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1www.elimagazines.com

This guide conTains:

~ information about the structure of the magazine~ a table of contents~ photocopiable activities. Ready for english corresponds to the A1 breakthrough level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (Strasbourg 1997). The magazine aims to meet the communication, grammar and vocabulary skills expected at this level.

sTRucTuRe of The magazine:

-~ Each issue of Ready for english starts with an introductory double-page spread where readers can discover short snippets of information about a specific festivity or important day of the year. A song, poem or rhyme often accompany the topic and are included on the audio materials available from the resources website www.elimagazines.com (in MP3 format). The audio materials help students to improve pronunciation skills and develop intonation. A karaoke version of the songs/poems is also included where children can sing along to the music.

~ The mini dictionary on pages 4-5 introduces a selection of vocabulary based on a chosen topic. The children are encouraged to find the new objects in the colourful illustration. The audio materials include recordings of all the vocabulary and help students to memorise new words in a fast and efficient way.

~ fun and games on pages 6-7 provides a selection of fun linguistic games (crosswords, anagrams, complete the sentences, colouring activities...) to help the children learn and practise the new vocabulary presented in the mini dictionary.

~ The pull-out Poster on pages 8-9 focuses on different aspects of the Anglophone world (posters can include an important monument, typical food, places of interest... ). The large photographic image captures the attention of the young reader and provides short and interesting facts.

~ story corner on pages 10-11 contains a short comic-strip story written specifically for young learners. Each story features our friendly characters, Skip the squirrel and Lucy the ladybird. Children love stories and are motivated at the thought of listening to one. For this reason the stories in each issue are recorded on the audio materials and provide further listening practice. The stories are based on the vocabulary topic introduced on pages 4-5 and allow students to see how the words are used in context. The stories can be used for a variety of activities: short drama activities to reinforce the target language; reorder the story pictures; guess what happens next; art activities in which students draw a picture of their favourite part/character of the story; speaking activities where students talk about a similar experience they might have had etc.

~ On pages 12-13 we take a look at a particular aspect of Anglophone culture (customs, traditions, places of interests... ). The culture site encourages young readers to compare their own customs with those of the English-speaking world.

~ On page 14 The Bric-a-brac page provides simple experiments, projects, recipes and craft activities to carry out in class or at home. They often encourage children to recycle household objects, therefore promoting them to be more ‘green’ and environmentally friendly!

~ meet a cartoon character on page 16 is a new page dedicated to popular and well-known cartoon characters. You’ll find information about a different character in each issue.

~ stickers and pull-out features: in every issue there are pull-out pages including stickers with basic language structures and phrases, craft activities and games.

For more information and online material visit: www.elimagazines.com

for english

Teacher’s guide 2014/2015

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issue 1 september / octoberactivity 1: a 1 pretty 2 thin 3 black 4 fat 5 ugly 6 green 7 red. She’s as pretty as a picture. B 1 ugly 2 blond 3 blue 4 thin 5 young. He’s young at heart. activity 2: open answersactivity 3: birds, children, world, heart.

issue 2 novemberactivity 1: open answersactivity 2: 1 lazy 2 chatty 3 happy 4 generous 5 angryactivity 3: 1 magazines 2 quiz 3 angry 4 drawing 5 animals 6 word 7 brave 8 lazy

issue 3 december / Januaryactivity 1: Horizontal – book, cakes, toy shop, skirt, trousers. Vertical – baker’s, doll, postcard1 Bookshop: book. 2 Baker’s: bread, cakes. 3 Toy shop: doll, jigsaw puzzle. 4 Newsagent’s: postcard. 5 Clothes shop: skirt, trousers. activity 2: 1 e, 2 h, 3 a, c. 4 b, g. 5 d, f. activity 3: shopping

issue 4 februaryactivity 1: Sample answers: On Monday he likes listening to music. On Tuesday he likes going to the park. On Wednesday he likes playing the guitar. On Thursday he likes meeting his friends. On Friday he likes watching TV. On Saturday he

likes going to the cinema. On Sunday he likes going swimming./ On Monday he listens to music. On Tuesday he goes to the park... etc. activity 2: 1 music 2 guitar 3 read 4 cinema 5 park 6 photos: stampsactivity 3: open answers

