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Horace Visits A Roman Town (age 7-11 years)

Horace Visits A Roman Town (age 7-11 years) preview
Horace Visits A Roman Town (age 7-11 years) preview

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Tabby cat drawing with a note that Romans called the tabby felis catus, before Horace goes to a Roman town
Introduction to the story's cat
Story opening: Horace lies on a garden wall and activates his i-collar, the magic cat's time-travel device
First page of the story
Horace wakes in a Roman town and follows people to the market; vocabulary: toga (white robe), forum (market square)
Story page: arrival at the market square
Horace looks around the forum's columns and shops; i-collar fact defines column (round pillar) and awning
Story page with an i-collar vocabulary fact
A slave's shopping list: bread (panis), vegetables (holeris), meat (caro), then Roman breads at the baker's stall
Story page: shopping at the baker's stall
Horace visits a Roman take-out food shop (thermopolia) and a fish stall selling oysters from Colchester
Story page: take-out food and the fish stall
Horace with a fish in his mouth; i-collar fact defines oyster (a shellfish) and explains Roman garum fish sauce
i-collar fact page on oysters and garum
At the butcher's shop Horace sees meats like pigeons, hares and wild boar, then sneezes and is told to shoo
Story page: the butcher's shop
Rich Romans shop for furniture as a craftsman makes a strong box with keys, and Horace naps on a stall (scamnum)
Story page: the furniture shop
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Grammar

Grades

Grade 4, 5, 6

File

PDF

Editable
No
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About This Product

A lively set of English workbooks for 7-11 year olds featuring stories about a cat s travels. Each book contains a series of graded English exercises to help spelling, punctuation and grammar. Featuring a cute character, Horace, this series enables the reader to travel back in time using Horace s latest technology, the i-collar. In this series, Horace visits Ancient Rome; exploring a Roman Villa, a Roman Town and the Roman Army. The stories are brimming over with fascinating facts about life in Roman times and also include Horace s opinions as he sees life through a cat s eyes. A series guaranteed to stretch the imagination; they will also challenge fluent readers with new vocabulary and give him or her practice in exercises featuring grammar, punctuation, spelling and basic comprehension. The text is illustrated throughout with bold, dynamic, cartoon style illustrations that will capture the child s imagination.

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48 pages

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