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WHAT’S YOUR SPARK?

Sparks brings the world into the classroom. With a focus on authentic content, Sparks inspires you to practise and develop your communication skills. In Sparks there is something for everyone. With broad themes, texts at different levels and a wide range of exercises you will find support as well as challenges. In Sparks 8 Textbook you can find the following themes:

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In Sparks 7 Textbook you can find the following themes:

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After reading

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è First Impressions è Choices è Adventure è Flavours è What to Wear? è Feelings

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After reading

èè Role Models èè Incredible èè Homes èè Communication èè Where’s the Party?

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Clarify è What needs to be explained in order to understand the text?

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WHAT’S YOUR SPARK?

Word Work Main focus: Vocabulary

Time to Write Main focus: Written production and interaction

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SPARKS YEAR 7-9

Textbook Workbook Student’s web (elevwebb) Teacher’s web (lärarwebb)

è What does the text remind you of?

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Did You Get It?

Word Work Main focus: Vocabulary

Time to Write

… and Action

Main focus: Oral production and interaction

Looking at Language

TEXTBOOK

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Time for Research Main focus: Digital literacy

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Main focus: Grammar

Choose Your Sparks and Basic training offer additional opportunities to improve your skills in English and help you to achieve your goals.

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Did You Get It? Word Work Looking at Language Speak Out Time to Write Listen Up Time for Research … and Action

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Main focus: Listening comprehension

In Sparks 7 Workbook you can find the following exercises:

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Listen Up

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Main focus: Written production and interaction

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èè What does the text remind you of?

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Make connections

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èè Think of 3 questions and answers based on the text

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year

Ask questions

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Make connections

Main focus: Reading comprehension

Summarise

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Textbook Workbook Student’s web (elevwebb) Teacher’s web (lärarwebb)

è Think of 3 questions and answers based on the text

EXERCISES IN WORKBOOK

èè What needs to be explained in order to understand the text?

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Clarify

Choose Your Sparks and Basic training offer additional opportunities to improve your skills in English and help you to achieve your goals.

SPARKS

Time for Research

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Speak Out Main focus: Oral production and interaction

Looking at Language Main focus: Grammar

Main focus: Digital literacy

è Did You Get It? è Word Work è Looking at Language è Speak Out è Time to Write è Listen Up è Time for Research è … and Action

SPARKS

Listen Up Main focus: Listening comprehension

… and Action Main focus: Oral interaction

SPARKS

è What is the text about? è What type of text is this? è What is the purpose of the text?

Ask questions

EXERCISES IN WORKBOOK

Did You Get It? Main focus: Reading comprehension

Summarise

WORKBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

SPARKS YEAR 7-9

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SPARKS YEAR 7-9

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content Overview of the Units........................ 4 Welcome to SPARKS........................... 6 Unit 1 – Role Models.......................... 8 1.1 Four Greats........................................ 10 1.2 Inspiring People.................................. 13 2.1 A Helping Hand................................. 18 2.2 Wendy Watson from Wisconsin........... 22 Text extract: Say What You Will........... 27

Unit 2 – Incredible............................. 30 1.1 Record Breakers.................................. 32 1.2 I Want to be a Record Breaker............. 36 2.1 The Wonders of Nature....................... 40 2.2 Extreme Nature................................... 44 3.1 Incredible Survivors............................. 50 3.2 Survival II........................................... 54

Unit 3 – Homes.................................. 58 1.1 Welcome to My Home......................... 60 1.2 Nowhere Man.................................... 64 2.1 Automatic........................................... 69 2.2 App Man........................................... 72 Text extract: A Street Cat Named Bob... 77

Unit 4 – Communication.................. 80 1.1 A Friend in Need …............................ 82 1.2 Keeping it Clear.................................. 86 2.1 Communicating Through Time............... 90 2.2 Breaking News................................... 94 3.1 Private Fitness?.................................... 99 3.2 Down on the Farm............................. 103

Unit 5 – Where’s the Party?.......... 108 1.1 Festive Fun.........................................110 1.2 Personal Accounts..............................114 2.1 Travelling and Traditions.....................119 2.2 Opinions.......................................... 123 3.1 Birthday Traditions............................ 127 3.2 Perfect Present.................................. 130

World Map....................................... 136

Overview of the units Unit

Suggested focus

Text types

1. Role models Listening Factual text Blog Short story Interview

2. Incredible Digital literacy Factual text Short story Magazine article Weather report News report Dialogue 3. Homes Reading Presentation Diary Instruction Short story 4. Communication Speaking Dialogue Magazine article Factual text Newspaper article Interview Short story 5. Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Party? Writing Tourist brochure Letter Travel blog Blog comment Magazine article Short story

Regional variants (in the texts)

Grammar

British English American English

Simple present tense Simple past tense

British English American English

Present continuous tense Past continuous tense Present perfect tense

Canadian English Demonstrative pronouns South African English Relative pronouns Peruvian English Australian English British English Indian English New Zealand English Caribbean English English (Swedish accent) British English American English Scottish English

Adverbs of time Question words

British English 1st conditional Australian English 2nd conditional Scottish English American English Different versions of non native English

welcome to year 8! As Sparks 8 takes over the baton weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to take the opportunity to talk about what a cooperative process learning a language is. There are lots of activities in Sparks 8 in which you have to work closely with your classmates to discuss, think critically, create, debate and perform. It might be possible to learn a language on your own but it is far easier, and far more enjoyable, when you work together as a team.

”Grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals.” An American psychologist, Angela Lee Duckworth, studied a whole range of people, including school students, to find out what kinds of people ended up being successful. The answer: GRIT. Grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals. Grit involves living life as a marathon, not a sprint. Hopefully you can see the connection between grit and language learning. In Sparks 8 there’s a lot of support for you on your marathon training programme. While there is plenty of work to be done, we’re confident that you’ll enjoy the work – you’ll even find out why marathons are called marathons. In the book there are five units containing a wide range of texts, texts that will show you the world in all its glory – and its imperfections. We hope that you will find them interesting and that they will help you explore subjects that interest you. In the exercises connected to the texts, our aim is to prepare you for an amazing world where English plays an important role. So … a new year, a new book and lots of new opportunities. Before you get started though, we have some welcome exercises for you to familiarise yourself with the units.

TEXT 3 PART 1

Incredible Survivors

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Gail and Simon are school friends. During the lunch break, Gail finds Simon in his usual place, the relaxing area with all the bean bags. As usual, Simon has his head in a book. are you reading today, Simon? s imon : It’s a Swedish book called Children from Frostmofjället, by Laura Fitinghoff. gail : Is it any good? s imon : It’s not bad. Seven orphans and a goat called Gullspira are trying to cross mountains and wilderness to escape a famine.

gail :

What

they make it? I don’t know, I haven’t finished it yet. Something tells me they might get hungry and eat the goat. gail : I love survival stories. In fact I’m planning to write a novel about survivors. s imon : Sounds interesting – I love reading the stuff you write. What are your characters going to do? gail : I’m not sure yet. But I’ve done quite a bit of research already. Have you heard about Annie Helmuth? simon : I can’t say I have. Is she a football player? gail : I don’t think so. She was walking in the Yosemite National Park in America when she was attacked by a grizzly bear.

gail :

s imon :

Wow, grizzlies are pretty dangerous! certainly are. s imon : Did she survive the attack? gail : Do a bit of research and find out. While you’re researching, you may like to look up Marina Chapman. s imon : Tennis player – reached the semi final of Wimbledon three years ago. gail : Nope. She was brought up by monkeys in a jungle in Colombia. s imon : What?! How did she end up there? gail : Someone had tried to kidnap her but it didn’t work out. s imon : So she lived like Mowgli, from the Jungle Book. gail : Exactly. s imon : Where is she now? Still in the jungle? gail : As I said, check out Marina Chapman while you’re looking for Annie Helmuth – and while you’re there … s imon : Another survivor? gail : Mauro Prosperi. s imon : Ah yes, the struggling writer who ate snails from his garden to survive while he wrote his best-selling novel. gail : Ha ha, but a nice idea. He was actually a policeman from Sicily. s imon : So Annie Helmuth was attacked by a grizzly bear, Marina Chapman survived years in a jungle with monkeys and Mauro Prosperi was a policeman. Sounds like he had it tough ... gail : He was also a marathon runner and ran the Marathon des Sables, a 156-mile marathon in southern Morocco. s imon : But that’s the Sahara Desert! gail : Exactly, hence the name. s imon : And you can’t run 156 miles in a day – even in normal conditions. s imon : gail :

They

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gail :

True, the event takes place over six days. Now

Mauro Prosperi was a pretty good runner and after four days he was in 7th place. But then he ran into a sandstorm. s imon : So he stopped and waited for help? gail : Not Mauro Prosperi. He kept going before finding a place to shelter for the eight hours of the storm. s imon : Wow, brave man. So did he win the … Marathon des Sables? gail : Not exactly. He lost his way and he was eventually found 130 miles away, in Algeria. s imon : Dead or alive? gail : That’s for you to find out. s imon : Oh, come on, Gail. I want to know! Did Annie Helmuth survive the grizzly attack? Is Marina Chapman still living with monkeys in Colombia? Did Mauro Prosperi die in a desert in Algeria? gail : I’m glad to hear you want to know more. I’ve been visiting a writers’ group at the library and we had a talk from a woman who gave 52

us some good advice: Always leave your readers wanting more. s imon : I want the answers, Gail! Tell me what happened to them! gail : Well, I might do that, but before I do, let me tell you about Ernest Shackleton … s imon : He’s the goalkeeper in the Canadian ice hockey team. He made a fantastic save in the 2014 Olympic games in a match against Russia. gail : I think that’s pretty unlikely; he died in 1922. s imon : Aha! I know this one died! So why didn’t he survive? gail : He died of a heart attack. s imon : Sorry, Gail, but that is not as dramatic as the other three. gail : Ah, but you don’t know what he did before he died. It’s probably the most amazing survival story ever. s imon : Are you going to tell me his story? gail : Not today. The lunch break is over and I’ve got a Spanish class. s imon : I’ve got a private study period and I had planned to study some physics but I don’t think I’ll sleep until I find out about your four survivors. gail : Good to see you have a curious mind! Hasta la vista, Simon!

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TALK ABOUT IT!

1 . Of the four people that Gail mentioned, which one would you most like to find out about, and why?

stories she told is not true. Don’t look it up in on the internet – but which one do you feel might not be true, and why?

3. Do you know any books or films that are about survival? Make a list in class. What is the best book/film?

INCREDIBLE

2. Gail was actually playing a little trick on Simon. One of the

TEXT 3 PART 2

Survival II

In the previous text you read about four people who were in very dangerous situations. But what happened to them? In the texts below you can read about three of them. Two of these stories are true – one of them is fake. Can you use your skills as a critical thinker and detective to work out which one is fake? Read all three before you make your decision and don’t cheat by using a search engine. Annie Helmuth In 2014, Annie Helmuth and her husband Alex went for a hiking trip to the Yosemite National Park to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. On the first morning Annie just wanted to go for a little stroll on her own so she left her husband behind cooking breakfast. She had walked no more than five hundred metres from the camp when she heard a noise. It sounded like the mewing of a cat but then she realized it was a bear cub. She knew immediately that where there was a bear cub, there was going to be mummy bear not far away. Sure enough, seconds later, a massive grizzly crashed through the undergrowth to where Annie was standing. She had no time to run – she didn’t even have time to scream before the grizzly had knocked Annie to the ground with her massive paw, breaking Annie’s left leg. There was nothing she could do – she was completely at the mercy of the grizzly. ‘Playing dead’ is one technique that is supposed to help you survive a bear attack so Annie lay on the ground, hoping that the bear would no longer see her as a threat and leave her alone. She was only thirty five and was too young to die. Would the grizzly leave her in peace? No, it wouldn’t. The bear swiped at her again, breaking three of her ribs and then bit her arm, breaking the bones. She could smell its stale breath close to her face but Annie continued to play dead. stroll a slow walk a baby bear bear cub undergrowth plants that grow under trees paw the ‘hand’ of an animal like a dog or a bear

at the mercy of swipe stale

in a position where so or sth has control over you to move an arm quickly, often to hit something old, unpleasant

roar the loud noise made by a lion, bear, tiger etc. independent not controlled by other people

anxious drag

nervous, scared, frightened to pull sth heavy along the ground

INCREDIBLE

After one final angry roar, the bear left, leaving Annie with serious injuries and bleeding badly. Back at camp, her husband was not happy. He had cooked a traditional English breakfast: bacon, eggs, sausages on fresh bagels and a cup of English tea. His wife had said she would only be away for ten minutes and it was already twenty. Her special breakfast was already stone cold. “I love Annie and I like her independent spirit but I was pretty annoyed that she hadn’t come back for breakfast,” explained Alex in an interview. “It was after about half an hour when I started to get anxious. She hadn’t taken her mobile so I couldn’t call her. I wasn’t even sure which direction she had gone in so I couldn’t try to follow her. There was little I could do but sit and wait.” Four hours later Alex saw something moving in the undergrowth. He thought it was a wild animal of some kind but then he noticed it was Annie. “She had dragged herself back to camp with her terrible injuries and I immediately called 999 to get an ambulance. I have never been so scared but thankfully the medical team got her to hospital and the doctors managed to save her life.”

Marina Chapman Marina Chapman was about five years old and lived in Colombia when she was kidnapped from her school. The kidnappers took her into the jungle but then left her. A group of monkeys lived in the forest and while they did not raise her, they did tolerate her and she was able to scavenge food such as bananas when the monkeys dropped some. After about five years in the jungle, Marina saw some hunters. She had lost the power of speech but was able to indicate that she wanted to be rescued. But the hunters sold her to some bad people who made her work in terrible conditions. Marina ran away and lived on the streets of Cúcuta. As a successful street thief she lived on the streets for a few years but was then adopted by a woman called Maruja – who already had nine children of her own. Marina started working for one of Maruja’s daughters and emigrated with them to Bradford in England to start a new life. In Britain she met a man called John and although they didn’t have a common language, they were able to communicate through love. They now have two daughters and still live in Bradford.

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hunter power of speech emigrate common

despite the fact that, although to bring up (children) to accept sth that is not nice to gather food that others have left

so who looks for animals to kill the ability to speak to move to another country shared

TALK ABOUT IT!

1 . All these people did quite dangerous things. Isn’t it better to stay at home and not take any risk? Discuss with your classmates how much risk you are willing to take.

2. The group that organises the Marathon des Sables wants to

keep the runners as safe as possible. Do you have any good ideas for them?

3. One story is not true at all. Which story do you think it is? Do you have any evidence to support your choice?

seek (sought, sought) out to look for distress flare a light you can shoot in the air when you have problems shrine a special building for religious people

lizard oasis nomads

a snake-like reptile with four legs a small lake in a desert people who don’t have a fixed home but move around

INCREDIBLE

Mauro Prosperi It was in 1994 that Mauro Prosperi took part in the Marathon des Sables in Morrocco. On the fourth day of the six-day race, Mauro found himself in a sandstorm and sought out a good place to protect himself from the sand. After eight hours, the storm finally stopped but Mauro had lost his way. He fired a distress flare into the air but no one but Mauro saw it. He walked on for three days, only moving in the morning and evening, the cooler parts of the day. He was desperately thirsty and drank his own urine and also drank the blood of two bats that he found in a shrine. Mauro thought he was going to die but kept walking, eating lizards and snakes that he found. An amazing five days later he found a small oasis where he could drink. Two days after that he met some Tuareg nomads who took him on a camel to an Algerian army base. From there he was taken to hospital and finally back to his home in Sicily. You might think that Mauro’s near-death experience would mean that he has given up marathon running for good. Not Mauro. He kept running and even ran in the Marathon des Sables – but this time ending his run at the finish line!

