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YEAR XXVII - No. 1

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YEAR XXVII • No. 1 - September/October 2014 • Imprimé à Taxe Réduite

Report Class newspaper

Let’s visit…

Middle Earth

Pharrell

Williams

Personaggi italiani

This month… Art you can wear!

Wellington, New Zealand

Cinema

Test Ready for school?

Also online (see page 2).

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An important international day

2 October

Write your opinion to complete the list.

A day of non-violence...

International Day of Non-violence

This day promotes peace, justice and friendship around the world. It’s a special day, when we say “no” to weapons and war. Many world organisations take part: Greenpeace, Emergency, Amnesty International and the Red Cross. A lot of cities around the world organise conventions, photography exhibitions, special prizes, and outdoor events.

Says “no” to every form of violence (racial, economic, psychological, religious...)

Says “no” to war

Accepts cultural and personal diversity

Says “yes” to equality for everyone

Secret code The International Day of Non-violence is on 2 October because this is the birthdate of...

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The answers are on page 14.

A = M D = E G = z H = Z I = 8 N = k

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Hi everyone!

I’m Samantha. I’m from New Zealand. I teach English and I’m also a writer.

This year, we’re beginning a new adventure with Let’s Start! magazine. In each edition, a class of students learning English, somewhere in the world, will tell us about their classwork. Are you ready? I know I am!

You will also find lots of news, games and new ways to have fun together and learn English. Enjoy the magazine, and see you again soon!

Samantha

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Hi! I’m Grammy!

In this edition of Let’s Start you will learn:

• Word order in questions – use of question words and auxiliaries • the verb ‘to have’ • the verb ‘to be’ • the verbs ‘to want’ and ‘to be able to’ • the present simple • the past simple (regular and irregular verbs) • the imperative • possessive adjectives • adverbs of time • relative clauses (who, which, that and where) Common European Framework Elementary Level (A1/A2)

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Music

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Classrooms around the world

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Report

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This month…

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Comics

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Let’s visit…

Pharrell Williams

School starts

Class newspaper

Art you can wear!

Wellington, New Zealand

Black Ducks

Middle Earth

Games Galore Five fantastic facts…

…about Halloween

Test

Ready for school?

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Music

Pharrell He’s the latest musical sensation!

With his song Happy, he has become world-famous. Pharrell is a musician and music producer all-in-one.

The secret to his success? Friendship and... a little luck Pharrell has had a great passion for music since he was a child. At the age of 12 he met Chad Hugo, who is now also a famous music producer. The two boys attended different schools, but met in jazz class: Pharrell played the drums and Chad the saxophone.

A few years later, with two other friends, they created a band called The Neptunes. The group won a local music competition and got noticed by Teddy Riley, the famous rapper.

Even though he was still very young, Pharrell produced some of Riley’s songs – and so his career, as a music producer and musician, began.

Interesting facts • Date and place of birth: 5 April 1973, Virginia Beach (Virginia) • Nickname: Pharrell or Skateboard P • Musical instruments: the drums, electric keyboard and guitar • Family: In 2013 Pharrell married Helen Lasichanh, his childhood sweetheart. The two have a son, called Rock Man Williams.

• Video: In the video Last Night, Good Night, Pharrell appears as a manga comic character.

Guess!

Which of these artists/groups didn’t want to use Pharrell’s songs?

A

Beyoncé

B

Michael Jackson

C

Coldplay

The answers are on page 14.

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the verb ‘to have’ – the present simple – the past simple (regular and irregular) – adjectives – possessive adjectives – adverbs of time

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Classrooms around the world

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Here are some school subjects. Which materials do you use for each?

1 { CUT with…

2 { WRITE with a…

3 { DRAW with a…

4 { PAINT with a …

Geometry

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5 { COLOUR with… ....................................... .......................................

A paints B scissors C pencil D pen E paint brush The answers are on page 14.

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Hi everyone, I’m Massimo, I’m 14 and I’m studying English in Rome, Italy. It’s our first year of English and we really like it! School has started and we are studying the names of the materials we use in class. It’s very useful for us! Do you want to play a game with me, and my friends? Complete the names of the materials:

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set square

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compass

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stapler highlighter rubber ruler paper clip pencil paint brush drawing pin pencil sharpener

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What do you want to do?

Do you want to be a journalist? Do you want to write about your school life? Here are five tips for writing a class newspaper.

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Do you want to write? Do you want to take photographs?

Do you want to draw pictures?

