Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198448846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that languageand content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all children and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuringthe books are easily accessible.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at a href="http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/"www.oxfordowl.co.uk/a.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: Macbeth, The Tempest, Oliver Twist, Silas Marner, Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Macbeth
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198448846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that languageand content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all children and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuringthe books are easily accessible.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at a href="http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/"www.oxfordowl.co.uk/a.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: Macbeth, The Tempest, Oliver Twist, Silas Marner, Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198448846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. These abridged versions of classics have been sensitively adapted by top children's authors to ensure that languageand content is appropriate, but remain faithful to the original. These enchanting stories will appeal to all children and introduce them to a rich literary heritage. Each book includes author biographies and notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuringthe books are easily accessible.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at a href="http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/"www.oxfordowl.co.uk/a.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: Macbeth, The Tempest, Oliver Twist, Silas Marner, Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 16B: TreeTops Classics: Oliver Twist
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199184880
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
These children's classics have been sensitively adapted to enrich your junior pupils' reading. They are part of a structured reading programme for juniors from Oxford Reading Tree, Stages 9-16. They have masses of boy and girl appeal and will introduce your readers to significant authors from the past - a key part of the Literacy Strategy. Each book features two author biographies - one for the original author and one for the TreeTops author. In addition each book includes comprehension questions and teaching notes to help draw out and practice difficult comprehension strategies such as inference, empathy and deduction. There are also notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same ORT stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199184880
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
These children's classics have been sensitively adapted to enrich your junior pupils' reading. They are part of a structured reading programme for juniors from Oxford Reading Tree, Stages 9-16. They have masses of boy and girl appeal and will introduce your readers to significant authors from the past - a key part of the Literacy Strategy. Each book features two author biographies - one for the original author and one for the TreeTops author. In addition each book includes comprehension questions and teaching notes to help draw out and practice difficult comprehension strategies such as inference, empathy and deduction. There are also notes to help with historical and social context and any challenging vocabulary, ensuring the books are easily accessible. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same ORT stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes.
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Classics: Level 17: Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198448785
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frankenstein is a scientist obsessed with creating life. Frankenstein tells how he makes a living person. Disgusted by what he has created he leaves his monster, but a terrifying chain of events has begun... TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198448785
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frankenstein is a scientist obsessed with creating life. Frankenstein tells how he makes a living person. Disgusted by what he has created he leaves his monster, but a terrifying chain of events has begun... TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Classics: Level 17 More Pack A: Macbeth
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198448860
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Macbeth is the story of a noble and courageous man, Macbeth. A chance meeting plants seeds of ambition in his mind. Gripped by the same ambition, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband to gain power, with terrible consequences. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198448860
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Macbeth is the story of a noble and courageous man, Macbeth. A chance meeting plants seeds of ambition in his mind. Gripped by the same ambition, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband to gain power, with terrible consequences. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
Nineteen eighty-four
Author: George Orwell
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This is a dystopian social science fiction novel and morality tale. The novel is set in the year 1984, a fictional future in which most of the world has been destroyed by unending war, constant government monitoring, historical revisionism, and propaganda. The totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party and known as Airstrip One, now includes Great Britain as a province. The Party uses the Thought Police to repress individuality and critical thought. Big Brother, the tyrannical ruler of Oceania, enjoys a strong personality cult that was created by the party's overzealous brainwashing methods. Winston Smith, the main character, is a hard-working and skilled member of the Ministry of Truth's Outer Party who secretly despises the Party and harbors rebellious fantasies.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This is a dystopian social science fiction novel and morality tale. The novel is set in the year 1984, a fictional future in which most of the world has been destroyed by unending war, constant government monitoring, historical revisionism, and propaganda. The totalitarian superstate Oceania, ruled by the Party and known as Airstrip One, now includes Great Britain as a province. The Party uses the Thought Police to repress individuality and critical thought. Big Brother, the tyrannical ruler of Oceania, enjoys a strong personality cult that was created by the party's overzealous brainwashing methods. Winston Smith, the main character, is a hard-working and skilled member of the Ministry of Truth's Outer Party who secretly despises the Party and harbors rebellious fantasies.
Write Like the Masters
Author: William Cane
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1599633698
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Want To Find Your Voice? Learn from the Best. Time and time again you've been told to find your own unique writing style, as if it were as simple as pulling it out of thin air. But finding your voice isn't easy, so where better to look than to the greatest writers of our time? Write Like the Masters analyzes the writing styles of twenty-one great novelists, including Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Franz Kafka, Flannery O'Connor, and Ray Bradbury. This fascinating and insightful guide shows you how to imitate the masters of literature and, in the process, learn advanced writing secrets to fire up your own work. You'll discover: • Herman Melville's secrets for creating characters as memorable as Captain Ahab • How to master point of view with techniques from Fyodor Dostoevesky • Ways to pick up the pace by keeping your sentences lean like Ernest Hemingway • The importance of sensual details from James Bond creator Ian Fleming • How to add suspense to your story by following the lead of the master of horror, Stephen King Whether you're working on a unique voice for your next novel or you're a composition student toying with different styles, this guide will help you gain insight into the work of the masters through the rhetorical technique of imitation. Filled with practical, easy-to-apply advice, Write Like the Masters is your key to understanding and using the proven techniques of history's greatest authors.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1599633698
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Want To Find Your Voice? Learn from the Best. Time and time again you've been told to find your own unique writing style, as if it were as simple as pulling it out of thin air. But finding your voice isn't easy, so where better to look than to the greatest writers of our time? Write Like the Masters analyzes the writing styles of twenty-one great novelists, including Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Franz Kafka, Flannery O'Connor, and Ray Bradbury. This fascinating and insightful guide shows you how to imitate the masters of literature and, in the process, learn advanced writing secrets to fire up your own work. You'll discover: • Herman Melville's secrets for creating characters as memorable as Captain Ahab • How to master point of view with techniques from Fyodor Dostoevesky • Ways to pick up the pace by keeping your sentences lean like Ernest Hemingway • The importance of sensual details from James Bond creator Ian Fleming • How to add suspense to your story by following the lead of the master of horror, Stephen King Whether you're working on a unique voice for your next novel or you're a composition student toying with different styles, this guide will help you gain insight into the work of the masters through the rhetorical technique of imitation. Filled with practical, easy-to-apply advice, Write Like the Masters is your key to understanding and using the proven techniques of history's greatest authors.
Fair's Fair
Author: Leon Garfield
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
ISBN: 9780340366783
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Two orphans are lured to an immense mansion by a mysterious dog where, because of their compassion, hard work, patience, and kindness, they make the transformation from rags to riches.
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
ISBN: 9780340366783
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Two orphans are lured to an immense mansion by a mysterious dog where, because of their compassion, hard work, patience, and kindness, they make the transformation from rags to riches.
Puck of Pook's Hill
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755117336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Tells the story of Dan and Una and their adventures with Puck as he introduces them to the nearly forgotten pages of Old England's history and to the people who had lived near Pook's Hill and helped make that history. Includes stories and poems.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755117336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Tells the story of Dan and Una and their adventures with Puck as he introduces them to the nearly forgotten pages of Old England's history and to the people who had lived near Pook's Hill and helped make that history. Includes stories and poems.
Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics ... - Primary Source Edition
Author: Francis Turner Palgrave
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293393482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293393482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The Letters of Virginia Woolf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description