Poster 1 Extension The History of
Communication
1
Look at the poster for 5 minutes. Then do the quiz.
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1 Who were the first people to write with
an alphabet?
7 Where did Marconi send radio signals
in 1901?
2 Which ancient civilization made papyrus?
8 Which city could people in London talk
to by phone in 1927?
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3 How many letters did the Ancient Greek
alphabet have?
9 Where did people first talk on mobile
phones?
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4 When did Tsai Lun invent paper?
10 When did people first start to use
computers at home?
5 How often did the first newspapers
come out?
11 When did people first start to use the
web?
6 When did Alexander Graham Bell invent
the first telephone?
12 How many people used the internet in
2008?
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Choose an invention. Draw a picture and find out about the history.
Make notes.
Name:
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Inventor:
Year:
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Place:
Other notes: '+
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Unit 4 Play As dear as salt
As dear as salt
C HARACTERS
the King
the Queen
SCENE 1 I N
Olivia, the oldest daughter
Celia, the second daughter
Selina, the youngest daughter
THE
K ING ’ S
Prince Flavin
two guards
two servants
ROOM
The King is sitting on his throne. Olivia comes in.
King
Olivia
King
Olivia
King
Olivia
Hello, my dear. I am growing old and I’ve got a question for you.
Yes, Father. What’s your question?
Do you love me?
Father, you are very dear to me. As dear as bread.
Thank you my dear, can you call your sister?
Yes, Father.
Olivia goes out.
King
(thinking aloud) That’s good. There’s always bread on my dining table. No one
can live without bread. Olivia loves me very dearly.
Celia comes in.
King
Hello, my dear. I am growing old and I’ve got a question for you.
Celia
Yes, Father. What’s your question?
King
Do you love me?
Celia
Father, you are very dear to me. As dear as wine.
King
Thank you my dear, can you call your sister?
Olivia
Yes, Father.
Celia goes out.
King
(thinking aloud) That’s good. There’s always wine on my dining table. Wine is
very important. Celia loves me dearly too.
Selina comes in.
King
Selina
King
Selina
King
Hello, my dear. I am growing old and I’ve got a question for you.
Yes, Father. What’s your question?
Do you love me?
Father, you are very dear to me. As dear as salt.
Salt? As dear as salt? What a terrible thing to say! You must leave the palace,
now! Guards! Guards!
Two guards come in.
Guards
King
Guards
Selina
Yes, your majesty.
Guards! Take my daughter away and kill her.
Yes, your majesty.
But Father, Father! I love you!
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Unit 4 Play As dear as salt
SCENE 2 I N
Queen
Guards
Queen
Selina
Queen
Servant 1
Queen
Servant 1
THE PALACE GARDENS
The guards are leading Selina away. The Queen runs after them.
Guards! Stop! Leave my daughter alone!
Yes, your majesty.
Selina, my darling. The King is very angry. You must leave the palace, but don’t
worry! I have a plan. I am going to hide you in a big candlestick. My servant is
going to take you to market and sell you there. We must be quick. Servant!
(crying) Thank you, mother.
The servant runs in.
Quick! Go with Selina and put her in the candlestick, then take her to the market.
Yes, your majesty.
And make sure you sell the candlestick to a prince.
Yes, your majesty.
The servant runs out pulling Selina behind him.
SCENE 3 A T
Servant 1
Prince
THE MARKET
The servant is dressed up as an old market seller and is standing next to the
candlestick. Prince Flavin comes in.
Come here! Come here! Today I have something very special to sell. It’s the
biggest candlestick in the world!
What a beautiful candlestick! I must have it for my palace. Here you are.
Please follow me.
The Prince walks off with the servant behind him with the candlestick.
SCENE 4 I N P RINCE F LAVIN ’ S D INING R OOM
The candlestick is on a table. Prince Flavin’s servant walks in with a plate of
food and leaves it on the table.
Servant 2
The Prince is out again and I’m tired. I’m going to leave his food here for him
and go to bed.
