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Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Overall and specic objectives ......................................................................................................................... 2 Plot synopsis ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Lucys introduction. Listening ......................................................................................................................... 4 Meet the characters ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Dialogue 1. ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Dialogue 2. ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 Song 1. WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS ...................................................................................................... 10 Song 2. THE ELEPHANT DANCE ............................................................................................................ 11 Song 3. WE ARE TWO CIRCUS CHARACTERS .................................................................................. 12 Pre-play activity 1 (for teachers) ANIMAL CIRCUS ........................................................................ Pre-play activity 2 (for teachers) COUNT THE ANIMALS ............................................................ Pre-play activity 3 (for teachers) PARTS OF THE BODY .............................................................. Pre-play activity 4 (for teachers) PERSONAL DESCRIPTIONS .................................................. Pre-play activity 5 (for teachers) PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE .................................................... Pre-play activity 6 (for teachers) THE PUZZLE ............................................................................ Pre-play activity 7 (for teachers) COMPLETE THE SONG ........................................................... Pre-play activity 1 (for students) ANIMAL CIRCUS ..................................................................... Pre-play activity 2 (for students) COUNT THE ANIMALS ............................................................ Pre-play activity 3 (for students) PARTS OF THE BODY ............................................................. Pre-play activity 4 (for students) PERSONAL DESCRIPTIONS ........:......................................... Pre-play activity 5 (for students) PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE .................................................... Pre-play activity 6 (for students) THE PUZZLE ............................................................................. Pre-play activity 7 (for students) COMPLETE THE SONG ........................................................... Post-play activity 1 (for teachers) THE BEGINNING OF OUR STORY ..................................... Post-play activity 2 (for teachers) COMPLETE THE SENTENCES .......................................... Post-play activity 3 (for teachers) TRUE OR FALSE ................................................................... Post-play activity 4 (for teachers) TO WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES ......................... Post-play activity 5 (for teachers) THE CIRCUS CHARACTERS ............................................... Post-play activity 1 (for students) THE BEGINNING OF OUR STORY ..................................... Post-play activity 2 (for students) COMPLETE THE SENTENCES ............................................ Post-play activity 3 (for students) TRUE OR FALSE ...................................................................... Post-play activity 4 (for students) TO WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES ......................... Post-play activity 5 (for students) THE CIRCUS CHARACTERS ............................................. 13 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

- Extra Activity - The Elephant Mask (for the show) ............................................................................ 42 - Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................................... 43

INTRODUCTION
The primary purpose of the teachers pack is to help both teachers and students alike to get as much as possible out of their participation in the interactive performance of MAGIC CIRCUS . The pack has been designed as a tool to help students understand the play, learn new vocabulary and improve their listening and speaking skills. Once they have done the activities, students will understand better both how the story develops and the lines the actors deliver so they will get more enjoyment out of the performance. This CD contains some introductory material where youll nd texts corresponding to the plot synopsis and the characters, some dialogues from the play and the original songs performed in the play. Also, youll nd some suggested activities we recommend you to do before the play, Preplay activities, and some Post-play activities which have been designed to check if students have understood the play correctly. The activities also enable the students vocabulary, expressions and grammatical structures to improve. Pre-play and post-play activities include instructions for the teacher and the corresponding student worksheets, as long as the activity requires them. Some of the activities have an extension part (Extension activity) which makes it possible to study the contents in depth, depending on the groups ability. Both the introductory material and the suggested activities may require the corresponding audio material to make better use of them. In that case, we provide you with the corresponding track number from the Audio CD. In order to help the teacher nd and select the audio activities, we have listed below the track numbers with its corresponding contents from the play MAGIC CIRCUS.

CD. AUDIO- MAGIC CIRCUS (Track 1 to 10) Track -1- Lucys introduction. Listening. Track -2- Meet the Characters. Listening. Track -3- Dialogue 1. Listening. Track -4- Dialogue 2. Listening. Track -5- Song 1. Welcome to the Circus . Track -6- Song 2. The Elephant dance . Track -7- Song 3. We are two Circus characters . Track -8- Pre-play Activity 6. The puzzle. Track -9- Post-play Activity 3. True-False. Track -10 Karaoke version. The Elephant Dance Also, as an additional activity to the play MAGIC CIRCUS, we suggest an enjoyable moment in class for teachers and students: The elephant mask A new feature includes the possibility for teachers to see the choreography of the song THE ELEPHANT DANCE on our website and therefore offers the opportunity of teaching it to students prior to the show, thus allowing them to fully enjoy the dance on the day of the show. We sincerely hope that both teachers and students fully enjoy the play itself and the activities which make up this teachers pack. We also hope this prove to be a useful aid in enhancing enjoyment of this Interactive theatre experience.

