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The Children of New Forest - Couverture souple

Marrayat, Captain; Akinyemi, Rowena

 
9780194790543: The Children of New Forest

Synopsis

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.

Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.

Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.

Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.

Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Reg Wright has taught English in several countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He has heen a teacher and a teacher trainer, and has written many course books and materials for both students and teachers. He now lives in Scotland and works as a freelance consultant and also as an examiner for English as a Second Language exams. The idea for his story Ear-rings from Frankfurt began one Friday afternoon during an English Tesson. To amuse the students, Reg Wright gave them the first few sentences of a thriller and asked them to imagine what happened next. Months later, the idea came back to him, and became Far-rings from Frankfurt.

Présentation de l'éditeur

England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died white fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldiers find them?

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