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Newsletter September 2014

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Back to school!

Welcome back to the Clever Pants monthly extravaganza!

We hope you enjoyed the holidays.This month weve got some tasty jokes to get you started,

followed by primary and secondary classroom activities to

get your students thinking about their holidays and describing

them using the past tense.

Weve also thrown in some info about this years shows, and

a song activity that is sure to get your students up and shaking!

Enjoy!

See you in October.

A-CET

This year we will once again be working with the

African Children's Educational Trust, donating moneyfor every show we do to helping develop educational

projects in Africa.

For more information visit their website at

www.a-cet.org

Top eco-tip: if you print the newsletter out, do it in black

and white at low resolution to reduce your use of ink.

Clever Pants 2011

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You know you're ugly when it comes to a grouppicture and they hand you the camera.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no

match for me at kick boxing.

What did one ocean say to the other ocean? Nothing,they just waved.

Whenever I find the key to success, someonechanges the lock.

I just let my mind wander, and it didnt come back.

Its hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because

they always take things literally.

Did you hear about the Spanish train thief? He hadlocomotives.

Here are some jokes to get you

giggling.


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1. Can you match the words together to find differentthings people do in the summer.

go togoplaysunwatchvisit

seego

swimmingsports / gamesfamilyfriendsabroad *the beach

batheTV

* abroad = out of your country

2. Some of the verbs are regular, and some are not.Can you make phrases about yourself using the pasttense from of the verbs?

e.g. I went swimming. I didnt go abroad.

3. Ask questions... Did you... ...this summer?Ask different people and find one different person whosays YES for each question and one person who saysNO for each question.

Did you go to the beach thissummer?

No, I didnt! But I wentabroad...

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A2-B1

Visiting my grandparents

This summer I visited my grandparents with myfamily - my parents and my brother and sister.

My grandparents live in a very small village a few

hours away from where my family lives. There is a

swimming pool near their house and my brother

and sister and I sunbathed almost every day.

My grandfather loves to cook, so every day we ate

a lot of delicious food. They also have a big garden

so we could play football outside.Some days we went on a day trip and explored

places near the village. We saw beautiful churches

and one day we swam in a lake.

Because we visit my grandparents every summer,

I have lots of other friends in the village, so in the

evenings we hung out with our friends.

In the evenings we had parties or walked to the

centre of the village to go to the cafe. Sometimes

we watched films at home or helped my grandfather

to make the dinner.

It was a really fun summer, and I hope we will go

again next year!

1. Read the story about

Pauls summer holiday.

Complete each gap with

the past form of one of

these verbs:

be walk visit

sunbathe can eat

swim go explore

hang out

help have watch

2. Talk to your partner.

What did you do this

summer? Can you make

sentences using the verbs

from activity 1?

3. Talk to somebody

different. Interview them by

asking these questions:

Did you go abroad thissummer?

Who did you go with?

What was the best moment

of your summer?

Would you like to do the

same thing next summer,

or prefer to do something

different? Why/What?

4. Write a text like the one above. Choose a title and

describe your trip. Use verbs in the past tense to talk about

the things you did, the people you saw and the places youvisited.


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Have you heard about our new shows for this year?

CHOCOLATE! recommended ages: 5 - 8 years (duration 50 mins)Mickeys mother is not happy with his eating habits and confiscates his precious chocolate! Mickeythen has a bad dream in which he goes looking for more chocolate in a comic adventure full of action,music and colourful characters. The plays carefully graded speech, controlled interaction and subtlerepetition enable the audience to help Mickey find his chocolate, whilst also addressing the importantissues of healthy eating and exercise. Constant comic interaction, songs, music and dancing guaranteea fun immersion in 110% native English for students and teachers!

GROWING PAINS recommended ages: 9 - 12 years (duration 55 mins)Thirteen year old Ricky Jones has a big imagination and is always daydreaming about adventuresto escape the ups and downs of real life. With constant interaction and student participation, this day-in-the-life of Ricky will take the audience on a fun-packed comical and musical journey. In return, theaudience helps Ricky to survive yet another day with his freaky parents, a frightening bully, a fierceteacher and... first love! Tweenies will absolutely love Growing Pains with its familiar characters,comic situations, original songs, relevant themes and interactive immersion in 110% English!

THE 39 STEPS recommended ages: 12 - 16 years (duration 60 mins)Using our trademark interactive style and combining dynamic physical performances with great musicand sound effects, Clever Pants turns John Buchans famous novel into an action-packed musicalcomedy for the stage. Our hero, Richard Hannay becomes accidentally involved in a fast movingmurder-mystery adventure full surprises and suspense. Performed in a dynamic interactive style bythree very experienced native actors, this comic thriller guarantees both students and teachers areally fun theatrical immersion in 110% English.

THE GREAT GATSBY recommended ages: 16+ & ADULTS (duration 60 mins)Clever Pants presents its comic version of F. Scott Fitzgeralds classic novel set in 1920s UnitedStates during the Prohibition period. Students will be captivated by this tragic love story about themysterious multimillionaire Jay Gatsby, famous for his amazing parties and his obscure past. Thanks

to Clever Pants trademark interactive style and the dynamic talents of three native actors the playis fast-paced, but easy to follow. All in all, a totally motivating and entertaining theatrical immersionin 110% English is guaranteed for students AND teachers with this highly original version of one ofthe 20th centurys great novels.

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Song

TaylorSwift -Shakeitoff

I stay out too lateGot nothing in my brain

That's what people say, mmm-mmm x2

I go on to many dates

But I can't make them stay

At least that's what people say, mmm-mmm

That's what people say, mmm-mmm

But I keep cruisingCan't stop, won't stop moving

It's like I got this music

In my mind

Saying, "It's gonna be alright."

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play,

play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate,

hate

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake,

shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break,

break, break

And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake,

fake

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake,

shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

I never miss a beatI'm lightning on my feet

And that's what they don't see, mmm-mmm

that's what they don't see, mmm-mmm

I'm dancing on my own

I make the moves up as I go

And that's what they don't know, mmm-mmm

that's what they don't know, mmm-mmm

But I keep...

Cause the players...

Hey, hey, hey

Just think while you've been getting down and

out about the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of

the world,

You could've been getting down to this sick

beat.

My ex-man brought his new girlfriend

She's like "Oh, my god!" but I'm just gonna

shake.

And to the fella over there with the hella good

hair

Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake,

shake, shake

Cause the players...

1. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with

the words in the box. Check with your teacher

the meanings of any words or phrases you dont

know.

2. What do you think the song is about?

What do you think Im gonna shake it off

means?

on my own brain stay cruising

music players dates haters fella

heart-breakers beat lightning as I go

fakers down and out cheats ex-man

Watch!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

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