Green Apple Step 1 (A2)

Are you looking for a great adventure? Then travel with the American pioneers to the Wild West and meet the worst outlaws and the best sheriffs. Ride a stagecoach to California and look for gold. Live the life of a cowboy and get ready for an Indian attack. Meet Indian Chief Geronimo .... and much more!

- wide range of fun activities in the four skills

- KET-style exercises

- Trinity-style exercises (Grade 3)

- Project work using web

- Full recording of the text

- Informative background information on Wild West outlaws and cowboys

- exit test

Adapted by Deborah Meyers

Human interest

Jean-Marie is an orphan who is happily adopted by Doctor Desprez and his wife Anastasie. When the doctor finds the precious Treasure of Franchard he plans to take his family away from their lovely, old country home go to Paris and live a rich life. Jean-Marie does not want to go to Paris and during the night the treasure mysteriously disappears…

Dossier:
Paris in the Nineteenth Century

Series: Green Apple | Level:  Skladem (ihned expedujeme)

History

This is the true story of a brave, adventurous man, a real American hero, who has become a legend.
Davy loved danger, justice and freedom. He was the true American free spirit of the 1800s who helped to build America.

Dossiers:
Hunters and Trappers
The American Frontier
Jim Bowie and the Bowie Knife
Davy Crockett State Park

Exit test
Series: Green Apple | Level: Step 1 | Exam: ket

Text adaptation and activities by Kelly Reinhart

Adventure

Edward and Tom look alike - they’re identical! They both live in 15th-century London, but there is one difference: Edward is a prince and Tom is a pauper.
One day they meet and decide to play a game. Edward becomes a pauper and Tom becomes a prince. But something goes wrong, very wrong, and the two boys live some incredible and exciting adventures. Will Edward ever return to his palace and become King of England?

Dossier:
King Henry VIII

Exit test

Series:  Skladem (ihned expedujeme)

Legend

When he was very young, Jason's uncle took the kingdom of Iolkos from his father, but now Jason wants it back. First he must find and bring back the Golden Fleece. It is a dangerous mission but Jason and a crew of heroes set sail on the Argo to the Black Sea. The Argonauts must battle against giants, huge birds and sea monsters before their journey ends.

Dossiers:
Greek Pottery, Greek Mythology

Series: Green Apple |

Picture Reader
Adapted by Derek Sellen

Human interest

Pip, a poor young boy, receives amazing news. Someone has given him a vast amount of money and wants to make him a gentleman. Who is his mysterious benefactor? Is it Miss Havisham, the strange lady who lives in an old house with the beautiful Estella? Life is full of surprises...

Dossiers:
Ladies and Getlemen
Transportation to Australia

Series: Green Apple | Level: <a href="http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/static/ga-step1.html?TB_iframe=true

Ghosts

What is the truth about ghosts and the supernatural? Do dead people really come back to haunt the world? Can an entire village be haunted? Can ghosts be photographed? Find out in this spine-chilling book that introduces you to some of the world's most ghastly ghosts and their macabre doings!

Dossier:
Halloween Apple Cake

Exit test

Series: Green Apple | Level: Step 1 | Exam:

Karen, Sally and Alex are three teenagers who take a camping trip at Yellowstone National Park during a wolf alert. Two of the park’s wolves are missing and the three teens decide to look for them. Their trip becomes an exciting, yet dangerous adventure when they meet a hungry grizzly bear, an angry mountain lion and a herd of bison that destroy their tent. Will they ever solve the mystery of the missing wolves?

Dossiers
Yellowstone National Park; Wolves; Wyoming: the Cowboy State; The animals at Yellowstone

Max and Laura are involved in another mysterious case. This time a phantom thief seems to be able to get in and out of important museums in London stealing valuable paintings. Max and Laura decide to explore the area around one of the museums. Something very spooky is going to happen…

Dossier:
London museums
Travelling around London
Top five things to do in London