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th e b o d y o f th e d e a d m an* T h e n sh e lo o k e d a t u s w ith h e r d a r k ey es. ‘But you! Are you the p o lice ?’ she asked. ‘Yes, we are the p o lic e / said Gregson. She looked around the dark room. ‘But then, where is G en n aro ?’ she asked. ‘Gennaro L u cca is my husband. I am Emilia Lu cca and we come from New York. Where is Gennaro? He ju st called me from this window and I ran here.’ ‘I called you,’ said H olm es. ‘You! How could you call m e ?’ asked Em ilia Lu cca. ‘Your secret code was not difficult, m a d a m / said H olm es. ‘We needed you here, so I flashed “vieni” 1 at the window.’ 1. v ie n i : this w ord m e a n s ‘c o m e ’ in Italian.

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The beautiful Italian woman looked at H olm es with surprise. ‘I do not understand how you know these things/ she said. ‘Giuseppe Gorgiano —how did he — She stopped and then suddenly said, ‘Now I understand! Gennaro killed this monster with his strong hands/ ‘Well, Mrs L u c c a / said Gregson, putting his hand on her arm, ‘I don’t really know who you are or what you are. But you know a lot about this case. Please come to Scotland Yard with m e/ ‘One moment, G regson/ said Holmes. ‘I think this lady has several important things to tell u s / H olm es turned to M rs L u c c a and said, ‘M adam , your husband will be arrested for killing this man. W hat G enn aro did is very wrong. Do you understand th is?’ ‘Now that G orgiano is dead we are afraid of n oth in g/ said Mrs Lu cca. ‘He was a terrible monster. But I know G ennaro did the wrong thing; killing is always w rong/ She was silent for a m om ent and her dark eyes were sad. ‘If I tell you the whole story, perhaps you will understand why my husband killed him / ‘Very well/ said Holmes, ‘let’s close this door and leave everything here. We can go with this lady to her room and listen to her story/ We all went back to Mrs Warren’s house. Half an hour later we were s ittin g in M rs L u c c a ’s sm all sittin g -ro o m . S h e sta r te d te llin g us her u n u s u a l story. S h e sp o k e very quickly but her English was not good.

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‘I was born in Posilippo, near the city of Naples, Italy/ she said. ‘I am the daughter of Augusto Barelli, a very important man. Gennaro worked for my father and I loved him. He was poor, but he was handsome and kind. My father did not let me marry him, so we ran away together. We got married in another city. Then I sold my jewels 2 to get the money to go to America. We went to New York City four years ago and stayed there. There were a lot of Italians in New York and we liked it. A t first everything went well. Gennaro helped an Italian gentleman called Tito Castalotte, and becam e his good friend. Mr Castalotte owns a big company in New York and more than three hundred men work for him. He gave Gennaro an important job in his company and

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always kind to him. Mr Castalotte was not married and Gennaro was like a son to him. We both loved him like a father. Gennaro and I rented a small house in Brooklyn 3 and we were happy together. ‘Then one evening G ennaro brought an Italian man home with him. His nam e was G iu sep p e G orgiano and he was from Posilippo too. He was so big, as you know. Everything about him was big and frightening. His voice was loud and he moved his enorm ous arms about when he talked. He was too big for our little house. He never stopped talking with his loud, angry voice. He cam e to our house again and again. G ennaro was unhappy when Gorgiano was at our house. But he sat and listened to Gorgiano talk. He was a very bad man and he was always angry.’ We were all listening carefully to M rs L u c c a ’s long story. ‘I knew som ething was wrong. My poor G ennaro was terribly afraid o f him. One night G enn aro told me his long story and I becam e very sad. When G ennaro was young he was poor, and the world was against him. He becam e a m em ber of a secret society in N aples called the Red Circle. It was part of the old C arbonari 4 and it did terrible things. The m em bers o f this secret society had to follow the rules and could not leave it. ‘When we went to America Gennaro was happy because he was far from Naples and the Red Circle. He wanted to forget about it. But one evening he met a member of the Red Circle in New York —it was Giuseppe Gorgiano. In the South of Italy people called him “Death” because he was a terrible killer. He went to New York because the Italian police wanted to arrest him. And in his new city he started the Red Circle again.’ 4

3. B r o o k ly n : an a r e a o f N e w York City. 4. C a r b o n a r i : a s e c r e t Ita lia n so c ie ty o f the early 1 8 0 0 s .

