Journey to the Centre of the Earth

DOMINOES Starter

Activity Key
BEFORE READING WORD WORK
1 a  2  b  4  c  3  d  1 b follow…sign
2 Professor Otto Lidenbrock, Axel, Hans Bjelke c worried
3 a, b and c d hole…wall
e stream
Activity pages 6–7
6-7 f small
READING CHECK g bottom
b F (He finds it in a book shop.) h compass
c F (He is an old Icelandic scientist.) i climb
d T j tunnel
e F (He is afraid when he understands the message.) k lamp
f F (They must go before the last day of June.) GUESS WHAT
g T Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
h F (They leave at six o’clock in the morning.) now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
WORD WORK a 3
1 b volcano b 1
c Earth c 2
d fire d 2
e paper
f shadow Activity pages 24–25
24-25
g crater READING CHECK
h centre b When they stop, the Professor writes about the journey.
2 a nephew c Suddenly Axel can’t find Hans and Professor Lidenbrock.
b secret d Axel falls and breaks his lamp.
c fiancée…plan…marry e The wall of the tunnel takes Axel’s cries to the professor.
Professor.
d sure f When Axel finds the professor
Professor and Hans again, he can hear
e backwards the sea.
f journey g Hans makes a raft and they sail across the sea on it.
g message h Axel wants to tell Gräuben about the monsters in the sea.
h uncle WORD WORK
i fall 1 raft, cave, underground, break, fight
GUESS WHAT 2 plesiosaurus
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers 3 b break
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: c raft
a and c d cave…underground
e fight
Activity pages 12–13
12-13 GUESS WHAT
READING CHECK Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
a  3  b  7  c  2  d  6  e  1  f  5  g  4 now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
WORD WORK a Yes
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c L Activity pages 30–31
30-31
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now.WHAT
GUESS They will find out as they read that the answers are:
1 b S L D D X K L U O
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N O K N I F E D W
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Activity
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READING CHECK
D U E X P L O D E
Activity
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c  7  d  6  e  1  f  8  g  2  h  5
READING CHECK E P G A N D W D R
b  3  c  7  d  6  e  1  f  8  g  2  h  5
R O X L E T T E R

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 Journey to the Centre of the Earth
DOMINOES Starter

Activity Key
2 a clouds…lightning 2 a crater…east
b mastodon b climb
c letter c bottom…up
d rock d cave…waterfall
e blow up….gunpowder e monster…drink
f knife f stream
g land g don’t
h explode h first
i ground i turn
GUESS WHAT 3 Open answers.
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers 4 Open answers.
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a Professor Lidenbrock Project B pages 42–44
42-44
b Gräuben FAMOUS CAVES
c Hans 1 a  4  b  3  c  5  d  1  e  6  f  2
d Axel 2
e Hans
f Professor Lidenbrock Where are
are Gunung Mulu
Gunung Mulu National
NationalPark,
Park,Malaysia
Malaysia
they?
they?
Activity pages 38–39
38-39 Name ofof cave
cave Deer Cave Good Luck Cave Clearwater
READING CHECK Cave
b  3  c  2  d  3  e  1 How long
long is
is it?
it? 2 km 107 km
WORD WORK How high
high is
is it?
it? 120 m
b waterfall Special
Special things
things Waterfalls, Sarawak Chamber: Underground
c lava to see
to see batsbats 700m long, and 70 river,
d world m
70 high
m high stalactites and
e languages stalagmites
f hero
Visitors:
Visitors: Yes
Yes// Yes No Only with a
GUESS WHAT
No /No / Only
Only with guide
Open answers.
with guide
guide
Project A pages 40–41
40-41 can you
How can you Plane or boat from Miri
get get
there?
there?
UNDERGROUND MAZE
1 lamp 3 Open answers.
4 Open answers.

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