Mastery
C1
B2
Vantage
Effective Operational Proficiency
B1
Threshold
A1
A2
Waystage
Breakthrough
Basic User
Independent User
Proficient User
ISBN ISBN-10
Empowering Minds • Improving Lives
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For Teachers Teacher’s Edition Big Books for Levels 1 and 2 Learning Posters 3–6 Classroom Audio CD Online Resource Package
C2
European Framework Level Chart
1
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal • Andy Cowle
Components: For Students Student Book with Workbook Student Audio CD Interactive Readers for Levels 3–6
1
Friends
Student Book & Workbook
The Teacher’s Edition offers: • full-size Student Book pages interleaved with easy-to-follow teaching notes; • ample opportunities to monitor, assess, and track students’ progress; • a bank of supplementary and testing materials; and • a program syllabus with clear lesson aims to guarantee students’ success.
riends B est FFriends
This motivating six-level course creates confident, independent young language learners of English. This series takes learners from Beginners to Pre-Intermediate level (A1 to A2) of the Common European Framework of Reference. Addressing the varied learning styles and changing interests of primary school students, Best Friends provides: • an innovative mix of original stories, factual content, cartoons, and classical literature to develop literacy and information fluency; • realistic, playful characters to give a meaningful and memorable context to new language acquisition; • built-in Learning Posters to engage children in warm-up, practice, and assessment activities; • cross-curricular content pages for students to learn about the world around them using English; • integrated Workbook pages to extend or recycle classroom learning or for independent practice; • a Picture Dictionary (for Levels 1 and 2) or Illustrated Glossary (for Levels 3–6) to promote active vocabulary building; and • a Student Audio CD for additional listening practice of wonderful songs, stories, and dialogs.
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Friends
1
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
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Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #03-07, Singapore 319455 enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 Second impression 2016 ISBN 978-981-4370-05-9 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in China by Forwards Group
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1 It’s a shark.
Aug2012-SB1_U1.indd 3
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2 There’s a spider on the desk!
28
3 This is my mom.
50
4 Where’s Martha?
72
5 Can I help you?
94
Workbook
116
Picture Dictionary
147
8/8/16 10:28 AM
Contents Vocabulary
Social and Academic Language Functions
Grammar
Colors
Express social courtesies
Sizes
Ask and answer questions
It’s a . . . Is it . . . ? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
1 It’s a shark. page 6
shark, turtle, fish, snake, frog, stick-bug, spider, hamster
2 There’s a spider on the desk!
page 28
Classroom objects
Repeat spoken language
Regular plural nouns
Numbers 1–20
Count objects
How many There is / there are
read, count, sing, write, play, fall
Ask for and give information
3 This is my mom.
What are they doing? They’re verb+ing.
page 50
Family members
Describe family relationships
Physical descriptions
Describe people
birthday, cake, party, candle, wish, present, picture, thank you
Express social courtesies
Who’s this? It’s my . . . Personal pronouns Pronoun + is/are + adj Have/has
4 Where’s Martha? page 72 Rooms of the house
Describe location
Furniture
Ask and answer questions
Prepositions: in, on, under Where is/are . . .?
look for, hiding, where are you, there you are
5 Can I help you?
Possession: adjectives and nouns
page 94
Clothing
Express likes and dislikes
Do you like . . . ?
Food and drink
Express social courtesies
Here you are.
I’m hungry, menu, please, sorry, good idea
Would you like . . . ?