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C O M P R E H E N S IO N C H E C K Read the p arag rap h s and choose the best w ord (A, B or C) fo r each space. There is an exam p le at the beginning (0). T he b e a u tifu l y o u n g w o m a n w a s (0)..?... E m ilia L u cca . She w a s G ennaro L u c c a ’s w ife . W hen she saw G o rg ia n o ’s b o d y (1) th e flo o r she w as v e ry s u rp ris e d . S he s a id th a t G e n n a ro w a s p ro b a b ly th e killer. H olm es a ske d E m ilia to te ll (2)..........s to ry to e ve ryo n e . E m ilia w a s b o rn (3)......... P o s ilip p o , Italy. She loved G ennaro b u t her fa th e r d id n o t w a n t her to m a rry (4) T h e y d e c id e d to run aw ay to g e th e r and (5)........ m a rrie d . Then th e y w e n t to N ew York. G ennaro (6) a g o o d jo b and m a d e frie n d s w ith T ito C a s ta lo tte . O ne e ve n in g G en n a ro b ro u g h t h o m e (7)........ Italian m an ca lle d G iu se p p e G o rg ia n o . He w a s big and frig h te n in g , and his v o ic e w a s ve ry loud. E m ilia d id n o t like him . W hen G e n n a ro w a s y o u n g and p o o r he (8) a m e m b e r o f a s e cre t s o c ie ty c a lle d th e Red C ircle . T h is s e c re t s o c ie ty d id te rrib le th in g s and its m e m b e rs c o u ld n o t leave it. In A m e ric a G ennaro w a n te d to (9)........ a b o u t th e Red C irc le . B u t he (10) one o f its m e m b e rs in N ew York: G o rg ia n o . 0

A nam e

B call

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A to

B aat

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A th e m

B her

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A in

B to

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A him

B he

5

A be

B get

6

A fo u n d

B fin d

C C c c c c

ca lle d

fin d in g

m e e tin g

7

A an

B a

8

A becom e

B b e c o m in g

9

A fo rg e t

B fo rg o t

c c c c

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A m ee t

B m et

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CHARACTERS Use w ords from th e box to d escrib e th e ch aracters below. d a rk eyes huge loud v o ic e b e a u tifu l E M IL IA

ta ll frig h te n in g h a n d so m e young a n g ry bad d a rk hair big arm s kind G O R G IA N O

G EN N A R O

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W R IT IN G R ead this postcard from E m ilia’s best friend in Brooklyn. Then w rite Sally a postcard from Em ilia. A n sw er her questions. W rite 2 5 -3 5 w ords. T k is Space fo r W ratin g Message#

D e ar Emilia, It's cold here in Brooklyn and it's snowing. How abou t L o n d o n ? Is it c o ld ? What's the weather like? Are you an d G ennaro happy there? Where are you stay ing? Please send me a postcard. Love, Sally

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A C O U N T R Y O F IM M IG R A N T S Em ilia and G ennaro m oved from Italy to A m erica, like a lot of other Europeans at th a t tim e. Read the inform ation below about n ineteenthcentury A m erica and its im m ig ran ts and fill in the gaps w ith the co rrec t past sim ple form of the verb in b rackets.

