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The document introduces a circus camp theme with learning objectives, vocabulary activities, and discussions on various classes offered at the camp. It delves into the experiences of students learning to walk on stilts, engaging in clowning activities, and practicing tightrope walking and poi skills. The section concludes with a description of the big show where campers wear stilts and perform circus acts in front of an audience, showcasing their skills and hard work. The final portion describes the performers getting ready for the show and the audience’s enthusiastic response to the various acts, culminating in a grand finale with acrobats forming a bridge for a dog to run across. The section also emphasizes critical thinking by prompting readers to distinguish between facts and opinions based on evidence from the text.

Contents

• Pages 1—28: Circus camp activities
• Pages 29—46: Stilts, clowning, circus.
• Pages 47—59: Circus show preparation.

This section of the document introduces various learning objectives and activities related to a circus camp theme. It includes learning words such as acrobats, circus, grand finale, steady, and unison. There are focus questions, tips to help students understand new vocabulary words, and exercises to practice using the new words. The text also discusses classes at the circus camp, such as Taiko and Aerial Silks, and includes questions to test comprehension. Comprehension skills like identifying main ideas and details are introduced as well. Throughout the section, there are prompts for students to read and answer questions, summarize text content, and engage in free talk discussions related to the theme of the circus camp.

In this section of the document, the author describes putting on stilts after lunch, mentioning that some stilts require just hopping onto them while theirs have shoes bolted onto them. Troubles some kids face when walking on stilts initially are mentioned, and the importance of having a stilt partner or teacher to keep them steady. The author also discusses using towers to practice and eventually join others on the marley. Stilts are highlighted as fun but tricky, especially when needing to go to the bathroom. Additionally, the document touches on the concept of clowning, where kids grab costumes and create their clown characters, emphasizing differing personalities between real life and clown personas. The section also introduces tightrope walking and poi skills where kids work to navigate tricky moves and make patterns in the air. The document concludes with a description of the big show on Saturday night, where campers wear stilts and perform various circus acts like clown skits, silk climbing, tricks with Hula Hoops and poi, along with walking on globes to the delight of the audience.

The section describes a circus show where performers are getting ready for the big event, including the audience and even a dog named Tannikin dressed in sequins. The performers engage in various acts like dancing on stilts, clown skits, silk climbing, and tricks with Hula Hoops and poi. The audience applauds as the show progresses, making it feel like a real circus. The show concludes with acrobats forming a bridge while Tannikin runs across it for the grand finale. The text questions the reader about whether the moment described is a fact or an opinion, highlighting that it can be proven by evidence from the text.