Monday, January 4, 2010

Gulliver's Travels (Penguin)


Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (retold by Pauline Francis)
Penguin readers Level 2: Elementary 600 headwords

"Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him?"
Pearson Longman

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for a study guide based on the graded reader from Penguin.
Level: Level 2: Elementary

or access the following:
http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/GuliversTravels.pdf

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle (Macmillan)


The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (retold by Anne Collins)
Macmillan readers Level 3: Elementary 1100 basic words

Two dark comedies with ghost/ mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence.

Click here for a study guide based on the graded reader from Macmillan.
Level: Level 3: Elementary

or access the following:
http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/SleepyHollowMacmil.pdf