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On the 28th June we started our descent into the crater. It was like a large cone – wide at the top and narrower at the bottom. It seemed about 2,000 feet deep. Hans didn’t take us down the crater…

Speaking (T: Grade 5/6)

Theme – Entertainment In this part Gulliver becomes a ‘spectacle for the people’. Why do you think that he doesn’t enjoy it? Have you ever performed in front of a crowd either at school or…

Let's find out more about Australia

Connect to the Internet and go to www.blackcat.vicensvives.net . Insert the title or part of the title of the book into our search engine. Open the page for Missing in Sydney. Click on the internet…

Reading

The house was on a pretty street in Paddington, a residential district south of Sydney Harbour, not far from the youth hostel. It was a Victorian house and was identical to all the other houses on that…

Vocabulary (II)

Complete the newspaper article. Scotland Yard identifies thief Detectives at Scotland Yard say they now know the of the man responsible for the robbery on 29 December at the Bank of England. The man…

Reading

9 October Inspector Fix was one of the detectives investigating the robbery at the Bank of England. In his years as a detective he knew only one thing for certain: all the biggest criminals looked like…

Reading

16. Walter Hartright’s narrative continued I was still thinking about what Pesca had told me when I walked back from his apartment that night. As I came closer to home, an idea started to form in my…

Charlotte's Story

My name is Charlotte. I am ten years old. I live in a very big house in the country. Our house has a lot of rooms for my family and me, and also for our servants. The servants cook, clean the house,…