OVERALL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

OBJETIVOS GENERALES Y ESPECFICOS
The educational interest of this activity will focus on helping students start to develop their basic skills of any foreign language. All this, with an approach based on communication, which aims to encourage students, involving them in dialogues, songs and other forms of communication are essential to teaching and learning of a foreinge language. At this stage students should develop a level of understanding and speaking to enable them to approach their rst English communicative responses, and develop their awareness of the Anglo-Saxon cultural tradition. The teaching materials of MAGIC CIRCUS will allow you to study in depth the following objectives:: - Present simple tense: third person singular. - There is / There are (armative, negative and interrogative sentences). - How many...? - Parts of the body and verbs related to them (run, see, jump, clap...). - Prepositions of place (on, in, under, next to...). - Physical descriptions. Adjectives. Verb TO WEAR . - Vocabulary related to the circus characters: ringmaster, tightrope walker, elephant tamer.... - Vocabulary related to elephants, lions, horses... circus animals:

Los intereses educativos de esta actividad se centran en contribuir a que los alumnos se inicien en las destrezas bsicas de la lengua extranjera. Todo ello, con un enfoque basado en la comunicacin que pretende estimular a los alumnos hacindoles partcipes en dilogos, canciones... y otras manifestaciones comunicativas fundamentales en el proceso de enseanza-aprendizaje de la lengua. En esta etapa los alumnos deben desarrollar un nivel de comprensin y expresin oral que les permita desplegar sus primeras manifestaciones comunicativas en ingls, adems de procurar su sensibilizacin y acercamiento a la tradicin cultural anglosajona. El material didctico de MAGIC CIRCUS os permitir, adems, profundizar en los siguientes contenidos conceptuales: - Presente simple: tercera persona del singular. - There is / There are (Frases armativas, negativas e interrogativas). - How many...? - Partes del cuerpo y verbos relacionados con ellas (correr, ver, saltar, dar palmadas...). - Preposiciones de lugar (sobre, en, debajo, junto a...) - Descripciones fsicas. Adjetivos calicativos. Utilizacin del verbo TO WEAR . - Vocabulario relacionado con los personajes del circo: presentador, funambulista, domador de elefantes... - Vocabulario relacionado con los animales del circo: elefantes, leones, caballos...

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
MAGIC CIRCUS. COME AND SEE THE BIGGEST SHOW IN THE WORLD. Lucy and Tom are siblings who are doing their maths homework at the library. Tom gets bored all the time and prefers to read comic books and to play. Instead, Lucy wants to nish it off as soon as possible and thats why she asks Tom to help her nd books. By chance, Tom will nd a very special book; every time he opens it, they hear the typical fanfare of the circus. Also, this book contains a key. It will allow them to open up a chest lled with objects belonging to the world of circus. They both, excited, give free rein to their imagination and turn the library into a beautiful village square where, supposedly, a magic circus big top has just been set up. Tom and Lucy play at being all the typical circus characters; and so Lucy turns into a charming ringmaster who, as a master of ceremonies, presents each performance which will take place in the circus ring. Tom will play the incredible magician Houdini, full of magic tricks, each one more surprising. Lucy will step on top of a rope, defying gravity, and she will walk along it as a professional tight rope walker with only the help of an umbrella. Tom will play a brave elephant tamer, ready to show that he is the animals best friend and that its very important to treat them kindly. And, nally, they will assume the role of two funny clowns, lling the stage whith laughter, humor and hilarius gags. All this makes them recreate an unforgettable evening full of magic, funny games and all kinds of surprises which will let you discover how wonderful the circus is.

MAGIC CIRCUS. PASEN Y VEAN EL MEJOR ESPECTCULO DEL MUNDO.

