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Scanned with CamScannerScanned with CamScannerTo the teacher © Key texts and images The texts in Stage 2 provide a wide variety of different genres for learners to enjoy. The colourful illustrations provide enjoyment as well as essential support for the learners as they learn to read. Learners are introduced to stories by published authors and a variety of illustration styles. © Remember boxes These are used t rerio LLEOL LOE ppp learners to do things that Remember! they have already learned, er such as the correct use of Items ina list are non mally punctuation marks. written one below the other You can also write a list by separating the items init with a comma. © Word book These are used throughout this course. Word books allow learners to compile their own Word book personal dictionaries which they can refer to in their writing Add any new words activities. They also help learners fa the story to your — to develop dictionary skills. ord book. e © Thinking time eS, Thinking time These occur at the end of each unit - in the Student's Book. Learners are encouraged to reflect on what they have read, listened to, discussed ‘and learned. Scanned with CamScannerinstructions. Then read the story. the Juggler ling. He juggled with his He juggled with three oranges and ... He went outside and juggled with three flowerpots and ... & at Mt st AAP Hee \t ao} yas = athe. eee broke! Mum yelled, “JODIE, STOP JUGGLING!” Scanned with CamScannerJodie didn’t He wanted to jug Scanned with CamScannerwent back down to his flat. Mum was in the kitchen “N 1, Sue and Ash were e park. They ran over to e borrow your football?” asked. ' said Jodie. “I don’t like all. But I’ll try one kick first.” 9 “Jodie,” sighed Mum, “we're going to the park to play football NOW!” Mum carried the football. Jodie wanted to juggle. He took the ball from Mum and kicked it as hard as he could. Up went the ball, up and up and up. 2 Scanned with CamScanner@ Down came the ball, down and down and down ... Comey bee oS Shs I Cr ’ & [If >. | ie ee } PUPAE cercltion RR Mum and Jodie walked home slowly. “Sorry, Mum,” Jodie said quietly. “Lucky that man gave us our ball back.” ti, Mum said, “Maybe wlllig, juggling is a good a o idea. I’ll make you some juggling balls.” ® “BRILLIANT kick!” “A golden goal!” yell “You're a STAR!” crieg “Jodie,” said Mum firm going home.” Jodie looked at her huge smile. “T don’t want “T want to football!” Scanned with CamScannerind understanding how well you understood the story. Answer the uestions below. hat did Jodie like doing? What did Jodie’s mother want him to do? What is Jodie’s friend’s name? here did Jodie’s mother take him? Who did Jodie meet in the park? die’s friends were ry happy with him. opy the sentences at tell you this. They walked away. They smiled at Jodie. They had angry faces. They said nice things about him. They stood beside him. R WORK. Talk about the questions below. was Jodie’s mother feeling? y was she feeling that way? Scanned with CamScannerReading and speaking @ Read the sentences below from the story. Who said each sentence? Dom Jodie Ash Asif’s dad ? e “JODIE, STOP JUGGLING!” e “Boys, go outside and play football.” e “Jodie, we're going to the park to play football NOW!” e ‘T don't like football.” e “BRILLIANT kick!” e “A golden goal!” e “Youre a STAR!” e “Jodie, we're going home.” e “[ don’t want to juggle any more. I want to play football!” @ Look at the picture on page 12, after the glass was smashed. What do you think Jodie and the man said to each other? © PAIR WORK. Act out what Jodie and the man said to each other. Scanned with CamScanneris made by combining ound word. the words in the box on the left with words he box on the right to make compound words. butter market — writing | hand saw mother | ee fire fly stairs for work spoon get se the words in the box to complete he sentences below. n't could some le kicked the ball as hard as he p Tt smashed glass. like football. ord book a Word book. Write down words ou can use in your own writing. Scanned with CamScannerReading and writing , Write a list of the things a ¥ : that Jodie juggled with. j stall — = ' Write a list of a : things that Jodie a A. broke. a © Write the things that Jodie did in the correct order. © He went to Asif’s flat e He juggled with