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Stories for the classroom
Short narratives that put vocabulary into a scene a learner can follow. 7,399 on the shelf, each with a discussion question.
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 1 At School
The Magic of Creativity: A Story of Imagination and Teamwork
The story is about a group of young wizards and witches who use their imagination and teamwork to create new magical tools out of everyday objects when their usual tools disappear.
Talk about it 1. What was the problem the students faced at the magical school? 2. How did the students solve their problem of missing tools for practicing magic? 3. What did the students use to create new tools for practicing magic? 4. How did the teachers react to the students' new tools and spells? 5. What did the students learn about creativity and teamwork from this experience?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 1 At School
Sally's Creative Surprise
Sally uses her art supplies like chalk, paint, tape, scissors, glue, paper, ribbon and string to create a surprise for her mother
Talk about it 1. What inspired Sally to make a surprise for her mother? 2. What materials did Sally gather to make her surprise? 3. How did Sally make the flower and card for her mother? 4. How did Sally's mother react to the surprise?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 2 Clothing
Timmy's Day of Dressing Up
Timmy experiences different weather and goes through different clothing items as he plays with friends, has hot cocoa and goes to bed, feeling warm and happy in his clothes.
Talk about it 1. Why did Timmy change his clothes throughout the day? 2. What did Timmy's friends suggest they do when the weather got colder? 3. How did Timmy feel at the end of the day before going to bed?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 2 Clothing
The Adventure of Rose and her Lost Clothes
A young girl named Rose goes on a journey to find her missing clothes and eventually discovers them safe and sound in a pond, returning home feeling grateful and fashionable.
Talk about it 1. Why did Rose go on a journey to find her clothes? 2. Who did Rose meet on her journey and what did they say to her? 3. How did Rose feel when she found her clothes and why?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 3 Places
Sophie's City Adventure: On Foot, By Bus, By Taxi, By Train
Sophie, a curious and adventurous little girl, embarks on a journey to the city using different modes of transportation, on foot, by bus, by taxi and by train, experiencing new sights and sounds while returning home with exciting memories.
Talk about it 1. What was Sophie's favorite way to explore and go on adventures? 2. Why was Sophie nervous about taking the bus to the city? 3. What were some of the sights and sounds that Sophie saw on the bus ride to the city? 4. Why did Sophie decide to take a taxi instead of the bus in the city? 5. How did Sophie feel about her adventure in the city after she returned home?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 3 Places
Timmy's Town Adventure: A Bike Ride Through the Clinic, Repair Shop, Office, Factory, Store, and Bakery
Timmy goes on a bike ride to explore a clinic, repair shop, office, factory, store and bakery in his town, learning about different places and people along the way.
Talk about it 1. What did Timmy learn about the different places he visited in the town? 2. How did Timmy feel about each of the places he visited? 3. What did Timmy promise to himself after his exciting day of exploring the town?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 4 Occupations
The Craft Queen: A Story of Selling, Making, and Using Technology
The Craft Queen" is a story of a young girl who combines her love for selling and making things to start her own successful business by using technology to promote her creations.
Talk about it 1. What inspired Sarah to start her own business? 2. How did Sarah promote her business and reach customers all over the world? 3. What did Sarah do with the money she made from her business and how did it help her business grow?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 4 Occupations
A Day of Helping Hands
A veterinarian and a mechanic come together to help animals, fix cars, teach a factory worker how to bake and fix a camera, showing how one person can make a positive impact in the community with the help of friends.
Talk about it 1. What was Sarah's job and what did she love about it? 2. Who did Sarah call for help when the animal shelter's van broke down? 3. What did Jake offer to do for Emily? 4. What did Sarah offer to teach Alex and why?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 5 Activities
Timmy's Balancing Act
Timmy learns to balance his time between practicing the piano, watching TV, going shopping, and playing video games.
Talk about it 1. What did Timmy learn about balancing his time? 2. Why was Timmy originally not enjoying practicing the piano? 3. How did Timmy's idea of practicing the piano before school help him and his family?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 5 Activities
Timmy's Adventure in School
Timmy joins a school where he learns and discovers new things through different classes, makes friends, and balances fun and rest
Talk about it 1. What was Timmy feeling when he joined the school? 2. What were the different classes that the students had to take? 3. What did Timmy do during his free time at school? 4. How did Timmy feel about the school and his classes at the end of the story?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 6 What Time Is It?
Lila's Active Adventures
Lila, an active and curious girl, discovers a new hobby in Karate while still enjoying her usual activities such as playing tennis and doing gymnastics.
Talk about it 1. What activities did Lila enjoy doing before she started practicing karate? 2. Why did Lila not like to study English or do her homework before? 3. How did Lila feel about practicing karate when her mother first suggested it? 4. How did Lila change after she started practicing karate?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 7 Yesterday and Today
Sophie's Adventure: Exploring the Town
A young girl named Sophie goes on an adventure and explores different places in a town like a restaurant, movie theater, mall, amusement park, circus, hospital, library and airport.
