A1 A2 ENGLISH READERS PALIER 1. Hamida Aziz. SOS: Save our Sam!

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1 ENGLISH READERS A1 A2 PALIER 1 Hamida Aziz SOS: Save our Sam!

2 Before Reading 1. Look at the cover and find where the boy is. Tick the right answer: 2. Look at the title and at the boy: 1. What s his name? Sam 2. Circle the reason why he is in the box: the man put him in the box he is afraid he is hiding he is speaking on the phone 3. What can you imagine about him? help box: box, danger, hiding, afraid Do you think the man is a policeman or a gangster? 5. Recap orally about the cover.

3 38 Activities sam s holiday plans What s Wrong, Terry? 1. What's the weather like? Read and circle the correct picture: 2. What season is it? the correct picture: 3. Can you name the seasons in English? 4. the day of the week in the story: winter, autumn (fall US), spring, summer. Saturday Monday Tuesday Thursday Sunday Friday Wednesday 5. Say the days of the week in the correct order. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

4 SOS: Save our Sam! Now fill in the criss-cross puzzle: 1 2 T U E S D A Y 3 M U O N 4 T N 5 W D D H E A 6 S A T U R D A Y Y R N S D A E S D 7 F R I D A Y A Y Across 1. the day before Wednesday 6. the beginning of the weekend 7. the day after Thursday Down 2. nobody works 3. the first day of the week 4. the fourth day of the week 5. it's the middle of the week

5 40 Activities 7. What s the name of the hero? Tick the right answer. Sam Terry 8. What s the name of his friend? Sam Terry 9. Where are they? at Sam s house at Terry s house at school 10. What does Sam plan to do for the holidays? go to Terry s house go to Terry s cousin s house go to his grandmother s house 11. Does his father agree? Yes, but he wants to meet the family first. Sam s New Uxbridge Friends 1. Who is who? Listen and match the two columns: Lily Lily's dog Cindy Terry's cousin Josh Lily's brother

6 SOS: Save our Sam! Now recap and write full sentences. 3. Write the correct word under each picture paint car leash boat car leash boat paint 4. what a dog can do and cross out what it can t do: swim run sing jump bark eat lick fly drink miaow walk speak 5. Now, recap orally.

7 42 Activities 6. Fill in the table with the adjectives that best describe each character, animal or object: old happy sorry tired big nice silly lucky new Sam tired Lily sorry Cindy nice, silly, big Josh happy, lucky the boat old, new 7. Look at the table and recap orally. 8. Listen and pick out all the words to say hello. Hi, Hey, Hello, 9. Recap on what you know so far. 10. Choose the best summary for this passage: summary 1: The children are at the canal. Sam is tired and sits down. His friends go and buy ice creams. Cindy wants to play Frisbee so Sam throws it. The frisbee is lost. summary 2: The children are in a park. Sam is tired and sits down. Lily goes and buys ice-creams. Cindy wants to play frisbee so Sam throws it. The Frisbee is lost.

8 SOS: Save our Sam! 43 On the Canal / Where s the Frisbee? 1. Read and fill in the table with the following adjectives: long yellow new nice hot big alone scared the boat Sam the frisbee long, big nice new scared alone hot yellow 2. Read the passage again and draw the boat with the yellow frisbee, the big box, Sam and his mobile.

9 44 Activities 3. Write the opposite of each adjective: long short hot cold new old big small nice ugly 4. Guess what will happen: tick the right answer. the two men will capture Sam the two men will kill Sam his friends will save him the police will save him sam in trouble Where s Sam? 1. Listen and write the sentences in the correct order: Where can he be? It s nearly eight o clock. But it s a little strange. He can t be far. 1. He can't be far. 2. But it's a little strange. 3. Where can he be? 4. It's nearly eight o'clock.

