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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 Christmas Elf
Jack's Magical Ski Adventure
Jack went on a magical ski adventure at a hotel where he learned how to use magic to enhance his skiing experience.
Talk about it 1. How does Jack feel when he receives the invitation to attend the workshop? 2. What is the workshop about and what does Jack learn at the workshop? 3. How does Jack use his new magical skills to enhance his skiing experience?
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Story Christmas Elf
The Elves' Christmas Magic: A Holiday Adventure at the Forest Resort
The story is about a group of elves who work hard to make sure that everything is just right for the holiday resort that is hidden deep within the forest, where tourists can come and stay in cozy wooden cabins, and experience the magic of Christmas all year round.
Talk about it 1. What special sights and sounds did the forest offer the tourists? 2. How did the tourists feel about the wooden cabins that the elves built? 3. How did the elves make sure the holiday was perfect for the tourists? 4. Why do you think the tourists never forgot their holiday in the forest with the elves?
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Story Christmas Elf
Magical Mountain Adventures: A Skiing and Skidooing Story
Magical Mountain Adventures" is a story about a group of friends who go on a ski and skidooing trip in a far-off land, where they discover the magic of the mountains.
Talk about it 1. What activities did the friends do during their trip to the mountains? 2. How did the friends feel about their trip to the mountains? 3. What did the friends do on their last night at the hotel?
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Story Christmas Elf
The Little Elf and the Christmas Cabins
The Little Elf and the Christmas Cabins" is a story about the elves who lived in a holiday resort in the forest, and how they found a new home for a little elf and his family after cutting down his tree home, becoming friends, and working together to make the holiday resort the most beautiful and magical place in the forest.
Talk about it 1. Why did the elves need to gather more wood? 2. How did the elves feel after they realized they were cutting down the little elf's home? 3. How did the elves make up for cutting down the little elf's home?
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Story Christmas Elf
Magical Mountain Adventure: A Skiing and Skidoo Workshop
A group of friends who work as hotel receptionists go on a magical skiing and skidoo workshop in the mountains, and make it a yearly tradition to cherish the memories.
Talk about it 1. What did the friends do for work and how did they feel about it? 2. What did the friends learn during the workshop? 3. Why did the friends decide to make the workshop an annual tradition?
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Story Christmas Elf
Christmas in the Elfin Forest Resort
The elves at a holiday resort in a forest worked hard to prepare for Christmas and showed the arriving tourists the beauty and magic of the place, leading to a memorable vacation for all.
Talk about it 1. Why were the elves working extra hard as Christmas approached? 2. How did the tourists feel about their cabins at the resort? 3. What did the elves show the tourists during their tour of the forest? 4. How did the tourists say goodbye to the elves at the end of their vacation?
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Story elf, holiday resort, forest and 13 more
The Magic of Skiing and Skidoos
The Magic of Skiing and Skidoos" is a story about a little girl named Sophie who goes to a skiing workshop at a fancy hotel, where she learns new skills, makes friends, and discovers the magic of the mountain and the northern lights.
Talk about it 1. Why did Sophie feel disappointed when she first saw the hotel uniform? 2. What did Sophie learn from the skiing and skidoo riding instructors at the workshop? 3. What was the magical surprise that the hotel prepared for the guests at the workshop?
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Story elf, holiday resort, forest and 13 more
Sparky the Elf and the Christmas Forest Resort
Sparky the Elf and his friends work hard to make the new holiday resort in the forest a success and create wonderful memories for tourists during Christmas season.
Talk about it 1. How does Sparky and his friends feel about the holiday resort being built in the forest? 2. How do the tourists feel about their experience at the resort? 3. Why is it important for Sparky and his friends to show the tourists around the forest and teach them how to make crafts? 4. How does the resort make the Christmas holidays of the tourists more special?
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Story elf, holiday resort, forest and 13 more
The Elves' Christmas Resort
A group of hardworking elves build and maintain a holiday resort in a magical forest, where tourists come to enjoy their Christmas vacation.
Talk about it 1. Why were the elves so hardworking? 2. How did the elves make the tourists' holiday special? 3. What did the tourists do during their stay at the holiday resort?
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Story Unit 5: where's the ball?
A Fun-Filled Adventure at the Park
A group of friends have a fun-filled adventure playing on playground equipment, a rope net, eating ice-cream, and swimming in the pool at a park.
Talk about it 1. What did the friends do after they had fun on the playground? 2. How did the friends feel while they were playing on the rope net? 3. Why did the friends promise to come back to the park soon?
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Story u4
The Adventures of Timmy, Susie, and Johnny
Timmy, Susie, and Johnny spend a day doing fun activities like baking, collecting stickers, drawing, doing puzzles, dressing up, playing video games, hide and seek, reading comic books, roller-skating, and watching movies together.
Talk about it 1. What activities did Timmy, Susie, and Johnny do together in the story? 2. What did they make together in the kitchen and what did they add to it? 3. What did they use to create their drawings and what did they draw? 4. What game did they play together on the floor and how did they feel after completing it? 5. What were their costumes when they played dress up and what characters did they pretend to be?
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Story New Concept Lesson 14
Max Saves the Day: A Rainy Adventure with a Umbrella
A little girl, Sophie, and her dog, Max, went on an adventure on a rainy day, where Sophie found her missing umbrella and learned the importance of double checking and paying attention to her dog.
Talk about it 1. What did Sophie do when she realized her umbrella was missing? 2. How did Max help Sophie find her umbrella? 3. What did Sophie learn from this experience?
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Story New Concept Lesson 14
Rainy Day Adventure
"Rainy Day Adventure" is a story about a little girl named Sophie who goes to school on a rainy day with her father, shows off her new blouse and tie to her friends, and comes back home to have dinner with her family and play with her dog, Max.