Workbook page 116
Picture Dictionary page 147
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Listening
Pronunciation
Writing
Reading
Identify colors
sh
Sentence completion capital letters periods
Pets in the Reptile House
th
Sentence completion capital letters periods
Pets in the Classroom
Rhyming sounds
Sentence completion periods question marks
A Birthday Party
Short vowel sounds
Sentence completion periods
Hide and Seek
R-controlled vowels: ir
Sentence completion periods question marks
At the Pets’ CafÊ
Follow instructions
Identify numbers Follow instructions
Listen for specific information Follow instructions
Listen for prepositions Follow instructions
Determine the purpose for listening
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Mastery
C1
B2
Vantage
Effective Operational Proficiency
B1
Threshold
A1
A2
Waystage
Breakthrough
Basic User
Independent User
Proficient User
ISBN ISBN-10
Empowering Minds • Improving Lives
Best Friends SB 2 Cover_reprint.indd 1
CD
For Teachers Teacher’s Edition Big Books for Levels 1 and 2 Learning Posters 3–6 Classroom Audio CD Online Resource Package
C2
European Framework Level Chart
2
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal • Andy Cowle
Components: For Students Student Book with Workbook Student Audio CD Interactive Readers for Levels 3–6
2
Friends
Student Book & Workbook
The Teacher’s Edition offers: • full-size Student Book pages interleaved with easy-to-follow teaching notes; • ample opportunities to monitor, assess, and track students’ progress; • a bank of supplementary and testing materials; and • a program syllabus with clear lesson aims to guarantee students’ success.
B est Friends
This motivating six-level course creates confident, independent young language learners of English. This series takes learners from Beginners to Pre-Intermediate level (A1 to A2) of the Common European Framework of Reference. Addressing the varied learning styles and changing interests of primary school students, Best Friends provides: • an innovative mix of original stories, factual content, cartoons, and classical literature to develop literacy and information fluency; • realistic, playful characters to give a meaningful and memorable context to new language acquisition; • built-in Learning Posters to engage children in warm-up, practice, and assessment activities; • cross-curricular content pages for students to learn about the world around them using English; • integrated Workbook pages to extend or recycle classroom learning or for independent practice; • a Picture Dictionary (for Levels 1 and 2) or Illustrated Glossary (for Levels 3–6) to promote active vocabulary building; and • a Student Audio CD for additional listening practice of wonderful songs, stories, and dialogs.
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Friends
2
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 6 Battery Road, #29-03, Singapore 049909 Main: (65) 6538 3990 Fax: (65) 6538 3991 Email: enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com Website: http://www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 ISBN 978-981-43700-66 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in China by PWGS
1 Can you play tennis? 2 Where’s the park?
6 28
3 In the morning I eat my breakfast. 50 4 What’s the weather like?
72
5 We’re having fun on the farm.
94
Workbook
116
Picture Dictionary
146
Contents Vocabulary
Social and Academic Language Functions
1 Can you play tennis?
Grammar
page 6
Sports
Talk about abilities
Can/Can’t for ability
Toys
Ask for and give information
I like . . . Like + verb-ing Me, too.
2 Where’s the park?
page 28
Places
Ask for and give directions
Where is . . . ?
Transportation
Make suggestions
Prepositions of place: next to, between, behind, in front of Imperatives Adverbs: here, now
3 In the morning I eat my breakfast. Daily and leisure activities
page 50
Describe everyday routines
Time of day
Simple present tense I eat cereal for breakfast. In the afternoon we go to the park. We . . .
4 What’s the weather like? page 72 Weather
Describe the weather
It’s rainy.
Accessories for weather
Ask and answer questions about possession
This/These Possessive pronouns Is this your umbrella? No, it’s hers.
5 We’re having fun on the farm.
page 94
Farm animals
Describe what chores people are doing
Chores
Ask and answer questions about favorite animals
Zoo animals Activities
Workbook page 116 Picture Dictionary page 146
Present continuous tense I love elephants. So do I.
