teacher’s guide 2021/2022 for english

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Teacher’s guide 2021/2022

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 helps to develop the communication, grammar and vocabulary skills expected at this level.

MAGAZINE STRUCTURE:

~ 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 accompanies the topic and is included in the audio materials available from the resources website www.elilanguagemagazines.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 quickly and efficiently.

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

~ Poster is a pull-out poster on pages 8-9 which focuses on different aspects of the Anglophone world (posters can include an important monument, food, places of interest...). In each issue a 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, Robby the rabbit, Charlotte the cow, Charlie the cat, Hattie the hen, Dylan the duck and Gracie the goat. They all live at Forest Farm where they have great adventures together. Children love stories and are motivated at the thought of listening to new ones. For this reason, the stories in each issue are recorded in 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.

~ Let’s play at Forest Farm! is a page dedicated to our story corner, with vocabulary games and comprehension activities.

~ On page 16 Let’s have fun! is a page which is dedicated some of the most fun and interesting children’s museums in the English-speaking world.

~ 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 our website.

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Issue 1 September / OctoberActivity 1: glue stick, white, scissors, green, black, book, pencils, notebook, pencil case: I love going to school!Activity 2: 1 blue, 2 red, 3 white, 4 black, 5 blue, red, 6 red, yellow.Activity 3: 1 Hattie reads, 2 Gracie colours, 3 Robby draws, 4 Charlotte cuts, 5 Charlie glues, 6 Dylan writes.

Issue 2 November / DecemberActivity 1: 1 pastry shop, 2 butchers, 3 bakery, 4 shoe shop, 5 stationers: I go shopping at the market!Activity 3: everyone, friends, tree, game, jewel, sweets, notebook, gifts, something.

Issue 3 January / FebruaryActivity 1: band, confetti, costume, carnival, doughnut, trumpet.Activity 2: 1k, 2f, 3d, 4i, 5b, 6g, 7l, 8e, 9a, 10h, 11j, 12c.

Issue 4 March / AprilActivity 1: 1 water, 2 spade, 3 vegetables, 4 flowers, 5 wheelbarrow, 6 beehive, 7 fruit, 8 vegetable garden, 9 tree, 10 bees, 11 scarecrow, 12 harvest.

Issue 5 May / JuneActivity 1: 1 cap, 2 flip-flops, 3 sun cream, 4 sunglasses, 5 T-shirt, 6 water bottle: I want to go on holiday in the country!Activity 2: summer, school, holiday, flight, sole, swim, flowers, fish, happy.Activity 3: own answer.

Giant crossword1 make-up, 2 book, 3 butchers, 4 vegetables, 5 vegetable garden, 6 café, 7 seeds, 8 stationers, 9 scarecrow, 10 costume, 11 flowers, 12 streamers, 13 pastry shop, 14 pen, 15 beehive, 16 bees, 17 confetti, 18 float, 19 balloon, 20 kite, 21 flippers.

Issue 1September/October

Issue 2November/December

Issue 3January/February

Issue 4March/April

Issue 5May/June

A rhymepages 2-3

Colours of the rainbow

Gifts for everyone!

Hooray for carnival!

See how I can count!

A holiday in the Maldives

Mini dictionarypages 4-5

In my school bag

A walk in the city

Carnival

The teaching farm

Seaside or mountain holidays?

Story corner pages 10-11

The first day of school

www.prettythings.com

Explosive… confetti!

At the teaching farm

Where will we go on holiday?

Let’s have fun! page 16

Natural History Museum

Children’s museum, Indianapolis

Daintree Discovery Centre

Science World

The Deep

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Stickers

Greetings cards

Stickers

Playtime

Yummy bookmarks

Contents 2021-2022

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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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Activity 3Look and complete the sentences with the verbs.

Activity 2Help Dylan mix the colours. Read, write and colour.

Activity 1Find 9 words in the grid and complete the cartoon with the remaining letters.

1 __________ __________ an English book.

2 __________ __________ with coloured pencils.

3 __________ __________ a train.

4 __________ __________ pictures from a magazine.