oranges. e He broke a plate. He broke the flowerpots. © He juggled with apples. PAIR WORK. Talk about what happene of the story. Write what happened. Start your story Jodie went back ... Be Mi Scanned with CamScanner. i “ie I ye @ Read the title. Then look at the pictures, What do you think this poem is about? Janet the Juggler _Z/ Janet the juggler Had jackets galore. How they jingled and jangled, Those jackets she wore. She jiggled and juggled With jumpers and jeans And jam-jars and jewels And five jelly-beans. D PAIR WORK. Read the poem aloud. Did you enjoy this poem? Tell your partner _ what you liked or did not like about it. sl Scanned with CamScannerCREA aD ron Copy and complete the sentences. . Cheote from the words above. e The door when it opened. © The rocket __1si68@ into space. © The pots and pans 20 355 bolo Saas © The fire as it burned. © The girl the horn on the | @ Draw a picture using each word below. Write a caption for each picture. Scanned with CamScannerWrite a list of words to describe the socks in the pictures. yJ3 Write a sentence about the socks you like the best. Add words to make the sentences below more interesting. Copy the sentences. © Jodie juggled with his shoes. A kick!” gasped Dom. Thinking time © Mum was making a cake. e“A goal!” yelled Ash. © Jodie juggled with Asif’s socks. Scanned with CamScanner9 The olympIcs | Reading ‘ormation the inf ; at about the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games The First Olympic Games The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece. Only men were allowed to compete. Legend has it that the winners of these ancient games were crowned with a wreath made of leaves from an olive tree. The Modern Olympics The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896. The modern Olympic Games are held every four years, just as the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years at Olympia. The summer Olympics are normally held in a leap year. The Olympic Rings and Flag mee five Olympic rings represent the five continents erica, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia - and the of athletes from different countries. The six colours of the Olympi ‘ lympic flag - red, yellow, gre! on a white background appear on national hat a a2 Scanned with CamScannerThe Olympic Torch The torch relay and the lighting of the torch in the stadium at the opening ceremony is said to keep the Olympic spirit alive all around the world. Olympic Medals After their events, the winners stand on the podium fo get their medals. The flags of the medallists’ countries are flown at the medal ceremony. The first place winner gets a gold medal, the second place gets a silver medal and the third place gets a bronze medal. Olympic Sports There are many different sporting events in the Olympics. Sports in the summer Olympics are different from the ones in @ the winter Olympics. e winter Olympics. archery ig Recent Olympic Games The Olympic Games are held in countries all over the world. Cities such as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Paris in France, and London in the United Kingdom have hosted | the games. Games have also been held in Los Angeles in the USA, in Beijing in China and in Tokyo in Japan. ousands of spectators travel to watch the games d millions watch the games on television. skiing gymnastics Scanned with CamScanner; he Olympics again, ; tion on t * Read the infer the questions below. wei nd the ans : ; < a oo Ce Japan Finland Brazil a "| Look at the chart below. It has information about Silver medals g 241 136 85 36 Scanned with CamScanner— - rf for each flag. | of the country ame f | OW Fa b iy [Braatine ‘5 | e ronal Q ye Ethiopia c | : — Japan E aaa France eS lea 2) Read the table on page 17 again. Then answer the questions below. @ Which country on this list won the most gold medals? © How many silver medals did Japan win? © How many bronze medals did Finland win? © Which countries have the same number ld medals? gi go e Who has more silver medals Brazil or Jamaica? : Scanned with CamScanner0 Read the chart. Then answer the questions below. Men’s 110 metre hurdles ( | e Who won the men’s 110 metre hurdles? e What was his time? e Who ran the race in 13.17 seconds? e Which country did the bronze medallist come from? © Imagine you are an Olympic athlete. Write