Listening
Pronunciation
Writing
Reading
Identify names of sports
Long vowel sounds: a, e, i
Sentence completion
The Pets and their Extreme Sports
Long vowel sounds: a, e, i, o
Write complete sentences
Pets on the Run
Silent e
Write about everyday activities
Pets Having Fun
ch, sh, and th sounds
Answer questions to write a paragraph
Pets in the Garage
Beginning consonant blends with s: st–, sp–, sl–, sn–, and sw–
Answer questions to tell a story
Monkey Business at the Zoo
Distinguish negative forms Listen for specific information
Listen for specific information Follow instructions
Listen for specific information Listen to order events
Listen for specific information Complete a picture
Identify pictures Listen for the main idea
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St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
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For Teachers Teacher’s Edition Big Books for Levels 1 and 2 Learning Posters 3–6 Classroom Audio CD Online Resource Package
CD
Components: For Students Student Book with Workbook Student Audio CD Interactive Readers for Levels 3–6
ISBN ISBN-10
Best Friends 3 Cover_reprint.indd 1
3
Friends
Student Book & Workbook
The Teacher’s Edition offers: • full-size Student Book pages interleaved with easy-to-follow teaching notes; • ample opportunities to monitor, assess, and track students’ progress; • a bank of supplementary and testing materials; and • a program syllabus with clear lesson aims to guarantee students’ success.
Empowering Minds • Improving Lives
B est Friends
This motivating six-level course creates confident, independent young language learners of English. Addressing the varied learning styles and changing interests of primary school students, Best Friends provides: • an innovative mix of original stories, factual content, cartoons, and classical literature to develop literacy and information fluency; • realistic, playful characters to give a meaningful and memorable context to new language acquisition; • built-in Learning Posters to engage children in warm-up, practice, and assessment activities; • cross-curricular content pages for students to learn about the world around them using English; • integrated Workbook pages to extend or recycle classroom learning or for independent practice; • a Picture Dictionary (for Levels 1 and 2) or Illustrated Glossary (for Levels 3–6) to promote active vocabulary building; and • a Student Audio CD for additional listening practice of wonderful songs, stories, and dialogs.
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9 789814 370073
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
21/1/15 11:36 AM
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Friends
3
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
SB3_pg 1 to pg 152_reprint.indd 1
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Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #03-07, Singapore 319455 enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 Second impression 2015 ISBN 978-981-4370-07-3 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed by Multivista Global
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1 Regular Routines
SB3_pg 1 to pg 152_reprint.indd 3
6
2 Fun Festivals
28
3 Memorable Museums
50
4 Crazy Creatures
72
5 Worldly Wonders
94
Workbook
116
Glossary
146
21/1/15 11:06 AM
Contents Vocabulary
Social and Academic Language Functions
Grammar
1 Regular Routines page 6 School subjects
Ask for the time
Daily activities
Tell the time
What time is it? It’s . . . When’s . . . ?
Talk about daily activities
Simple present tense (Review)
Holidays
Talk about holidays you like
Some/Any
Party foods
Give reasons for liking a special holiday
Preposition: on
Quantities and containers of food
Describe food
Why/Because
2 Fun Festivals
page 28
3 Memorable Museums
page 50
Dinosaurs
Ask and answer questions about dinosaurs
Was/Were
Descriptive adjectives
Describe portraits
Object pronouns
Paintings and portraits
Talk about activities in the past
Simple past tense: Regular verbs Time expressions
4 Crazy Creatures page 72 Animals
Describe animals
Comparative adjectives
Descriptive adjectives
Compare animals
Superlative adjectives
Talk about what you know about animals
I think/know . . .
5 Worldly Wonders
page 94
Countries, nationalities, and landmarks
Identify nationalities and landmarks
They are Canadian.
Weather
Make and respond to questions about weather
What about . . . ? Have to / Has to
Workbook page 116
Glossary page 146
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Listening
Pronunciation
Writing
Reading
Identify pictures
ea
Capital letters
Peter Pan and Wendy: Fly with Me!
Listen for the main idea and specific details
Identify people in a picture
Write about personal routines
-y
Listen for the main idea and specific details
Identify pictures
ay
Listen for the main idea and specific details
SB3_pg 1 to pg 152_reprint.indd 5
Structuring a paragraph Write about the recent past
ou
Listen for the main idea and specific details
Identify pictures
Peter Pan and Wendy: Neverland
Write about a favorite festival or holiday
Listen for the main idea and specific details
Identify pictures
Commas in lists of words
More capital letters Write about a favorite animal
ow
More capital letters
Peter Pan and Wendy: Captain Hook and the Pirates
Peter Pan and Wendy: The pirates take the children.
