Make a tick under the picture that shows what the police found after the crash. Say why you think this picture is correct
Organizing ideas
Put these sentences into the correct order by writing the numbers 1-7 next to each letter.
a. ___ Some men on the plane had guns and they killed the pilot.
b. ___ They knew the plane had been hijacked so they put a policeman in the hospital to listen to the man's words.
c. ___ Hijackers ask for money or other things.
d. ___ When the police took the plane out of the sea, they found bullet holes in it.
e. ___ The first hijack happened in 1948.
f. ___ The plane went into the sea but one man lived.
g. ___ They soon knew this man was a hijacker.
Writing
Write sentences about the story by putting these words in the correct order.
a. in The 1948. first hijack happened
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b. wanted pilot. The they money went hijackers to so the
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c. fought them The him. shot pilot and they
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d. holes. The bullet the crashed plane saw and police the
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e. words a man's hospital They in listened to
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f. a hijacker. They he knew was
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UNIT 8
Salvador Dali
Pre-reading activity
1. Do you like painting?
2. Can you name a famous painter?
3. Do you ever have strange dreams?
Salvador Dali was one of the most interesting and unusual painters of all time. He was born in Spain in 1904, and began painting when he was a child. His mother gave him a room in the family home to paint in. In 1921 he went to study at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He quickly made friends with other painters there. He did very well at the Academy. However, most people didn't remember his paintings, they remembered his strange clothes and ways.
While he was there he read a famous book about dreams by Sigmund Freud. Freud said that dreams were very important in our lives. After reading this book, Dali painted strange pictures that looked like dreams. They often showed empty deserts with unusual things in them - like melting watches and faces. This kind of painting was called Surrealism. Dali and other painters like him were called Surrealists.
Dali did not only paint pictures. He made clothes and short movies as well. He also drew pictures for books and made jewels. He loved people watching him. He was always doing unusual things outside his house. People came and watched him. Once he made an egg as big as a man, and put red liquid into it. When he broke it open, the red liquid, which looked like blood, came out of it. Dali said this meant the beginning of life.
Dali was still painting when he was 80. He was so famous that people bought his paintings even while he was still painting them. He died in 1989.
New words
unusual: I like reading about unusual people.
painting: Some painters sell their paintings on the street.
melt: I'm so hot I think I'm melting.
liquid: The plastic melted and turned to liquid.
blood: There was blood on the floor when I cut my foot.
Main idea
Does each of these sentences say what each paragraph is about? Write T for true or F for false.
Paragraph 1___ Salvador Dali visited the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
Paragraph 2___ Dali read about dreams and started painting pictures of dreams.
Paragraph 3___ Dali stopped painting and covered himself in blood.
Paragraph 4___ Dali painted until he was very old and he became very famous.
Vocabulary