The servant goes out. After a short time, Selina appears on the table.
Selina
I’m so hungry ... and the Prince’s food looks delicious. I’m going to eat a little
bit of it. Mmmm!
Selina eats all the food bit by bit.
Selina
Oh no! There isn’t any more food. What’s the Prince going to say?
I must hide again quickly.
Selina hides in the candlestick again. A little later the Prince comes in.
Prince
I’m hungry! But where’s my food! My servants are terrible! Servants! Servants!
Where’s my dinner? Wake up! Where’s my dinner?
Prince Flavin goes out.
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SCENE 5 I N P RINCE F LAVIN ’ S D INING
Prince
Prince
Selina
Prince
Selina
Prince
Selina
Prince
Selina
ROOM TWO DAYS LATER
The candlestick is on a table. Prince Flavin’s servant walks in with a plate of
food and puts it on the table, then walks out.
Tonight we’re going to find out what happens to my dinner. I’m not going out
this evening. I’m going to hide here and wait.
The Prince hides in the dining room. After a short time Selina comes out.
The Prince jumps at her from behind.
Aha! Now I’ve got you!
Help!
Oh! You’re a woman ... but what are you doing in the candlestick?
Prince Flavin, I’m sorry, but please don’t be angry with me. My name’s Princess
Selina. My mother put me in this candlestick and her servant took me to market
because my father wanted to kill me ...
Your father? The King? But why did he want to kill you? No, don’t tell me now.
Tell me later and we can make a plan. Now I have something very important to
say to you.
Yes, Prince Flavin.
I ... I am in love with you. Please will you marry me?
Oh, yes!
SCENE 6 P RINCE F LAVIN ’ S W EDDING F EAST
Prince Flavin, Selina, the King and Queen and the two princesses are sitting at
a table. Selina is wearing a veil. Two servants bring food to the table.
King
Prince
King
Prince
King
Selina
King
We are very happy to come to your wedding, Prince Flavin. But who is your
Princess?
She can only take off her veil when we finish eating, your majesty.
Please have some food.
Thank you ... urgh! But this food is disgusting. There isn’t any salt in this food.
Food is horrible without salt! I must have some salt!
What did you say your majesty? Do you want some salt?
Yes ... oh dear ... now I understand. My poor, poor daughter. Of course she loved
me! She said I was as dear as salt. (He starts crying.) Oh dear, oh dear. I am so
sorry!
Father. Don’t cry! Here I am ... and you are still as dear as salt to me!
Selina! Please forgive me!
Selina
Yes, father, I do.
Prince
Now you know who my Princess is, let us all eat and drink together and celebrate this family wedding.
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Unit 8 T
he spaceship in the garden –
A and B
A
1
Read the text and complete the gaps.
It was a holiday. Shorty and his
Spike were playing
football in the garden. Shorty was looking
for the
when he saw
something behind a tree. It was a little
. They took it to the garage.
aliens were looking
out of the window when Shorty and Spike
picked up their spaceship. They didn’t
the aliens, but the aliens
saw them, and they were very surprised.
Shorty and Spike were putting the little
spaceship in a cupboard
Shorty’s mum called from the kitchen. They
inside to do their
B
2
Check your answers with a partner.
1
Read the text and complete the gaps.
It was a holiday. Shorty and his friend Spike
were playing
in the
garden. Shorty was looking for the ball
when he saw something behind a
. It was a little spaceship.
They
it to the garage.
Three aliens were looking out of the
when Shorty and Spike
picked up their spaceship. They didn’t see
the aliens, but the aliens
them, and they were very surprised.
Shorty and Spike were
the little spaceship in a
cupboard when Shorty’s mum called from
the kitchen. They went inside to do
homework and the little
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homework and the little spaceship stayed in
the cupboard in the garage.
Ten minutes later the three aliens
the door of the
spaceship. While the scientist
mending the spaceship,
the captain and the doctor opened the
cupboard door. It was very heavy.
