По романа на Джейн Остин, преразказан от Силвана Сарди. ... Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, rich, intelligent and a snob. She says she will never marry, but loves matchmaking and is determined to find a suitable husband for her friend Harriet Smith. However, her imagination often leads her to make mistakes, creating problems for both her and the people around her. Jane Austen describes the social values of her time and the novel is full of comical moments as Emma causes one disaster after another. Jane Austen once described Emma as a character 'whom no one but myself will much like'."You must be the best judge ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Elizabeth Ferretti. ... The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged. They both meet the man of their dreams, but will they find true happiness? Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's classic story of two sisters who have a lot to learn about love. Syllabus: Pronouns, Adjectives, Comparative and superlative forms, Adverbs, Connectives, Verb tenses, Verb forms and patterns, Conditional sentences, Types of clause: Defining relative clauses with which, that, zero pronoun, Time clauses introduced by when, ... |
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Do you enjoy walking among the trees and watching out for forest animals? Do you know how important forests are for our world and our health? This book is about the three main different types of forests, about where you can find them, what the weather is like there and which animals live in and under the trees. It is also an adventure story about two children who overhear plans to destroy a part of their forest and who ask other children to join them to help save it. Vocabulary areas: nature and environment, forest animals, weather. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Present perfect, Can, Comparative and superlative ... |
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Bluebell and his flower fairy friends lose their habitat. Can Matt and Lucy make them happy again? What do you know about flowers? Where do they live? When can you see them? How many petals have they got? Can you eat them? How do they help plants make more plants? Find out about the beautiful, fantastic and funny world of flowers. You can also meet four Flower Fairies and read how two children try to find them a safe home. Vocabulary: Colours-Numbers-The world around us; Parts of the body-Transport; Adjectives for description and feelings. Grammar: Present simple and continuous; This / these; have got for possession; Can ... |
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Harry is the very last person to volunteer for a sport competition! In this story our reluctant hero braves golf and volleyball to come out tops (to everyone's surprise!). Harry and his three friends are selected to take part in the Police Sport Competition. They arrive at the luxury hotel by the sea where the competition is to take place. Everything seems normal... but something dark is going on at the hotel. Vocabulary areas: Sports and leisure, time, clothes and materials, work, the world around us. Grammar and Structure: Past simple, Past progressive, Present perfect, Will, Going to, Tag questions, Should, Must, ... |
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Katie has some special friends: Regazza the Doll and Monty the Mouse. They live in the Land of Forgotten Toys, the place where toys go when they are thrown away or are left forgotten in a toy box for a long time. One day Regazza and Monty go to find Katie. A pirate with a problem has just arrived in the Land of Forgotten Toys. Can she help him? This is a humorous adventure story about friendship and using co-operation to solve a problem. Vocabulary areas: feelings, adjectives, fantasy, nature. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present continuous, Imperatives, Can, There is / There are, Prepositions of place. In ... |
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Based on the story by Peter Newell. Adapted by Jane Cadwallader. ... The rocket brings the families who live on 15 Cherry Drive together and makes them into a community. Can't miss this reader based on a story called The Rocket Book by Peter Newell originally published in 1912. Number 15 Cherry Drive is a normal house in a normal town. The people who live there don't really take any notice of each other, except for formal greetings. All this is going to be different when Mr. Popper's son Michael sets off a rocket in the basement which moves up through the house, changing people's lives. Vocabulary areas: ... |
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Emma and Harry went down the River Nile in a boat. They sailed through the desert and visited lots of pyramids. One day, a young girl spoke to them. The Adventure is ready to begin. Two police officers, Harry and Emma, are sent to investigate an ancient Egyptian tomb where stolen gold is hidden. Harry is not happy and his mood gets worse when he finds out that a young girl is going to be their guide. However, Harry and Emma go into the tomb of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertari, led by Chione. What dangers will they meet? And what will they find inside? Vocabulary areas: The world around us, feelings, food, materials. ... |
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How we look after water is something that will greatly affect the future of our Earth and the wellbeing of its inhabitants. This book asks children to think about the questions: What do you know about water? How much water is there on Earth and why is it so important? What do you know about the animals that live in our oceans, rivers and lakes? Are we looking after this vital natural resource? It also tells three stories from different parts of the world about how children have dealt with problems related to water. Vocabulary areas: materials, wild animals, nature, time, work. Grammar and Structure: Present simple and ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... This is perhaps the most well-loved story by Charles Dickens. Dickens asked his readers to have a heart that never gets hard. As readers follow the life of Oliver Twist, a poor orphaned boy struggling against the dangers of life in 19th-century London, they can empathise with his childhood in a workhouse and his life with a gang of pickpockets. They can also share his relief that there were some good people, ready and willing to rescue a child in need. Vocabulary areas: friendship, social class, feelings. Grammar and Structure: Past simple (regular and irregular forms), Past continuous, ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... This adventure story tells the beginnings of the legend of Robin Hood, a legend that has fascinated generations of children. It starts when Robin Hood comes home to England after fighting for King Richard the Lionheart. He finds that his house has been taken over by the bad Prince John and his servant the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin goes into Sherwood Forest where, along with Maid Marion, he forms a band to fight back against the bad Prince and the Sheriff and to defend the poor. Vocabulary areas: phsycial descriptions, food and meals, everyday activities, action verbs. Grammar and ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... In this story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a young girl called Mary starts out as unloved and unlovable. She moves home and, through her contact with country life and people, she gradually changes. She discovers an abandoned garden which gives her a driving aim in life: to bring the garden back to life. Mary is a changed child, so changed that, when she finds someone similar to her former self, she decides to change him too. Underlying this story are valuable lessons about the importance of kindness, physical exercise and contact with the natural world. Vocabulary areas: family, nature, ... |
