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Graded Reader Student Workbook: Born to Play Beginner Plus

The student workbook is designed to be used in the classroom alongside the Born to Play graded reader (Beginner Plus), part of the hugely popular Jamie Johnson series. It contains activities on: • Reading comprehension (general and specific) • Personal response to the story • Vocabulary • Grammar • Self-reflection • Discussion of real-world issues raised in the story It is aimed at reluctant readers as well as helping English as a Second Language learners build skills in reading, listening, speaking and writing.

Chapter 1

The Soccer Computer

1. Which boy is Jamie?

a boy A

b boy B

c boy C

2. What is a soccer computer?

a a computer

b Jamie thinking where to

kick a football

c a computer game

3. What is Chapter 1 about?

a Jamie’s soccer skills

b a school soccer game

c something else

b. Now read Chapter 1 and check your answers!

Before reading

Activity 1

a. Chapter 1 is called “The Soccer Computer”. Read the ﬁrst 2 sentences of Chapter 1

below and look at the picture. Then draw a circle around the correct answers for

questions 1–3.

Jamie used the soccer computer in his head to get

the ball ready.

This was a free kick, and he had a lot of time to think.

A free kick