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Decision timeIn Unit 1, you are going to read part of a longer story.
Vocabulary
nouns decisions, shadeverbs echoed, glanced, pretend, sweatingadjectives proud
1
Setting
This story takes place in a school.
Sometimes in our lives we have to make difficult decisions.
Characters
Mr Graham is a teacher. Sarah is a student. Wayne is a student.
Plot
Mr Graham sends the He goes to the staff room. children out to play.
Sarah is hot. She goes back In the empty classroom she into school to get a drink. sees Wayne.
• Why is Wayne in the classroom? • What do you think he is going to do? • What will Sarah do? Read the beginning of
the story and find out.
1 2
3 4
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The
Panam
a C
anal
2In
Un
it 2
, yo
u a
re g
oin
g to
rea
d tw
o n
on-fi
cti
on
tex
ts.
Voca
bula
ry
noun
s ca
nal
, car
go, d
itch
, lo
ck, t
oll,
ro
ute
, oce
an,
go
vern
men
t, jo
urn
eyve
rbs
link,
bla
st
Th
e se
cond
tex
t is
a fl
ow
dia
gra
m.
It e
xpla
ins
ho
w a
can
al lo
ck w
ork
s.
Ste
p 1
Th
e bo
at in
th
is p
ictu
re
wan
ts t
o c
on
tin
ue
up
the
can
al, w
her
e th
e w
ater
le
vel i
s h
igh
er. N
um
ber
1 ga
tes
ope
n a
nd
the
boat
co
mes
into
th
e lo
ck.
Ste
p 2
Wh
en t
he
boat
is in
th
e lo
ck b
oth
set
s o
f ga
tes
shu
t.
Th
e ca
nal
lin
ks t
he
Paci
fi c a
nd
Atl
anti
c O
cean
s an
d m
akes
th
e jo
urn
ey f
rom
on
e to
th
e o
ther
mu
ch s
ho
rter
an
d ea
sier
.
A fl
ow
dia
gra
m e
xpla
ins
thin
gs o
ne
step
at
a t
ime.
Th
is m
akes
it e
asy
to s
ee h
ow
so
met
hin
g w
ork
s.
Th
e fi rs
t te
xt g
ives
us
som
e in
form
ati
on
abo
ut
the
Pan
ama
Can
al.
It g
ives
us
a lo
t o
f fa
cts.
• w
hat
it is
•
wher
e it
is
It
is a
canal f
or
ship
s.
• w
hy
it w
as b
uilt
• w
hen
it w
as b
uilt
•
who
bu
ilt it
It w
as o
pen
ed in
191
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Journey to the centre of the Earth3
In Unit 3, you are going to read part of a science fiction story.
Vocabulary
nouns archaeologist, crater, surface, weapons, armour, scales, razor verbs relax, inhabit, doze, plunged adjectives eerie, fearful, hideous, ghastly, coilingadverbs uneventfully
Science fiction stories are often about strange imaginary places and creatures. This famous story is written like a diary.
Each chapter is about what happens on a different day.
Characters
Professor van Harry is the professor’s Hans is a guide. Hardwigg nephew. He wroteis an archaeologist. about their adventures in his diary.
Setting
Plot
This part of the story is set on an ocean at the centre of the Earth!
They discovered some rather frightening creatures!Professor van
Hardwigg, discovered a map which showed how to get to the centre of the Earth.
The professor, Harry and Hans discovered an ocean at the centre of the Earth. They made a raft to cross the ocean. Read all about our
adventures in my diary!
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Touri
sm4
In U
nit
4, y
ou
are
go
ing
to r
ead
a dis
cuss
ion
on
th
e go
od
and
bad
thin
gs a
bou
t to
uri
sm.
Tou
rist
s sp
end
mo
ney
in t
he
cou
ntr
y:
at re
stau
rant
s in
hot
els v
isitin
g pla
ces
buy
ing so
uven
irs
Th
e co
un
try
impr
ove
s it
s se
rvic
es t
o e
nco
ura
ge
tou
rist
s. I
t pr
ovi
des:
bett
er ro
ads
be
tter
airp
orts
b
ette
r tele
phon
e sys
tem
s
Tou
rist
s ca
n m
ake
a pl
ace:
crow
ded
n
oisy
dirty
Farm
ers
sell
thei
r la
nd
to
mak
e ro
om
fo
r m
ore
ho
tels
.
