Reach for the stars

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Page 114 from Interactive Student's Book 1, by Helen Hadkins and Samantha Lewis © Cambridge University Press 2014

Transcript of Reach for the stars

114 Skills4Real

1

Work with a partner. Answer the questions.

1 Do you like poems?2 Do you know the

names of any famous poets?

3 Do you think it is diffi cult to write poems? Why? / Why not?

2

a 3.273.27 Listen to Levi Tafari reading his poem. What do you think ‘Reach for the stars’ means?

Skills4RealUNITS 1–4

Levi Tafari: Fact fi le

Date of birth: 24th June 1960

Place of birth: Liverpool

Poetry: Duboetry (1987), Liverpool Experience (1989),

Rhyme Don’t Pay (1998), From the Page to the Stage (2006)

Films/TV: The Road to Zion, Grange Hill, Blue Peter

Music: work with Delado (Ghanaian drum and dance

ensemble), The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,

Ministry of Love (reggae fusion band), Urban Strawberry Lunch,

Dennis Rollins (jazz musician).

06)

Reach for the Stars by Levi Tafari

BOOKS ARE COOL

BOOKS ARE FUN

BOOKS SHOULD BE READ

BY EVERYONE

BOOKS ARE COOL

BOOKS ARE FUN

BOOKS SHOULD BE READ

BY EVERYONE

Well, it’s time to visit your librarythere you can borrowBOOKS for freeBOOKS for the young andBOOKS for the oldin BOOKSHOPS BOOKS are bought and sold

BOOKS on poetryBOOKS about sportBOOKS that are long andBOOKS that are shortBOOKS for girls yes, andfor boyswith sound effectsthat make lots of noise

BOOKS about carsBOOKS on trainsBOOKS about shipsBOOKS on planesBOOKS on animalsBOOKS on religionBOOKS that give youINSPIRATION!

BOOKS with witchescasting spellsBOOKS that you canscratch and smellpicture BOOKSthat have no wordsBOOKS on insects BOOKS on birds

Biographiesportraying people’s livesfi ctional BOOKSon the edge of a knifehorror BOOKS with a sting in the taleBOOKS for peoplewho read in Braille

BOOKS on romanceBOOKS with passionBOOKS on the famousBOOKS on fashionBOOKS on war and out of spaceBOOKS about the peopleof the human race

BOOKS that teach you how to cookyou can even getBOOKS about BOOKStext BOOKS are usedin educationthey are fi lledwith information

Now, if you really wantto succeed choose the right BOOKstart to readREACH FOR THE STARSand you’ll discovernow digest that BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER

Because …BOOKS ARE COOL

BOOKS ARE FUN

BOOKS SHOULD BE READ

BY EVERYONE

BOOKS ARE COOL

BOOKS ARE FUN

BOOKS SHOULD BE READ

BY EVERYONE

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