Before You Read - Minnie May

Before You Read Minnie May

How the Whale Got His Throat

Reading

One day the knights were sitting at the Round Table. They were celebrating a religious holiday. Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Then there was a strong light. A green bowl1 covered with a cloth moved…

Understanding the text - The Game

One afternoon Susan took the Moreno children to Washington Square. They played in the small playground. Then they went to the duck pond. The children liked feeding the ducks in the pond. But the ducks…

Word square

These words are connected to Washington Square: ducks fertilizer festival fish flowers grass landmark playground rain water How are they connected? Write a sentences using each one.

Irregular past simple verbs from the story

For each verb in the table write or say a sentence about Robinson Crusoe. Write a story of your own in a maximum of 100 words using at least twelve of the verbs from the table.

Reading

‘Well, Mrs Warren, I’m sorry but I can’t help you. I have other things to do,’ said Sherlock Holmes, looking at the papers on his desk. But Mrs Warren did not go away. ‘You helped my lodger1…

Let's find out more about these Victorian writers

Choose one of the authors above, or another from the late 19th to early 20th centuries and find out more about their lives and the books they wrote. Prepare a report for the class.

Count, trace and match.

Count, trace and match. My holidays

Speaking: entertainment - the cinema (T: Grade 4)

Discuss these questions. Where’s your nearest cinema? How often do you go there? What kind of films do you like watching? Would you like to see the 2008 film version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth?