Reading and vocabulary,Pre-reading Discuss the following questions with group members.,The Trilogy of His Dark Materials,The Golden Compass ,The Subtle Knife ,The Amber Spyglass ,Skimming Read the passage and number the sentences in the correct order.,Read and check your answers.,Will decides not to return to his world. The cat vanishes. The cat comes up to Will. Will climbs through a hole. The cat behaves in a strange way.,1,5,3,4,2,Scanning,True or False,1. It was very late at night when all this happened. 2. Will was excited because he had done some shopping. 3. The cat behaved strangely in order to attract Wills attention. 4. Finally the cat disappeared into the bushes. 5. Will was not brave.,tired,Match the words and phrases from the passage with their meanings.,1 to do things in a particular way 2 without any doubt 3 someone who shows you which direction to go in 4 to jump high into the air or over something 5 to make someone feel afraid 6 a plant like a small tree 7 to move nearer to someone or something 8 to suddenly disappear 9 to stop for a few seconds before you do or say something because you are not sure,behave,definitely,guide,leap,frighten,bush,approach,vanish,hesitate,The main idea of the passage,The passage is about Will and a cat. The cat is a strange creature, who acts as Wills guide. She goes to another world through the patch in the air. And Will follows her without hesitation.,When and where the story happens.,What Will saw and how he felt after entering the new world.,What Will found and how he entered another world.,Look through the passage once again and finish the chart below.,Came out of a garden,Held out his hand,Put out a paw to pat sth in the air in front of her; then leapt back, with her tail help up.,Approached the place again; patted the air once again; again she leapt back.,Will blinked.,Answers for Activity 3, p.16,1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (a) 4(a) 5 (a) 6 (b) 7 (a),Answers for Activity 4, p.13,1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (c) 4 (c) 5 (b) 6 (a) 7 (c) 8 (b),Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.,1 Will was so tired that he could not think clearly.(too),2 As he tried to decide what to do, he saw a cat.(when),3 Will saw the cat behave strangely.(way),4 There was nothing to really see.(anything),Will was too tired to think clearly.,He was trying to decide what to do when he saw a cat.,Will saw the cat behave in a strange way.,There really wasnt anything to see.,5 But he could only see it from some positions.(able),6 What he saw frightened him.(by),He was only able to see it from some positions.,He was frightened by what he saw.,Read the passage again and choose the best answers.,1. The cat vanishes through _. something Will cant see an empty patch of grass some bushes 2.Will blinks because _. he cant see clearly. his eyes hurt. he cant believe what he saw.,_c,a,3. It is _. easy to see the patch in the air from some positions impossible to see the patch difficult to see the patch 4. Will looks through the hole in the air because _. he is frightened he knows there is a different world on the other side. it is alien.,c,b,5. Will does not go back to his world because _. he wants to learn about this new world life is difficult in his world it is difficult to see the old world,b,Discuss the following questions:,Where and how was Will before he saw the cat? 2. How strangely did the cat behave before she vanished?,He was standing on the road and he was so tired that he couldnt think clearly.,First she put out a paw to pat something invisible in the air, then she leapt back but approached the place again and patted the air once more. Again she leapt back. After a few minutes she stepped forward and vanished.,3 What did Will see? 4 Did he climb through the hole into another world? 5. What was the new world like?,From most positions he couldnt see anything. But when he looked closely, he saw a hole in the air.,Yes, he did.,There was a line of trees along the center of a wide road and at the side of the road was a line of cafes and small shops. The hot night had the scent of flowers and the salt smell of the sea. Behind him there were green hills and on the slopes of the hills there were houses with rich gardens and an open park.,6. What does Will think of the new world? 7. Why do you think Will was eager to leave his own town?,Although he knew nothing about it, he thought it would be better than his own world.,According to the following key words, tell,“how did the cat guide Will into the other world?”,come out of a garden , come up to Will turn away, go across the road and towards the bushes, put out a paw to pat , leap back, approach the place again, pat the air once more, leap back, step forward, vanish,Post-reading,Share your imagination with your group members that what would happen to will in the new world.,Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets:,1 Will was so tired that he couldnt think clearly. (too) 2 As he tried