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978-1-108-86100-7 — Cambridge Primary Reading Anthologies Level 3 Student's Book with Online Audio
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Scope and Sequence

Unit 1 What makes your community special?

Genre Key Words Reading Strategy
Fiction Realistic Fiction treat, mooncake, paste, unity, Using Background
Together Under lantern, luck, wicked, greedy Knowledge
the Moon
Nonfiction Blog on deaf, bully (v), sign language, Using Background
What’s Your Communities belong, indigenous, perform, Knowledge
Community? ritual, precious

Unit 2 What is food for?

Fiction Fables juicy, grab, ripe, grapevine, Monitoring
The Dog and His sour, grain, golden, chew Comprehension
Reflection; The Fox
and the Crow;
The Grasshopper
and the Ant
Nonfiction Magazine olives, dark, dehydrated, Identifying the Main
Who’s in the Mood Article on Food package, absorb, poisonous, Topic, Subtopics, and
for Food? preserve, cellar Key Details

Unit 3 Why do we need to take care of nature?

Fiction Fantasy beehive, nectar, look up, Using Background
The Last Leaf on grateful, frightened, buzz, Knowledge
the Tree rude, tiny
Nonfiction Eco Blog sea, government, fight, Identifying the
Eco Excellent! litter, cleanup, research, Main Idea
drinkable, wrap

Unit 4 What is art?

Fiction Poetry rapidly, scene, splash, Predicting from
Polly the Painter; splatter (v), hose, sculpt, Pictures
Sully the Sculptor thick, chunk
Nonfiction Magazine color wheel, contrast (n), Comparing and
The Mysteries in Article on palette, pigment, Contrasting
Works of Art the Arts form, brushstrokes,
symmetrical, divide

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Unit 5 Why do we travel?

Genre Key Words Reading Strategy
Fiction Adventure collar, hole, humid, realize, Comparing and
Ben’s Backyard Adventure Story spot (v), sniff, belly, creepy Contrasting
Nonfiction Travel Blog pack (v), device, roll up, wrinkled, Identifying the
Traveling Mandy’s Tips charge (v), license plate, Author’s Purpose
for Kids highway, headphones

Unit 6 Why do we play sports?

Fiction Historical oar, row (v), shoulder, nod (v), Sequencing
Going for Gold Fiction subway, riverbank, lead,
finish line
Nonfiction Fun Fact recognize, dimples, bubble, Predicting from
Strange Sports Newsletter Newsletter protect, board, surf (v), Titles
charm (v), mole

Unit 7 How can we explore the past?

Fiction Realistic king, ticket, pile, rat, mummify, Making
King Liam and the Fiction bandage, archeologist, earring Inferences
Treasure of Tutankhamun
Nonfiction Feature Story handle (n), sword, leather, Making
Saga’s Sword: Girl Finds (News) shore, amazed, fragile, Viking, Inferences
1,500-Year-Old Sword in replica
a Lake

Unit 8 How important is electricity?

Fiction Superhero shove (v), hologram, mission, Identifying Facts
The Peace Maker Adventure generate, nuclear fusion, and Opinions
Story / Sci-Fi frustrated, grounded, confused
Nonfiction Eco Quiz / appliance, contaminate, Identifying Facts
Protecting the Environment: How-To Text air conditioner, clothes dryer, and Opinions
How to Lower Your plug in, gadget, eco-friendly,
Electricity Footprint shrub

Unit 9 Why do we have music?

Fiction Play talent show, recorder, Visualizing
The Best Talent tambourine, giggle (v), sigh (v),
Show Ever! clever, cheer (v), bow (v)
Nonfiction Music Blog orchestra, woodwind, brass, Identifying the
My Musical Heroes percussion, strings, symphony, Main Purpose
improvisation, amplifier

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8 How important is electricity?

Key Words
1 Preview the Key Words.
8.1

shove (v) hologram mission generate

nuclear fusion frustrated grounded confused

2 Read the definitions and mark (✔ ) the correct Key Word.

a the combination of two or more

particles to make energy  confused   nuclear fusion
b a three-dimensional image made
with light beams  frustrated  hologram
c an important assignment  mission  shove
d unable to fly  generate  grounded

Pre-reading
3 Look at the pictures on pages 105–111 and circle the correct options.