Lucy y Tom son dos hermanos, que estn haciendo los deberes de matemticas en la biblioteca. Tom se aburre todo el tiempo, y preere leer cmics y jugar; en cambio Lucy quiere acabar lo antes posible y por eso le pide a Tom que le ayude a buscar libros. Casualmente Tom encontrar un libro un tanto especial, ya que cada vez que lo abre suena la tpica fanfarria del circo. Adems, este libro contiene una llave. Esta les permitir abrir un bal repleto de objetos pertenecientes al mundo del circo. Los dos, emocionados, dan rienda suelta a su imaginacin y transforman el decorado de la biblioteca en una bonita plaza de un pueblo en la que, supuestamente, acaba de instalarse la mgica carpa de un gran Circo. Lucy y Tom juegan a ser todos los personajes tpicos del mundo del Circo; y as Lucy se transforma en un apuesto presentador que, como maestro de ceremonias, da inicio a cada uno de los nmeros que tendrn lugar en la pista central. Tom ser el increble mago Hudinni, repleto de trucos de magia, cada uno de ellos ms sorprendente. Lucy se subir a lo alto de una cuerda, y desaando la ley de la gravedad, caminar sobre ella, como una perfecta equilibrista, ayudndose slamente de un paraguas. Tom ser luego el valiente domador de elefantes, dispuesto a demostrar que es el mejor amigo de los animales, y que es muy importante tratarlos con mucho cario. Y, nalmente, asumirn cada uno el papel de divertidos payasos, haciendo que la risa cobre protagonismo llenndolo todo de humor y gags desternillantes. Todo ello les permita recrear una tarde inolvidable repleta de magia, divertidos juegos y todo tipo de sorpresas que les permitir descubrir qu grande es el Circo!

LUCYS INTRODUCTION
TRACK 1

LISTENING
Hola nios y nias! Cmo estis? Me llamo Lucy y quiero que repitis conmigo algunas palabras, de acuerdo? Repetid las palabras cuando oigis este sonido (suena una campanilla). Estis preparados? Pues vamos all! Tom es mi hermano (campanilla) y me gusta jugar con l. Tom encontr unl ibro muy especial (campanilla). Cuando Tom y to abrimos el libro, escuchamos la tipica fanfarria de circo (campanilla) Tom y yo empezamos a jugar como si fueramos los tipicos personajes de circo (campanilla) yo era el presentador (campanilla). Tom era el increible mago y al anal ramos dos divertidos payasos (campanilla)El circo magico era maravilloso(campanilla)! Ahora repitamos de nuevo todas las palabras. Repetid conmigo: PALABRAS: HERMANO LIBRO CIRCO PERSONAJES - PRESENTADOR MAGO PAYASOS MARAVILLOSO Gracias por vuestra atencin, nios y nias. Seguro que habis aprendido muchas palabras. Nos vemos en el teatro!

Hello, boys and girls! How are you? My name is Lucy, and I want you to repeat some words with me, alright? Repeat the words when you hear this sound (a bell rings). Are you ready? Okay, then, lets go! Tom is my brother (bell) and I like to play with him. Tom nds a very special book (bell). When Tom and I open the book, we hear the typical fanfare of the circus (bell). Tom and I play at being all the typical circus characters (bell). I am the ringmaster (bell); Tom is the incredible magician. And nally we are two funny clowns (bell). The Magic Circus is wonderful (bell)! Now lets repeat all the words again. Repeat after me: WORDS: BROTHER BOOK CIRCUS CHARACTERS RINGMASTER MAGICIAN CLOWNS WONDERFUL Thank you for your time, boys and girls. Im sure you have learnt a lot of words. See you in the theatre!

MEET THE CHARACTERS

TRACK 2

Tom
He is Lucys brother. He likes Spiderman, Batman and Superman comics and he doesnt like doing his homework. He is a bit scatterbrained but he always pays attention to his sister. At the library he nds a mysterious box full with some typical circus things.

Es el hermano de Lucy. Le gustan los cmics de Spiderman, Batman y Superman y no le gusta hacer los deberes. Es un poco despreocupado pero siempre hace caso a su hermana. l encuentra en la biblioteca una caja misteriosa llena de algunos elementos tpicos del circo.

She is a responsible girl and she likes studying. She always scolds her brother when he doesnt behave. She asks Tom for help to do their homework and to nd a book for the English class..

Lucy

Es una chica responsable y le gusta estudiar. Siempre regaa a su hermano cuando l no se porta bien. Pide ayuda a Tom para hacer los deberes de matemticas y para encontrar un libro para la clase de ingls.

MEET THE CHARACTERS EXTENSION ACTIVITY

Turn the presentation of the characters of Lucy and Tom using the rst person. This lls the gaps with subjects, verbs and pronouns relevant.

Transforma la presentacin de los personajes de Lucy y Tom utilizando la primera persona. Para ello rellena los huecos con los sujetos, verbos y pronombres correspondientes.

Tom. Im Lucys brother. I like Spiderman, Batman and Superman comics and I dont like doing my homework. Im a little scatterbrained but I always pay attention to my sister. At the library I nd a mysterious box full with some typical circus things. Lucy. Im a responsible girl and I Like studying. I always scold my brother when he doesnt behave. I ask Tom for help to do our homework and to nd a book for the English class. Ex. Hi is Lucys brother.. I am Lucys brother.