B e tw e e n 1820 and 1919 a b o u t 50 m illio n p e o p le fro m E uropean c o u n trie s s u ch as G erm any, Ire la nd , F rance, th e N e th e rla n d s , S w eden, Italy, A u s tria , H ungary, R ussia and G reat B rita in ( 1 ) ..................... (em igrate) to th e U n ite d S ta te s . T h e y w a n te d a b e tte r life fo r th e m s e lv e s and th e ir c h ild re n . S o m e im m ig ra n ts ( 2 ) ..................... (have) p o litic a l and re lig io u s p ro b le m s in th e ir o w n c o u n try and ( 3 ) ................... (go) to A m e ric a to fin d fre e d o m . T he firs t im m ig ra n ts ( 4 ) ................... (arrive) in th e 1 840s w hen th e re w as a te rrib le fo o d p ro b le m s in n o rth e rn E urope, p a rtic u la rly in Ireland. A t th a t tim e A m e ric a w a s a v e ry big c o u n try w ith ve ry fe w p e o p le . It had a lo t o f n a tu ra l re s o u rc e s and th e re w e re jo b s and g re a t e c o n o m ic o p p o rtu n itie s fo r e v e ryo n e . T he A m e ric a n g o v e rn m e n t o fte n ( 5 ) ................... (give) land to p e o p le w h o w a n te d to live th ere. In 1848 J o h n M a rsh a ll ( 6 ) ..................... (d isco ve r) g o ld at S u tte r’s Fort in C a lifo rn ia , on th e W est c o a s t o f A m e ric a . T h is s ta rte d th e ‘C a lifo rn ia G o ld R u s h ’ . P e o p le fro m all o v e r th e w o rld ( 7 ) ................... (travel) to C a lifo rn ia to lo o k fo r g o ld and a lo t o f th e m s ta ye d th e re a fte r th e G old R ush. T he tra n s c o n tin e n ta l ra ilw a y a c ro s s th e U n ite d S ta te s w a s c o m p le te d in 1869 and it ( 8 ) ..................... (b ring) h u n d re d s o f th o u s a n d s o f im m ig ra n ts to th e W est c o a s t. B e tw e e n 1890 and 1924 m o s t im m ig ra n ts ca m e fro m Italy, G reece and th e B alka n c o u n trie s . D uring th e n in e te e n th c e n tu ry a b o u t th re e q u a rte rs o f th e im m ig ra n ts w e n t to N ew Y ork C ity b e c a u s e th e re ( 9 ) ............... ; .. (be) a lo t o f w o rk in th e new in d u s trie s and b u s in e s s e s . In th e ye a r 1800 th e p o p u la tio n o f N ew Y ork C ity w a s 6 0 ,0 0 0 ; in th e late 1800s it ( 1 0 ) ..................... (grow ) to 8 0 0 ,0 0 0 ! It b e c a m e o ne o f A m e ric a ’s b ig g e s t and m o s t im p o rta n t citie s .

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L IS T E N I N G Listen to th e first part of C h ap te r Seven and choose the co rrect an sw er - A, B or C. 1

2

3

W h a t d id G o rg ia n o ’s le tte r say? AQ

T he Red C irc le w a n te d m o n e y fro m

B

Q G en na ro had to go to a m e e tin g .

C

O G e nn aro and E m ilia had to go to an im p o rta n t dinner.

W h a t w a s G o rg ia n o ’s s e c re t? A

Q He w a n te d to kill G en na ro .

B

Q He w a s G e n n a ro ’s broth er.

C

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5

6

He lo ve d Em ilia.

W h a t h a p p e n e d w he n G e n n a ro c a m e hom e? A

[ ] He fo u g h t w ith G o rg ia n o .

B

Q He ran a w a y b e c a u s e he w a s a fra id o f G o rg ia n o .

C 4

G ennaro.

He kisse d E m ilia.

W h o w e n t to ta lk to th e N ew Y ork p o lic e ? A

Q

G enn aro

B

Q

T ito C a s ta lo tte

C

Q

G o rg ia n o

W h a t d id th e Red C irc le te ll G e n n a ro to d o? A

O send C a s ta lo tte a letter.

B

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C

O b lo w up C a s ta lo tte ’s h ouse.

g e t m o n e y fro m C a s ta lo tte .