What is the story about? Where does it happen? When does it take place?

ghosts in a forest in the past

a superhero in a city in the present
a spaceship in a house in the future

4 Listen and read.

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 By Joep van der Werff • Illustrated by Berenice Muñiz

C RASH! BANG! Everyone in the time

machine was pushing each other. They
were all trying to get out. OUCH! The
time machine wasn’t working because there
was no electricity. The door was shut, and
everyone inside wanted to leave!
BANG! “Take your elbow out of my eye!”
OUCH! “I can’t! This guy is pushing my
arm!” Everybody was pushing and shoving.
In this way, they’d never get through
the door.
ZOOM! A boy in a superhero suit suddenly
appeared in the time machine. Who was
this? Let me describe him. He wasn’t tall,
and he wasn’t short. He didn’t have big
muscles, either. He was wearing a blue
suit with a big yellow symbol on his chest.
Was he a real superhero?
The boy took a deep breath and blew.
And a little blue air came out of his mouth.
“What’s going on?” a man in the time
machine asked. “I feel more relaxed.”
“Me, too,” the woman next to him said.
You can go first. I’m not in a hurry.”
“No, you go first. I insist,” said the man.

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 Amazingly, the door opened and the time travelers walked out, one by one, in
perfect order, without pushing. They all looked around and said, “Why were we
fighting? What was wrong with us?” Then, a woman noticed the boy in the superhero
outfit. She shouted, ”Look! It’s JJ! He’s the guy who can make peace anytime,
anywhere!” Everyone started clapping. The boy just smiled, turned around, and
walked away.
JJ was a famous superhero. But he couldn’t fly, or take giant steps, or be in different
places at the same time. So he was just walking down the street when he received
a hologram message from his mom: “Be home at 6 o’clock for dinner, JJ!” Then, he
received another hologram with a new mission.

8
Superhero File #12
JJ (“Jay Jay” )
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Full name: Jesse-Jo
Age: 9
peace
Superpower: makes
by blowing blue air
Symbol:

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MISSION #19—Assig
enemy is inside
Problem: Unknown
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the Electric City Po
the workers are
is no electricity. All
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inside the power pl
Objectives:
emy.
1. Neutralize the en
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2. Free the workers
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3. Reestablish electr

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JJ was excited! He saw the Electric City Power Plant in the distance.
It was a big factory from the 21st century where electricity was originally
generated using coal. Now it used clean and safe nuclear fusion to make
electricity. JJ ran around the power plant. He was looking for a door or an
entrance. And suddenly … PLOP! SPLASH! He fell into the canal! He looked
around, but no one had seen him. How lucky!
In the meantime, people in the city didn’t have any electricity. And they were
very frustrated!
• The Sloan family was hungry. They couldn’t
cook because their microwave oven wouldn’t
turn on.
• The Watsons couldn’t wash their clothes
because the wash robots needed electricity.
• Nobody could communicate because the
hologram senders weren’t working. (It was a
good thing that superheroes, like JJ, and their
families had batteries with extra energy!)
• The Chang children couldn’t go to school, and
their parents couldn’t go to work because the
self-flying drones were grounded.
In Electric City, life without electricity was very
difficult!

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 JJ saw a big, strong, ugly man with huge muscles at one of the doors of the power plant.
“Is that giant guarding the entrance?” JJ asked himself. “Yes, he is!”
JJ walked around the corner to look for another entrance. There were more ugly
giants at the other doors! He was still very wet. And suddenly, he got worried. Will
his peace-making powers work if he is wet? Should he go back home? But there
wasn’t enough time to change into a dry superhero suit AND finish the mission
AND be back home for dinner.
In the meantime, one of the giants had seen him! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He was walking toward JJ!
“Hey, you!” the giant shouted. “Go play
superheroes in the park. Get out of here. NOW!”

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“OK, I’m just going to try my superpowers,” JJ said to himself. He blew carefully, but
nothing happened. “Do I need to get closer to the ugly giant?” our hero thought. He
took a small step forward and the giant took—BOOM!—a big step forward. “Hey,
kid, go home before I throw you in the canal!” the giant shouted.
“No, please, Mr. Giant. I’m already wet,” pleaded JJ. He was very scared, but he blew
again. And again! The giant suddenly looked confused.
JJ blew some more blue air at him. And, suddenly, the giant smiled.
“How can I help you?” he asked politely.
“My name is JJ. I come in peace,” JJ answered. “Can you please open the door for me?
I need to talk to your boss.”
“Sure. My name is Marcus,” the giant said in a friendly voice and started to open
the door. But now three even bigger and uglier giants were running toward JJ. So he
started to run!

