World Book Day e- oolkit Secondary Upper-secondary Welcome to the Macmillan e-Toolkit, the email service with free extra resources for Secondary and Upper-secondary users of Macmillan textbooks. As we are nearing the 23rd April, in this first edition we present you with activities and games to celebrate World Book Day with your students. INDIVIDUAL WORK Crossing paths with literature A fun way for students to learn words related to literature. Levels A1+/A2 Levels A2+/B1 Shakespeare web quest Invite your students to take a tour of the world of William Shakespeare. CLICK HERE COLLABORATIVE TASKS A Shakespeare play Are you planning to do a Shakespeare play with your students? Here are some guidelines which may help you to organize it. CLICK HERE Idioms Her life is an open book. Did you know?_ an open book_ Shakespeare was called The Bard. It was an Old English word that meant poet or writer. Los datos de carácter personal enviados por Vd. serán incluidos en los ficheros de propiedad de MACMILLAN IBERIA, S.A.U. para su tratamiento. Usted podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, cancelación y oposición, dirigiendo un escrito a nuestras oficinas en Macmillan Iberia, Polígono Industrial Mateu Cromo, Ctra. De Villaviciosa de Odón a Pinto km. 20.800, 28320, Pinto, Madrid o bien a la dirección de correo electrónico [email protected] La finalidad y uso previsto, tanto de los datos en sí mismos como de su tratamiento, es la remisión de publicaciones, comunicaciones comerciales e invitaciones a las actividades realizadas por MACMILLAN IBERIA, S.A.U las cuales podrán ser remitidas tanto por correo ordinario como a través de comunicaciones electrónicas (e-mail, sms, mms, etc). A1+/A2 World Book Day Crossing paths with literature Instructions: Complete the crossword by filling in a word that fits each definition. The number in brackets indicates the number of letters you need. 1 3 4 6 9 2 P L P 5 P T 7 C 8 C C A 10 B 11 P 12 N 13 R 14 A ACROSS 1 A piece of writing intended to be performed by actors in a theatre or on television or the radio. (4) 3 Someone who writes poetry. (4) 6 A play in which people suffer or die, especially one in which the main character dies at the end. (7) 8 A magazine that contains stories told in a series of drawings. (5) 9 Someone who writes books, articles, etc, especially as their job. (6) 10 A book that someone writes about someone else’s life. (9) 12 A long written story about imaginary or partly imaginary characters and events. (5) 13 A book or film about a romantic relationship. (7) 14 A book about your life that you write yourself. (13) Macmillan e-Toolkit DOWN 2 An old story about famous people and events in the past. They are not usually true. (6) 4 The main character in a play, film, book or story. (11) 5 A funny play, film or television programme. (6) 7 A person in a book, play, film, etc. (9) 8 One of the sections into which a book is divided. It usually has a number or a title. (7) 9 Someone who performs in plays and films, especially as their job. (5) 11 A piece of writing using beautiful or unusual language arranged in fixed lines that have particular beat and often rhyme. (4) © Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2012. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom. e- oolkit Secondary Upper-secondary A1+/A2 Crossing paths with literature World Book Day Answers 1 2 P L A Y E G P O E T P N C T R A G E D Y O O C C O M I C U T H O R H H E A A A D G B I O G R A P H Y O A T P N O V E L C E O I T R O M A N C E S E M U T O B I O G R A P H Y 3 4 6 5 7 9 A C T O R 14 A 8 10 11 12 13 e- oolkit Macmillan e-Toolkit © Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2012. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Secondary Upper-secondary A2+/B1 Crossing paths with literature World Book Day Instructions: Complete the crossword by filling in a word that fits each definition. The number in brackets indicates the number of letters you need. 1 3 2 4 5 6 9 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ACROSS 1 A particular style used in cinema, writing, or art, which can be recognized by certain features. (5) 4 A series of related events that make up the main story in a book, film, etc. (4) 6 A long written story about imaginary or partly imaginary characters and events. (5) 7 Someone who writes poetry. (4) 8 A funny play, film or television programme. (6) 11 Someone who writes books, articles, etc, especially as their job. (6) 12 The main character in a play, film, book or story. (11) 16 A magazine that contains stories told in a series of drawings. (5) 17 A play in which people suffer or die, especially one in which the main character dies at the end. (7) 18 A piece of writing at the start of a book that introduces the story. (8) 19 A person in a book, play, film, etc. (9) Macmillan e-Toolkit DOWN 2 A word that ends with the same sound as another word. (5) 3 A book that someone writes about someone else’s life. (9) 4 A piece of writing using beautiful or unusual language arranged in fixed lines that have particular beat and often rhyme. (4) 5 A particular time or place that a play, book, film, etc. happens in. (7) 8 One of the sections into which a book is divided. It usually has a number or a title. (7) 9 A book about your life that you write yourself. (13) 10 An old story about famous people and events in the past. They are not usually true. (6) 13 A book or film about a romantic relationship. (7) 14 Someone who performs in plays and films, especially as their job. (5) 15 A book, play or film that tells an exciting story, especially about something dangerous like a crime. (8) 18 A piece of writing intended to be performed by actors in a theatre or on television or the radio. (4) © Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2012. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom. e- oolkit Secondary Upper-secondary A2+/B1 World Book Day Crossing paths with literature Answers 1 3 6 4 B P L O T I O N O V E L P G M R A L A U E P R O T A G H O E Y B N I D O T R A G E D R A P C H A R Y 7 9 12 17 19 10 5 S O E T T T I O N I S G 15 8 11 T H Y R I P R O L L L A C T E R Y R 18 2 G E N R H Y M C O M E H A U T H P T E R R O C O M A N C O G U E E D Y O R 13 16 A I C T O R 14 e- oolkit Macmillan e-Toolkit © Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2012. This page may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Secondary Upper-secondary