issue 5 march / april activity 1: 1 lemonade 2 ice cream 3 chips 4 cake 5 soup 6 vegetables 7 water 8 fruit salad 9 meatactivity 2: open answersactivity 3: sky, sun, evaporation, clouds, wind, precipitation, raindrops

issue 6 may / Juneactivity 1: 1 ship, Greece 2 plane, the UK 3 train, Spain 4 suitcase, France 5 the sea, the mountains.activity 2: A3, B5, C1, D4, E2activity 3: 1 She works at a travel agent’s. 2 He wants to go to the seaside. 3 She wants to go to the mountains. 4 Susi suggests a holiday in Greece.

Page 11: giant crossword1 trousers 2 sign 3 shop window 4 clothes shop 5 mum 6 soup 7 fish 8 sister 9 fruit salad 10 cake 11 book 12 plane 13 skirt 14 go swimming 15 bread 16 waiter 17 dad 18 chips 19 postcard 20 grandma

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Issue 1September/October

Issue 2November

Issue 3December/January

Issue 4February

Issue 5March/April

Issue 6May/June

song timepages 2-3

International Day of Peace

World Animal Day

Human Rights Day

2015 International Year of Light

World Water Day

International Friendship Day

mini dictionaryPages 4-5

About me

Adjectives

Shopping

Free time

At the restaurant

At the travel agent’s

story cornerPages 10-11

At the funfair

The animal quiz

Window-shopping

Darcy is tired

I’m starving!

At the travel agent’s

Bric-a-bracpage 14

A perfume decoration

A science experiment

A recycled Christmas tree

A yogurt smoothie

A papier mâché house

Home-madestone dominoes

meet a cartoon character page 16

Peppa Pig

The Smurfs

Mickey Mouse

The Lorax

Asterix

Doc McStuffins

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Stickers

Halloween lollipops

Christmas table name cards

A reminder

Snack time – fun food labels

Stickers

Contents 2014/2015

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This activity folder belongs to:

Name: ....................................................................... Surname: .................................................................. Date and place of birth: ...........................................Born on .................................................................... in .............................................................................. Telephone number: ................................................... Address: ..................................................................................................................................................... Email: .........................................................................................................................................................

Mother’s job: ............................................................ Father’s job: ..............................................................

Class: ........................................................................ Languages studied: .................................................. Favourite subjects: ................................................... Hobbies: ................................................................... Sports: ...................................................................... My favourite actor/actress:.................................................................................. My favourite singer: ...................................................................................................................................

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PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES n.1 september / october 2014

Name: .................................. Surname: .................................. Class: ..................................

a She’s as pretty as a __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .3

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activity 3have you got a good memory? complete the poem from page 2 of your magazine.

activity 2describe yourself. stick in a photo or draw your picture. Hello, my name’s ….................... and I’m ….................... years old. I live in ….................... . I’ve got ….................... eyes and ….................... hair.

children • heart • world • birdsPeace is like …................ flyingPeace is like …................ smilingWithout peace the …................falls apartPeace starts in your …................ !

activity 1Read the definitions to complete the words. Then use the letters in the grey squares to complete the expressions.

1 The opposite of ugly.2 The opposite of fat.3 A colour of hair.4 The opposite of thin.5 The opposite of pretty.6 A colour of eyes.7 A colour of hair.

B He’s __ __ __ __ __ at heart.5

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1 The opposite of pretty.2 A colour of hair.3 A colour of eyes.4 The opposite of fat.5 The opposite of old.

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activity 1Read and draw.

activity 3Read the story in your magazine and complete the sentences with the missing words.

lazy quiz woRd BRave angRy animals magazines dRawing Skip, Lucy, Anthony and Susi are reading (1) …...................... .Susi finds a (2) …...................... . But Skip is (3) …...................... . He doesn’t like (4) …...................... .To do the quiz you need to draw two (5) …...................... and write a (6) …..................... to describe them. Anthony draws a (7) …...................... lion and Skip draws a (8) …..................... bear.

activity 2Read and complete the sentences.

haPPy chaTTy geneRous angRy lazy1 Lucy doesn’t want to do anything. She’s …................. .2 Robin talks a lot. He’s …................. .3 Skip is laughing. He’s …................. .