W h a t d id G en na ro and E m ilia d e c id e to do? A

Q go to th e p o lic e

B

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leave N ew Y ork

C

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re tu rn to Italy

a n d we a ll lis te n e d . ‘O n e evening G e n n a ro show ed me a letter from G orgiano with a red circle at the top. It said there was an important m eeting on a certain day and G ennaro had to go. This was terrible, but then som ething worse happened. ‘G orgiano always cam e to see us in the evening. He talked to me a lot and I did not like it. He always looked at me with his big ugly eyes. I did not know what to do. T hen one night Gorgiano cam e to our house when I was alone. G ennaro was still at work and G orgiano told me his secret: he loved me! He took me in his h u g e a r m s an d k is s e d m e. It w as te r r ib le an d I s c r e a m e d . 1 At that m om ent G ennaro cam e home and tried to help me. He and G orgiano fought a lot, and G orgiano knocked him down and

1. s c r e a m e d : m a d e a lo u d s o u n d b e c a u s e I w as very frig h te n e d .

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ran away. He never cam e back to our house. G orgiano becam e our dangerous enefny.’ Mrs L u c c a stopped for a m om ent and looked at us with sad eyes. Then she continued. ‘A few days later there was the m eeting of the Red Circle and G ennaro had to go. When he cam e back his face was white. To get money the secret society blackm ailed 2 rich Italians who lived in New York. The Red C ircle did terrible things to the Italians who did not pay. It even killed them! ‘The Red Circle sent a letter to our friend Tito C astalotte and told him to pay. He was frightened and angry and told the New York police about G orgian o and the Red C ircle. G o rgian o was very an gry an d d e c id e d to blow up 3 C a s t a l o t t e ’s h o u s e . T h e m em bers of the Red Circle chose G ennaro to do it. He had to kill his best friend! ‘My poor G ennaro was terrified. He is a good man, he is not a killer. H e lo o k e d at me a n d s a id , “ I f I d o n ’t kill C a s t a l o t t e , Gorgiano will kill u s !” ‘It was a terrible night. G enn aro and I were very, very afraid. We could not sleep and we did not know what to do. We talked all night about G orgiano, the Red Circle, C a stalotte and all of the problem s we had. Finally we decided it was too dangerous to stay in New York and we had to leave immediately. Rut where could we go? I wanted to go back to Posilippo, but G ennaro said that it was not possible. There were too many of G orgian o ’s friends and o th er R ed C ir c le m e m b e rs th ere. S o we d e c id e d to leave for London becau se it is a big city and we know no one. We left early

2. b la c k m a il e d : fo r c e d th em to p ay money.

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the next m o r n in g , b e f o r e the su n c a m e u p. We d i d n ’t b r in g anything with us, only clothes and docum ents b ecau se we didn’t want anyone to realise we were leaving. We went to the port, but before, we sent m essag e s to both C astalotte and the police to tell them about G orgian o ’s terrible plan. PB1 ‘W ell, g e n t le m e n , you a lr e a d y know the re s t o f the story. G orgiano followed us to London and G ennaro found a place for me to hide. He wanted to go and talk to the Italian police. I never saw my husband during this time. I don ’t know where he lived or what he did. The only news from G ennaro were the m essages in the newspaper. T hen one day from the window I saw two Italians in the s t r e e t ; it w as G o r g ia n o an d a n o t h e r m an . T h e y w ere watching the house. I was alone and frightened. ‘I read G e n n aro ’s m essa g es in the newspaper. I waited at the w indow for his sig n a ls and saw them . I knew there was great d a n g e r b e c a u s e G o r g ia n o w as near. F o rtu n a te ly G e n n a ro was ready for him when he ca m e . Now, g e n tle m e n , you know the whole story —a long and sad o n e .’ ‘Well, M r G r e g s o n ,’ said the A m erican detective, ‘Now we know the whole story. W hat do you think?’ ‘G ennaro L u cc a killed a man. Mrs L u cc a has to come with me to Scotland Yard,’ said G regson. ‘The C h ief of Police has to hear her story and talk to her husband. T hen h e’ll decide what to d o .’ ‘Well, W atson,’ said H olm es, ‘I think our work is done and it’s time to g o.’ He turned to Em ilia and to the other men and said, ‘G ood evening everyone.’ H olm es and I got up, put on our coafs and left. It was a cold night as we walked out o f Mrs W arren’s house.