Peter Pan and Wendy: Back Home in London
Write about your country
21/1/15 11:06 AM
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For Teachers Teacher’s Edition Big Books for Levels 1 and 2 Learning Posters 3–6 Classroom Audio CD Online Resource Package
CD
Components: For Students Student Book with Workbook Student Audio CD Interactive Readers for Levels 3–6
ISBN ISBN-10
Best Friends 4 Cover_reprint.indd 1
4
Friends
Student Book & Workbook
The Teacher’s Edition offers: • full-size Student Book pages interleaved with easy-to-follow teaching notes; • ample opportunities to monitor, assess, and track students’ progress; • a bank of supplementary and testing materials; and • a program syllabus with clear lesson aims to guarantee students’ success.
Empowering Minds • Improving Lives
B est Friends
This motivating six-level course creates confident, independent young language learners of English. Addressing the varied learning styles and changing interests of primary school students, Best Friends provides: • an innovative mix of original stories, factual content, cartoons, and classical literature to develop literacy and information fluency; • realistic, playful characters to give a meaningful and memorable context to new language acquisition; • built-in Learning Posters to engage children in warm-up, practice, and assessment activities; • cross-curricular content pages for students to learn about the world around them using English; • integrated Workbook pages to extend or recycle classroom learning or for independent practice; • a Picture Dictionary (for Levels 1 and 2) or Illustrated Glossary (for Levels 3–6) to promote active vocabulary building; and • a Student Audio CD for additional listening practice of wonderful songs, stories, and dialogs.
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9 789814 370080
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
16/4/15 4:17 PM
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Friends
4
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
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Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #03-07, Singapore 319455 enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 Second impression 2015 ISBN 978-981-4370-08-0 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in China by Forwards Group
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1 Fond Friends
SB4_SB_reprint.indd 3
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2 Fun Food
28
3 Past People
50
4 Healthy Habits
72
5 Amazing Architecture
94
Workbook
116
Glossary
146
20/4/15 5:27 PM
Contents Vocabulary
Social and Academic Language Functions
Grammar
Physical description
Describe people and animals
What does she look like?
Personality
Talk about likes and dislikes
What is she like? I think she’s clever.
1 Fond Friends
page 6
Say what you are good at likes/doesn’t like verb + -ing . . . is good at . . .
2 Fun Food
page 28
Healthy snacks
Offer a snack
Would you like . . . ?
Food portions
Accept or refuse a snack
How about . . . ? Pronouns: something, nothing, all
3 Past People
page 50
Life in the past
Talk about life in the past
Simple past: questions
Ancient Egyptian life and inventions
Compare past and present life
Clauses with when
Talk about inventions that change our lives
Could/Couldn’t
4 Healthy Habits
page 72
Ailments
Talk about ailments
I have a headache. My head hurts.
Remedies
Ask for and give advice
Must/Mustn’t
Talk about healthy habits
Should/Shouldn’t
5 Amazing Architecture
page 94
Architectural features
Describe famous places and constructions
Relative clauses
Dimensions
Ask and say what constructions were made for
Adjectives and adverbs
Shapes
Infinitive of purpose
Workbook page 116
Glossary page 146
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Listening
Pronunciation
Writing
Reading
Listen for the main idea
oy
Conjunctions: and or but
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: The Cyclone
Write about your best friend
Identify sequence of events
Identify pictures
or
Listen for the main idea Listen for specific details
Identify sequence of events
Punctuation: periods, question marks, and exclamation points
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: The Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion
Write about your favorite snack food
oo
Listen for the main idea
Clauses: when Write about the Ancient Egyptians
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: The Emerald City
Listen for specific details
Identify people in a picture
ur
Listen for the main idea
Joining sentences: so Write about healthy habits
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: The Wicked Witch
Listen for specific details
Identify pictures Listen for the main idea
igh
Using relative clauses Write about a famous man-made landmark
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: Home Again
Listen for specific details
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St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal • Andy Cowle
For Teachers Teacher’s Edition Big Books for Levels 1 and 2 Learning Posters 3–6 Classroom Audio CD Online Resource Package
CD
Components: For Students Student Book with Workbook Student Audio CD Interactive Readers for Levels 3–6
ISBN ISBN-10
Best Friends 5 Cover.indd 1
5
Friends
Student Book & Workbook
The Teacher’s Edition offers: • full-size Student Book pages interleaved with easy-to-follow teaching notes; • ample opportunities to monitor, assess, and track students’ progress; • a bank of supplementary and testing materials; and • a program syllabus with clear lesson aims to guarantee students’ success.