10 SOS: Save our Sam! Listen and find out: the characters names the place the characters reactions where they think Sam is Terry, Lily at the canal they think it's strange at the toilets near the playground Hot Stuff! 1. Look for the adjectives in the word square and find the hidden word: C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S F T V C U M N W S F H B S W E D I H A G V V I P A A P K N B M E U N Z D X G U A D R C C X Z J R T Q S K O C A U B Y A O S G G I M G Y C A N G R Y R B H T N V T E Q N I Z P G J S V Q K J X J N M K R S M D S B C H R Y F W N V N D I A C S X B N Q B E R Y U E J O A E V D S J L L T R P Q V F R P P S F T K M L G O X U I E W R A C Z C W N N I G H D D L X A C Y L M R U I F Y M Y U C L U B Z A U H E R C H U S L Z R L K Y K R

11 46 Activities 2. Listen and circle the adjectives that describe Sam: scared tired hungry ill seasick hot sad angry 3. Pick out three things you can do with a mobile phone. write a text message switch it on set it on silent mode 4. Give two other ideas. 5. Listen to the passage again and find out: 1. what the two men are talking about About the fact that one of them has told his mum where they are taking the stuff 2. the place they want to go to Italy 3. how Sam tells his friends he sends a text message 6. Look at your notes and recap the passage.

12 SOS: Save our Sam! 47 No Joke! / SOS / A Special Map 1. Read and find out: 1. how Sam communicates with his friends through text messages 2. what he says in his text messages the boat is going to Italy, he doesn't know where they are, he's hungry 3. who is going to help the children the police 2. Fill in the chart with the opposite of each word: noisy happy relaxed strange easy strange ordinary worried relaxed easy difficult quiet noisy happy unhappy

13 48 Activities 3. Write the words under the appropriate picture: hungry silly map chair table bed chair map hungry silly bed table 4. Write the text messages in proper words and complete sentences: Help! Can you help me? Please! I must hide. I'm still on the boat to Italy! I don't know where we are now. Don't call, only text messages!-i'm hungry but it's ok. Sam

14 SOS: Save our Sam! 49 Hi, Sam. I'm in Uxbridge now. Don't worry. The police are searching at the park and the canal. I will tell them about Italy. Who's on the boat? Do you know? Love, Dad. 5. Give other examples that you know of English abbreviations used in text messages and on the internet. 2 = to / too; 4 = for; b4 = before; plz = please; thx = thanks; lol = laugh out loud; idk = I don't know; btw = by the way; asap = as soon as possible. 6. Now write a text message in English to somebody in the class!

15 50 Activities 7. The class is divided in two groups. The pupils fill in their table with the missing information about the Thames: Group 1: Table 1 1. What is the Thames? 2. It flows through London. 3. What is its name in French? 4. The Thames is a river. Where does it flow? Its name in French is "la Tamise". Name two bridges over the Thames. The Tower of London and the Millennium Bridge. 1. Group 2: Table 2 The Thames is a river. 2. Where does it flow? 3. What is the Thames? It flows through London. What is its name in French? Its name in French is la Tamise 4. Name two bridges over the Thames. The Tower of London and the Millenium Bridge. 8. Recap orally about the Thames. 9. Look for information on the internet to find out more about Little Venice.

16 SOS: Save our Sam! 51 we re coming, sam! Thirsty And Hungry / Engine Trouble 1. Read and find out: 1. the characters names Sam, Mick and Pothead. 2. the place the boat 3. the time Sam wakes up at night Half past three. 4. the time Sam gets up in the morning Seven o'clock. 2. Read again and match the two columns: thirsty Sam snore the boat scared sick the men angry smoke

17 52 Activities 3. Write the words under the corresponding picture: thirsty snore scared sick angry scared thirsty angry snore sick 4. Match the words with their appropriate translations. You mustn t use all the words. moteur monnaie bonbon pull engin quitter silencieux argent engine moteur quiet silencieux money argent sweet bonbon 5. Read and pick out what Mick and Pothead have for breakfast. eggs and sausages