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MEET THE CHARACTERS EXTENSION ACTIVITY

Turn the presentation of the characters of Lucy and Tom using the rst person. This lls the gaps with subjects, verbs and pronouns relevant.

Transforma la presentacin de los personajes de Lucy y Tom utilizando la primera persona. Para ello rellena los huecos con los sujetos, verbos y pronombres correspondientes.

Tom. Lucys brother. Spiderman, Batman and Superman comics and doing homework. a little scatterbrained but I always attention to sister. At the library a mysterious box full with some typical circus things. a responsible girl and studying. Lucy. I always brother when he doesnt behave. Tom for help to do homework and to nd a book for the English class. Ex. Hi is Lucys brother.. I am Lucys brother.

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DIALOGUE 1
TRACK 3

LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY.

Ssshht. Shhht. What? You cannot laugh, you have to read. I am reading. Yes, Spiderman. Its not a book. Its a comic. But I like it. Do your homework. We have maths, English and history. Bufff! Thats boring. I prefer the adventures of Spiderman, Batman and Superman. And I like Monsters High, but now we have homework. Look, help me with maths. Two plus two... Four. Three plus three ... Six. Five plus ve ... Ten. Six plus six. Twelve. Thank you.

Ssshht. Sshht. What? Tom, we are at the library. So what? You cannot laugh here. Why? Because you cant. All right, Lucy.

DIALOGUE 2
TRACK 4

TOM. Susan, what was that? LUCY. I think ... TOM. It is a snake. TOM. A lion.

LUCY. No, its an animal with four legs. LUCY. No, Tom, this animal is not dangerous. TOM. A monkey. TOM. A horse. LUCY. No, Tom, its a bigger animal. LUCY. No, much bigger. LUCY AND TOM. An elephant! LUCY. I have an idea, Tom, hide and put this on. LUCY. Boys and girls, I need your help. I need a volunteer.

SONG 1
TRACK 5

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WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS

LUCY. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Welcome to the amazing ... MAGIC CIRCUS TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. There are many things at the circus... Things you like to see Elephants, Clowns, and Face painters, Here are the Horses, 1,2 and 3

TOM. Trapeze Artists, Tightrope Walkers - trying not to fall LUCY. Fire Eaters and the Jugglers I love them all TOM. Me too! TOM. Wow Lucy thats great, so what other things do they have at the circus? LUCY. I dont know Tom, you have to wait and see? LUCY. There are many things at the circus... TOM. Things you like to see LUCY. Lions, Tigers, and big Bears, TOM. Their running after me! Lucy LUCY. Bearded ladies, Monkey cages, Fortune tellers too TOM. I have Popcorn and Candy Floss. Fun for me and you. LUCY AND TOM. WAHOO!!

SONG 2
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Elephants can not run fast, They go very slow Elephant eat a lot of grass And all through their nose Jump up high Side to side Go down low Round and round Jump up high Side to side Go down low Round and round

THE ELEPHANT DANCE

Elephants have a long trunk, They have a small tail Elephants have sharp tusks, Their ears are big and grey Elephants walk around like this, They can not y Elephants are very big, Their heads are held with pride Jump up high Side to side Get down low Round and round Elephants have little eyes They have a long tongue Elephants are very kind And theyre very strong

SONG 3
TRACK 7

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WE ARE TWO CIRCUS CHARACTERS

TOM. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. I am a funny clown Yes well, Im a big bear I can be a tightrope walker Im a lion so be scared!!!

TOM. Acrobats up in the sky LUCY. We have Peanuts and popcorn and lots of pie. LUCY. TOM. LUCY. TOM. I am a re eater Yes well I am too I am the ringmaster Im the strongman lifting you!

TOM. Tigers, elephants, horses too LUCY. With Magicians our secret circus will come true. TOM AND LUCY: This is our magic Circus yeayyyyyyy!!! Wahoo!!!

PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 1 ANIMAL CIRCUS

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ANIMALS, THERE + BE
In this activity students will learn the English names for different animals and practice usisng there + be First, they will write the . animals name in English under each picture. Then, they will have to decide which of them are animal circus and which are not. ANSWER KEY En esta actividad los alumnos aprendern los nombres en ingls de algunos animales y practicarn el uso de there + be Primero . debern escribir el nombre del animal en ingls debajo de cada dibujo. A continuacin tendrn que indicar cules estn en un circo y cules no.