Empowering Minds • Improving Lives
B est Friends
This motivating six-level course creates confident, independent young language learners of English. Addressing the varied learning styles and changing interests of primary school students, Best Friends provides: • an innovative mix of original stories, factual content, cartoons, and classical literature to develop literacy and information fluency; • realistic, playful characters to give a meaningful and memorable context to new language acquisition; • built-in Learning Posters to engage children in warm-up, practice, and assessment activities; • cross-curricular content pages for students to learn about the world around them using English; • integrated Workbook pages to extend or recycle classroom learning or for independent practice; • a Picture Dictionary (for Levels 1 and 2) or Illustrated Glossary (for Levels 3–6) to promote active vocabulary building; and • a Student Audio CD for additional listening practice of wonderful songs, stories, and dialogs.
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978-981-4370-09-7 981-4370-09-6
9 789814 370097
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
6/4/15 9:14 PM
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Friends
5
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
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Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #03-07, Singapore 319455 enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 Second impression 2015 ISBN 978-981-4370-09-7 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in China by Forwards Group
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1 Friends and Family
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2 Wild Weather
28
3 Cool Clothes
50
4 Incredible Inventions
72
5 Super Sports
94
Workbook
116
Glossary
146
20/4/15 5:30 PM
Contents Vocabulary
Social and Academic Language Functions
Grammar
1 Friends and Family page 6 Extended family
Talk about people’s past lives
Family relationships
Say what happened before or after a certain event or date
Time clauses: before, after, and when Review: Wh- questions
2 Wild Weather page 28 Stormy weather
Describe stormy weather
Feelings
Talk about simultaneous actions
Pronouns with some-, any-, every-, and noPast continuous tense
3 Cool Clothes
page 50
Clothing and accesories
Confirm ideas
Tag questions
Order of descriptive words
Talk about plans for the immediate future
Future tense: going to / will
4 Incredible Inventions page 72 Materials
Say what materials things are made of
Modern inventions
Guess how things work or what they are for
Present passive voice Review: Infinitive of purpose
5 Super Sports
Might
page 94
Sports competitions
Talk about athletes and sports events
Shall for suggestions Comparative adjectives (more/less)
Make comparisons Superlative adjectives (the most / the least)
Workbook page 116
Glossary page 146
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Listening
Pronunciation
Writing
Reading
Listen for the main idea
wh
Order actions
Gulliver’s Travels: Gulliver in the Land of the Little People
Write about a family member
Listen for specific information
Listen for the main idea
Short e sound spelled ea
Long e sound spelled y
Short u sound spelled oo
Listen for specific information
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Give examples Write about an invention
Listen for specific information
Listen for the main idea
Prepare to write
Gulliver’s Travels: Lilliput Has Problems
Write about favorite clothes
Listen for specific information
Listen for the main idea
Gulliver’s Travels: The King of Lilliput
Write a narrative paragraph
Listen for specific information
Listen for the main idea
Time transitions
Silent e
Reasons with because Write about a favorite sport
Gulliver’s Travels: Gulliver in the Land of the Big People
Gulliver’s Travels: The King and Queen of Brobdingnag
20/4/15 5:30 PM
Components: For Students Student Book with Workbook Student Audio CD Interactive Readers for Levels 3–6
6
St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal • Andy Cowle
For Teachers Teacher’s Edition Big Books for Levels 1 and 2 Learning Posters 3–6 Classroom Audio CD Online Resource Package
ISBN ISBN-10
978-981-4370-10-3 981-4370-10-X
9 789814 370103
CD
6
Friends
Student Book & Workbook
The Teacher’s Edition offers: • full-size Student Book pages interleaved with easy-to-follow teaching notes; • ample opportunities to monitor, assess, and track students’ progress; • a bank of supplementary and testing materials; and • a program syllabus with clear lesson aims to guarantee students’ success.