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WHAT’S YOUR SPARK?

SPARKS

9 7

WHAT’S YOUR SPARK?

In Sparks 7 Textbook you can find the following themes:

SPARKS

After reading

SPARKS

è First Impressions è Choices è Adventure è Flavours è What to Wear? è Feelings

SPARKS

After reading

èè Role Models èè Incredible èè Homes èè Communication èè Where’s the Party?

SPARKS

Clarify è What needs to be explained in order to understand the text?

TEXTBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

WHAT’S YOUR SPARK?

Word Work Main focus: Vocabulary

Time to Write Main focus: Written production and interaction

SPARKS year

WORKBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

WORKBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

WORKBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

SPARKS YEAR 7-9

Textbook Workbook Student’s web (elevwebb) Teacher’s web (lärarwebb)

è What does the text remind you of?

TEXTBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

WHAT’S YOUR SPARK?

Did You Get It?

Word Work Main focus: Vocabulary

Time to Write

… and Action

Main focus: Oral production and interaction

Looking at Language

TEXTBOOK

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year

SPARKS

Time for Research Main focus: Digital literacy

SPARKS

Main focus: Grammar

Choose Your Sparks and Basic training offer additional opportunities to improve your skills in English and help you to achieve your goals.

Speak Out

Did You Get It? Word Work Looking at Language Speak Out Time to Write Listen Up Time for Research … and Action

year

Main focus: Oral interaction

è è è è è è è è

SPARKS

Main focus: Listening comprehension

In Sparks 7 Workbook you can find the following exercises:

SPARKS

Listen Up

SPARKS

Main focus: Written production and interaction

SPARKS

èè What does the text remind you of?

SPARKS

Make connections

JEREMY TAYLOR

èè Think of 3 questions and answers based on the text

WORKBOOK

year

Ask questions

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JEREMY TAYLOR

SPARKS

èè What is the text about? èè What type of text is this? èè What is the purpose of the text?

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Make connections

Main focus: Reading comprehension

Summarise

TEXTBOOK

SPARKS YEAR 7-9

Textbook Workbook Student’s web (elevwebb) Teacher’s web (lärarwebb)

è Think of 3 questions and answers based on the text

EXERCISES IN WORKBOOK

èè What needs to be explained in order to understand the text?

SPARKS

Clarify

Choose Your Sparks and Basic training offer additional opportunities to improve your skills in English and help you to achieve your goals.

SPARKS

Time for Research

SPARKS

Speak Out Main focus: Oral production and interaction

Looking at Language Main focus: Grammar

Main focus: Digital literacy

è Did You Get It? è Word Work è Looking at Language è Speak Out è Time to Write è Listen Up è Time for Research è … and Action

SPARKS

Listen Up Main focus: Listening comprehension

… and Action Main focus: Oral interaction

SPARKS

è What is the text about? è What type of text is this? è What is the purpose of the text?

Ask questions

EXERCISES IN WORKBOOK

Did You Get It? Main focus: Reading comprehension

Summarise

WORKBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

SPARKS YEAR 7-9

Textbook Workbook Student’s web (elevwebb) Teacher’s web (lärarwebb)

WORKBOOK JEREMY TAYLOR

WORKBOOK

JEREMY TAYLOR

SPARKS YEAR 7-9

Textbook Workbook Student’s web (elevwebb) Teacher’s web (lärarwebb) ISBN 978-91-40-69520-8

789140 695208

TEXTBOOK JEREMY TAYLOR