Uncle Jackand the Emperor Penguins

Jane Cadwallader

Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

www.elireaders.com

with Audio CD

Young Readers

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ELI s.r.l.

YOUNG ELI READERS

Uncle Jack and the Emperor Penguins

ISBN 978-88-536-0426-2

Young ELI Readers

Stage 1Dominique Guillemant, Hooray for the HolidaysDominique Guillemant, Sophie’s DreamJane Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Ball Jane Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Pirate

Stage 2Jane Cadwallader, PB3 and the VegetablesJane Cadwallader, PB3 and the JacketRudyard Kypling, The Jungle Book

Stage 3Jane Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Bakonzi TreeJane Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Emperor PenguinsJ. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Stage 4Jane Cadwallader, Harry and an Electrical ProblemJane Cadwallader, Harry and the CrownLewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

SYLLABUS

Vocabulary areasWeather, food, physical description

Grammar and structuresPast simple regular and irregular formsVerb + infi nitiveVerb + -ingAdverbs Can / can’tMust / mustn’tQuestion words: what? / why? / who?Prepositions of placeComparative sentencesDistributives: every, all + noun

My name is Jane and I live in a beautiful Spanish city, Madrid. I’m an English author of children’s books. I’ve always loved creating stories and songs for children. The best ideas come to me while… I’m jogging!

I live in a very big city, Buenos Aires. I have been drawing all my life, ever since I was a child as I didn’t have a TV. I enjoy most of all drawing comic strips and picturing myself and my kids in the illustrations that I create.

Come on an Antarctic adventure! Some Emperor Penguins cannot get to the place where they go every year to lay their eggs. Will Uncle Jack be able to help them?

In this hilarious story you will learn something about the habits of the Emperor Penguins and follow Uncle Jack and the others in their race against time to help the penguins to the place where they lay their eggs.

- Games and language activities- An audio recording of the story and the song- A picture dictionary

TagsAdventure Social Issue Animal Story

Jane Cadwallader

Uncle Jack and the Emperor Penguins

Eli Readers is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics and specially-written stories for learners of English.

Uncle Jack and the Emperor Penguinsby Jane CadwalladerIllustrated by Gustavo Mazali

ELI ReadersFounder and Series EditorsPaola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)

Eli Design DepartmentSergio Elisei

Production ManagerFrancesco Capitano

The publisher would like to take this opportunity to thank Sarah Howell for her contribution to the development of the projectThe publisher would like to take this opportunity to thank Lisa Kester Dodgson

Typeset in 14 / 20 pt Monotype Plantin Schoolbook

© 2009 ELI s.r.l. P.O. Box 6 - 62019 Recanati MC - ItalyT +39 071750701 - F +39 071977851info@elionline.com - www.elionline.com

Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa Recanati - ERY302.01ISBN 978-88-536-0426-2

First edition: September 2009

The ELI Readers collection is a complete range of books and plays for readers of all ages, ranging from captivating contemporary stories to timeless classics. There are three series, each catering for a different age group; Young ELI Readers, Teen ELI Readers and Young Adult ELI Readers. The books are carefully edited and beautifully illustrated to capture the essence of the stories and plots.

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ncle Jack sat in an armchair with May

and Daisy and looked at a book about

Emperor Penguins. ‘Every year the

penguins walk many kilometres to the

place where they lay their eggs,’ read Uncle Jack.

The book was by Uncle Peter. Uncle Peter was

Uncle Jack’s brother and he loved penguins!

The phone started to ring. Jim went to pick it up.

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‘Hello. Who is it?’ he asked. It was Uncle Peter! He

was at the Antarctic so it wasn’t easy to understand

him!

‘COME AT ONCE,’ shouted Uncle Peter,

‘THERE’S A PROBLEM! BRING THE SNOW

MAKING MACHINE!’

‘We want to

come too,’ said

May and Daisy

and Jim. ‘O.K.’ said

Uncle Jack, ‘but put on

your warmest clothes.

It’s very cold in the

Antarctic!’

The children quickly put on

their warmest sweaters and

coats and scarves and hats. Of

course Grumpy the dog put on his

sweater too! Where the children

went Grumpy went too!

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Uncle Jack gave the snow

making machine to Jim and

Jim put it into the balloon.

‘What a funny machine!’ said

May, laughing. ‘Is it a fan?’

‘No,’ said Uncle Jack, ‘it’s a snow

making machine.’

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The children liked going in Uncle Jack’s balloon.

‘Oh,’ said Daisy, ‘there’s a jungle!’

‘And a mountain,’ said May, pointing to a high

mountain with snow on the top.

‘And an island in the sea,’ said Jim.

Uncle Jack pointed in front of them. ‘There’s the

Antarctic. We’re nearly there!’

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Finish the words. Number the sentences in the order of the story.

Uncle Ja__ __ and the childr__ __ went to Antarctica.

They said goodb__ __ .

Mr Mazzara__ __ landed in a pla__ __ .

J__ __ pick__ __ up the pho__ __ .

The sn__ __ maki__ __ machine made sn__ __ to cover the grou__ __ .

The plan__ __ took the pengui__ __ to the place whe__ __ they lay their eg__ __ .

They met Unc__ __ Pet__ __ .

Grumpy r__ __ out of the hou__ __ and bark__ __ at some m__ __ .

Activity Pages

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Look at page 2. Write what’s missing in this picture.

Match the sentences to make the song.2

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Here areAs happyThey’re offIn a placeThey stay here As cold Until In a place

to lay their eggsall the winterfar from the seathe Emperor Penguinstheir babies hatchfar from the seaas can beas cold can be

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