Literature.

Activity n° 1 – Billions of Bats

Date: April ____

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1- Read and listen

2- Choose the correct answer

A. The characters were at home/ at school/ in the hospital.

B. Buzz was an average student/ a good student/ the best one.
C. Buzz and Sarah were best friends/ classmates/family
D. Sarah was recognised as a good sport girl/ a gineaus / a good singer.
3- Read the story and correct the mistake
A. Buzz was the best student of the school.
B. Everyone enjoyed Buzz´s proyects.
C. Buzz got the lowest grades.
D. Everything changed when Sarah broke a leg.
E. Sarah was getting the worst grade.

4- Word search

5- Look at page 6 and 7 and write Buzz and Sarah´s feelings.

Picture 1: Buzz was thoughtful
Picture 2:
Picture 3:
Picture 4:
Picture 5:
Picture 6:
6- Do you think Buzz feelings changed because Sarah got most extra credit? Yes, not, why?

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Activity n°2

Name ___________________ Class ___________________ Date_______________________

Before you read

1- Match the phrases with the definition

1) To beat a record. a. hablar de algo sin saber

2) To have the best grade b. romper una marca/derrotar.

3) To flap your gums c. tener la major nota

2- Label the pictures

Sport hall Braindrain a formula shoot a ball classroom

1._____________ 2._____________ 3.____________

4.________________ 5________________

Now read from page 8 to 13 from the book Billions of Bats

 3- Look at the pictures, find five differences, and write them.
A) B)

Example:
- In picture A Buzz has got a sheet of paper on his desk and in picture B he hasn´t
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4- Read and write your answer.

On your next birthday, you get a Cosmic
Copier!
What´s the First thing you would make
copies of?
Write about it, and tell what happens to
the copies
 Literature.
Activity n°3

Billions of Bats

Name ________________________ Class ___________ Date____________________

Before you read

1- Tick the correct option.

a- This is Buzz’s best object.

b- This is a robot.

c- The Cosmic copier is Sarah’s special project.

a- Buzz and Sarah are friends.

b- They are not good friends

c- They work very well together.

a- Up to now, Sarah is a friendly person.

b- She seems to be competitive with her classmates.

c- She seems to be humble and quiet.

2- Read the book from page 14 to 21. Are these sentences true (T) or
false (F)

a- Mindy is Sarah’s pet.

b- The assistant types in a wrong number in the Cosmic Copier.

c- Buzz does not want the machine works well.

d- Sarah got two “F” in her projects.

e- The students love bats.

3- Listen to the people and tick how they feel.

Relaxed Happy Nervous

Disappointed Scared Tired

Sad Surprised Angry

4- Read and give your opinion.

Is Sarah a little bit bossy? Yes, not, why?

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Activity n°4

Name ___________________ Class ___________________ Date_______________________

1- Look at the picture and guess the answer to the questions

a- Are Sarah and Buzz quarrelling again?

b- Is Buzz helping Sarah with her project?
c- Are they friends now?
d- Is Sarah in trouble?

2- Listen and check your predictions.

 3- Listen again and Tick the phrases you hear.

a- I have an idea. b- that’s just weird c- that’ s my pen

d reverse the process e- machine f- radio device

g- digital camera

4- Order the sentences as they appear in the listening.

I like it! Thanks! Not bad for a

I have and idea
“braindrain,”uh”

We need to get the bats Using my super

back to the Cosmic Copier That’s just intelligence, I quickly
weird to work fashioned this radio from
a flashlight

1- 2-

3- 4-

5- 6-

5- Why do you think they want to get the bats back to the Cosmic Copier?
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Activity n°5

Name ___________________ Class ___________________ Date_______________________

Comprehension
1- Read from page 23 to 33 and tick the things that did NOT happen.

1- When Sarah attached the radio device to the Cosmic Copier it…
a- didn’t work.
b- attracted the bats to the machine.
c- made an awful noise.

2- Buzz realized that…

a- He works better alone.
b- He hates working with girls.
c- Two brains are better than one.

3- What happened with the Cosmic Copier?

a- It stood in the science lab.
b- The teacher asked Sarah to destroy the Cosmic Copier.
c- The machine was the best project of the year.

Language Practice
2- Write one or more words from the box under the characters they describe

Blond – haired friendly strict bossy

Smart afraid angry stubborn
Summary of the story
3- Put the following events into the correct chronological order.

a- Sarah creates a Cosmic Copier that can make an exact copy of anything
placed inside.

b- Sarah and Buzz have to work together to solve the problem of billions of
bats.

c- Buzz Beaker is the smartest kid in school; he is brilliant.

d- Sarah Bellum, certified girl genius, starts school with Buzz and gets the
best grades.

e- When she tries to make a copy of Bobo, her pet Bat, the machine
accidentally makes numerous copies.

1 2 3 4 5

4- Look at this scene of the story. Can you think of another ending?
A B
 The Brave Little Tailor
- Lee el libro “The Brave Little Tailor”
- Una vez finalizada la lectura responde las preguntas.

1- Look at the pictures and put them in the correct order

A B C D E

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2___
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3___

4___

5___
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2- Describe what happens in each picture from point n° 1

1. The tailor killed seven flies at one blow.

2.

3.

4.
Name __________________________ The Brave Little Tailor
Assignment n°2

1-Find in the tale moments when people felt/were:

- Surprised The giants were surprised when they saw the tailor

- Angry

- Proud

- Excited

- Afraid

- Relaxed

2- Grammar – Simple Past

a- Complete the table

Infinitive Past
Kill
Fight
Leave
Sleep
See
Think
Nap

b- Put the words in the correct order to make sentences

1- far / small/ away/lived/ in a / tailor/ the/ village

2- army/ the/ king/ the/ tailor/ a place / gave/ in his

3- the giant/ each other/ killed

4- the king’s daughter/ the/ married/ tailor

5- remained/ his/king/the/ all/ life/tailor