ELEPHANT

DOG

WHALE

BEAR

LION

CAT

HORSE

MONKEY

CROCODILE

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SHEEP

SNAKE

TIGER

COW

PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 1
ANSWER KEY. In a circus there are elephants. In a circus there arent dogs. In a circus there arent whales. In a circus there are bears. In a circus there are lions. In a circus there arent cats. In a circus there arent horses. In a circus there are monkeys. In a circus there arent crocodiles. In a circus there arent sheep. In a circus there arent snakes. In a circus there are tigers. In a circus there arent cows.

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Circus animals: elephants, bears, lions, monkeys, tigers. Other animals: dogs, whales, cats, horses, crocodiles, sheep, snakes, cows.

Extension activity. Oral Practice: once they have nished this exercise, the teacher could ask them questions such as Are there whales at the circus?

Extensin.
Prctica oral: cuando hayan nalizado el ejercicio, el profesor puede preguntarles preguntas simples como Are there whales at the circus?

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 2 COUNT THE ANIMALS

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NUMBERS, ANIMALS, HOW MANY

In this activity students will count the number of animals in each picture and then complete the afrmative, negative and interrogative sentences lling the blanks properly. They will have to look at the picture to answer. En esta actividad los alumnos debern contar la cantidad de animales de cada dibujo y despus completar las frases armativas, negativas e interrogativas rellenando adecuadamente los huecos. Para ello hay que jarse en el dibujo.

There are nine lions in the picture.

How many monkeys are there? There are seven monkeys.

Are there ve sheep in the picture? No, there are eight.

How many tigers are there? There are four tigers.

There are ve dogs in the picture.

Are there eight snakes in the picture? No, there are six

There are ten bears in the picture.

How many crocodiles are there? There are three crocodiles. Are there four whales in the picture? No, there is one.

There are two elephants in the picture.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 2

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ANSWER KEY

- There is one whale.

- There are two elephants. - There are four tigers. - There are six snakes.

- There are three crocodiles.

- There are ve dogs.

- There are seven monkeys. - There are eight sheep. - There are nine lions.

- There are ten bears.

Extension activity.
Oral practice: the teacher could ask questions such as How many snakes are there? . Students should answer There are six snakes .

Extensin.
Prctica oral: el profesor puede hacer preguntar simples como How many snakes are there? y los alumnos deben responder siguiendo el ejemplo: There are six snakes .

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 3 PARTS OF THE BODY

In this activity, students have to match each part of the body with its corresponding English word. Then, match the verbs with the part of the body which they are done with.

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En esta actividad los alumnos tendrn que unir cada parte del cuerpo con su correspondiente palabra en ingls. A continuacin, enlaza los verbos con la parte del cuerpo con la que se realizan.

ANSWER KEY.
HEAD SHOULDER
JUMP - Legs CLAP - Arms

FACE

CHEST

RUN - Legs SEE - Head PAINT - Arms DANCE - Legs

NECK

LEG

SMELL - Head KISS - Head TOUCH - Arms EAT - Head

ARM

KNEE

HUG - Arms WALK - Legs SNAP - Arms LISTEN - Head

HAND

FOOT

STOMP Legs

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 4 PERSONAL DESCRIPTIONS

ADJECTIVES, CLOTHES, TO WEAR.
In this exercise students will describe the clown they coloured before. They will have to describe what he wears and the colour of his clothes as well. They can use the words in the box to do so. Then, they will have to complete their own personal description.

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En este ejercicio los alumnos harn una descripcin del payaso que han coloreado. Tendrn que describir qu ropa lleva y de qu color es. Pueden usar las palabras del recuadro para ello. Despus debern presentarse y completar su propia descripcin personal utilizando los adjetivos que se les facilita.

TROUSERS TIE HAT JACKET SHIRT SHOES FUNNY BLUE RED GREEN BLACK PINK ORANGE

POSSIBLE ANSWER. My name is _________. I am _____________ years old. I live in ____________. I am tall/short/fat/slim... I have got blue/green/black... eyes and long/short/curly/straightdark/brown, blond hair. I am wearing a white/red/blue...t-shirt, jumper... and a black/blue/gray...jeans/ skirt/trousers...

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 5 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

In this activity students will learn or revise the most common prepositions of place. They will have to complete the sentence for each picture using the correct preposition.

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En esta actividad los alumnos aprendern o repasar las preposiciones de lugar ms comunes. Tendrn que completar la frase para cada vieta usando la preposicin adecuada.

The lion is in the cage

The tight rope walker is on the rope

The elephant tamer is between the elephants

The ringmaster is next to a volunteer.

The clown is under the umbrella

The monkey is behind the curtain

There is a juggler among the audience.