An angry dog. A sad princess. A funny clown. A clumsy waiter.

4 Colin shares his lunch with his friends. He’s …................. .

5 I am shouting and crying. I’m …................. .

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES n.2 november 2014


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1 Bookshop ....................................

2 ................................. Bread ....................................

3 ................................. jigsaw puzzle ....................................

4 Newsagent’s ....................................

5 Clothes shop ................................... ...................................

activity 1find 8 words in the wordsearch and complete the signs.

activity 2match the items with the shops.

activity 3use the secret code to find out what lucy is saying.

1 Newsagent’s2 Bookshop3 Toy shop4 Baker’s5 Clothes shop

a dollb cakesc jigsaw puzzled skirte postcardf trousersg breadh book

g; h; i; n; o; P; s

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PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES n.3 december / January 2014 / 2015


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1 He is reading. 2 She is dancing. 3 He is watching TV. 4 She is riding a bike.

monday Tuesday wednesday Thursday friday saturday sunday

activity 1skip’s diarydraw the things that skip likes doing. Then write sentences.

On Monday he likes ..............................................................................................................................................................................

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PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES n.4 february 2015


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activity 2look at the pictures and complete the crossword. use the letters in the grey squares to find out what skip collects.

skip collects __ __ __ __ __ __ .

1 listen to __ __ __ __ __2 play the __ __ __ __ __ __3 __ __ __ __ a book5 go to the __ __ __ __6 take __ __ __ __ __ __

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activity 1a crossword.

activity 3complete the poem from page 2 of your magazine with the words in the box.


He likes chips. She doesn’t like vegetables.

He doesn’t like soup. She likes ice cream.

Pitter patter raindropsFalling from the …...................... .The heat from the …...................... causes …......................And then makes …...................... as condensation.Along comes the …...................... and blows them aroundAnd that’s what makes …...................... .Pitter patter …......................Falling from the sky.

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evaporation • sky • raindrops • sun clouds • wind • precipitation

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES n.5 march / april 2015


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Pitter patter raindropsFalling from the …...................... .The heat from the …...................... causes …......................And then makes …...................... as condensation.Along comes the …...................... and blows them aroundAnd that’s what makes …...................... .Pitter patter …......................Falling from the sky.

activity 2look and match.

activity 3Re-read the story in ‘story corner’ of your magazine. Then answer the questions.

1 Where does Susi work?……………………………………………..2 Where does Skip want to go on holiday?……………………………………………..3 Where does Lucy want to go on holiday?……………………………………………..4 What destination does Susi suggest?……………………………………………..

activity 1look and complete the sentences.

1 Skip travels by ….................. to ….................. .

2 Lucy travels by ….................. to ….................. .

3 Darcy travels by ….................. to ….................. .

4 Skip and Lucy pack their ….................. . They are going to …..................

5 Lucy likes ….................. and …...................

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a Italy

B Greece

c France

d Spain

e The UK

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES n.6 may / June 2015


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Skip and Lucy are at the funfair. They are having lots of fun.

This candyfloss is delicious!

Ha, ha! You look old. The

candyfloss looks like a beard!

Skip and Lucy go on the merry-go-round.

Look, Skip! My horse is big!

I prefer the little pony.

Skip wants to give Lucy a surprise. He takes her to the coconut shy.

What are you doing Skip?

I want to win a pretty doll!

Skip stands in front of the mirror.

Look at me. I’m short and fat!

Oh Skip! You look really

funny! Look at me.

Lucy wants to go to the hall of mirrors.

Come on Skip. The magic mirrors are really funny.

Oh, great! Yes, let’s go.

It’s time to go home! Lucy cuddles her doll.

My doll is pretty. She’s got blond hair

and blue eyes. Thanks Skip!

Yes, she’s very pretty. Just like

you, Lucy!

Skip throws the balls. He hits three tins.

Well done Skip! You’re clever!

Yes! And I’m strong!

Skip and Lucy stand in front of another mirror. They look really horrible.

Yes, we look like two monsters.

We’re really ugly!

Put the story in the correct order. number the pictures from 1 to 8.

‘at the funfair’

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