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Gustavo Mazali Illustrated Young Readers Stage 1 by ELT A1 BELOW ere is Ann. She’s running to school. Oh dear! Her school bag is open! Her books and her pencil and ruler are falling out of her bag. Ann is ALWAYS losing her things! 2 2 3 9 8 5 3 492 TEL. Ann! Where’s your book? You are ALWAYS losing your things! Oops! 4 My teacher is angry. I’m ALWAY losing my things! Hmm. Is that your book on the floor? Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 98 5 3 942 TEL. 5TRANSCRIPT
Illustr
ated by
Gusta
vo Mazali
and theGra
nny Fixit
Yellow
String
Jane Ca
dwallader
Granny Fixit and the Yellow Stringby Jane CadwalladerIllustrated by Gustavo Mazali
ELI ReadersFounder and Series EditorsPaola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani,Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)
Graphic DesignSergio Elisei
Eli Design DepartmentDiletta Brutti
Production ManagerFrancesco Capitano
Typeset in 14 / 20 pt Monotype Plantin Schoolbook
© 2011 ELI s.r.l.P.O. Box 6 - 62019 Recanati MC - ItalyT +39 071750701 - F +39 [email protected] - www.elionline.com
Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa RecanatiERY113.01ISBN 978-88-536-0621-1First edition: March 2011
SYLLABUS
Vocabulary areasSchool, family and friends, the home, toys
Grammar and structuresPresent simplePresent progressiveImperativesHave for possessionThere is / There areCan for abilityQuestion words: Where? / What?Conjunctions: and / butDeterminers: this / that / a / an / a lot of
My name is Jane andI live in a beautifulSpanish city, Madrid.I’m an English authorof children’s books.I’ve always lovedcreating stories andsongs for children.The best ideascome to me while…I’m jogging!
My name is Gustavo.I live in a very bigcity, Buenos Aires.I have been drawingall my life, ever sinceI was a child as I didn’t have a TV.I enjoy most of alldrawing comic stripsand picturing myselfand my kids in theillustrations thatI create.
Ann is ALWAYS losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems … or do they?
- Games and language activities- An audio recording of the story and the song- A picture dictionary
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Granny Fixit and the Yellow String
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Here is Ann. She’s running to school. Oh
dear! Her school bag is open! Her books
and her pencil and ruler are falling out of
her bag. Ann is ALWAYS losing her things!
2
2
3
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TEL.
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The teacher is angry. Ann doesn’t have
her book … again!
Ann! Where’s your book? You are ALWAYS
losing your things!
4
Oops!
Ann is in the park. She’s talking to her
friend Granny Fixit. Ann is sad because
her teacher is angry.
Granny Fixit puts her hand in her
small yellow bag. What’s in there?
5
My teacher is angry. I’m ALWAY losing my things!
Hmm. Is that your book on
the floor?
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Oh! It’s a piece of yellow string. Granny Fixit
puts the yellow string into Ann’s school bag!
Ann is picking up her book.
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Thank you Granny Fixit.
Goodbye Ann.
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Read, match and draw.
Activity Pages
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Granny Fixit
school bag
lamp
teacher
pencil
watch
dog
book
plant
Ann
Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.2
Match the sentence halves.
1 Ann picks up ALL the things!
2 Fido helps Ann.
3 The yellow string is ALWAYS losing her things!
4 Granny Fixit is the teacher’s dog.
5 The teacher says BE QUIET PLEASE!
3
I’m a __________ piece of ________.I do much more than ________ and ________.When you ________ things on the _________.I ________ them up and ________ for more!
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