Shorty and Spike
their homework quickly. They went back to
the garage but the cupboard door was open
and the spaceship wasn’t there. They ran
. They saw the spaceship
in the sky. It was flying back to planet
.
spaceship stayed in the cupboard in the
garage.
Ten minutes later the three aliens
opened the door of the spaceship. While
the
was mending the
spaceship, the captain and the doctor
the cupboard door.
It was very heavy.
Shorty and Spike did their homework
quickly. They went back to the garage
the cupboard door was
open and the spaceship
there. They ran outside. They saw
the spaceship in the sky. It was
back to planet Earth.
Check your answers with a partner.
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Unit 8 The solar system
Student A
The Earth is one of eight planets which circle around a central star, the Sun. The Sun and its
planets are called a solar system. The eight planets in order from the nearest to the Sun are:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
There are also three dwarf planets called Pluto, Ceres and Eris.
Some scientists think there is another planet in our solar system. They call it Planet X.
Our Sun is about 4,600,000,000 years old. It is huge and very, very hot. If you imagine
the Earth as a pea, then the Sun is a big beach ball.
Student B
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. During the day it is really hot on Mercury – it’s
350ºC, 7 times hotter than the highest temperature on Earth. And at night it’s really cold,
-170ºC. It isn’t surprising that no living things live there!
Mercury gets its name from the messenger of the Roman gods. Mercury ran very fast,
and the planet Mercury moves faster around the Sun than any of the other planets!
Venus is the brightest planet. In some months it shines in the west at sunset and is called the
Evening Star. In other months it shines in the east at sunrise and is called the Morning Star.
It’s hotter than Mercury with temperatures of 500ºC! This makes it the hottest planet.
Mars is the next planet after Earth. It is called the Red Planet because of its colour. Mars is
like Earth in some ways. It has frozen poles, snowy mountains, and volcanoes. Scientists have
looked and looked for living things on Mars, but they haven’t found anything – yet!
Student C
Jupiter is the largest of all the planets, but it spins really fast! It spins much faster than Earth.
A day on Jupiter is just 9 Earth hours and 50 minutes!
Saturn is the second biggest planet. It is ninety-five times heavier than Earth. Many people
think it is the most beautiful planet because of the dust and rocks around it that look like
rings. It has 17 moons.
People discovered the planets from Mercury to Saturn thousands of years ago. Uranus was
discovered in1781 and Neptune in1846. They are a similar size but look very different. Uranus
is blue-green and Neptune is a pretty dark blue with white clouds. One year on Uranus is
84 Earth years, yet it takes only 17 hours and 14 minutes to spin around. This means that
there are 42,000 Uranian days in a Uranian year!
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Do you remember? Around the world – A
1
Look at your passport. Tick the countries you have been to on the map.
2
Ask and answer with a partner. Cross the countries on the map.
Have you ever been to ... ?
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No, I haven’t.
Do you remember? Around the world – B
1
Look at your passport. Tick the countries you have been to on the map.
2
Ask and answer with a partner. Cross the countries on the map.
Have you ever been to ... ?
Yes, I have.
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Do you remember? Around the world – A
Star card 1
Star card 2
Red
What’s the past of put?
Red
What’s the past of go?
Purple
Say 6 parts of your body.
Purple
Say 5 words for talking about hair.
Yellow
How do you spell traffic lights?
Yellow
How do you spell spacesuit?
Orange
What are your best points?
Orange
What are your worst points?
Green
Say the planets in order.
Green
Which is the hottest planet?
Star card 3
Star card 4
Red
What’s the past of wake up?
Red
What’s the past of write?
Purple
Say 4 jobs where you work inside.
Purple
Say 5 buildings in your town.
Yellow
How do you spell flying saucer?
Yellow
How do you spell bowling alley?
Orange
Make 3 sentences about your hero.
Orange
What were you like when you were four?
Green
Which is the largest house in London?
Green
Which British building was a prison
and a zoo?
Red
What’s the past of give?
