14 Mr Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mr Wonka was standing all alone just inside the open gates of the factory. And what an extraordinary little man he was! He had a black top hat on his head. He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-coloured velvet. His trousers were bottle green. His gloves were pearly grey. And in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane. Covering his chin, there was a small, neat, pointed black beard – a goatee. And oh, how clever he looked! Suddenly, he did a funny little skipping dance in the snow, and he spread his arms wide, and he smiled at the five children who were clustered near the gates, and he called out, 'Welcome, my little friends! His voice was high and flutey. The big fat boy stepped up. 'Augustus!' Mr Wonka was clearly just as excited as everybody else. 'My dear Veruca! The next two children, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee, came forward to have their tickets examined and then to have their arms practically pumped off their shoulders by the energetic Mr Wonka. 'Charlie!'
We Tell Stories - Stories Six Stories Week 1:The 21 Steps with Charles Cumming "I was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time." One minute, Rick Blackwell is sightseeing at St. Pancras in London; the next, he's caught up in a conspiracy that takes him far away from home. Week 2:Slice with Toby Litt "Oh I've been a bad girl, a very bad girl..." Lisa (Slice to her friends) has moved to London with her parents to separate her from 'bad influences'. Week 3:Fairy Tales with Kevin Brooks Once upon a time ... ... there was a fairy tale, a story of castles, forests, princesses, giants and dragons. Choose the names of the characters, choose their adversaries, shape their adventure and then share the customized story. Week 4:Your Place and Mine with Nicci French The story of a relationship. This week, from Monday 7th to Friday 11th, bestselling authors Nicci French perform a high-wire act of storytelling. Week 5:Hard Times with Matt Mason & Nicholas Felton Hard Times for Our Times - the infographic edition with Mohsin Hamid
Free Word Games, Vocabulary Building Exercises, English Language Quizzes Looking for mobile games? Create words on the letter wheels Mastermind variation with words Illuminate the hidden word with your mouse Fill in the blanks to finish the arithmetic problem Reading Skills: A compilation of games created by devoted teachers and organizations. Language Arts and Reading Skills Mixed: Literacy Games and Activities More Spelling Games Reading Comprehension Many Reading Comprehension Games on One Page! Main Idea and Details The Mixed-Up Chameleon Yippee Yay! What's the Big Idea? Helping Out Sleep is for Everyone Ants: Choose the Clues Fun With Fish Where Do Frogs Come From? Making Observations Making Observations Drawing Conclusions Show What You Know More Practice Inferences Based on Characters Practice Pen Pals Reading Rockets Making Inferences 1 - These are fun! Reading Rockets Making Inferences 2 Reading Rockets Making Inferences 3 Reading Rockets Making Inferences 4 Cause and Effect Flippy's Adventures Cause and Effect Detective Cause and Effect Matching Game Reading Skills Rocket Cause and Effect 1 Reading Skills Rocket Cause and Effect 2 Cause and Effect Test Tutor 1 Cause and Effect Test Tutor 2 Cause Building Background Reality and Make-Believe (Fantasy) Paul Bunyan The Secret Life of Trees - Fact and Fiction Monitor and Fix Up Strategy Predicting Nouns Verbs
Klondike - Rush for Gold In the summer of 1897 two ocean going steamers landed on the west coast of the United States. One ship, The Excelsior, landed in San Francisco and three days later The Portland landed in Seattle. Down the gangplank of these two ships went a rag-tag group of men and women carrying sacks of gold. Some walked down the docks with $5,000 worth of gold while others had over $100,000 worth. The miners told of the rich claims they had staked one year earlier on a series of small creeks flowing into the Klondike River. This new goldfield, in the northwest corner of Canada, was said to be the richest gold find in all of history with enough work for tens of thousands of people. The Dawson City Museum presents a glimpse of the journey to the harsh north country of Alaska and Yukon.
Kamratbedömning förbättrar skrivande i engelska Hennes licentiatsavhandling Learning from giving feedback: Insights from EFL writing classrooms in a Swedish lower secondary school baseras på observationer och insamling av elevtexter från två klasser i årskurs 8. De arbetade i ett tre veckor långt arbetsområde med att lära sig att skriva svarsbrev på engelska. I arbetsområdet ingick att medverka till att ta fram bedömningskriterier och att i grupper läsa, bedöma och kommentera andra elevers svarsbrev. Viktigt att involvera eleverna – Jag tycker att det är viktigt att involvera eleverna i skolans bedömningspraktik, det ger dem möjlighet att ta ett större ansvar för sitt eget lärande. – När jag själv använt mig av kamratbedömning i min undervisning så har eleverna ibland frågat varför de skall lägga tid på att hjälpa andra i deras lärande. Gjorde ändringar i sina egna texter Insikter om elevernas syn på lärande – Jag har fått nya insikter i vad som påverkar elevers lärande och inte minst hur eleverna själva ser på lärande.