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 “Wait!” shouted Marcus. “This kid is my friend. Be nice to him!”
The three giants stopped right in front of JJ. They looked very surprised.
JJ blew and blew in their faces. Then, suddenly, the three giants began
to smile. They reached out to shake JJ’s hand.
“JJ, meet Mason, Morris, and Michael,” said Marcus.
“Nice to meet you all,” JJ said. “Let me explain why I’m here.”
JJ spoke to the giants for a few minutes. They all listened
carefully and nodded. Then, they went inside together.
“Our boss’s name is Johnny. Let us do the talking,”
said Marcus as he opened the door to an office.
Inside the office, a wicked-looking giant named
Johnny stared at JJ with his big red eye.
“What are you doing here?” he yelled.
“Hello, Boss,” Marcus said. “This is JJ—he’s our friend.
He thinks it’s a bad idea for you to rob the city’s
electricity. What do you think of that?”
WHAM! Giant Johnny hit the table with his
enormous fist. “I need the city’s electricity to power
my spaceship so I can go home. Now get out of here.”
But JJ took a small step forward. Johnny frowned.
JJ took another step forward and blew. But nothing happened.
“I can’t stop now,” thought JJ. He took a big step toward Johnny and blew in the giant’s
face with all the air he had! And finally …

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“Hmm … what do you want, kid?” the giant asked.
Johnny was friendlier now!
“Mr. Johnny, sir, Electric City can help you get home to your
planet. But you must promise never to return here,” said JJ.
“Well, there is nothing on this planet that interests me.
If you can help me get home, I’ll be happy.”
So JJ sent a quick hologram to the mayor of Electric City. The mayor spoke with the
workers in the power plant, and the workers helped charge the batteries on the giant’s
spaceship. Then, Johnny got in his spaceship and flew home! Everyone at the Electric
City Power Plant cheered.

But what happened to the

four friendly giants?

“Hi, Mom,” said JJ as he walked into the kitchen.

“I brought a few friends for dinner. Is that OK?”
Marcus, Mason, Morris, and Michael entered
the kitchen. They had to bend down to fit
through the door. They smiled, showing their
big teeth.

Can you imagine what JJ’s mom said

when she saw the four friendly giants?
“AAAAAAAGH!”
Now that wasn’t very polite, was it?

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 Fiction
Key Words
1 Read the clues. Complete the crossword puzzle with the Key Words.

Across 1
2 having a hard time
understanding something
2
3 feeling angry because you
can’t do something
4 to push someone in a
strong way 3

Down
1 to make or create something
4

Comprehension
2 Mark (✔ ) three things people in Electric City could not do.

  use their drones   use their shampoo or soap

  use their microwave ovens   use their hologram senders
  travel in outer space
3 Match the dialogue with the characters.

1 “What do you want, kid?” a Giant Marcus

2 “Be home at 6 o’clock for dinner, JJ!” b JJ
3 “I’m already wet.” c JJ’s mom
4 “How can I help you?” d Giant Johnny
4 Complete the graphic organizer.

I don’t think JJ is a strong superhero. There were five giants in the story.
I don’t think the giants in the story were scary. Superhero stories are exciting!
JJ can blow blue air to make people peaceful.
The story is about a superhero named JJ.

Facts Opinions
I don’t think JJ is a strong superhero.

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Digging Deeper
5 How did JJ feel in these scenes? Circle.

1  JJ was walking 2  JJ fell into the canal, 3  The power plant

down the street got wet, and had to workers helped charge
when he received a face a scary giant the batteries on Johnny’s
hologram message standing at the door of spaceship, and he flew
with a new mission. the power plant. home.
a worried a sad a happy
b excited b scared b worried

6 Why did JJ lose confidence in his superpower when he first met Giant Marcus?

7 What is JJ’s superpower and why is it important?

Personalization
8 Mark (✔ ) the items that are powered by electricity.

  tablet   bicycle   TV   car   computer

  stove   light bulbs   fridge   hairdryer   skateboard
9 Imagine there is no electricity.

a How do you keep your food cold?

b How do you do your homework when it’s dark?

c What do you do for fun?

10 Imagine you can have a superpower. What is it? What can you do with it?

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 Nonfiction

8 How important is electricity?

Key Words
1 Preview the Key Words.
8.3

appliance contaminate air conditioner clothes dryer

plug in gadget eco-friendly shrub

2 Read the glossary entries and write the Key Words.

a noun a machine that helps cool a room or a building

b noun a machine used to do chores, for example, wash
clothes or cook, that uses electricity or gas
c verb to connect a cord to an electrical outlet
d noun a bush or other plant that is smaller than a tree

Pre-reading
3 Look at the title of the article on page 115. Circle the phrases that relate to
the article.

watering plants and flowers using eco-friendly appliances

  

reducing the use of electricity walking to school

  

protecting animals helping the environment

  
4 Listen and read.
8.4

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 Protecting the Environment:
How to Lower Your
Electricity Footprint
By Fabiola Rodríguez

What Is an Electricity Footprint?