Choose what you want to put in your newspaper – but, first, ask your teacher for help.

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What do you want to write about?

Print or online?

Every newspaper has its own characteristics. For example, you can include articles about lessons, student experiences, fun news, sport, or useful information. First, you must choose your topic.

Do you want to write a printed newspaper or an Internet blog? Decide and then choose the number of pages or the number of articles. Then, decide how often you want to publish. Once a month? Once every two months? Consistency is very important: this is the only way to get readers.

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Organise meetings

Write an article

During meetings you can discuss your own ideas and find out about those of others. This is very useful and you can learn a lot this way.

When you write an article, make sure that the story is clear. You should always answer the following questions: Who? What? Where?

How? Why?

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Word order in questions – use of question words and auxiliaries – the verb ’to have‘ – the present simple – the imperative – adjectives – adverbs of time – the verbs ’to want‘ and ’to be able to‘

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Write!

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Use the suggested topics below to write a brief article. Think of a name for the newspaper and a title for the article.

Beyoncé • concert • London • July • UNICEF

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True or False?

1 Talk to your teacher and then

choose what you want to put

in your newspaper.

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2 Each newspaper has its own characteristics.

3 Never hold meetings!

4 Do not choose the number

of pages.

T F T F T F

5 Always write the story clearly.

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The answers are on page 14.

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This month…

Art you can wear!

This is the World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards show, where ‘Mardi Gras meets haute couture’. Get ready for a real spectacle!

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Fashion and art The WOW Awards show takes place every September and October, in Wellington, New Zealand. The event started twenty years ago and is now world-famous.

More than 300 designers, and 400 staff, create an amazing performance!

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There is no show like this, anywhere in the world. The only limit is your imagination!

WOW mixes colour, fantasy and creativity.

Designers work for months to create their costumes and each design has its own special light effects, atmospheric music and full choreography. They create their works out of almost anything! Last year, one of the winners made a costume out of aluminium, vinyl film, Perspex and candy.

An international show Around 50,000 people attend the WOW Awards show every year. Journalists from international publications also attend the event. Designers come from New Zealand and around the world, including India, the Netherlands, China, USA, UK, Canada, the Philippines and Italy.

This year, WOW runs from 25 September to 12 October.

Website:

http://worldofwearableart.com/

GAME Wellington – the ‘windy city’ Fill in the gaps about Wellington using the words below: Wellingtonian

capital

population

special effects

Beehive

1 Wellington has a _________________ of 2 3 4 5

around 400,000 people.

Wellington is New Zealand’s ____________ city.

A person who lives in Wellington is called a _________________ .

The name of the New Zealand parliament building in Wellington is the _________________ .

Wellington is home of Weta Workshop/ Digital, which created the _________________ for The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Avatar and the Hobbit.

The answers are on page 14.

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How do you feel about it? Take this test and find out!

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During lessons... a you sometimes don’t pay attention.

B you always take notes.

C you always pay a lot of attention during explanations.

You have a lot of homework to do, and not a lot of time... a you worry a lot...

B you worry a little, but not a lot.

C you are not worried: you always get there in the end.

2 School subjects... a sometimes, they are difficult and boring.

B there are two or three subjects that you really don’t like!

C you like almost all of them.

6 For you school is: a an obligation.

B part of life.

C one of the great things in life.

Answered mostly “A”

Answered mostly “B”

Answered mostly “C”

You have a difficult time at school. At times you worry a little. Try to stay calm: You have all the intelligence and ability you need to do well at school!

You have a good time at school. Sure, at times there are problems, but in general you enjoy studying, and achieve good results.

You have a really good time at school. You like to study and learn new things.

Keep up the good work!

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the verb “to have” – adjectives – adverbs of time

3 Before walking into school, you think: a “This will be a difficult day...”

B “This will be an interesting day!”

C “This will be a fun day!”

5 Before an oral test... a you are always a little nervous.

B you are usually calm.

C you are always calm.

Strange... my birthday is in August...

Happy Birthday from all your friends

I wonder what plant it is...

DUCKS?!

A rare, exotic, carnivorous plant.

It mainly eats…

YUM

No! It’s not possible!

BIM!

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BOM

A plant!

Beautiful, but unusual...

It’s dinner time...

It’s true! The plant wants to eat me!

Listen to me! Eat vegetables, they’re good for you!

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Let’s visit…

Middle Earth J.R.R. Tolkien created Middle Earth, the fantasy world of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Now, thanks to the films, Middle Earth really exists! Find out more about some places from The Hobbit movies, and their actual film locations.

