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Green Apple

Wonderful Wizard
The

L. Frank Baum of OZ

audio
CD-ROM
GreEn App lE
L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of

Retold by Gina D. B. Clemen

Illustrated by Alida Massari


Editor: Victoria Bradshaw
Design and art direction: Nadia Maestri
Computer graphics: Sara Blasigh
Illustrations: Alida Massari
Picture research: Sara Blasigh

2006 Black Cat Publishing,


an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury

First edition: January 2006

Picture credits: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC: 4, 27;
SUNSET BOULEVARD / CORBIS: 77; Cideb Archives: 26, 44, 45.

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The CD contains an audio section (the recording of the text) and a CD-ROM section (additional fun
games and activities that practice the four skills).
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Contents
L. Frank Baum 4

CHAPTER ONE The Munchkins 10

CHAPTER TWO The Scarecrow 19


Cyclones 26

CHAPTER THREE The Tin Woodman and the Lion 29

CHAPTER FOUR The Emerald City 36


Kansas 44

CHAPTER FIVE The Wicked Witch of the West 46

CHAPTER SIX Back to the Emerald City 54

CHAPTER SEVEN Promises 63

CHAPTER EIGHT The Good Witch of the South 70


The Wizard of Oz: the movie 77

U N D E R S TAN D I N G T H E T E X T 16, 24, 34, 42, 51, 60, 67, 75

Special Features:
KET KET-style exercises 16, 17, 34, 43, 51, 62, 68, 69, 75, 76

T: GRADES 1/2 Trinity-style exercises (Grades 1/2) 17, 34, 69


PROJECT ON THE WEB 45, 78
Exit Test 79
Key to Exit Test 80

The text is recorded in full.


0 END These symbols indicate the beginning and end of the extracts linked
to the listening activities.
L. Frank Baum

About the Author


Name: Lyman Frank Baum
Born: May 15, 1856, in Chittenago, New York
First book: Father Goose (1899)
Most famous book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Other books: The Oz Series (13 books) and many other books
for children
Travels: Europe and Egypt
Dies: May 6, 1919, in Hollywood, California

4
The characters

Dorothy
Toto

Scarecrow

Lion
Tin Woodman

5
a r ve l o u s
T he M

The Wicked Witch


of the West

The Winged
Monkeys

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Land of O
z

The Good Witch


of the North

The Wicked Witch


of the East

The Emerald City

The Munchkins

The Good Witch


of the South

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GLOSSARY

1 Do you know these words? Match a word from the box to each picture.
You can use your dictionary to help you.

cyclone bricks basket straw brain


oil can emerald hot-air balloon whistle

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2. .........................

3. .........................

4. ......................... 5. .........................

6. .........................

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7. ......................... 8. .........................

9. .........................

2 Witches and wizards. Do you know the meaning of these words? If you
dont, use a dictionary to check. Then in pairs discuss the questions
below in your language.

a. Can you think of any famous witches or wizards in books, on


television or in the movies?
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b. Can you describe them? What do they wear? Are they good or
bad?
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c. What kind of things do witches and wizards do?
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d. Do you think there really are witches and wizards in the world? If
yes, what kind of things do they do?
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