Orca Book Publishers Orca Book Publishers get in touch © 2015 Orca Book Publishers. Tripppin - Learn English Around The World 40+ Best Books for Boys Ages 8-14 40+ of the absolute BEST books for boys in their pre-tween, tween and teenage years. Let me start by saying that my now-teenage boys are not avid bookworms. They’re decent readers, but my sons don’t just hunker down with a book whenever they’re bored. They’d just rather be doing something rather than reading – like throwing a baseball or watching hockey game. My boys, however, always loved it when I read to them, and I did, every night, from the time they were babies until they were far too old for bedtime stories. They’d never forgive me. Want to know a secret though? Boy Reading/Shutterstock As much as I adored reading to them when they were toddlers and little boys, for me, it got better and better as they got older! We would dive into these great chapter books, and tackle trilogies and series’, and just get lost in them for an hour or more every night. It took us the better part of a year to get through the Lemony Snicket series. Our all time favourite 40+ Best Books for Boys ages 8-16
Little Red Riding Hood All around the world children love listening to and reading fairy tales in their mother tongue. Whatever the reason, fairy tales provide both children and teachers with a familiar starting point from which to explore stories in a second language. This kit contains a variety of resources, from text and tasks to illustrations, flashcards and presentations, for you to download and use in your classroom. You can also find online and printable materials for learners on the British Council's LearnEnglish Kids website. Activities – a collection of activities related to the story Chants – a collection of spoken drill type activities Let's go to Grandma'sPlease don't play in the woodTummy, teeth and tailWhat a good girl! Flashcards – to help you to build up vocabulary and support understanding Working with flashcards (notes for teachers)CharactersBodyClothesFoodHomeLittle Red Riding HoodWoodWord cue cards Play – to help you to use the materials to produce a short play About this BritLit Kit
Extensive reading: why it is good for our students… and for us. What is Extensive Reading (ER)?Extensive Reading is often referred to but it is worth checking on what it actually involves. Richard Day has provided a list of key characteristics of ER (Day 2002). This is complemented by Philip Prowse (2002). Maley (2008) deals with ER comprehensively. Students read a lot and read often.There is a wide variety of text types and topics to choose from.The texts are not just interesting: they are engaging/ compelling.Students choose what to read.Reading purposes focus on: pleasure, information and general understanding.Reading is its own reward.There are no tests, no exercises, no questions and no dictionaries.Materials are within the language competence of the students.Reading is individual, and silent.Speed is faster, not deliberate and slow.The teacher explains the goals and procedures clearly, then monitors and guides the students.The teacher is a role model…a reader, who participates along with the students. So what are the benefits of ER? References.
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The Hitchhiker: Reading Comprehension As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock. Andrea shivered. The interior of the car was not cold, but the trees bending in the harsh wind and the patches of yesterday's snow still heaped in the fields made her feel chilly inside. MDH 1994 -- From a common urban legend Enjoy Your English: Poison by Roald Dahl Read Dahl's short story then answer the questions. POISON by Roald Dahl It must have been around when I drove home. 'Don't touch the bed! 'What is it, Harry?’ “A krait! 'I haven't been bitten,' he whispered, 'Not yet. 'You don't really mean there's a krait lying on your stomach now?' 'I was reading lying on my back and I felt something on my chest. Harry paused and was silent for a few moments. 'How long ago?' 'Hours,' he whispered. As a matter of fact it wasn't a surprising thing for a krait to do. 'Don't be a damn fool.' 'Why not?’ 'The light would frighten him. 'Why don't you get a doctor?' ‘A doctor. 'Dr Ganderbai,' I said. 'Hello, Mr Woods. Ganderbai said, 'Tell him to keep quite still. I went back to the bedroom. The beam of a headlamp shone through the window as Ganderbai's car swung around to the front of the bungalow I went out to meet him. 'First thing is to try to get some serum into him’, he said and he opened his bag and started to make preparations. 'No.' That is best.