Talk about it 1. What did Sophie do when she first woke up in the strange place? 2. What did Sophie learn about herself after visiting the hospital? 3. What did Sophie do at the end of her adventure?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 7 Yesterday and Today
Sarah's Weather Adventures
Sarah's Weather Adventures" is a story about a girl who discovers fun things to do outside in different types of weather.
Talk about it 1. What did Sarah like to do no matter what the weather was like? 2. What did Sarah do on a sunny day in the park? 3. How did Sarah feel about the weather on a stormy day? 4. What did Sarah experience on a foggy day in the city?
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Story Let's GO 3: Unit 8 My Home
Tim's Adventure in the Kingdom of Wheels
Tim explores a magical kingdom where all the transportation is done on different types of wheels and tries them all discovering that inline skates and ice skates are his favourite.
Talk about it 1. What did Tim do when he found the magical kingdom? 2. What was the most challenging type of transportation for Tim to try? 3. What was Tim's favorite type of transportation in the end? 4. What did Tim want to do after having a great day in the magical kingdom?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 1 The Great Outdoors
Timmy's Lake Adventure
Timmy goes on a camping trip by the lake with his family, where he has fun swimming, fishing, hiking and making memories.
Talk about it 1. What did Timmy pack in his backpack for the camping trip? 2. What did Timmy do when he arrived at the lake? 3. What did Timmy and his family do on the second day of their camping trip?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 1 The Great Outdoors
Timmy's Adventure Day: A Story of Sports and Fun
A young boy named Timmy goes on an adventure day with his baseball mitt, bat, skateboard, helmet, tennis ball, racket, fishing rod and a bucket, having fun with his friends playing different sports and bring back the fish they caught at the end.
Talk about it 1. What did Timmy pack for his adventure? 2. What did Timmy do first when he got to the park? 3. What did Timmy and his friends do at the lake? 4. What did Timmy realize at the end of the day? 5. Why was Timmy happy that he brought his bucket?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 2 Hopes and Dreams
Timmy's World Adventure: Sailing, Designing and Driving
A young boy named Timmy sets out to design a video game about his sailing journey, while traveling the world and learning to drive a car, to create an immersive and realistic game.
Talk about it 1. What inspired Timmy to create a video game about his travels? 2. Why did Timmy need to learn how to drive a car for his game? 3. What did Timmy do to gather inspiration for his game during his travels?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 2 Hopes and Dreams
The Adventure Crew: Building a Mountain Retreat
A group of friends with different jobs went on an adventure to climb a mountain and ended up building a house on the summit together
Talk about it 1. How did each friend's job help them on the adventure and in building the house? 2. What was the architect's idea and how did it come about? 3. What was the group's reaction to the completed house? 4. How did the friends' different jobs bring them together and create a successful outcome?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 3 Birthdays
Timmy's Adventure: The Lost Cell Phone and the Found Money
Timmy goes on an adventure, loses his cell phone, finds some money and eats too much chocolate but decides to have fun with his new bike.
Talk about it 1. What is Timmy's personality like? 2. How does Timmy feel about his lost cell phone? 3. How does Timmy handle feeling sick after eating too much chocolate?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 3 Birthdays
The Adventures of the Summer Crew
A group of friends have a party, went to the mall, slept late, took a test, flew a kite, won a race, met a rock star, but also broke a window, during a summer full of adventure and fun.
Talk about it 1. What did the friends do to celebrate the end of the school year? 2. What did they do the next day after the party? 3. How did they feel about the test they took the next morning? 4. What happened when they went to the concert and met a famous rock star?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 4 School
The Long and Winding Road to a New Garden.
A curious boy named Timmy takes a walk on a long and winding road, discovers an old gate leading to a new and beautiful garden, but eventually returns home.
Talk about it 1. What was Timmy curious about when he took a walk along the road? 2. How did Timmy feel when he first saw the garden? 3. What did Timmy realize about the garden after he explored it?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 4 School
The Big, Small, Heavy, and Light Adventure
Four friends named Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter go on an adventure to find the biggest, smallest, heaviest, and lightest things in the world, and ultimately learn that the world is full of big and small, heavy and light things which makes it an interesting place to explore.
Talk about it 1. What did each of the four friends set out to find on their adventure? 2. How did each of the four friends feel about their findings? 3. What did the four friends learn about the world as a result of their adventure?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 5 Outdoors and Indoors
Timmy's Fun-Filled Day
Timmy spent a day watching a baseball game, listening to music, playing a board game and visiting his grandparents, having a perfect day and creating fond memories with his family.
Talk about it 1. What was Timmy's favorite thing to do? 2. What did Timmy and his family do after the baseball game? 3. How did Timmy feel after spending time with his grandparents?
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Story Let's GO 4: Unit 5 Outdoors and Indoors
Sophie's Adventure in the Park
Sophie went for a walk in the park with her parents and discovered a field of tall grass, followed a stream into the woods and took pictures, she practice the violin before dinner.
Talk about it 1. What was Sophie's favorite thing to do? 2. What did Sophie see in the field of tall grass? 3. What did Sophie do after she got back from her walk? 4. What was Sophie's plan for the next day?
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