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• What do you see on the cover picture?

• Where do you think the children were?
• What plant was that behind them?
• Where can we usually see this plant?
• Why do you think the title of the story is “on the stage”?
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WILD WEST – the western United States in the past (1865-1895)

when there were many cowboys and there were no laws, the life
back then was rough.

• What did the children dress up like?

• What kind of skirt did Wilma wear?
• Have you ever seen cowboys before?
• What do they do?
• What do you see behind the children?
• Were there really horses on the stage?
(JUST PICTURE A PICTURE FOR A BACKGROUND.)

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* What was everybody doing? • Who do you think Biff was ringing?
* Why did they need to stay late in the practice?
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• Do you also already have your own phone? Do you always call your
Mum to fetch you up?
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• Why were Wilma and Wilf in Biff’s room?
• Where do you think were Chip and Kipper?
• What was Wilma’s wish?
• Where do you think the magic key would take them this time?

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• What kind of place was it?
• Do you think it was a dangerous place to be in?
• Why did Wilma say that the desert was an amazing
place to be?
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• What was that coming towards them?
STAGECOACH – a horse-drawn passenger and mail coach(carriage) running on a
regular schedule between established stops.
• Would the people on the carriage see the children?
• Do you think they were bad people?
• If you were there with the children, how would you approach the people
on the stagecoach?
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PULL UP – when a vehicle pulls up, the vehicle slows down and stops. • Why do you think these people were using stagecoach not a car?
• What were on the stagecoach?
• What were the people doing inside the carriage when it halted? • * ASK FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
(playing cards)
• What happened to the driver’s meal?
• Do you think the people on the stagecoach would get mad at the children?
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• What were the children’s excuse when the man asked them why were they in the middle • Where did the children seat?
of the desert? • Why do you think the children went with these people?
• Why was the man pointing to that direction? • Weren’t they scared?
• What did the man say to the children?
• Why was the woman seeming scared? • * ASK FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

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TRAIL – A TRACK OR A WAY.
• Look at the way, what do you see? (bumpy and cracked)
• Why was the land cracked? PREDICT.
• What happened to the stagecoach’s wheels?
• Were they in a dangerous situation?
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buck – (to move in an abrupt, jerky way)
when a horse bucks, it jumps and kicks its back legs out behind it.
• Why did the horse buck?
• What do you call the rope that the driver was pulling? (rein)
• Why do drivers of horses need reins?
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• In which direction Biff and one of the passengers pointing their
• What happened to the stagecoach?
fingers to?
• What did the driver say about help?
• What did they see from afar?
• What was Wilma putting on her head?
• Why was there a smoke?
• What were the passengers doing? • What were the horses doing when they stopped?
• Why do you think the stagecoach wouldn’t budge?

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• What is Biff doing in the picture?

• Do you think a desert is a dangerous place?
• Whose idea was that?
• What danger do you think were waiting for them?
• Was it a nice idea?
(TALK ABOUT THE WILD ANIMALS AND BAD PEOPLE THAT MIGHT ATTACK THEM.)
• Why couldn’t Biff use her mobile phone to call for help?

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• Who were these people and what were they doing in the desert? GANG – an organized group
• What was the man in blue suit holding? (TELESCOPE) • Could these men help the stagecoach out of the crack?
• What is a telescope for? • Why do you think these people were wiling to help the stagecoach?
• What did they need to have? (levers and ropes)
• What is a railroad?
RAIL ROAD – a track for trains
• What did the boss see through his telescope?
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• What was the boss saying to its man?

• How many people helped?
• Why did they need to have lots of men to do the job?
• SET OFF – begin a journey
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Can you make a sentence using the phrase set off?

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• Look at the driver, why do you think he seemed so surprise?

• What moment of time do you think the children were brought home by the magic key?
• What did Wilma bring home from the wild West?

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• Do you think the magic adventure to Wild West helped

the children for this performance?
• In what ways?

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Words reviewing practice.

1. Wilma’s skirt had a _________ along the edge.

A. fringe B. fridge C. friend

2. A ________ was racing along the desert trail.

A. stage B. stagecoach C. car

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3. The stagecoach ___________ when it saw the children.

A. set off B. pull up C. put up

4. The edge of the trail was bumpy and _____________.

A. cracked

B. dodged

C. hanged

5. The stagecoach ______________ again.

A. pull up

B. pull down

C. set off

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 Retell the book by yourself
Please retell the story
1. What happened in the beginning?
2. What is the problem in the story?
3. How did they solve the problem?
4. What happened in the end?

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Let’s Play!

Find the ff. words in the puzzle.

L L P N K
• trail I M H K C
• crack
• phone A E O A A
R N N P R
T N E K C

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