READERS
Here you will find some suggestions of material and books to read.
Why is reading good for me?
Why is reading good for me?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A listening activity on oscar Wilde, The Blue Plaque, with transcript:
Audio http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1758_blue_plaque/page3.shtml
Transcript: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/worldservice/learningenglish/blue_plaque/wilde.pdf
Comprehension Quiz.
Audio http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1758_blue_plaque/page3.shtml
Transcript: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/worldservice/learningenglish/blue_plaque/wilde.pdf
Comprehension Quiz.
Dorian Gray (2009) Trailer and activity
The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
Download some differences I found between the book and the film here
Download Question Strategy and the Cloze Text for this reader on google docs
Download Question Strategy and the Cloze Text for this reader on google docs
MRS. BIXBY AND THE COLONEL'S COAT by Roald Dahl
You can read it on http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/english/mrsbixby.html using the glossary you will find below and a dictionary. Answer some questions afterwards on http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/english/mrsbixby.html
To get information in Spanish place the arrow of your mouse on the highlighted words without clicking.
To get information in Spanish place the arrow of your mouse on the highlighted words without clicking.
A swim by Roald Dahl
Read it on http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/english/aswim1.html (2 pages) and do the activities http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/english/aswim3.html
To get information in Spanish place the arrow of your mouse on the highlighted words without clicking.
To get information in Spanish place the arrow of your mouse on the highlighted words without clicking.
LISTEN AND READ ALONG.
The gift of the magi by William Sydney Porter "O. Henry"
A christmas tale to listen to with the translation of it on the right to help you with the vocabulary. (3 pages)
http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/northamerican/GiftOfTheMagi1.html
http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/northamerican/GiftOfTheMagi1.html
Two stories by Edgar Allan Poe to read and listen to:
The Tell-Tale Heart
Three possiblities here:
Listen to it and read page after page: http://content.loudlit.org/audio/heart/pages/01_01_heart.htm
Listen and read along with a teleprompter, visit http://www.manythings.org/listen/The_Tell-Tale_Heart_-_By_Edgar_Allan_Poe.html (better with Firefox) or
Just listen to it at http://www.archive.org/details/JohnRobinsonTheTellTaleHeart
Watch the cartoon tale below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4s9V8aQu4c&feature=related
Listen to it and read page after page: http://content.loudlit.org/audio/heart/pages/01_01_heart.htm
Listen and read along with a teleprompter, visit http://www.manythings.org/listen/The_Tell-Tale_Heart_-_By_Edgar_Allan_Poe.html (better with Firefox) or
Just listen to it at http://www.archive.org/details/JohnRobinsonTheTellTaleHeart
Watch the cartoon tale below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4s9V8aQu4c&feature=related
Listen and watch the video clip by Alan Parsons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiWB_MAuT0w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiWB_MAuT0w
The Cask of Amontillado
Listen to the story and read: http://content.loudlit.org/audio/cask/pages/01_01_cask.htm
You can either watch and read below or listen and watch the song by Alan Parsons below:
You can either watch and read below or listen and watch the song by Alan Parsons below:
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These books can be distributed freely according to the websites I took them from, but please do not modify or sell them. You can find similar material at www.loudlit.org and www.gutenberg.org
The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Audio: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26226/26226-index.html
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm
Watch it on youtube. This is the first of 11 parts:
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm
Watch it on youtube. This is the first of 11 parts:
