penelope Lively

Vocabularynouns: Martian, hatch, snail verbs: peered, scuttled, bundled, shriekadjectives: webbed, nervous, peculiar adverb: extremely

1 Write a good beginningThe author begins in an exciting way:

It was the middle of the night when therocket landed in the supermarket car-park.

• Do you want to read the rest of the story? Why?

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Can you guess what happens next?Read Unit 16 and find out!

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Write what people sayWe can learn a lot about a character by the things they say.

‘Please don’t tell anyone,’ saidthe Martian. ‘They might be unkind to me.’

‘How did you get here?’ Judy asked.

• What can you learn about the Martian from what he says?• Do you think Judy is frightened?

Describe the charactersThe author describes the Martian very well.

A Martian, I should tell you, is about three feet highand has webbed feet, green skin and eyes on the ends of horns like a snail.

• Do you think this is a good description?• What describing words has the author used?

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The visit

Vocabulary nouns: fence, research, camouflageverbs: breed, grooming, protectadjectives: endangered, extinct, rare, comical, raw, wrinkled, several

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Notice the use of time words like ‘first’and ‘next’ when you read my recount.

We saw the chimpanzees first.

Next, we walked over abridge and saw lots ofcrocodiles ... .

Then we saw some tigers.

You are going to read a recount. A girl called Lizzie tells youabout a visit to a zoo. In it there were a lot of endangeredanimals. The zoo helped rare animals to breed.

• A recount starts with a short introduction:

• It tells you what happened in the right order.

Last week, Mrs Mills took myclass on a visit to the zoo. Some of our parents came. We brought sandwiches and also took somedrinks with us.

Do you think Lizzie saw any other animals in the zoo? Read Unit 17 to find out.

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What is a friend?

Vocabularynouns: punchbag, revengeverbs: forgives, respects, encourages, remember, soughtadjective: lonely

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You are going to read some poems about friendship.

Some poems rhyme.

Some poems do not rhyme.

These things make me smile:

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A smile is such a lovely thingIt brightens up your faceAnd when it’s gone it’s hard to findIts secret hiding place.

Sunshine in the skyMy mum when she’s happyIce lollies and ice creamsLots of good friendsEating pizzas at parties

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Which two wordsrhyme in this poem?

The poem above is calledan acrostic poem.

Does this poem rhyme?What do you notice about

the first letter of each linewhen you read the lettersvertically (downwards)?

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