READING

pairs, tell your

partner about a special
present someone gave you. va
dn Pete wrote about special memories in
N d ODjects A-F. What present did their online school maga ne.
Anja get? What present did Pete ge:
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HILL CREST ACADEMY
Special Memories PETE, AGE 14
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ANJA, AGE 13
My special memory isn't from very long ago. I was
My special
We were
memory is from when I was three opening presents on my 13th birthday. My older brotk
staying with my years old.
in the grandparents at their house gave me a large box. It was very hard. What could it he
country. They lived in an old be? I opened it and felt inside. I'm blind, so I
I
remember the house was wooden house. needed
always cold and it was near touch everything because Ican t see. It was
a forest.
VWhen it was time for smooth an
bed, Grandma took me round. I remember thinking 'It's a leather football
upstairs to read me a and
story. On my bed there was a feeling upset. I can't play football because I can't see
lovely wool blanket. It was the ball. I picked it up. It telt quite
touching it and it was really colourful. I remember heavy, and it made
it tor soft. 'It's yours. I made
so, so a noise.
My brother told me it was a special football for
you, my grandma said.
I still have the blind people. There are little metal balls inside
on
my bed at home. It looks blanket that mal
realy small there, but a noise when someone kicks or throws it. Perfect!
I remember Now
when I was I play football all the time.
younger seemed
it so big!
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Read the article again and VOCABULARY Adjectives for

answer the questions. describing objects
1 What was Anja's grandparents' house like?
2 When did Anja first see the blanket? 1 Match the words in the box to photos A-F.
3 What was it like?
4 Why do you think Anja remembers it as
big when EP colourful hard
in fact it's quite small? little
heavy large
5 Who was Pete's present from?
lovely old pretty
round small smooth soft
6 What did it feel like?
7 Why did he feel sad when he first felt the
present? Listen and check.
8 What happened when he took it out of the box 2 In pairs, describe the objects in the photos. Use the
and why?
adjectives from Exercise 1 and others you know.
Take turns to describe something in the classroom
TALKING POINTS
Anja's memory is from when she was three years
to your
partner for them to
the words from Exercise 1 guess what it is.
Use
to help
you.
old. What's your earliest memory?
Pete's memory is of his special football. What It's large, smooth and
colourful. It's
made of paper and it's on
other special things can help someone like Pete? the wall.

Yes. Amap?

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