Voca
bula
ry
noun
s to
uri
st, c
ult
ure
, so
uve
nir
s, g
ifts
, ser
vice
s, b
enefi
ts,
em
plo
ymen
t, s
ewag
e, h
abit
atve
rbs
dum
p, g
raze
, des
tro
yad
ject
ives
lo
cal
Can
yo
u t
hin
k o
f an
y m
ore
go
od
and
bad
thin
gs a
bou
t to
uri
sm?
Rea
d th
e dis
cuss
ion
abo
ut
tou
rism
in t
he
un
it
and
find
ou
t m
ore
.
Sm
all h
arbo
urs
are
tak
en
ove
r by
to
uri
st b
oat
s.
A d
iscu
ssio
n t
ext
give
s yo
u a
nu
mbe
r o
f dif
fere
nt
poin
ts o
f vi
ew o
n a
su
bjec
t.H
ere
are
som
e dis
adva
nta
ges
o
f to
uri
sm.
Her
e ar
e so
me
adva
nta
ges
of
tou
rism
.
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Escape from the Castle of DoomIn Unit 5, you are going to read part of a fantasy adventure story.
Vocabulary
nouns companions, warrior, knight, patrol, dungeon, courtyard, guardroom, statues, gagverbs captured, rescue, froze, beckonedadjectives trustedadverb cautiously, incredibly
5
Characters
SettingCastle of DoomIt is at the top of a high, rocky mountain.
Plot
A fantasy is a story that shows lots of imagination and is very different from real life.
I’m Princess Petronella. The Duke of Doom has captured me and keeps me in the Castle of Doom.
I’m Braveheart. I’m a knight.
My name’s Sapphire. Princess Petronella is my best friend.
My name is Midge. I am very short. I am incredibly strong!
I’m Sterling. I’m a warrior.
Braveheart and his friends try to rescue Princess Petronella from the Castle of Doom. Will they succeed? Read the story and find out!
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Wri
ting let
ters
6In
Un
it 6
, yo
u a
re g
oin
g to
rea
d tw
o d
iffe
ren
t le
tter
s.
Voca
bula
ry
noun
s co
mpl
ain
t, d
isgr
ace,
ger
ms,
dis
ease
, co
un
cil
adje
ctiv
es
his
tori
c, a
sham
ed, u
nh
ygie
nic
Car
a’s
seco
nd
lett
er w
as v
ery
diff
eren
t.
Car
a w
rote
her
fi rs
t le
tter
to
th
e ed
ito
r o
f th
e lo
cal n
ewsp
aper
. It
is a
le
tter
of
com
pla
int.
Sh
e do
es n
ot
like
the
pollu
tio
n in
th
e ce
ntr
e o
f h
er
tow
n.
Car
a w
rote
her
lett
er in
para
gra
phs
so t
hat
it is
ea
sy t
o r
ead.
• Fi
rst
she
said
so
me
thin
gs a
bou
t h
er t
ow
n t
hat
sh
e lik
ed.
• T
hen
sh
e co
mpl
ain
ed a
bou
t th
e po
lluti
on
in h
er
to
wn
. Sh
e sa
id w
hat
sh
e di
d n
ot
like
abo
ut
it.
• La
st o
f al
l, sh
e as
ked
wh
y th
e lo
cal c
ou
nci
l wer
e
n
ot
keep
ing
the
tow
n c
lean
.
Wh
y do
yo
u t
hin
k I w
rote
my
lett
er t
o t
he
loca
l new
spap
er?
17 G
rant
Roa
dLu
ton
Bedf
ords
hire
Dea
r A
nna,
How
are
you
? I
hope
you
like
you
r ne
w ho
use.
Wha
t’s y
our
new
scho
ol li
ke?
Is it
as
good
as
ours
? H
ave
you
mad
e so
me
good
new
fri
ends
? I
still
mis
s yo
u ve
ry m
uch.
Last
mon
th, M
um a
nd D
ad t
ook
me
ice
skat
ing.
I k
ept
falli
ng
over
at
the
begi
nnin
g bu
t so
on g
ot b
ette
r at
it!
