En este año 2014 se cumple un siglo de la primera edición de Niebla, una de las grandes novelas de nuestra literatura. Si bien llevaba escrita siete años, no se publicó hasta 1914, por el tiempo en que Unamuno era cesado como rector de Salamanca por liberal. La vida de don Miguel fue, como el lector sabe, aciaga y controvertida, y su independencia intelectual le hizo pagar un alto precio en repetidas ocasiones y acabaría llevándolo a la tumba. A Augusto Pérez, un hombre bueno y simple, pero filósofo y mujeriego o mejor dicho, admirador del bello sexo fueron su entusiasmo y la ... |
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Retold by Sue Arengo. ... Find out how Lownu mends all the holes in the day sky and in the night sky... Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories. ... |
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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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Retold and with Activities by Jane Cadwallader. ... Enjoy two stories from The Wind in the Willows with Mole, Ratty and their friends, Otter and Toad. The Wind in the Willows is a collection of stories about five animal characters: Ratty, Mole, Badger, Otter and Toad. Set in the English countryside, the stories are adventures where friendship, loyalty, and the joy of simple pleasures win the day. Vocabulary: Rooms and furniture; Food; Time; Parts of the body. Grammar: Present simple; Present continuous; Descriptive adjectives; Can for ability; Have got for possessions; Prepositions of place and movement; Question words - ... |
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The Wind and the Sun argue about who is the strongest. So the Wind challenges the Sun. Who can make the shepherd take off his coat? Is it better to be strong like the Wind or kind like the Sun? Jack is a shepherd. He lives in the mountains with his two best friends, a brown donkey and a white goat. Life is quiet in the mountains but one day the Wind and the Sun argue about who is the strongest. So who can make the shepherd take off his coat, the Wind or the Sun? One thing is certain: It's better to be kind than unkind. Vocabulary areas: Members of the family, actions, the wood. Grammar and structures: Prepositions of ... |
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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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It's better to be careful and do things slowly. Harvey the hare thinks he's the fastest and the best at everything! But sometimes it's a good idea to be slow and steady. One day Tilly the tortoise and Harvey the hare have a race. Who do you think wins? Read the story to find out! Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present continuous, Verb + -ing, Can /Can't for ability, Must, Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, Positive imperative forms, Let's, There is / are. 200 Headwords. Level: Beginner A1.1. Illustrated by Andrea Rivola. The book is part of the Young Readers - Stage 2 A1 ... |
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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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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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Nonna Rosa è al Bioparco di Roma e una scimmia le prende la magica borsa gialla! Povera nonna Rosa: deve correre per tutto il Bioparco! Aiuta nonna Rosa a riprendere la sua borsa, insieme ai suoi nipoti Mario e Valentina! Sillabo: C'è - Ci sono, Aggettivi possessivi, Mi piace, Presente indicativo di potere e volere, Avverbi di tempo: ora - ancora - poi. 100 parole. Temi: Avventura, Magia, Animali. Illustrazioni di Gustavo Mazali. Il libro fa parte della serie Primaria letture graduate - Livello Pre-A1 presso ELi Publishing. Con ELi Link puoi accedere ai contenuti multimediali e audio di ELi. Basta ... |
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Nonna Rosa incontra degli amici davvero speciali! Conosciamoli insieme in questa lettura divertente ed educativa! Nonna Rosa è al parco con due bambini. Eva e Daniele. Ai due bambini, però, il parco non piace: a loro piacciono solo i videogiochi! Non è possibile! Nel parco ci sono tanti coetanei, gli uccelli, la natura... Nonna Rosa però trova una soluzione magica! Sillabo: C'è - Ci sono, Introduzione al verbo servile volere, Avverbi di tempo: ancora - ora - domani, Che cosa? Aggettivo: tanto. Temi: Avventura, Magia, Animali. 100 parole. Illustrazioni di Gustavo Mazali. Il libro fa parte ... |
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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 ... |
