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Vocabulary areas Sports and leisure, transport, animals, adjectives to describe feelings
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Jane Cadwallader
Granny Fixit and the Ball A hilarious adventure with Granny Fixit, a magic bag and a ball. This is a story about Granny Fixit and a boy who loses his ball. There’s a skateboard chase through the town when a dog, a cat and then a squirrel take the ball. Can Granny Fixit get the ball back for the boy?
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GRANNY FIXIT AND THE BALL
Grammar and structures Present simple Present progressive Imperatives Have for possession There is / There are Can for ability Question words: what? / where? / who? Conjunctions: and / but
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JANE CADWALLADER
My name is Jane and I live in a beautiful Spanish city, Madrid. I’m an English author of children’s books. I’ve always loved creating stories and songs for children. The best ideas come to me while… I’m jogging!
SYLLABUS
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Jane Cadwallader
Granny Fixit and the Ball Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
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t’s a beautiful day. There are some children playing in the park. They’re playing basketball and football and riding bikes and skateboarding. Everyone is very happy.
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Oh! There’s Granny Fixit! She’s talking to a boy with a ball.
Hello! I’m Granny Fixit. What’s your name?
My name’s Paul. 3
Paul kicks the ball and…
Ooops!
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Oh dear! The ball is in the tree and … now it’s time for lunch!
Oh, my ball!
I’m hungry! Let’s go!
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Now the park is quiet. Or … is it? Granny Fixit is talking to the ball! The ball isn’t happy!
Help! I don’t like this!
Just a minute please!
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Granny Fixit wants to help the ball. She puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? Oh, it’s a ladder! A LONG ladder!
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Granny Fixit has the ball. She puts it on her head. But the ball isn’t happy!
Oh! I don’t like this! Be quiet! Don’t worry!
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Granny Fixit puts the ball under the tree and goes to sleep. Now the ball is happy!
Thank you Granny Fixit!
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Oh no! A dog has the ball! Granny Fixit isn’t happy!
Oh good! A ball! A ball for me!
Come back!
Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 10
It’s a skateboard! The dog goes away with the ball. The ball isn’t happy! Granny Fixit jumps on the skateboard. She wants to get the ball!
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Granny Fixit and the dog are in the street. There are a lot of cars and lorries and motorbikes and buses!
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3 The small dog has the football!
The small dog has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball for Paul? 13
4 Granny Fixit wants the ball!
Wait!
Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 14
It’s a bone! The dog sees the bone and drops the ball. Now the ball is happy!
What’s that? Hurrah! A bone! A bone for me!
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Oh no! Now a cat has the ball! The ball is angry!
Come back!
Oh good! A ball! A ball for me!
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The orange cat has the football! The orange cat has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Can you get the ball for Paul?
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6 Granny Fixit wants the ball!
She gets a fish from her small yellow bag! The cat sees the fish and drops the ball.
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The ball is happy!
Yummy yummy! Fish for lunch! 19
Oh no! Now a squirrel has the ball! The ball is very angry! Granny Fixit follows the squirrel on her skateboard. Oh good! A ball! A ball for me!
Come back!
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Now the squir rel has the football! Now the squir rel has the football! Granny Fixit, can you fix it? Granny Fixit, can you fix it?
Can you get the ball for Paul?
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8 Granny Fixit can’t see the squirrel or the ball.
Where’s the ball? Where’s the squirrel?
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Ooops! There’s the ball!
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BOIN
Hello!
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And there’s the squirrel!
Sorry Granny Fixit!
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The squirrel is smiling. The tree is smiling. The ball is smiling. Granny Fixit is trying not to smile but she’s smiling too!
Well! Well! Well! There you are!
Hello Granny Fixit. Who are you talking to?
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Now Paul has his ball again. He’s very happy!
Oh!… Hello Paul! Here’s your ball! Thank you! Thank you very much!
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Full song
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Karaoke
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Activity Pages 1 Label the pictures. Draw a line to show, in order, where the ball goes in the story. Paul dog
tree
squirrel Granny Fixit cat
Paul ________ tree ___________ ______________
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2 Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.
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dog has the ____________ . The small ______ The small ______ has the ____________ . __________ __________ , can you fix it? __________ __________ , can you fix it? Can you get the ________ for ________ ?
3 Match. 1 Granny Fixit has a bone.
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2 Paul is playing football.
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3 The cat has the ball.
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4 The squirrel is smiling.
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5 Granny Fixit is asleep.
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4 Look and write.
fish
bag
ladder
motorbike cat lorry squirrel A
dog car
tree
bus
B
In both A and B there’s a cat _________________________________________________
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In A there’s a dog ______________________
In B there’s a ladder ______________________
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5 Finish the drawings. Use the words to fill the gaps in the sentences. ball
1 2 3 4 5
car
boy
bone
tree
bone . Every day I give my dog a ________ I go to school by ________ . A squirrel can climb a ________ . I like playing with a ________ . Paul is a ________ .
6 Number the faces. 1 The ball is happy. 2 The ball is angry. 3 The ball isn’t happy. 4 Granny Fixit is happy. 5 The ball is very happy. 6 Granny Fixit isn’t happy.
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7 Read and draw. d r a o b e t a k s 1 __________________ l l a b t o o f 3 __________________
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a b t e k s a b 2 __________________
e k i b 4 __________________
8 Do you like the story? Draw your face. = I love the story! = I like the story. = I quite like the story. = I don’t like the story. 32