The Characters

Name: Frances Hodgson Burnett Born: 24 November 1849, in Manchester, England Most famous book: The Secret Garden (1909) Other books: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905) Countries:…

The Movie Trailer

Your teacher will give you the correct website address to the official site of the film. Click on “Movie Trailer” to watch the trailer of the film. You can also visit other areas of this site, too.…

How do you help? Draw, write and say.

How do you help? Draw, write and say. Families

The Gingerbread Man

Vocabulary - The text and beyond

Print the PDF file and do the activity 3D shapes. Match the words to the 3D shapes.

Geological Time (Part 1) - Geological Time (Part 1)

Life on Earth originated about 2 billion years ago, but the earliest good fossils come from the Cambrian period, which began about 570 million years ago. The Cambrian Period The climate at the beginning…

Reading

The tunnel sloped down very gently. Looking up, I noticed that the ceiling above our heads was always different. Sometimes the arches were tall and graceful, sometimes they were semicircular and low and…

Dinosaurs and non-dinosaurs

Find out more about the dinosaurs, and non-dinosaurs, mentioned in the dossier on Geological Time (Part 2): the Ichthyosaurus. the Ankylosaurus. the Plesiosaurus. the Velociraptor. the Pterosaur. the…

Writing - The text and beyond

You are a journalist for the newspaper above (activity 6). Write an article (100-150 words) for the newspaper of the next day. Decide how much new information you know now, and what the readers of the…

Jane Eyre

Many people think that Jane Eyre is a strong character. What do you think? Give some examples that justify your opinion. Discuss this with your partner and then present your ideas to the class.