The circus is near the school.

The wand oats over the table.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 6
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THE PUZZLE
In this activity, students have to listen to three extracts from the play and ll in the blanks with the correct words in order to complete them. En esta actividad los alumnos debern escuchar tres fragmentos de la obra y rellenar los huecos con las palabras correctas para completarlos.

Extract 1

Lucy. Hide the sandwich. You cannot eat in here. Tom. I am hungry. Lucy. We have to nish our homework. Tom. We have to nish our homework. Im bored. Im bored. Im bored. Lucy. Find a book you really like for the English class. Tom. Okay! Come on, lets see ... here there are pirates books, witches books, kings and princesses books, Robin Hood books... there are many books here. Many books.

Tom. And now, a very difcult trick, the trick of hypnosis. On the count of three, youre a dog. One, two, three. And now on the count of three, youre a cat. One, two, three And now when I say three, you are a monkey. One, two, three And now when I say three, you are a girl again. One, two, three. Lucy. A round of applause for the magician Houdini!

Extract 2

Tom. Its fun the world of circus. Lucy. And now we are two Circus characters. Tom. Magic Circus. Lucy. Magic Circus. I like it. Lucy and Tom. One, two, three, four, ve and six. Lucy. Six oclock. Tom. Its time to go home. Lucy. First we clean everything. Tom. Hey, wait, Lucy! Our Circus will be our secret. Lucy. Sure! Lucy and Tom. Magic Circus!

Extract 3

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 7
TRACK 5

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COMPLETE THE SONG

In this exercise students have to listen to the song Welcome to the circus and ll in the blanks with the right word to complete the lyrics. En este ejercicio los alumnos tienen que escuchar la cancin Welcome to the circus y rellenar los huecos en blanco con la palabra correspondiente para completar la letra de la cancin.

LYRICS LUCY. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the amazing... MAGIC CIRCUS TOM. There are many things at the circus... LUCY. Things you like to see TOM. Elephants, clowns, and face painters, LUCY. Here are the horses, one, two and three. TOM. Trapeze Artists, tightrope walkers trying not to fall LUCY. Fire eaters and the jugglers. I love them all TOM. Me too! TOM. Wow Lucy thats great, so what other things do they have at the circus? LUCY. I dont know Tom, you have to wait and see. LUCY. There are many things at the circus... TOM. Things you like to see LUCY. Lions, tigers, and big bears, TOM. Theyre running after me! LUCY. Bearded ladies, monkey cages, fortune tellers too TOM. I have popcorn and candy oss. Fun for me and you. LUCY AND TOM. WAHOO!!

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 1 ANIMAL CIRCUS

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WRITE THE NAME OF EACH ANIMAL AND TELL WHICH OF THEM ARE CIRCUS ANIMALS AND WHICH ARE NOT.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 1

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WHICH ANIMALS ARE THERE IN A CIRCUS?

In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus In a circus

elephants. dogs. whales. bears. lions. cats. horses. monkeys. crocodiles. sheep. snakes. tigers. cows.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 2 COUNT THE ANIMALS

FILL IN THE BLANKS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

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There are picture.

lions in the

How many monkeys are there?

Are there ve sheep in the picture?

How many tigers are there?

There are ve

in the picture.

Are there eight snakes in the picture?

There are the picture.

bears in

How many crocodiles are there?

Are there four whales in the picture? There are in the picture.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 2

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NOW FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE NAME OF THE ANIMALS. REMEMBER THAT EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST ONE, THE REST ARE PLURAL.

- There is one

- There are two

- There are three - There are four - There are six - There are ve .

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- There are seven - There are eight - There are nine - There are ten

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 3 PARTS OF THE BODY

Paint and match each word with the corresponding part of the body.

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SHOULDER

HEAD

FACE

CHEST

NECK

LEG

ARM

KNEE

HAND

FOOT

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 3
Match each verb with the corresponding part of the body.

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JUMP CLAP RUN SEE PAINT DANCE SMELL KISS TOUCH EAT HUG WALK SNAP LISTEN STOMP

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 4

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PERSONAL DESCRIPTIONS
TROUSERS TIE HAT JACKET SHIRT SHOES FUNNY- BLUE RED GREEN BLACK PINK ORANGE

My clown is wearing a ____________ J................, a __________ S........., ________ T....................... and _________ shoes. He is wearing a ______ H.......... too. He is not wearing a ______. Clowns are _______.

