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Granny Fixit and the Yellow Stringby Jane CadwalladerIllustrated by Gustavo Mazali

ELI ReadersFounder and Series EditorsPaola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani,Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)

Graphic DesignSergio Elisei

Eli Design DepartmentDiletta Brutti

Production ManagerFrancesco Capitano

Typeset in 14 / 20 pt Monotype Plantin Schoolbook

© 2011 ELI s.r.l.P.O. Box 6 - 62019 Recanati MC - ItalyT +39 071750701 - F +39 071977851info@elionline.com - www.elionline.com

Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa RecanatiERY113.01ISBN 978-88-536-0621-1First edition: March 2011

SYLLABUS

Vocabulary areasSchool, family and friends, the home, toys

Grammar and structuresPresent simplePresent progressiveImperativesHave for possessionThere is / There areCan for abilityQuestion words: Where? / What?Conjunctions: and / butDeterminers: this / that / a / an / a lot of

My name is Jane andI live in a beautifulSpanish city, Madrid.I’m an English authorof children’s books.I’ve always lovedcreating stories andsongs for children.The best ideascome to me while…I’m jogging!

My name is Gustavo.I live in a very bigcity, Buenos Aires.I have been drawingall my life, ever sinceI was a child as I didn’t have a TV.I enjoy most of alldrawing comic stripsand picturing myselfand my kids in theillustrations thatI create.

Ann is ALWAYS losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems … or do they?

- Games and language activities- An audio recording of the story and the song- A picture dictionary

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Here is Ann. She’s running to school. Oh

dear! Her school bag is open! Her books

and her pencil and ruler are falling out of

her bag. Ann is ALWAYS losing her things!

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The teacher is angry. Ann doesn’t have

her book … again!

Ann! Where’s your book? You are ALWAYS

losing your things!

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Oops!

Ann is in the park. She’s talking to her

friend Granny Fixit. Ann is sad because

her teacher is angry.

Granny Fixit puts her hand in her

small yellow bag. What’s in there?

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My teacher is angry. I’m ALWAY losing my things!

Hmm. Is that your book on

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Oh! It’s a piece of yellow string. Granny Fixit

puts the yellow string into Ann’s school bag!

Ann is picking up her book.

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Thank you Granny Fixit.

Goodbye Ann.

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Granny Fixit

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Find the words. Fill the gaps in the song.2

Match the sentence halves.

1 Ann picks up ALL the things!

2 Fido helps Ann.

3 The yellow string is ALWAYS losing her things!

4 Granny Fixit is the teacher’s dog.

5 The teacher says BE QUIET PLEASE!

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I’m a __________ piece of ________.I do much more than ________ and ________.When you ________ things on the _________.I ________ them up and ________ for more!

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