Wh
at d
o y
ou
th
ink
I sai
d ab
ou
t th
e po
lluti
on
?
• W
hat
do
yo
u t
hin
k C
ara
said
in t
he
rest
of
her
lett
er?
• D
o y
ou
like
th
e w
ay C
ara
ende
d h
er le
tter
?
Do
writ
e so
on a
nd le
t m
e kn
ow h
ow y
ou a
re.
I ho
pe y
ou e
njoy
the
book
.Lo
ve
Cara
I wro
te t
o m
y fr
ien
d, A
nn
a. It
is f
rien
dlie
r th
an m
y fi r
st le
tter
! I p
ut
my
addre
ss a
t th
e to
p.
I wro
te t
his
lett
er in
para
gra
phs,
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The TV Game Show
In Unit 7, you are going to read Scene 1 of a play.
Vocabulary
nouns audience, expenses, pause, fanfare, folks, chance, disappointmentverbs congratulate, applaud, cheer, remind, stiradjectives horrid, apprehensive, fortunateadverbs anxiously
7
Scene 1 takes place in a TV studio.A game show is being filmed. It is called ‘Your Golden Chance.’
My name is Anna. My name is Larry.I’m eleven years old. I’m the presenter of the show.I am trying to win a holiday. You can win a great holiday or a horrid holiday.
• Where do you think Anna would like to go? • What sort of holiday would you like to win?
Here is the beginning of Scene 1.
Scene 1 In the TV studio Anna is a girl of 11 years of age, and is in a TV studio. She is with a TV presenter, Larry, who is holding a microphone. On the table is a big gold box, labelled ‘Your Golden Chance’. A cameraman is filming them. A studio audience is watching the show.
Larry [looks towards camera and smiles at Anna] Well done, Anna. You’ve won over three thousand pounds in prize money. How do you feel about that?Audience [applaud and cheer]Anna Wow! That’s great!
This opening paragraph tells you: 1 where the scene is set 2 who is in it 3 what is happening.
These are the names of the characters. They show the actor when to speak.
These are the stage directions. They tell the actors what to do.
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The hidden persuaders8
Vocabulary
nouns agency, company, bargain, jingleverbs persuade, design, aim at, impress, emphasiseadjectives advertising, brilliant, wild
In Unit 8, you are going to see an advertisement.
• What is your favourite advertisement?
• What does it try to persuade you to do?
• What do you like about it?
My name is Emma. I work for an advertising agency. Here is an advertisement for a new chocolate bar. What do you like about it?
clear title
includes some facts uses
interesting words
fi nishes with a catchy jingle
Don’t get left out.Buy one. Try one. Get one now!
Choco-Crunch... too good to miss.
It’s smooth
It’s dreamy
It’s crunchy
It’s creamy
It’s tasty
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Rea
din
g P
oet
ry9
In U
nit
9, y
ou
are
go
ing
to r
ead
two
poem
s.
Voca
bula
ry
noun
s ch
oru
s, p
lan
et, s
tam
p, r
hyt
hm
, bea
t
verb
s be
lch
es, w
hin
es, p
aral
yses
ad
ject
ives
ev
il, in
visi
ble
The
Mos
t Im
port
ant R
apI a
m a
n as
tron
aut
I cir
cle
the
star
sI w
alk
on th
e m
oon
I tra
vel t
o M
ars
I am
bra
ve a
nd ta
llTh
ere
is n
othi
ng I
fear
A
nd I
am th
e m
ost i
mpo
rtan
t per
son
here
.
Th
e se
cond p
oem
is a
rap
po
em.
Th
e po
em m
ust
be
read
wit
h a
go
od
rhyt
hm
an
d bea
t.
Prac
tise
th
e fi r
st v
erse
to
geth
er –
th
en r
ead
the
wh
ole
po
em in
yo
ur
boo
k.
The
spac
e m
onst
er
Cho
rus
Spin
a c
oin,
spi
n a
coin
, all
fall
dow
n;
A st
rang
e sp
ace
mon
ster
’s la
nded
in to
wn.
Vers
e 1
It b
reat
hes
out f
ire
and
belc
hes
smok
e.
