A Drink Called Tea - A Drink Called Tea

What is tea? Tea comes from the dry leaves1 of the Camellia sinensis plant. This plant grows in high places with hot weather and a lot of rain. There are three types of tea: black, green and oolong.…

Reading

A few weeks later Marilla, Mrs Lynde and Diana’s parents go to an important meeting in Charlottetown. They all sleep in Charlottetown that night. Anne stays home with Matthew. They have dinner at half…

Introduction

The story you are going to read takes place in San Francisco, California. San Francisco is a beautiful city on the Pacific Ocean. It is on a peninsula. San Francisco is on the St Andreas fault line.1…

Exit Test

Exit Test

Topic - celebrations (T: Grade 5)

‘There was a big wedding celebration in the forest.’ Bring in some pictures and information about weddings in your country AND from another country or culture. Describe the pictures to the class…

Animals

Discussion Questions

Jonathan Swift wants the readers of Gulliver’s Travels to think about some very important subjects regarding politics and social life. Lilliput The people of Lilliput are very small, but they have…

Reading

Saturday October 31 was Halloween and the town of Montego Bay was ready to celebrate it. There were jack-o’-lanterns1 and black and orange decorations everywhere. There were some incredible costumes…

Reading

For years Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of the book Lord Henry had given him. The book seemed to him to contain the story of his own life, written before he had lived it. He…

Before you read Ch 1 01 - Scrooge

Match the words on the left to their definitions, like the example. the Christmas spirit = kind, generous feelings a Christmas card Christmas Eve a Christmas carol Christmas decorations ‘Merry Christmas!’