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C O M P R E H E N S IO N C H E C K M atch the follow ing sen ten ces (1 -9 ) w ith th eir endings (A -l). 1

E l G en na ro re c e iv e d a le tte r

2

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G e nn aro and G o rg ia n o fo u g h t a lo t

3

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T he Red C irc le b la c k m a ile d rich Ita lia n s

4

E ] T ito C a s ta lo tte d id n o t w a n t to pay th e Red C irc le

5

E l G o rg ia n o w a n te d to b lo w up C a s ta lo tte ’s house

6

E

G e n na ro w a s te rrifie d , and he and E m ilia d e c id e d

7

G

In L o n d o n G e n n a ro hid E m ilia

8

Q

In th e end G e n na ro

9

E ] T he fo u r m en lis te n e d to E m ilia ’s s to ry and

A

and w e n t to th e N ew Y ork p o lic e .

B

to go to L o n d o n .

C

to g e t m o n e y fro m th e m .

D

w ith a red c irc le on to p o f it.

E

at M rs W a rre n ’s house.

F

and G e nn aro had to d o it.

G

and G o rg ia n o k n o c k e d G e n n a ro d o w n and ran away.

H

k ille d G o rg ia n o .

I

G re g so n a ske d her to go to S c o tla n d Yard w ith him .

T: G R A D E 3

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S P E A K IN G : T H E W E A T H E R It is a foggy evening w hen H olm es and W atson leave M rs W arren ’s house. Talk to your p artn er ab o u t th e w eather. Use these questions to help you. •

W h a t’s th e w e a th e r like w h e re you live?

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W h a t is y o u r fa v o u rite kind o f w e a th e r and w h y?

•

W h a t is w in te r like in y o u r area?

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Do yo u p la y w in te r s p o rts ?

•

W h a t d o you d o w h en th e w e a th e r is ve ry hot?

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V O C A B U L A R Y - N A T IO N A L IT IE S A S h erlo ck H olm es, M r Leverton and Em ilia Lucca com e from G reat Britain, th e U nited S tates and Italy. Do you know how to say th eir nationalities? W ork w ith a p artn er and fill in the tab le below. You can use a d ictio n ary to help you. G reat B rita in ..........

P o la n d ........

The U n ite d S ta te s o f A m e ric a ............

S w itz e rla n d

Ita ly ........................... S p ain ...................... R u s s ia ...................... C h in a .......................

Ire la n d J a p a n .......... G re e c e ........ P o r tu g a l.....

G e rm a n y .................

M e x ic o ........

F ra nce .....................

A u s tra lia .....

The N e th e rla n d s ...

C a n a d a ......

T u rk e y ......................

D e n m a rk ....

B

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N ow co m p lete the sen ten ces using som e of the nationalities.

1

E m ilia and G e n n a ro a r e ...........................

2

P in k e rto n ’s is a f a m o u s .......................... d e te c tiv e agency.

3

She c o m e s fro m th e N e th e rla n d s ; s h e ’s ...........................

4

The y s p e n t th e s u m m e r in G ree ce and le a rn e d to sp e a k

5

T h e .......................... g o v e rn m e n t in v ite d S h e rlo c k H o lm e s to Turkey to s o lv e a case.

6

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11

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12

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An area o f N ew York City.

5 6

A d o c u m e n t th e p o lic e use w hen th e y a rre st so m e o n e . To m ake a lo u d so u n d w hen you are frig h te n e d o f s o m e th in g .

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10

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C O M P R E H E N S IO N C H E C K Are the follow ing sen ten ces tru e (T) or false (F)? C o rrect the false ones. T

1

S h e rlo c k H o lm e s d e c id e d to h elp M rs W arren b e ca u se she ga ve him te n p o u n d s .

2

M rs W arren w a s frig h te n e d b e c a u s e she never saw th e lo d g e r b u t heard his fo o ts te p s at n ig h t.

