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The world of circus

Occupations
Animals

Eli Readers is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics

and specially-written stories for learners of English.

Stage 1

Readers

Dominique Guillemant

Sophies Dream
Sophie is asleep in her bed and she is having a lovely dream.
She is dreaming about a day at the circus.

Verb tenses and patterns

Positive, question, positive imperative forms
Present Simple
Present Continuous with present meaning
(except negative questions)
Lets

What would happen if during the night elephants and lions,

musicians and entertainers, clowns and ballet dancers came in your
little room?
The never ending and fascinating show of the circus seen from the eyes of
a curious child in a very poetic tale accompanied by artistic illustrations.

Young ELI Readers

- Games and language activities

- An audio recording of the story
- A picture dictionary
Tags
Fairy Tale and Fantasy

100 headwords

below A1

Starters

Stage 2
Jane Cadwallader, PB3 and the Vegetables
Jane Cadwallader, PB3 and the Jacket
Rudyard Kypling, The Jungle Book

Stage 2

200 headwords

A1

Starters/Movers

Stage 3

300 headwords

A1.1

Movers

Stage 4

400 headwords

A2

Flyers

Stage 3
Jane Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Bakonzi Tree
Jane Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Emperor Penguins
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Original

Eli Design Department

Sergio Elisei
Production Manager
Francesco Capitano
The publisher would like to take this opportunity
to thank Sarah Howell for her contribution to the
development of the project
The publisher would like to take this opportunity
to thank Lisa Kester Dodgson
Typeset in 14 / 20 pt Monotype Plantin Schoolbook
2009 ELI s.r.l.
P.O. Box 6 - 62019 Recanati MC - Italy
T +39 071750701 - F +39 071977851
info@elionline.com - www.elionline.com

Illustrated by
Paola Chartroux

Printed in Italy by Tecnostampa Recanati - ERY102.01

ISBN 978-88-536-0420-0
First edition: September 2009

www.elireaders.com

Young ELI Readers

with Audio CD

IS

Stage 4
Jane Cadwallader, Harry and an Electrical Problem
Jane Cadwallader, Harry and the Crown
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Sophies Dream
by Dominique Guillemant
Translations by Lisa Suett
Illustrated by Paola Chartroux
ELI Readers
Founder and Series Editors
Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani,
Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)

Animal Story

Stage 1

The ELI Readers collection is a complete range

of books and plays for readers of all ages,
ranging from captivating contemporary stories
to timeless classics. There are three series,
each catering for a different age group;
Young ELI Readers, Teen ELI Readers and
Young Adult ELI Readers. The books are
carefully edited and beautifully illustrated
to capture the essence of the stories and plots.

BELOW

A1

Young

Readers

Stage 1
Dominique Guillemant, Hooray for the Holidays
Dominique Guillemant, Sophies Dream
Jane Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Ball
Jane Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Pirate

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Dream

Stage 1

Adjectives
Simple adjectives

Dominique
Guillemant

SOPHIES DREAM

Nouns
Singular and plural forms with s
Common irregular plural forms
Possessive form (s)

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Im Paola and I live in

a fantastic city: Rome!
Ive been drawing
and painting since
I was young and
I like mixing lots of
different techniques
together. Ive drawn
lots of things from
advertisements to
books for adults and
children. I really like
drawing. and
travelling. If you want
to know more visit my
website www.chx.it

Young

DOMINIQUE GUILLEMANT

Hi, Im Dominique.
I was born in Arras,
a little city north of
Calais in France.
I love reading stories
to my children.
But most of all I love
inventing them!
I have a gorgeous
turtle called Tarpea
and I love doing D.I.Y.

SYLLABUS

Young

Readers

ts late. Sophie is asleep in her bed and she

is having a lovely dream. She is dreaming
about a day at the circus. In her dream
she meets Giggles the clown and Juliet the ballet
dancer. Lets go on an adventure with Sophie!

Finally the circus comes to town.

There are musicians, entertainers and animals.
Its time for the big parade.

Find the names of five animals in the big bass drum.

Then read the name of the circus.
Its the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ circus!

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Giggles the clown gives

the children balloons.
Careful Giggles ...
you might float away!

The audience buy their entrance

tickets. Sophie waits patiently in the queue!

Activity Pages
1 Find the words and read
the hidden sentence.
Circus
Dream
Animals
Musicians
Stories
Interval
Caramel
Tightrope

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Town
Treats
Balls
Act
Bed
Hoop
Ring

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2 Who does what? Match.

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Sophie
Giggles
Albert
Feather
Snowflake
Jojo

A walks along a tightrope

B juggles with seven balls
C has a lovely dream
D can walk to the beat of the drum
E gives the children balloons
F is very tired

3 Find the words, read the hidden sentence

and draw a picture.
1
2
3
4
lion

5
5
2
4

animals: ___________________________________
instruments: _______________________________
parts of the circus: _________________________
entertainers: _______________________________
the

bass
magician bigdrum
eating

monkey

__ __ __

ballet cymbals elephant children

trumpet dancer
ring

horse

are

juggler

drum

candy
oss

lion
the
tamer trombone scenes

bear

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ .

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