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No. 1 - 2011-2012

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ts Do you remember the fantastic ‘Puss in Boots’ from the film Shrek 2? Well, now he has his own film! In cinemas from 4th November! What did Puss in Boots do before he met Shrek? This film tells his story. He certainly wasn’t a very lazy cat! In the film, Puss wants to steal the golden eggs from the magic hen! His friends, Humpty Dumpty and Kitty, help him. Can they do it?

We’ll see! Famous actors provide the voices for the film; Antonio Banderas is the voice of Puss. He says ... use to mirror to find out!

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Picture Dictionary

My Room

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Something to Make

A Decoration

Culture Corner

Time for School

The Team Up editorial team

• past simple • prepositions of time • introduction to present continuous • expressing preferences

SOLUTIONS - Page 2: It’s a fun and romantic western. Page 3: I’m really only famous for two weeks of the year. Pages 4-5: A: 1 true, 2 false, 3 true, 4 true, 5 false, 6 true, 7 false, 8 false. B: one, two, three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten: alarm clock. C: 1 c, 2 e, 3 d, 4 a, 5 b. Pages 6-7: wardrobe, music, hall, gym, team, teenager, bedroom, floors, money, mirror, house: Antillia Pages 8-9: 1. beefeaters, 2. London, 3. crowns, 4. kings: BLACK Pages 12-13: 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B. Page 14: Look and Count: 1 There are three red books. 2 There is one yellow book. 3 There are two blue books. 4 There are four green books. Hidden Numbers: 3= three, 9= nine, 6= six, 7= seven, 2= two, 8= eight. Page 16: winter; snow; Scotland; skiing; snowboarding; mountain; ice; snow boots

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Let’s Play!

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Visit Scotland!

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How do you sleep?

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Hi! I’m Grammy!

In this edition of Team Up we’ll learn about:

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Favourite subjects: art history, English and geography.

Favourite sports: field hockey, tennis and skiing.

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her friends and family.

Hobbies: dancing, singing and baking cookies and chocolate cakes.

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Complete the sentence about Emma with the weeks famous year correct words.

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Emma Watson is an English actress and model. She was born in Paris on 15th April, 1990. She lived in France until she was five years old then her family returned to London, in England. She became famous, playing the part of Hermione in 2001, in the first Harry Potter film. After Harry Potter Emma worked as a model and she is now studying at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA.

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She starred as Hermione Granger, Harry Potter’s best friend. This is her life … before and after her big success.

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There are a lot of programmes on TV about houses and they are very successful too! Let’s find out why.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition It is an American reality-show which began in 2004 and is very successful. A family’s house burned down? The family has no money for repairs? With Extreme Makeover the family will have a new home in just a week. Ty Pennington, the presenter, is a builder; he organises the work for the makeover and tells the family’s story.

Freestyle It’s an Italian TV programme about teenagers’ bedrooms. The presenter is called Giovanni Muciaccia and, with his team, he completely transforms a lucky teenager’s room in just one day. A new bed, a trendy mirror, a colourful wardrobe … all new!

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Teen Cribs Teen Cribs is a programme on MTV which shows the houses of very rich people. They are incredible houses, with cinemas, videogame rooms, music rooms and lots more. However, the programme was criticised because it doesn’t really show normal life.

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It is in Mumbai, in India. It has 27 floors, 600 cleaners, a gym, a swimming pool, a dance hall, a cinema and lots of different hobby rooms.

What is it called? Find 11 words in the box and you’ll find the name.

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London It is in the heart of London, on the banks of the River Thames and close to the famous Tower Bridge. Welcome to the Tower of London!

The Tower of London is almost a thousand years old! William the Conquerer began building it in the 1080’s and other kings and queens added other buildings to it until it become the spectacular fortress that we can see today. The Tower of London is home to the Crown Jewels, which is a collection of crowns and other precious items which are owned by the British Royal family.

The jewels are guarded by special guards called ‘Beefeaters’.

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How do you sleep?

How we sleep says a lot about our character. How do you sleep?

Look at the pictures and read the description of your character.

You like to feel safe.

You are also very creative and you like to daydream.

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You are calm and composed. You don’t get angry very often and you always say what you think.

3 You have a lot of dreams and you don’t like surprises. You think things over carefully.

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You are very confident.

You like change and you can solve problems easily.

5 You are sure if yourself and you are very sociable. You like to have everything under control.

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You like peace and quiet. You enjoy just being with your friends and chatting.

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Something to Make

A Decoration

PUT THE DECORATION IN YOUR ROOM.

You need: scissors sheets of white paper

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coloured paints

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white paper.

3 Cut out the leaves.

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yellow, red, orange and brown.

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string with the sticking tape.

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straws and one in the middle.

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Culture Corner

Time for School!

Let’s find out what kids are doing at school in the UK and the USA!

Half Term Holidays In the UK the school year begins in September and is divided into three ‘terms’. Most schools have a short ‘half-term’ holiday at the end of October or beginning of November, so a lot of pupils in the UK are enjoying a holiday now!

While in the USA, kids are waiting until the end of November for their first holiday, when they celebrate Thanksgiving!

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Most pupils in British schools wear a school uniform, which means that they all dress in the same way for school. In America, pupils usually wear their normal clothes for school.

In your country, do children normally wear a uniform at school?

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English is the official language in the UK and in the USA, but sometimes the vocabulary is different. Can you match the meanings of the words in British English and American English?

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a cookie b candies c vacation d soccer

holiday biscuit football sweets

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Learning Languages From the age of 7, British children learn a foreign language. Usually they learn French, German or Spanish, but in some schools you can learn Arabic, Chinese and Greek! In the United States, Spanish and French are the most popular foreign languages studied in schools.

Children there usually begin learning a language at the age of 14, but you can start learning foreign languages in some elementary schools too!

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Hidden Numbers

Have you read "Merry Team"? Now let's play!

Look and Count How many books are on the shelf?

1 There are ..................... red books.

2 There is ..................... yellow book.

3 There are ..................... blue books.

4 There are ..................... green books.

Look at the pictures and find the hidden numbers. Write them here.

3 = three ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ...........................................

Answers on page 2.

Look and Colour Colour the bed red.

Colour the door yellow.

Colour the wardrobe brown.

Colour the pillow blue.

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Winter is coming and with it comes the snow.

Lots of snow, hopefully! Because in Scotland it’s time to get out your skis, put on your snow-boots and get moving!

Do you like skiing, or snowboarding, or even mountain-climbing in the snow? Maybe you don’t know, but you can do all of these things right here in Scotland. In fact Scotland is becoming more and more famous for its winter sports, attracting snow-sports fans from all over the world.

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is situated in the Grampiam Mountains in the Highlands of Scotland. Ben Nevis is popular with sports fans and is the main UK destination for ice-climbing (climbing up mountain walls which are made from ice).

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It’s time for the winter sports season in Scotland!