Its
thic
k, b
lack
bre
ath
will
mak
e yo
u ch
oke.
Th
e fi rs
t po
em is
abo
ut
a sp
ace
mo
nst
er.
It is
div
ided
into
fi ve
ver
ses.
It
has
a c
ho
rus
betw
een
eac
h v
erse
.A
choru
s is
wh
en t
he
sam
e w
ord
s ar
e re
peat
ed
seve
ral t
imes
.
• D
o y
ou
th
ink
it’s
go
ing
to b
e a
frie
ndl
y m
on
ster
?•
Ho
w m
any
lines
are
th
ere
in e
ach
a) c
ho
rus?
b)
vers
e?•
Do
th
e lin
es r
hym
e in
th
e ch
oru
s an
d
vers
e ab
ove
?
Her
e ar
e th
e ch
oru
s an
d th
e fi r
st v
erse
.
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Anwar and Ashraf
In Unit 10, you are going to read a short play. It teaches us that it is a good idea to be generous and share what we have.
Vocabulary nouns travellers, conversation, insultadjectives fantastic, ridiculous, selfi shverbs overhearing, divideadverbs exactly, extremely
10
Anwar: (pulling Ashraf’s sleeve) Am I seeing things? Is that a lovely, fresh loaf of bread?
Ashraf: (excitedly) Yes, it is. I wonder why it’s there.
Anwar: Someone must have left it there for poor, hungry travellers like us.
The narrator tells us what is happening.
These are the characters in the play.
Anwar Ashraf the stranger
The setting of the play is a deserted Indian market in a village. It is dusk.
The plot is about two tired, hungry men who fi nd a loaf of bread.
What do you think Anwar and Ashraf do with the bread?
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Tigers
In Unit 11, you are going to read some facts about tigers.
Vocabulary nouns swamps, territory, peacocksadjectives endangered, rare, commonverbs protect, die out, pounces
11
• The facts are organised under subheadings.
Looking at tigers Where tigers live Hunting for food
• Under each subheading the facts are written in paragraphs.
When we start writing a new paragraph we can leave a space and begin a new line.The fi rst paragraph is about male tigers.The second paragraph is about female tigers.
• The writer also uses: photographs so the reader can see the tigers.
• Factual writing like this is usually in the present tense.
Female tigers are smaller than males.
Looking at tigersA tiger is a fi erce, strong cat that hunts in forests and jungles.Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. A male tiger may be longer than a car and weighs more than two adult men. A tiger’s tail is over0.6 metres long.
Female tigers are smaller than males …
Tigers are the only big cats that are striped all over.
captions which explain the photographs.
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Black Beauty
In Unit 12, you are going to read part of a much longer story. The story was written a long time ago when people travelled by horse and carriage.
Vocabulary
nouns stable lad, yard, bridleadjectives uncomfortable, nervous, dreadfulverbs sensed, trusted, dartedadverbs gently, quietly, lightly
12
Black Beauty, Ginger and the other horses are sleeping in the stable.
The stable catches fire. What will happen to the horses?
Characters
Black Beauty is a horse. Ginger is Black James is the The stableHe is the narrator of Beauty’s friend. driver. lad. the story.
Plot
1st person narrativeThe story is told by Black Beauty. He was in the stable when it caught fire. We read about what happened from his point of view. He uses the 1st person pronouns I and we.
He tells the reader: • what he saw ‘The air was thick with smoke.’
• what he heard ‘I could hear Ginger coughing.’
• what he felt He felt ‘very uncomfortable’ and ‘very nervous’.
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Grace DarlingIn Unit 13, you are going to read about a daring rescue.It is part of the biography of Grace Darling.
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Vocabulary
nouns lighthouse, dawn, sealsadjectives ferocious, terrible, faintverbs drift, pleaded, relieved, sweptadverbs slightly, forcefully, selflessly
A biography is the story of a person’s life (or part of their life) that is written by another person.
The biography tells us what happens:
Grace Darling lived in a lighthouse.
A ship sank near the lighthouse.
Grace and her father rowed out to the rocks. Did they rescue the people?
The biography tells us how people felt as well as what they did.
The captain was relieved when he saw the light.Grace was horrified when she saw the people on the rocks.The people were terrified.