3

T he lo d g e r read th e D a ily G aze tte .

4

M r W arren w e n t to th e p o lic e b e c a u s e tw o m en p u sh e d him in to a c a b on e m o rn in g .

5

H o lm e s and W a tso n saw th e lo d g e r’s fa c e in th e m irror.

6

H o lm e s th o u g h t th e lo d g e r w a s a d a n g e ro u s c rim in a l.

7

G o rg ia n o s e n t m e s s a g e s to th e lo d g e r u sing th e fla m e o f th e ca n d le .

8

H o lm e s and W a tso n m e t G re g so n and L e ve rto n o u ts id e th e red b u ild in g .

9

L e ve rto n c a m e fro m N ew Y ork b e c a u s e he w a n te d to a rre s t G e n na ro L u cca .

10

G o rg ia n o ’s b o d y w a s on th e flo o r in M rs W a rre n ’s house.

11

E m ilia and G en na ro m e t T ito C a s ta lo tte in N ew Y ork and b e c a m e g o o d frie n d s .

12

T he Red C irc le to ld G e n n a ro to kill T ito C a s ta lo tte .

13

E m ilia and G e nn aro w e n t to L o n d o n to m e e t G o rg ia n o .

14

G re g so n aske d E m ilia to go w ith him to S c o tla n d Yard.

F

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P IC T U R E S U M M A R Y Look at th e pictures from below. They are not in th e right order. Put th em in the o rder in w hich they ap p ea r in th e story.

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A G R A P H IC N O V E L P hotocopy th ese tw o pages, cu t out th e pictures and stick them on pap er in the right order. Think of w ords to put in speech or tho u g h t bubbles to show w h a t th e c h a rac te rs are saying or thinking. Do not use the w ords th a t w ere used in this book! In sm all groups retell the story.

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This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. The new structures introduced in this step o f our GREEN APPLE series are listed below. Naturally, structures from lower steps are included too. For a complete list o f structures used over all the three steps, see The Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers, which is also downloadable at no cost from our website, www.blackcat-cideb.com or www.cideb.it. The vocabulary used at each step is carefully checked against vocabulary lists used for internationally recognised examinations.

Available at S t e p 1: ■ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain

■ American Folk Tales ■ The American West Gina D. B. Clemen ■ The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson ■ The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson ■ British and American Festivities Gina D. B. Clemen

■ Davy Crockett ■ Ghastly Ghosts! Gina D. B. Clemen

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A ll the structures used in the previous step, plus the following:

■ Great Expectations Charles Dickens ■ Halloween... Magic, Witches and Vampires Kelly Reinhart ■ Jason and the Argonauts

Verb tenses Past Simple Past Continuous Future reference: will

Verb forms and patterns Regular and common irregular verbs Passive forms: Present Simple and Past Simple with very common verbs (e.g. made, called, born) Gerunds (verb + - ing) after some prepositions (e.g. before, after)

Modal verbs Could: ability; requests Will: future reference; offers; promises; predictions May (present and future reference): possibility Mustn't: prohibition Have (got) to: external obligation Types of clause Subordination after if (zero and 1st conditionals) Defining relative clauses with: who, where

Other Comparative and superlative o f adjectives (regular and irregular) Formation o f adverbs (regular and irregular)

■ Legends from the British Isles ■ Little Women Louisa May Alcott ■ Mystery in San Francisco Gina D. B. Clemen

■ The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain ■ The Railway Children E. Nesbit ■ The Red Pony John Steinbeck ■ Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving ■ Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe ■ Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

■ The True Story of Pocahontas

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Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle A mysterious lodger, strange messages, a secret society and a terrible murder are the elements of a case that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have to solve... This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • A biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • A wide range of activities practising the four skills • Dossiers: Sherlock Holmes and D r Watson, Victorian Writers and Police and Detectives in the 19th Century • Internet projects • KET-style activities • Trinity-style activities (Grade 3) • Special AUDIO C D /C D -R O M with the text recorded in full and a variety of games and activities for further practice • An exit test and key on our w ebsite

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