Eli Readers is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics and specially-written stories for learners of English.
Grammar and structures Present simple Present progressive Imperatives Have for possession There is / There are Can for ability Question words: Where? / What? Conjunctions: and / but Determiners: this / that / a / an / a lot of
Jane Cadwallader
Granny Fixit and the Yellow String Ann is ALWAYS losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems … or do they? - Games and language activities - An audio recording of the story and the song - A picture dictionary
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Granny Fixit and the Yellow String by Jane Cadwallader Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali ELI Readers Founder and Series Editors Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)
Eli Design Department Diletta Brutti
Stage 1
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Starters
Stage 2
200 headwords
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Starters/Movers
Stage 3
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Stage 4
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Flyers
Production Manager Francesco Capitano
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My name is Gustavo. I live in a very big city, Buenos Aires. I have been drawing all my life, ever since I was a child as I didn’t have a TV. I enjoy most of all drawing comic strips and picturing myself and my kids in the illustrations that I create.
The ELI Readers collection is a complete range of books and plays for readers of all ages, ranging from captivating contemporary stories to timeless classics. There are three series, each catering for a different age group; Young ELI Readers, Teen ELI Readers and Young Adult ELI Readers. The books are carefully edited and beautifully illustrated to capture the essence of the stories and plots.
Graphic Design Sergio Elisei
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GRANNY FIXIT AND THE YELLOW STRING
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!
Stage 1 JANE CADWALLADER
Vocabulary areas School, family and friends, the home, toys
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ere is Ann. She’s running to school. Oh dear! Her school bag is open! Her books and her pencil and ruler are falling out of her bag. Ann is ALWAYS losing her things!
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The teacher is angry. Ann doesn’t have her book … again! Ann! Where’s your book? You are ALWAYS losing your things!
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Ann is in the park. She’s talking to her friend Granny Fixit. Ann is sad because her teacher is angry.
My teacher is angry. I’m ALWAY losing my things!
Hmm. Is that your book on the floor?
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Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What’s in there? 5
Oh! It’s a piece of yellow string. Granny Fixit puts the yellow string into Ann’s school bag! Ann is picking up her book.
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Thank you Granny Fixit. Goodbye Ann.
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Activity Pages 1 Read, match and draw.
Granny Fixit
school bag
watch
dog
lamp
book
teacher
plant
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I’m a __________ yellow piece of ________. I do much more than ________ and ________. When you ________ things on the _________. I ________ them up and ________ for more!
3 Match the sentence halves. 1 Ann
picks up ALL the things!
2 Fido
helps Ann.
3 The yellow string
is ALWAYS losing her things!
4 Granny Fixit
is the teacher’s dog.
5 The teacher says
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