Size: 228mm x 150mm(175# Elliptical)

Title: E/W Reader – 21-24: Seagull BaySize: 228mm x 150mm(175# Elliptical)

Folio: (1/32 Seagull Bay)

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To the reader:Welcome to the DK ELT Graded Readers! These readers aredifferent. They explore aspects of the world around us: its histo-ry, geography, science … and a lot of other things. And theyshow the different ways in which people live now, and lived inthe past.

These DK ELT Graded Readers give you material for readingfor information, and reading for pleasure. You are using yourEnglish to do something real. The illustrations will help youunderstand the text, and also help bring the Reader to life.There is a Picture Dictionary to help you understand the spe-cial words for this topic. Listen to the cassette or CD as well,and you can really enter the world of the Olympic Games, theTitanic, or the Trojan War … and a lot more. Choose the topicsthat interest you, improve your English, and learn something… all at the same time.Enjoy the series!

To the teacher:This series provides varied reading practice at five levels of lan-guage difficulty, from elementary to FCE level:BEGINNER

ELEMENTARY AELEMENTARY BINTERMEDIATE

UPPER INTERMEDIATE

The language syllabus has been designed tosuit the factual nature of the series, andincludes a wider vocabulary range than isusual with ELT readers: language linked withthe specific theme of each book is includedand glossed. The language scheme, and ideasfor exploiting the material (including therecorded material) both in and out of class are contained in the Teacher’sResource Book.We hope you and your students enjoy using this series.

Paperback level 1 228 x 150mm UK

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This bird is a seagull. It lives near the sea. It builds a nest on the cliff. The seagulls can see the beach. They have verygood eyes. They are looking for seaweed. Why?

The seagulls make their nests with seaweed and smallpieces of wood. The seaweed comes from the sea. The wavesbring it to the beach. The seagulls fly down, and pick up theseaweed in their beaks.

seaweed

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This seagull is on the cliff too. But this seagull isn’t looking forseaweed. It is looking at the children. The children are playingon the beach. Two children are playing in thesand: they are building sandcastles. There isanother child on the beach. This child is playing in the sea.


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This seagull leaves his nest on the cliff and flies over the sea. The seais blue and the wind is strong.

The waves are big. Theirtops are white. The waves roll tothe beach and crash on the seashore.The seagull smells the salt of the sea.

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The seagull flies over the sea. His sharp eyes are looking atthe water. He sees the waves and flies over their white tops.The water is very cold and very deep. But it is also very clear. He flies over the waves and looks at the water.

The seagull is looking for something in the water. Is he looking for seaweed? Or fish? Is he hungry? What is the seagull looking for?


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The seagull can see seaweed under the water. The seaweedfloats under the sea. It grows in the sand and on the rocksunder the water. The waves roll to the seashore. The seaweed moves with the water.

Look at the colours. There is green seaweed, brownseaweed, and red seaweed. It is a beautiful garden of seaweedunder the water. And this garden is moving.

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And the seagull flies over the sea and thisbeautiful garden under the water. Hedives down to the water. He flies up tothe sky. He flies up; he flies down.

The water is moving, the waves aremoving, and the seaweed is moving. And theseagull is moving quickly through the air.

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Can the seagull see the bottom of the sea? There are smallstones, seashells, and pebbles at the bottom of the sea. Thewater is very clear. The pebbles are smooth and round.

They are brown and white and green. A flat fish is swimming at the

bottom of the sea. Can you see him?He is brown and white and green.

Can the seagull see the flat fish under the sea?

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The seagull does not see theflat fish. He flies down to thebeach and walks on the sand.

He finds a crab and looksat it with his sharp eyes. Heopens his strong beak and hitsthe crab’s hard shell.

TAP!

TAP!

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The crab is angry. He has not gotsharp eyes but he has got sharppincers! He waves his sharp pincersat the seagull. The seagull’s beak hitsthe crab. But the crab snaps hispincers at the seagull’s beak. Theseagull does not like the pincers: he leaves the crab.

What is the seagull looking for?

SNAP! SNIP!

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The seagull walks along the beach. He hops on a rock and finds a pool of water. The rock pool isan interesting place. There is seaweed on the topof the rock. Under the water there are shells andsea plants.