in your diary after your event. Write about: © how you felt before the race as you waited at the starting line. ® how you felt after the race. ® the crowd's reaction. ® your time. ® how you felt on the podium. Scanned with CamScannerReading and writing Usain Bolt ° « Usain Bolt was born in Jamaica on 21 August 1986. He was one Of the fastest sprinters in the world before retired. He held records for the 100g 200 metre events for many years, so fast he has been given the ni ‘Lightning Bolt’. He won three gold medals at the 201: Olympic Games in London, UK. He defended all three titles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeira by winning gold in the 100 metres, gq 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay, — @ Answer the questions below. © When was Usain Bolt born? © How many gold me d ® Where was Usain Bolt born? he win at the 2016 Scanned with CamScanner3 Creatures great and small Traditional tales Traditional stories: * may come from different Look at the pictures and talk about the questions. Then read the story. pets oft Aa e world. e What is the story about? * are usually old. e Where does the story take place? * were often spoken rather e Who is the main character in ihomeatien down. the story? The Ugly Duckling A long time ago, on a farm, a mother duck sat on her eggs, waiting for them to hatch. One, two, three yellow ducklings came out of the shells. One more egg still had to hatch. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Out came a rather different looking duckling. Mother duck led her children to anearby pond. First the three fluffy, yellow ducklings and then the scruffy brown one. He didn’t Jook much like a duckling at all! Mother duck began to teach the ducklings to swim. But the yellow ducklings did not want the scruffy duckling to join in. They said he was too ugly. Scanned with CamScannerThe ugly duckling got out of the, Mother duck was cross with hime The ugly duckling was saq. The ugly duckling wandered off the farm. He felt alone. All the f animals stared at him. ’ The cows mooed, the geese cackled the hens clucked. The ugly duckli very frightened and ran way. The geese chased Scanned with CamScannerNN eee OS Oe The ugly duckling was all alone. ‘No one wants me,” he said. He Stayed at the pond fora long time. The weather began to change and the leaves fell from the trees. The weather grew colder, wetter and windier. One day the ugly duckling | looked up and saw two large birds flying across the sky. “T wonder where they are going,” he thought as he gazed up at the sky. The two large birds kept on flying. Winter set in and the lonely duckling spent his days trying to keep warm. He was growing bigger and one day he noticed that some of his feathers were falling out too. Slowly more feathers fell out and others grew in their place. The new feathers were a different colour. Stop reading here. In pairs talk about how you think the story will end. Explain why you think this. Scanned with CamScannerThe weather began to change, It became warmer and lea: the trees. The sun was shinin, ugly duckling looked down ang ction in the water. a refle : «what is this? Why is it so close to me?” he asked. He stretched his neck and the bi stretched its neck too. Suddenly, } knew what had happened. Hi a duck at all. He was a beautifu Next day he met another beaut swan just like him, and they ‘ through the water. A group of di looked on in amazement. Every the beautiful swan and his friend in the pond where he first | to swim. Scanned with CamScannerorogggceeney h ; Remember! 0 Answer the questions below. lagoon e How many eggs hatched? understand any parts of the story, e How many ducklings were yellow? ask a partner or e What did mother duck teach the ducklings? your teacher what e Where did the ugly duckling wander off to? _*heymean e Who chased the ugly duckling back to the pond? @ What did ugly duckling see in the sky? @ Read the sentences below. Copy the sentences that are true. @ The yellow ducklings wanted to swim with the ugly duckling. e All the farm animals stared at the ugly duckling. © The geese chased the ugly duckling back to the pond. © The reflection in the water was of a swan. The swan lived with his friend on a different pond. © PAIR WORK. Talk about the different types of weather in the story. a - FEN SH? © Write a sentence