Tall/short Fat/slim Big/small Blue/green/brown Long/short Straight/curly- blond/brown

My name is _________. I am _____________ years old. I live in ____________. I am ________ and ________. I have got __________ eyes and ____________________ hair. I am wearing a ________________________________ __________________ and my hair is __________________________________.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 5 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

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OVER - AMONG ON NEXT TO IN - BETWEEN UNDER NEAR BEHIND

The lion is

the cage

The tight rope walker is the rope

The elephant tamer is the elephants

The ringmaster is volunteer.

The clown is umbrella

the

The monkey is curtain

the

There is a juggler the audience.

The circus is

the school.

The wand oats table.

the

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 6
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books, and

THE PUZZLE
Listen and complete.

Extract 1
Lucy. Hide the Tom. I am Lucy. We have to nish our Lucy. Find a . . You cannot eat in here. .

Tom. We have to nish our homework. Im bored. Im

Tom. Okay! Come on, lets see ... here there are books,

you really like for the English class.

. Im bored.

Hood books... there are many books here. Many books.

books,

Extract 2
youre a Tom. And three And now when I say three, you are a say three, you are a Lucy. A round of again. for the . One, , a very difcult , three. And now on the count of three, youre a , two, three. , the trick of . On the count of . One, two, three And now when I . One, two, ,

Houdini!

Extract 3
Tom. Its Lucy. And now Tom. Magic the . are two Circus it. of circus. .

Lucy. Magic Circus. I Lucy and Tom. One, Lucy. Six Tom. Its .

, three, to go .

, ve and

Lucy. First we Tom. Hey, Lucy. Sure!

, Lucy! Our Circus will be our Circus!

everything.

Lucy and Tom.

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PRE-PLAY ACTIVITY 7
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to the

COMPLETE THE SONG

Listen to the song Welcome to the circus and complete the lyrics gentlemen - welcome - running - many - clowns - tightrope - walkers popcorn jugglers - great - see - circus - tigers - fortune tellers - Elephants - one

LYRICS. LUCY. Ladies and , boys and girls, amazing, wonderful, terric, spectacular... MAGIC CIRCUS TOM. There are things at the circus... LUCY. Things you like to see TOM. , , and face painters, LUCY. Here are the horses, , two and three. TOM. Trapeze Artists, LUCY. Fire eaters and the trying not to fall . I love them all, me too!

TOM. Wow Lucy thats , so what other things do they have at the circus? LUCY. I dont know Tom, you have to wait and . LUCY. There are many things at the TOM. Things you like to see LUCY. Lions, , and big bears, TOM. Theyre after me! ...

LUCY. Bearded ladies, monkey cages, too TOM. I have and candy oss. Fun for me and you. WAHOO!!

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1

Explain to the students that the pictures below represent some key moments from the beginning of the play. They have to put the pictures in the correct order and nd the sentence that describes whats happening in each picture. 4

THE BEGINNING OF OUR STORY

Explica a los alumnos que los dibujos representan algunos momentos clave del principio de la obra. Ellos deben poner los dibujos en el orden correcto y encontrar la frase apropiada que describe lo que ocurre en cada dibujo. 6

They dance with the music and a key falls from the book.

Inside the box there is a circus poster and dresses, coloured ags...

Lucy and Tom go to the library.

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CIRCUS

ENGLISH

GRAMMAR

When they open the book, we hear some music.

They look for a book for the English class.

A volunteer helps them to open the box with the key.

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POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 2 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

In this exercise, students will have to ll in the blanks with the correct words in the box to complete the summary of the beginning of the play. There will be a picture next to each blank space to help them out.

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En este ejercicio, los alumnos tendrn que rellenar los huecos en blanco con la palabra correcta correspondiente del recuadro para completar el resumen del principio de la obra. Hay una imagen junto a cada espacio para ayudarles.

Lucy and Tom go to the library. They carry school backpacks and books. Lucy organizes books, pens and that is needed to study and Tom reads Spiderman. Tom takes a sandwich to eat it but Lucy tells him that he cant eat at the library. Then Tom and Lucy look for a book for the English class. They choose a magic book: when they open it, we hear music. They dance with that music and a key falls from the book. They nd a very big box at the library. A volunteer helps them open the box with the key. Inside the box there is a circus poster where you see lions, clowns, a magician and there dresses, coloured ags, magic tricks, an umbrella... Then Lucy dresses up like a ringmaster and they start playing.

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TRUE OR FALSE
In this exercise there are several sentences about the play. Students have to determine if they are true or false. En este ejercicio hay varias frases acerca de la obra. Los alumnos deben decidir si cada frase es verdadera o falsa.