It’s time to wake up. You turn on the lights. You can hear your mom
preparing a shake in the blender. In the bathroom, your older sister
is using the hairdryer. And in the room next door, your dad turns
on the washing machine. When you sit down at the table, your
grandma takes your breakfast out of the microwave oven.
Every time someone turns on an electrical appliance, they leave
a mark called an electricity footprint. We use this concept to show
the impact on the environment every time an electrical device is
used. The size of our electricity footprint is linked to the amount of
greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

Why Is Your Electricity Footprint Important?

But what is the relationship between greenhouse gases and

electrical appliances? Well, 65% of the world’s electricity is
made from fossil fuels. By burning fossil fuels, like oil and
coal, we not only contaminate the atmosphere, but also
produce large amounts of greenhouse gases. This is causing
the Earth to warm up too much.
But don’t worry! You can help protect the environment
by reducing your electricity footprint. One option is to use
electrical appliances that save electrical energy. Another
option is to switch off what you are not using. And don’t
forget to talk to your family about installing solar panels,
or using wind power or hydroelectric power. These use
renewable energy resources, such as the sun and the wind,
instead of fossil fuels to make electricity.

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 uiz Time!
Calculate Your Electricity Footprint!
Let’s check how high or low your electricity footprint is.
Take a piece of paper and write down your answers to the
following questions. Add up your results and compare them
with the numbers in the table at the end of the quiz. This
will give you an idea of your electricity footprint.

Scores
a = 2  b = 1  c = 0

1 Do you use an air conditioner 5 How do you and your

at home? family dry your clothes?
a yes a with an electric
b sometimes clothes dryer
c no b with a gas
clothes dryer
2 What does your family use to heat c We hang the clothes outside.
your food?
a an electric oven 6 Do you turn off the lights when
b a microwave oven or gas stove you leave a room?
c a solar oven a no
b sometimes
3 How do you heat your house? c yes
a with electricity
b with gas 7 How do you usually watch movies
c We don’t heat the house. or play video games?
a on a TV
4 How many times a week does your b on a tablet or cell phone
family use a washing machine to c I don’t watch
wash clothing? movies or play
a three or more times video games.
b twice
c once

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How do you and your Results
family dry your hair?
a with an electric 14–20: Oh, no! You need
hairdryer to reduce your electricity
b with a towel footprint. But don’t worry!
c in the sun We will give you some tips
that can help.
9 Do you plug in your tablet, computer, cell
phone, or other electrical gadgets for long 7–13: OK. It’s not bad, but it’s
periods of time? not perfect. However, you are
a yes on the right track to reduce
b sometimes your electricity footprint.
c never 0–6: Excellent work! You are
10 What do you and your family use to making a great effort—let’s
clean the floor? help others reduce their
electricity footprint.
a a vacuum cleaner
b an eco-friendly vacuum cleaner
c a broom or a mop

Tips to Reduce
Your Electricity Footprint:
• Remind your family to unplug the
electronic devices that are not being used.

• Switch the lights off every time you leave a room.

•  Ask your family if you can switch to LED light bulbs.

•  Use less heat. Wear a sweater instead of turning on the heat!

• Avoid using the air conditioner. Did you know that plants can
help keep a room cool? Having trees or shrubs outside around
your house can lower the temperature inside!

These are just a few things that you can But you can find
new
do to reduce your electrical footprint. ways, too!
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 Nonfiction
Key Words
1 Read and write the Key Words.

a to pollute or the environment 

b an appliance used to dry wet clothes   
c a small device or tool 
d good for the environment  –

Comprehension
2 Read and mark (✔ ) the best summary of the article.

a An electricity footprint is what we do to protect the environment.

b We can protect the environment by reducing our electricity footprint.
c Every time an electrical object is used, we increase our electricity footprint.
3 Circle the correct option to complete each sentence.

1 Your electricity footprint increases every time you …

a use electrical appliances. b turn off appliances. c use wind power.
2 The relationship between fossil fuels and electricity is that …
a electricity can make b electricity is better c fossil fuels can
fossil fuels. than fossil fuels. make electricity.
3 We can keep our house cool by …
a switching on the lights. b turning off the c planting trees
microwave oven. or shrubs outside.
4 Complete the graphic organizer.

I don’t think we use a lot of electricity. Burning fossil fuels contaminates the air.
Plants help keep a room cool. Solar panels are awesome!

Facts Opinions

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Digging Deeper
5 Read the article on pages 115–117 again. Then, complete the chart.

What is the problem? What is the cause? What are the possible solutions?

High electricity We waste too much

footprint harm the .
environment.
We use
to produce electricity.

6 Now you know what “electricity footprint” means. What is a water footprint?

Personalization
7 Which of the tips to reduce our electricity footprint do you think is the most
useful? Why?

8 Look and circle the appliances and 9 Write what you can do to help
gadgets your family uses at home. reduce your family’s electricity
footprint.

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