about each peste ded Ge ot t privé ee Scanned with CamScanner| Word boo, | n. : story aga! ' Read the y words that you i Wiig ~ e\ ds with a partner to WOE Word boot don’t know. Write down an @ Talk about the wor out their meaning. @ Read the words in the box. mooed cackled clucked Find the words in the story. @ Copy and complete the sentences below. © The hens ________ as the farmer fed them. © The cows _______ when they were being milked. © The goose ____ when she laid an egg. © Write the answers to the questions below. © Who said this? “No one wants me.” fe ho might have said these words? Scanned with CamScannerHOOLCLL LS. Remember! pAIR WORK. What is the plural of each of aii, these words? Say the words, Beareyaey an wom hild plural forms of m an chil f goose Oot person some nouns are [veakng, listening and writing) ater @ PAIR WORK. Talk about the setting of the story. tend you are one of the other animals in the story. rat your pata” what you saw. The pictures will help. Scanned with CamScanners below. Write the sentences that are Read the sentence: n the wild. Farm animals live i @ Some farm animals graze in fields. Farm animals can provide food. @ An elephant is a farm animal. e Vets look after farm animals. oococeececoe pp ve eee eee - Remember! @ PAIR WORK. Choose a farm When talking with a pare animal to research. * Take turns to speak, — + Try to say something J @ Draw and label :. picture of different each time, your farm animal. * Listen carefully when’ : partner is speaking. © Write five interesting facts eed about your farm animal. Scanned with CamScanner0 you think a swan ora duck would b p gas pet? Read the words in the box. : Copy the headings and write the animal names in two lists. Animals we can eep as pets Animals we should duck mouse fox not keep as pets f horse tiger elephant goldfish rabbit cat swan hamster PAIR WORK. Talk about the questions below. >. | ® What would a pet animal need? * How would you look after a pet animal? You have asked a friend to look after your pet fora short time. Write a note telling your friend what they will need to do. You could use some of the sentence openings below. ® Inthe morning.. © Afterschool. @ At the weekend .. ocala ss wil Scanned with CamScannertwo poems sile Read the : 0 partner which po @ Tell your Caterpillar creepy crawly caterpillar Looping UP and down, Furry tufts of hair along Your back of golden brown. You will soon be wrapped in silk, Asleep for many a day; And then, a handsome butterfly, You'll stretch and fly away. By Mary Dawson @ Make a list of all the words the poets used to describe caterpillars. @ Read the poems again. Find the words that rhi i Bard below. yme with each © ‘down’ rhymes with © ‘die’ rhymes with ntly on your own. em you like best and why, ee Ik’ rhymes with ow The Caterpillar” Brown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry; Take your walk To the shady leaf o May no toad spy you, May the little birds f Spin and die, To live again a DI By Christina Georgina R HELELLHLL LIN Remember! When the endi sound the san words, rhyme. s Scanned with CamScannerLook at the pictures. Write the words. Copy and complete the sentences, Use the correct word from the box. to too e The ground is_____ wet = dig. e What does a duck like eat? e We go _________ school on a bus. e It is See To lay outside. © He is _ Seema reach the peg. € Copy and complete the sentences below. ® It is hot in the sun. @ Aswan has ___ wings. ®Iwent____ play in the park. © The box is__————s#Reaavy carry. ® There are___—S—S—Ss cakes left on the plate. Thinking time Scanned with CamScanner@ Look at the pictures. What do you think this story will be about? @ Talk about the two characters that you can see in the pictures. Then read the text. Kind Emma lived all alone with no one to talk to. One night, a little voice called, “Oh, dear Emma, oh! Where can I go in the wind and in the snow?” “Come into my house,” said Kind Emma. She opened the door and a tiny thing scuttled in. It was almost too small to be seen. Then the little voice said: “Oh, dear Emma, oh! Your fire has burned low And I shiver so!” “Tl make the fire glow for you,” said Kind Emma, and she poked the fire. Scanned with CamScanner os = —_———————it I have,” said Kind Emma. soup and a very small spoon on the table. hidden. It was afraid to come out.