Red
What’s the past of leave?
Purple
Say 5 clothes words.
Purple
Say 5 personality adjectives.
Yellow
How do you spell temperature?
Yellow
How do you spell cough?
Orange
What did you wear yesterday?
Orange
Green
In what year was the Great Fire of London?
What costume did you wear the last time
you dressed up?
Green
What makes blood red?
Star card 5
Star card 6
Star card 7
Star card 8
Red
What’s the past of get?
Red
What’s the past of fly?
Purple
Say 5 watersports.
Purple
Say 4 things that a cowboy wears.
Yellow
How do you spell toothache?
Yellow
How do you spell colourful?
Orange
What job do you want to do? Why?
Orange
What home chores don’t you have to do?
Green
How many red blood cells are in our body?
Green
Where do Maoris traditionally put their
tattoos?
Red
What’s the past of make?
Red
What’s the past of crash?
Purple
Say 4 nationalities.
Purple
Say 3 jobs where you work outside.
Yellow
How do you spell intelligent?
Yellow
How do you spell exciting?
Orange
What did you eat yesterday?
Orange
Green
Why can hunters catch whales easily?
What did you buy the last time
you went shopping?
Green
Which is the biggest creature in the sea?
Star card 9
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Star card 11
Star card 12
Red
What’s the past of take?
Red
Purple
Say 4 things that a pirate wears.
Purple
Say 3 things you can drink.
Yellow
How do you spell vegetables?
Yellow
How do you spell breakfast?
Orange
Which is your favourite sea creature? Why?
Orange
Which watersports have you done?
Green
Where was the Titanic sailing to?
Green
What should you do every day
to be healthy?
Star card 13
What’s the past of find?
Star card 14
Red
What’s the past of hear?
Purple
Say 3 jobs where you wear a uniform.
Red
Purple
Yellow
Orange
What’s the past of hit?
Say 3 home chores you have to do.
How do you spell long-sleeved?
Describe how to get from your house
to your school.
Which day of the week is ‘Pancake Day’
in England?
Yellow
How do you spell scientist?
Orange
Have you ever had a broken arm or leg?
How did you do it?
Green
When are ‘The Days of the Dead’
in Mexico?
Red
What’s the past of sink?
Red
What’s the past of sleep?
Purple
Say 5 sea creatures.
Purple
Say 4 vegetables.
Yellow
How do you spell patterned?
Yellow
How do you spell moustache?
Orange
Have you ever been to a place like
‘Riverside’? What did you do there?
Orange
What time did you get up this morning?
Green
What did Marconi invent?
What’s the past of run?
Green
Star card 15
Star card 16
Green
When is ‘World Food Day’?
Red
What’s the past of see?
Red
Purple
Say 5 space words.
Purple
Say 3 things that Cleopatra wears.
Yellow
How do you spell lazy?
Yellow
How do you spell usually?
Orange
What time did you go to bed last night?
Orange
What would you like to see in London?
Green
What did Florence Nightingale do?
Green
Which country did Captain Cook explore?
Red
What’s the past of say?
Red
What’s the past of fall?
Purple
Say 4 fruits.
Purple
Say 3 famous people and their jobs.
Yellow
How do you spell favourite?
Yellow
How do you spell straight?
Orange
Which Happy Earth song do you like best?
Sing it!
Orange
Tell your favourite Bulldog story.
Green
Where is the world’s biggest Carnival?
Star card 17
Star card 18
Star card 19
Green
Star card 20
Which country did Amy Johnson fly to
alone?
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You need:
a rectangular sheet of coloured paper
2 Unfold the paper. Glue the ends
together.
3 Cut a strip of paper 15 cms long and
2 cms wide. Glue it across the top of
the lantern. This is the handle.
scissors
glue
1 Fold the piece of paper in half
lengthways. Make a number of cuts
along the fold line. Don’t cut to the
edge of the paper.
4 Put a string across the classroom
and hang the lanterns on it.
2
1
3
4
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