Hobbiton This is where the hobbits live: green, peaceful and beautiful. The film location was a farm in Matamata, a small town in the centre of New Zealand’s North Island. Tourists can now visit Hobbiton and see where Hobbits live - hobbit holes!

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[ [ [ [ [ [ [ The Misty Mountains These mythical mountains are the home of the Mines of Moria, goblins and Gollum.

The film location was the Remarkables, an imposing mountain range near Queenstown in the centre of New Zealand’s South Island.

The Dale Hills

present continuous, phrasal verbs, passive forms

These are the hills near the Lonely Mountain. The film location was the Rock and Pillar Range, near the town of Middlemarch. This is an isolated spot in New Zealand’s South Island. It has a beautiful, but strange, landscape – with lots of rocks!

Lonely Mountain This is the great mountain where Smaug, the dragon, lives. In the films, they used a digital ‘mock-up’ of Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain, for this location.

Riddles in the Dark

Dark

Time

Mountain

Match the answers with the riddles below: Riddle 1

Riddle 2

Riddle 3

This has feet that nobody sees It is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, But it never grows.

You cannot see, feel, hear or smell this.

It is in the sky at night It is under the mountains.

This eats everything: birds, animals, trees and flowers.

No one can escape it.

No one can ever stop it.

What is it? _________________

What is it? _________________

What is it? _________________

The answers are on page 14.

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Games Galore!

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True or false?

Have you read the article about the WearableArt Awards show? Yes? Now, answer T (true) or F (false).

1 It takes place in Auckland, New Zealand.

T F

2 The event began twenty years ago.

T F

F 3 There are many events like this in the world. T

A “Oh, no! Now the teacher

will think we’ve copied off

each other!!!”

B “How did the classwork go?”

C “Badly... I handed in

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F 4 The designers can only use a few materials. T 5 The spectacle is now world-famous.

T F

6 Around 20,000 people attend the show every year.

T F

The answers are below.

ANSWERS - Page 2: Gandhi. Page 3: Michael Jackson. Pages 4-5: 1 compass, 2 highlighter, 3 rubber, 4 paint, 5 paper clip, 6 pencil, 7 paint brush, 8 pen, 9 scissors, 10 set square, 11 stapler, 12 pencil sharpener, 13 drawing pin, 14 craft knife, 15 ruler. A) 1 B, 2 D, 3 C, 4 E, 5 A. B) Geometry: pencil, set square, ruler, compass, rubber; Mathematics: pencil, pen, rubber; Literature: pen, paper clip, highlighter; Art: pencil, rubber, pencil sharpener, paint brush, paint. Pages 6-7: 1 true, 2 true, 3 false, 4 false, 5 true. Pages 8-9: 1 population, 2 capital, 3 Wellingtonian, 4 Beehive, 5 special effects. Pages 12-13: Riddle 1: MOUNTAIN, Riddle 2: DARK, Riddle 3: TIME. Page 14: The labyrinth: A compass, B paper clip, C scissors, D pencils. For a laugh!

1 B, 2 C, 3 A. True or false? 1 false, 2 true, 3 false, 4 false, 5 true, 6 false. Page 16: 1 B, 2 D, 3 A, 4 E, 5 C.

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For a laugh!

Match the questions and answers to complete the joke.

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The Labyrinth Help the students reach their materials for school. But be careful!

The right word is hidden on each ‘street’ in the labyrinth… find it!

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Five fantastic facts…

The origins of Halloween Halloween – also known as ‘All Hallows Eve’ – is the night when the dead come back to life and cause trouble. We often think of Halloween as an American celebration but it actually began as a Celtic festival in Scotland, Ireland and Wales. People believed that, on this night, there were no boundaries between the living and the dead.

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are five facts about Halloween. Match each Game Here description with the correct word: 1 [ This is a vegetable which symbolises Halloween. You design a face and put a candle inside.

2 [ This is a tradition at Halloween when children dress in costumes and visit houses. People give them candy or sweets.

3 [ This a place where ghosts and spirits live. People sometimes visit this place at Halloween.

4 [ This is the day which comes after Halloween. Halloween is about fear of the dead but this day celebrates the dead.

5 [ This is an animal which is often used as a symbol of Halloween.

It cannot see and it flies at night.

A A haunted house B A pumpkin (a Jack-O’lantern) C A bat D Trick-or-treating E The Day of the Dead/All Saints Day/All Souls Day

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The answers are on page 14.

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