18 SOS: Save our Sam! Tick what food could be part of an English breakfast and name it. coffee sausages scone bacon/ham milk French baguette croissant cereals tea hash browns eggs cheese muffin milk toast bacon boiled egg tea fried egg coffee sausages muffin

19 54 Activities 7. Look for the previous words in the word square and find the hidden message: E N G L I S H B R E A K F A S T T A O K W D K O P S M E M X P K V W D Y Y C E R E A L S B E L Y Z Q N E R I G J Z B K F X M H E Y L G I Z F A I Y J Q X N A E I T G U E F N E R M Y B S M N P E F J O W I F H C T Q S W C P A W C P H T D H U K E V C N Z C Q T U O P E K O T M S H E A V O Q E E L F A R M R R E H G G U Y S A O N O F X F A E H S A M D L X F N X O W E O S D V D S Y I H P W P O T C M E Z N E Q U N C L S C J S M B S F S I B Q A L I Y K B P S F M X T Q S X X S Z O S M M 8. Draw what Mick and Pothead need for their English breakfast:

20 SOS: Save our Sam! Tick who finds what: the money the frisbee the Coke bottle the sausages the two men Sam 10. Write the sentences in the correct chronological order: 1. Sam finds the money. 2. Sam wakes up during the night. 3. The two men hear Sam. 4. Sam eats the sausages. 5. The engine goes out. 6. The two men lock Sam in the cabin Match the beginning and the end of these sentences: 1. Mick is angry a. because he is hungry. 2. Sam eats the sausages b. because he ate too fast. 3. Sam has got the hiccups c. because they hear a sound. 4. The two men find Sam d. they lock him in the cabin. 5. When they find Sam e. because the engine goes out.

21 56 Activities More Hot Stuff / Splash! 1. Listen and draw what Sam finds in the cabin. 2. What happens to Terry s mobile? Terry is happy because he gets a message from Sam, so he takes his mobile out of his pocket and tries to read it, but Cindy, the dog, is so excited that she pulls away and pushes Terry as she jumps, so he falls to the water - with the mobile phone. 3. Look at your notes and recap chapter 3 orally.

22 SOS: Save our Sam! 57 save our sam Detective Cindy / Finally! 1. Before reading, draw the two boats on the canal with the characters, the dog, the box and the frisbee. 2. Read the passage and tick how the children know Sam is on the boat: they see his shoes they find the frisbee they hear Sam s voice they hear his mobile ring they hear the name Pothead

23 58 Activities 3. Who finds what? Cross the odd ones out. Then link the words of the 2 columns: Mick Lily Sam Cindy Terry Josh a rope the frisbee Pothead 4. Say how the children capture Mick. Thanks to Cindy, the dog. 5. Say what happens to Pothead. Cindy bites him. 6. Lily says: She s a real detective! (page 32, line 18). Look at your notes and say who she is talking about and why. About Cindy, because she helped find Sam. 7. What is the police s reaction? Pick out the words or sentences they use to congratulate the children. "Well done, you arrived here before us"

24 SOS: Save our Sam! Write Sam s text message to his dad to say he is fine. 9. Play the passage. One of you can record a video of the scene to observe and comment on it later with your teacher. Stay out of Trouble, Sam 1. Listen and find out: 1. what day it is Sunday afternoon 2. what the weather is like it's windy 3. where the children are back into the house 4. what Sam s dad is doing he's going back to Greenwich for work 5. what the children want to do they want to fly a sport kite.

25 60 Activities 2. Cross out the children s activities: 3. Anticipate: who do you think this woman is? 4. Go on the internet and find information about Greenwich. Juicy Lucy / A Small Present 1. Read and find out about the woman s identity. She's Lucinda Jives from River Radio. 2. What present do the children get? Some reward money.

26 SOS: Save our Sam! what the children will buy with the money: 4. Write the article published the next day in the Uxbridge Chronicle about Sam s adventure. Don t forget to mention the date, the headline and the name of the journalist. Write in columns. Your work must look like a real newspaper article! Uxbridge Chronicle