A collection of powerful, unabridged stories, accompanied by activities for creative language classrooms. Short Stories contains eleven memorable short stories written by a wide variety of authors between the nineteenth century and the present day. Aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced level students, the book offers: * creative activities before and after reading to stimulate reading and fluency skills; * a 'Creative Development' section at the end of each unit to extend the themes and the reader's involvement with the story; * notes on the authors and stories, and teacher's notes on using the material.
Down by the river bank, where the wind whispers through the willow trees, is a very pleasant place to have a lunch with a few friends. But life is not always so peaceful for the Mole and the Water Rat. There is the time, for example, when Tad gets interested in motor-cars – goes mad about them in fact…
The story of the adventures of the Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad has been loved by young and old for almost a hundred years.
Compass Classic Readers series provides beginning and intermediate English language learners accessible adaptations of the greatest works of literature. Carefully designed to retell the stories using vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate for one of six different grade levels, each reader will help English language learners enjoy developing their vocabulary and fluency as they read about the stories.
The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent. This famous mystery thriller by Wilkie Collins has excitement, suspense, romance, and a plot that twists and turns on every page.
On a September day in 1821, in the church of a Yorkshire village, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a woman: the man's wife, the children's mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too. Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of the Brontës of Haworth then? Branwell died young, but his sisters became famous writers. But they did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame. Only their father was left, alone with his memories.
