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Jane Cadwallader

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Uncle Jack and the Bear Adventure

by Jane Cadwallader Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali

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Uncle Jack and the children were relaxing in their garden when there was a call from Berta Black, Uncle Jack’s friend from Alaska.

She was phoning about a bear problem. Berta Black had a simple plan to save the bears, but that was before some thieves arrived!

Join Uncle Jack, Berta and the children on this action-packed adventure and learn something about sharing the world with animals on the way.

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Jane Cadwallader Uncle Jack and the Bear Adventure

Jane Cadwallader Uncle Jack and the Bear Adventure

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!

Vocabulary areas Expressions The home, sports and Wait a minute! leisure, food Look! There it is!

What’s that?

Grammar and Oh no! structures That’s a fantastic Past simple regular idea! and irregular forms Let’s do it!

Verb + infinitive Hello! Welcome to …

Verb + ing How exciting!

Infinitive of purpose Can you … please?

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ncle Jack and the children were in the garden. Daisy and May were playing badminton and Jim was busy with his homework. Suddenly, the phone rang. ‘Jim, can you answer the phone, please?’ asked Uncle Jack.

‘It’s your friend, Berta Black, from Alaska.

She’s phoning from Anchorage. There’s a problem with bears,’ said Jim. Uncle Jack said, ‘Bears?

Tell Berta we’re coming!’ ‘Bears?’ asked Daisy and May. ‘How exciting!’ said the children.

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3 Uncle Jack and the children (and Grumpy the

dog) put on warm sweaters and coats and hats and scarves. They flew in the balloon over the ocean. They saw whales and dolphins and islands with forests and mountains and waterfalls.

Look! There’s Anchorage!

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4 Berta Black’s address was 44 Forest Street.

It was a big house with three floors, a garage, a basement and a big balcony. Berta was on the balcony.

Hello! Welcome to Anchorage!

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Berta Black told them about the bears. ‘There are many bears in the countryside around Anchorage.

Anchorage is growing bigger and bigger, so we’re living with the bears, but some people aren’t careful.

They don’t put rubbish in the bin and they leave food outside. They don’t shut their doors at night and they leave the windows open.

Bears always look for food and they learn where to look! Four young bears come to my street every day!’

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5 Berta gave some examples.

One morning, a cook opened the door and found two bears in the kitchen eating the vegetables.

One night, a pop star found a bear in the shower and a bear eating the toothpaste AND a toothbrush!

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One afternoon, a nurse wanted to go in a lift.

There was a bear inside!

One weekend, a farmer found two bears eating a bowl of noodles on his roof.

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6 ‘People are afraid. It’s dangerous for the bears

to stay here!’ said Berta.

She showed Uncle Jack and the children some pictures of Denali National Park.

‘We can give the bears some sleeping medicine.

Then we can put them in my caravan and take them to Denali’, said Berta. Uncle Jack said, ‘That’s a fantastic idea! Let’s do it!’

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Activity Pages 1 Put a tick (3) beside the good characters in the story and a cross (7) beside the bad ones.

Berta Black

the children

two thieves

Uncle Jack

2 Complete with the names from Activity 1 and the words in the box.

One day 1 _____________ phoned 2 _____________.

There was a problem with 3 _____________ near her house in 4 _____________! 5 _____________ had a plan to take the bears to Denali National Park in her 6 _____________ and she wanted 7 _____________ and 8 _____________ to help her. On the way 9 _____________ took the caravan! They followed them to the Fun Activity Caravan Park. They caught the bears and took them to Denali.

The 10 _____________ got a big fright and promised never to steal anything again!

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3 Circle the rhyming words which are spelt the same way in the same colour.

Complete the poem. air care

share bears

there

everywhere

scare

fair

Bears in Alaska _________ here and _________ _________ _________ in Alaska, _______________!

They sniff the _________ And give us a _________ But we must _________ And we must _________ It’s only _________! _________ here and _________ _________ _________ in Alaska, _______________!

4 Read the story again and write words in the categories.

floors _____________

noodles _____________

roller skating ____________________

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5 Do the Quiz (the answers are online).

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Bear Quiz Help share Earth 1 How many species of bear with animals. are there: 2, 6, 8 or 10? ______ 2 How many species of bears are in danger of extinction: 0, 2, 6 or 8? ______ 3 What is the biggest bear in the world?

The brown bear or the polar bear? _____________ 4 What colour are polar bears? _____________ 5 Are most bears herbivores, carnivores or omnivores? _____________ 6 Do bears eat food that humans eat? _____________ 7 Do bears have a good sense of smell? _____________ 8 Can bears see colours? _____________ 9 Do bears have a strong sense of family? _____________ 10 What is the main reason many bears are endangered? _____________ What did you learn about bears?

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6 Read and complete.

People build towns and (1) _________.

Sometimes this stops animals from moving around. Wildlife corridors are (2) _________ or tunnels so animals can move around.

Farmers can help wildlife by using natural (3) _________ or by leaving some parts of their farms wild so (4) _________ can live there.

Bees love wild flowers – and we need bees!

Farmers can also make big hedges between their (5) _________. Birds and insects can live here.

7 How can you help to share the Earth with animals?

Leave a bit of your garden wild.

Join a local organisation to plant trees and wild flowers.

Look at wild animals, but don’t touch them.

Don’t feed wild animals.

Don’t make a lot of noise when you are around wild animals.

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8 What can you do to help the Earth?

Three things I can recycle 1 ____________________ 2 ____________________ 3 ____________________

Three things I can reuse 1 ____________________ 2 ____________________ 3 ____________________

One way I can reduce ______________________________________________________

9 Did you like the story? Draw your face. = I loved the story! = I liked the story! = I quite liked the story! = I didn’t like the story!

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