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Vocabulary
nouns lighthouse, dawn, sealsadjectives ferocious, terrible, faint, relievedverbs drift, pleaded, sweptadverbs slightly, forcefully, selflessly
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Stig of the dumpIn Unit 14, you are going to read part of a longer story.
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Vocabulary
nouns flint, wreckage, clump, shelteradjectives rickety, crumbly, funnyverbs peered, loopedadverbs desperately, beneath
Characters
At this point in the story, there is only one character.A young boy called Barney.
SettingThis part of the story takes place in a chalk pit. The writer uses lots of describing words to help you build up a picture of the setting in your mind.
PlotThis is the beginning of Barney’s adventure.He goes to the chalk pit, looks over the edge and falls in!He falls through the roof of a shelter.Whose shelter is it?Who lives in the chalk pit?
‘huge hole’
‘strings of ivy’
‘crumbly, brown earth’
‘strange bits of wreckage’
‘trees hung over the edge’
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Where does our rubbish go?
Vocabulary
nouns dustbin, landfi ll site, soilverbs crushed, rotsadverbs relatively, regularly
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The information is written in two ways.
A fl ow diagram • shows each step of what happens to the rubbish • is written in the order which it happens • has drawings to help you understand what is happening
List of advantages and disadvantagesThere are good things and bad things about how we get rid of our rubbish. Here are some of them.
Most people have bins in their houses which keep fi lling up with rubbish. Different sorts of rubbish is thrown away in different rooms in the house.
When our bins are full, we empty them into a dustbin outside.
Advantages Disadvantages
We have to put our rubbish When rubbish rots, it makessomewhere. Landfi ll sites are a gas which can be bad for relatively cheap. They are the environment.easy to use.
In Unit 15, you are going to read information about how rubbish is collected.
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The One That Got AwayIn Unit 16, you are going to read a short story called ‘The One That Got Away’.
Vocabulary
nouns assembly, creepy-crawlies, contributionadjectives rare, boring, glossy, frillyverbs eavesdropping, intended, kicked offadverbs carefully, definitely, rapidly
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The author is Jan Marks.
CharactersThe characters are the teacher and students in Class Four.
Mrs Cooper is the teacher. Malcolm is the main character.
SettingMost of the story takes place in the classroom.
PlotMrs Cooper tells Class Four that they must bring in something interesting to talk about.All Malcolm’s friends have something interesting to talk about.
Malcolm doesn’t know what to bring in.Then he has a great idea!
Can you guess what Malcolm brought to school in a matchbox?Here’s a clue: the teacher and the students were frightened!
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Interview with John LittleIn Unit 17, you are going to read an interview.
Vocabulary
nouns memory, advice, abroadadjectives famous, jealousverbs fascinated, decided
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In an interview: • one person asks the questions the interviewer• one person answers the questions the interviewee
What other questions do you think the interviewer asked John about his memories of school?
In this unit John Little is the interviewee.
John Little is being interviewed because he is a children’s author.He wrote ‘Escape from the Castle of Doom’ in unit 5.
The interviewer asks some interesting questions about John’s memories of school. John Little gives quite long, interesting answers. He answers the questions fully.
Where did you go to school?
I went to school in Folkestone, Kent, in England. My first school was Mundella Primary School. When I was eleven, I went to the Harvey Grammar School. (This school was named after William Harvey. He was a famous scientist.)
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Vocabulary
nouns memory, adviceadjectives famous, jealousverbs fascinated, decided
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Memories of schoolIn Unit 18, you are going to read some poems about school.
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Vocabulary
nouns schoolyardverbs picksadjectives eager
What do you think the word might be?
Getting it right!Students sitting at their desks Chatting and writing Hands up, answering questions
What I remember?
Bells ringingFeet shuffl ingChairs scrapingTeachers talkingStudents listening
Left out!Standing in the schoolyard Waiting for the game, I don’t know why I bother, It always ends the same.
The fi rst poem is an acrostic.The fi rst letter of each line spells a word.
The second poem is a list poem.
Is the poet remembering what she saw or what she heard?
The third poem is a rhyming poem.
Look at the title. What do you think the poet remembers about school?
The fourth poem is a haiku.
What can you remember about haikus?
First day of schoolWhat will it be like?
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