Adaptation and activities by Elizabeth Ferretti. ... Cathy's life is changed forever when her father brings home an abandoned child he names Heathcliff. As Cathy and Heathcliff grow up, their love for each other is as wild as the moors. But, can love overcome jealousy? Can forgiveness enter hearts filled with pain and suffering? In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte shows us the destructive power of hatred and revenge, but she also explores love in its many forms and, in the end, her story is about hope. Verbs: Present perfect, Past perfect, Question forming and question words, Irregular verbs, would for willingness / ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan. ... "After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the uncomfortable coach which was taking me to my new home." Through the book A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience strange visions, she suspects ... |
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One of the most widely-read books worldwide. Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his continuous pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter. Ismael, a young sailor, tells this classic American tale of the gigantic white whale and his obsessed hunter, Captain Ahab. Start your journey across the seas in famous whaling town of New Bedford, Massechusetts, and sail to unknown lands on the whaling ship Pequod. Meet Queequeg, the strange cannibal who teaches Ismael what a true friend is; First Mate Starbuck, who shows us the meaning of loyalty and hardwork, and all of the ship&# ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Elizabeth Ferretti. ... After many more days and nights of study, I discovered exactly how life was created. With this knowledge I became the first man in history to have the power to create life from death. Victor Frankenstein is a young, ambitious scientist who wants to make a better world, but does not understand the consequences of his work. Victor makes great advances in the study of medicine and biology and creates a new species of human being - one that is so terrifying it is known simply as the monster. In this fantastic adventure story, Victor and the monster fight an epic battle of ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan. ... A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens's most famous historical novel. Set in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution, this is the story of two men, Frenchman, Charles Darnay, and Englishman, Sydney Carton. As the Revolution takes hold and the Terror begins, the two men's destinies bring them together in a powerful story of love, hate and revenge. We meet revolutionaries and aristocrats, and see the poverty of many in both London and Paris contrasted with the wealth of a few. Verbs: Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan. ... Joyce's first major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. An ambitious mother, a boy in love, a lonely older man, a cynical intellectual and a girl who dreams of a life in another country are just a few of Joyce's Dubliners. In these realistic tales, Joyce reveals the hopes, fears and disappointments of his characters. He also shows us turn of the century Dublin in fascinating detail. This selection of eight stories from Dubliners includes Eveline, Araby and a two-part adaptation of Joyce's ... |