Empowering Minds • Improving Lives
B est Friends
This motivating six-level course creates confident, independent young language learners of English. Addressing the varied learning styles and changing interests of primary school students, Best Friends provides: • an innovative mix of original stories, factual content, cartoons, and classical literature to develop literacy and information fluency; • realistic, playful characters to give a meaningful and memorable context to new language acquisition; • built-in Learning Posters to engage children in warm-up, practice, and assessment activities; • cross-curricular content pages for students to learn about the world around them using English; • integrated Workbook pages to extend or recycle classroom learning or for independent practice; • a Picture Dictionary (for Levels 1 and 2) or Illustrated Glossary (for Levels 3–6) to promote active vocabulary building; and • a Student Audio CD for additional listening practice of wonderful songs, stories, and dialogs.
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Friends
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St ud e nt Book & Wor kbook
Milada Broukal Andy Cowle
Published by Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd 6 Battery Road, #29-03, Singapore 049909 Main: (65) 6538 3990 Fax: (65) 6538 3991 Email: enquiry@alstonpublishinghouse.com Website: http://www.alstonpublishinghouse.com Š 2012 Alston Publishing House Pte Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2012 ISBN 978-981-4370-10-3 Publisher: Sim Wee Chee Printed in China by PWGS
1 Awesome Authors
6
2 Perfect Places
28
3 Colorful Careers
50
4 Spectacular Space
72
5 Timely Transport
94
Workbook
116
Glossary
146
Contents Vocabulary
Social and Academic Language Functions
Grammar
1 Awesome Authors page 6 Entertainment: films and books
Talk about preferences
Would rather
Say what activities began at a certain date
Present perfect tense
Genres For and since
2 Perfect Places
page 28
Geographical regions
Talk about extreme (or exotic) geographical regions
Nature
Very, too, and enough She hasn’t fed the cats yet.
Talk about travel experiences or plans Extreme temperature
3 Colorful Careers
Ever and never
page 50
Professionals
Talk about what a person does
Review: who and that
Occupations
Discuss a person’s interests and concerns
Real conditional (First conditional)
Jobs
Phrasal verbs: interested in, excited about, and care about
4 Spectacular Space page 72 Space
Make comparisons
Space travel
Discuss unreal or fantasy situations
More, the most, fewer, and the least Unreal conditional (Second conditional)
5 Timely Transport
page 94
Transportation
Talk about uncommon transportation
May, might, and could for possibility
Speed
Make comparisons
As . . . as So and such
Workbook page 116 Glossary page 146
Listening
Pronunciation
Writing
Reading
Listen for the main idea
Long u sound spelled ew
How to write a biography
The Red Dragon: The Northern Tribe
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Write about a favorite author
F sound spelled ph
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er
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Supporting and concluding sentences
The Red Dragon: The Dragon Rider
Write about a favorite career or job
S sound spelled c (Soft c)
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The Red Dragon: The Dragons’ Cave
Write about a familiar place
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Topic sentence
Irrelevant sentences
The Red Dragon: Armies from the South
Write about a planet
K sound spelled c (Hard c)
Stating advantages or reasons Write about the best form of transportation
The Red Dragon: A New Beginning