KEY - Lucy and Tom go to the bookstore. FALSE. - Lucy reads a comic book. FALSE. - A key falls from the book. TRUE. - The key opens the door. FALSE. - They look for a book for the English class. TRUE.

- Inside the box there is a circus poster. TRUE. - Tom dresses as a circus ringmaster. FALSE. - Tom puts on a jacket and a hat to become - Tom is a professional magician. FALSE. the magician Houdini. FALSE.

- Magician Houdini does the trick of hypnosis. TRUE. - Tom dresses up as a lion. FALSE. - Elephants can y. FALSE.

- Lucy uses a cane to play Zoe, the tightrope walker. FALSE.

_ Tom and Lucy enjoy their magic circus game very much. TRUE.

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WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES

In this exercise, students have to write the correct sentence to the false ones on the previous exercise. En este ejercicio los estudiantes debern corregirlas frases falsas del ejercicio anterior.

Having emphasized the false statements, written following the correct option for each.

Una vez sealadas las frases falsas, escribe a continuacin la opcin correcta para cada una de ellas.

KEY Ej: Lucy and Tom go the bookstore. FALSE. - Lucy and Tom go to the library. - Tom reads a comic book. - The key opens the box. - Lucy dresses as a circus ringmaster.

- Tom puts on a coat and a hat to become the magician Houdini. - Tom is not (or isnt) a professional magician. -Tom dresses up as an elephant. - Elephants cant y. - Lucy uses an umbrella to play Zoe, the tightrope walker.

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POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 5 THE CIRCUS CHARACTERS

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The students will ll in the boxes indicating the name of each character.

Los alumnos debern rellenar las cajas en blanco indicando el nombre de cada personaje.

TIGHT ROPE WALKER

TRAPEZE ARTIST

FORTUNE TELLER

JUGGLER

ELEPHANT TAMER FIRE EATER

MAGICIAN BEARDED LADY STRONG MAN CIRCUS RINGMASTER

CLOWN

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POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 1

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PUT THE PICTURES IN THE CORRECT ORDER

Inside the box there is a circus poster and dresses, coloured ags... They look for a book for the English class. Lucy and Tom go to the library. They dance with the music and a key falls from the book. A volunteer helps them to open the box with the key. When they open the book, we hear some music.

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

ENGLISH

GRAMMAR

CIRCUS

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

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POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 2 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

Fill in the blanks:

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and

CLOWN - MUSIC UMBRELLA SCHOOL BACKPACKS SANDWICH BOX DANCE BOOKS - LIONS PENS KEY MAGICIAN Lucy and Tom go to the library. They carry

books. Lucy organizes books, pens and that is needed to study and Tom reads Spiderman. Tom takes a to eat it but Lucy tells him that he

cant eat at the library. Then Tom and Lucy look for a book for the English class. They choose a magic book: when they open it, we hear . They with that music and a falls

from the book. They nd a very big box at the library. A volunteer helps them open the box with the key. Inside the box there is a circus poster where you see there dresses, , ,a and ...

, magic tricks, an

Then Lucy dresses up like a ringmaster and they start playing.

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TRUE OR FALSE
Read each sentence and write T if its true and F if its false. KEY - Lucy and Tom go to the bookstore. - Lucy reads a comic book. - They look for a book for the English class. - A key falls from the book. - The key opens the door.

- Inside the box there is a circus poster. - Tom dresses as a circus ringmaster. the magician Houdini. - Tom puts on a jacket and a hat to become - Tom is a professional magician.

- Magician Houdini does the trick of hypnosis. - Tom dresses up as a lion. - Elephants can y.

- Lucy uses a cane to play Zoe, the tightrope walker.

_ Tom and Lucy enjoy their magic circus game very much.

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WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES

Now read the false sentences from the previous exercise and write the correct ones.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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POST-PLAY ACTIVITY 5

THE CIRCUS CHARACTERS

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fortune teller - bearded lady - strong man - re eater - trapeze artist - juggler The clown magician - Circus Ringmaster - Tigh trope Walker - Elephant Tamer

EXTRA ACTIVITY FOR THE SHOW

Colour and cut out.

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CUT HERE

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VOCABULARY
Whale Elephant Lion Horse Cow Cocodrile Tiger Dog Snake Monkey Sheep Bear Trunk Tusks Pride Tongue Chew Mood Hungry Homework Bored

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Witches Kings Elephant Tamer Scold Scatterbrained Negligent Clown Tight rope Walker Fire Eater Juggler Bearded lady Fortune teller Popcorn Candy oss Peanuts Ringmaster Strongman Magician Trick Wait!

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