Talk about it 1. Why do you think Sophie's mother told her to put on her coat and take an umbrella before she left the house? 2. How does Sophie feel about her shirt being a little damp from the rain? 3. Why do you think Sophie goes to bed with a big smile on her face at the end of the story?
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Story Unit 10 - Grade 3
A Day of Fun and Games with Friends
A group of friends spend a day chatting, playing football, table tennis and blind man's bluff in the park, having a great time and making plans to do it again.
Talk about it 1. What did the group of friends do before they played table tennis? 2. How did the friends feel after playing blind man's bluff? 3. What was the group of friends planning to do next time they got together?
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Story Unit 10 - Grade 3
The Game-Loving Friends' Competition
A group of friends have a competition to see who is the best at playing chess, volleyball, basketball, badminton, skipping, skating and word puzzles in the village.
Talk about it 1. What is the main idea of the story? 2. Who won the competition for chess? 3. What is one game the friends played? 4. What did the friends do after playing all the physical games? 5. How did the friends feel about the competitions and games they played?
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Story CLOTHES - 3
The Princess and the Lost Crown
A young princess named Isabella searches for her mother's lost crown, and ultimately finds it on top of the highest mountain in the kingdom, and returns it to her mother and the kingdom prospered under her mother's rule.
Talk about it 1. How does Isabella feel about the missing crown? 2. What does Isabella do to find the missing crown? 3. How does Isabella feel when she finds the crown on the mountain? 4. What does the crown symbolize to Isabella and her mother? 5. How does Isabella's actions affect the kingdom?
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Story CLOTHES - 3
Ava's Fashion Adventure
A young girl named Ava discovers the joys of experimenting with different outfits and accessories while going for a run, swimming and playing dress-up.
Talk about it 1. What did Ava find in her closet that made her feel like a true fashionista? 2. What did Ava put on before she went for a run? 3. What did Ava find while she was running? 4. What did Ava put on before she went swimming? 5. What did Ava learn about fashion by the end of the story?
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Story CLOTHES - 3
The Princess and her Treasures
The Princess and her Treasures" is a story about a young princess named Sophie who goes on an adventure in a forest and comes across a necklace, sandals, crown, mittens, shorts, a blouse and a new friend and returns back to her kingdom with all her treasures and stories of her adventures.
Talk about it 1. What was the princess's name and what was she known for? 2. Why did the princess leave the sandals she found in the forest? 3. What did the princess find at the castle and how did she feel about it? 4. Why did the princess put on the mittens she found? 5. How did the people in the princess's kingdom react to the treasures she brought back from her adventure?
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Story CLOTHES - 3
Sophie's Adventure Outfit
Sophie, a young girl, mix and match her clothes to create an outfit for a day of adventure and set off ready to explore and discover new things.
Talk about it 1. What type of clothing and accessories did Sophie put on for her day of adventure? 2. Why did Sophie put on a warm scarf? 3. What special accessory did Sophie put on that had been given to her by her grandmother? 4. Why did Sophie put on a helmet? 5. What did Sophie put on "just in case" she wanted to do?
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Story CLOTHES - 3
Sophie's Forest Adventure: A Quest for Treasures
Sophie went on an adventure in the forest and found a necklace, crown, mittens, shorts and blouse, and returned home to show her family her new treasures and felt like a true princess.
Talk about it 1. What kind of person is Sophie? 2. What did Sophie find in the forest? 3. How did Sophie feel when she put on the crown? 4. Why did Sophie put on the mittens? 5. How did Sophie's family react to her new treasures?
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Story CLOTHES - 3
Timmy's Adventure at the Park
Timmy goes on an adventure to the park where he joins a soccer game, goes biking and swimming with all the appropriate gear he needs for each activity.
Talk about it 1. Why did Timmy decide to go home before continuing on his adventure? 2. What did Timmy grab before he went swimming at the park? 3. Why did Timmy bring his helmet to the park? 4. How did Timmy feel after his adventure at the park? 5. What did Timmy learn from this experience?
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Story CLOTHES 3
The Prince's Quest for the Crown: A Treasure Hunt Adventure
A young prince named Jack sets out on a journey to gather the most beautiful and valuable treasures to wear for the contest to become the next king and wins by wearing his sandals, necklace, crown, mittens and shorts.
Talk about it 1. Why do you think Jack was so proud of his sandals and necklace? 2. How do you think Jack felt when he heard about the contest to become the next king or queen? 3. Why do you think the king and queen were amazed at Jack's treasures? 4. How do you think Jack's experiences during his journey to gather treasures helped him as a ruler?
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Story CLOTHES 3
Sophie's Treasure Box Adventure
Sophie goes on an adventure using all the items from her treasure box, such as her belt, scarf, trainers, ring, helmet, swimsuit, blouse, and gloves, to have fun and stay safe.
Talk about it 1. What is Sophie's special box full of? 2. Why did Sophie put on her helmet? 3. How did Sophie feel while wearing her ring and twirling around?
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Story CLOTHES 3
The Prince of the Sandals: A Royal Fashion Statement
A young prince named Max, who dislikes to wear shoes, comes up with a unique solution by wearing shorts, mittens, and his favorite necklace and crown to a royal ball and starts a new fashion trend.
Talk about it 1. Why did Max not like to wear shoes? 2. What was the problem Max faced when he tried to wear the new fancy sandals? 3. How did Max solve the problem with the sandals? 4. How did the guests at the ball react to Max's appearance? 5. What did Max become known as after the ball and what happened as a result of his choice of footwear?
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