Can you see the fish in the rock pool? There isa green starfish moving at the bottom of the pool.

Can the seagull see the green starfish?

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The seagull islooking at thechildren. Theyare building asandcastle. Oneof the childrenhas an orange starfish in his hand.

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The seagull waits on the rocks. His sharp eyes see the seaweed and all the sea shells. He sees two yellow shells. They are limpet shells. These shells are very strong: they cling to the side of the rock. The seagull has a very strongbeak, but he cannot move the limpets.

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He stands and waits. What is theseagull looking for? Is he lookingfor fish? Is he hungry? What canhe see in the rock pool?

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He looks into the pool. His sharpeyes see a crab. The crab is hidingin the seaweed. But the seagulldoes not like crabs. He does notlike their sharp pincers!

The seagull waits.

He sees a prawn at the bottomof the pool. The prawn has along body and a long mouth. It walks on the bottom of thepond. It has long legs.

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Seagulls like prawns. They arevery good to eat! The seagull seesthe prawn. He opens his beak.

The seagull pushes his beakinto the water. But the prawnhas sharp eyes too. It sees andhears the seagull. It swims awayquickly. The seagull is too slow.The prawn escapes!

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Poor seagull! He leaves the rock pool andwalks along the beach again. He sees thewhite tops of the salty waves as they rolltowards the beach. The water comesonto the beach. He can see the white saltat the end of the waves. But the tide isgoing out and the waves are falling back.The children’s sandcastle is safe!

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The waves bring new seaweed to thebeach. It is wet, and the colours arevery bright.

The seagull walks over to thisnew seaweed and looks at it. Thenhe opens his strong beak and pecksat the seaweed. What is the seagulllooking for?

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The seagull doesn’t find anythinginteresting in the seaweed. He walksinto the sea. He can see seashells inthe water and on the beach. Theyare shining in the sunlight. Theshells turn over in the waves.

There are straight shells andthere are curly ones! The seagullturns over the shiny shells with his feet. Some shells are easy to open with a strong beak. The seagull pecks and bites the shells with his beak.

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The seagull doesn’t like jellyfish.They can sting! And they arenot good to eat!

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He finds little pieces of glass and smoothshining stones. He also sees a hermit craband a jelly fish. The hermit crabclimbs into a shell. The shell is the hermit crab’s new home.

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He sees a footprint in the sand. It’s a child’s footprint. Andthere’s a seashell near the footprint!

What is the seagull looking for? He isn’t looking for a seashell.He’s looking for something different.

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He looks out over the sea.There are more seagulls inthe sky. What are theylooking for? There are fishin the sea! The seagulls aremaking a loud noise. Theydive into the water.

SKREEK!

SKREEK!

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The seagull dives into the water. The other seagulls want hisfish. They fight him. But this is his fish! The other seagullscan’t have it. The fish is in his beak, and he is holding it. He flies away quickly.

Food! The seagull wants food. Now he has got a fish. He can take it to his nest.

The seagull is happy. He has got what he is looking for!He eats the fish quickly. It’s good! The seagull likes fish. He eats a lot of fish every day. He’s often hungry. But heisn’t hungry now.

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The seagull flies back to thenest on the high cliff above thesea. His mate is waiting forhim. She is sitting on the nest.

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Title: E/W Reader – 21-24: Seagull BaySize: 228mm x 150mm(175# Elliptical)

Folio: (28/9 Seagull Bay)

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She is very hungry. She climbs off the nest.He climbs on it. There are two eggs in thenest. The eggs are very warm. He sits on theeggs. His mate flies away.

She flies over the beach and over the sea.Now she is looking for something, too!

What is she looking for? Is this seagull hungry too?

Title: E/W Reader – 21-24: Seagull BaySize: 228mm x 150mm(175# Elliptical)Folio: (30/1 Seagull Bay)

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The seagull flies down over thewater. She can smell the salt of thewhite tops of the waves. She can seethe seaweed and the pebbles under thesea. She’s very, very hungry. She flieslow over the water.


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eggs

starfish

limpet

seashells

pincer

jellyfish

seaweed

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