5 __________ __________ stickers in his notebook.

6 __________ __________ an email to his friends.

1 ○ yellow + ○________ = ○ green2 ○ ________ + ○ yellow = ○ orange3 ○ red + ○ ________ = ○ pink4 ○ ________ + ○ white = ○ grey5 ○ ________ + ○ ________ = ○ purple6 ○ ________ + ○ blue + ○ ________ = ○ brown

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES - Nº 1 September / October 2021

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

draws • colours glues • cuts

reads • writes

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to school!

G L U E S T I C K IW S C I S S O R S GH L B L A C K O B RI V E G O I N G O ET P E N C I L S O EE N O T E B O O K NP E N C I L C A S E

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Activity 1Words and pictures. Gracie must make dinner for her friends. Where does she go shopping? Look, write the words in the grid and complete the cartoon with the hidden letters.

Activity 2Read and complete the road signs.

Activity 3Complete the Ready rhyme.

1 Turn right 2 Go straight on 3 Turn left

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES - Nº 2 November / December 2021


M1 P S T R Y S H O P

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something • friends • sweets • pencils • tree gifts • jewel • everyone • notebook • game

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Gifts for _____________ ! Merry Christmas from Forest Farm to you!What do our ____________ want to do?

The gifts are underneath the ____________ ,One for you and one for me!

A funny ____________ for RobbyAnd a beautiful ____________ for Hattie

Gracie gets some yummy ____________Coloured ___________ for Dylan, what a treat!

For Charlie a lovely new ____________And for Charlotte a golden book.

Receiving ____________ is so much fun,there’s ____________ for everyone!

I go shopping at the _ _ _ _ _ _!

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Activity 1An explosion of confetti!Make words.

Activity 2Read and draw.

Activity 3Listen to the rhyme and number the lines.

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES - Nº 3 January / February 2022


a Now, let’s get a nice cool drink b Do you know what I think is the best? c What’s my costume? How will I dress? d We’ll dress up, then we’ll sing

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f Come on, let’s dance, everyone! g Throwing confetti at all our guests! h And a nice doughnut too, I think i And we’ll enjoy everything j Try to guess, try to guess..

1 k Carnival is so much fun l We can put our lovely costumes on

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Activity 1Words and pictures. Look at the pictures then write the words in the grid.

Activity 2Read, draw and colour.

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES - Nº 4 March / April 2022


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Welcome to my teaching farm! There are two brown beehives where the bees make delicious honey. In the middle of the vegetable garden there is a scarecrow: he’s wearing a green hat and red boots. On the left of the farm there are three trees and each tree has four apples: two red and two green. In the vegetble garden there is a yellow wheelbarrow and a basket with five carrots. There is a spade on the wheelbarrow to plant the vegetables. Here and there, you can see eight flowers, all in different colours!

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Activity 1Look and write the words in the grid, then complete Robby’s cartoon.

PHOTOCOPIABLE ACTIVITIES - Nº 5 May / June 2022


I want to go on holiday in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ !

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Activity 2Complete the rhyme.

flowers • flight • school • summer fish • happy • holiday • swim

A holiday in the Maldives

I’m so happy, don’t you know?The ___________ is coming. Where will I go?

To my teacher, I’ll say ‘goodbye’Sad that ___________ is over, but I won’t cry

Activity 3Complete the postcard.

Dear ______________________________I’m on holiday in ________________.There is ___________________________________________________________________________ in my suitcase.I’m having fun with _______________.Kisses,

__________________

Today is such a happy dayI’m going to the Maldives on ___________ !

The Indian Ocean is such a sightWe’ll have to take a long, long ___________

Hooray for the Maldives, hooray for the seaWe’ll ___________ and sunbathe all day, you and me

We’ll wear a necklace made of ___________And we’ll sing and dance for hours and hours

We can go swimming and catch some ___________ For dinner, what a delicious dish!

I’m so ___________, don’t you know?The summer is coming. Where will I go?

Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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GIANT CROSSWORDLook at the pictures and do the crossword.

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