Bookworms Club Gold: Stories for Reading Circles

Oxford Bookworms Club Reading Circles

by Jennifer Bassett (Editor)

These collections of graded short stories have been specially selected for Reading Circles ¿ small groups of students who meet to talk about stories.

120 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2007

About the author

Jennifer Bassett has been a teacher, teacher trainer, editor, and materials writer, and has taught in England, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. She is the Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Library, and has written more than twenty original and retold stories for the series, including The Phantom of the Opera, One-Way Ticket, The President's Murderer, and William Shakespeare. Two of her adaptations, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Love Among the Haystacks, have won Language Learner Literature Awards, and three of her other titles have been finalists for the Awards. She has created a new sub-series called Bookworms World Stories, which are collections of short stories written in English from around the world. She has also written original stories for the English Today Readers and Storylines series. Jennifer is series co-adviser, with H.G. Widdowson, of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, volumes of unadapted short stories for advanced learners.

Reviews

[Tomohiro Kawasaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

11/10 40min
man became madman and he killed animals

1: Did you like animals.
yes! i like any animals:)

2: have you experienced killing?
no. i wont

[mariona · Rating 3 out of 5]

(realment 2,5 estrelles)
me’l he hagut de llegir com a deures de nadal d’anglès i la veritat ha estat bastant el que m’esperava. 7 històries curtetes, de les quals algunes potser si que t’enganxaven minimament i però d’altres eren infumables, no tenien cap tipus de gràcia o sentit. en resum, una lectura mediocre amb un lleguatge senzill; el típic llibre que et fan llegir a anglès de segon de batxillerat.

[Susanne Beyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why are most short stories so bl.... miserable? So much death and dying.... I'm finding most of these impossible to use in my reading circle where most of the group consists of ladies who have recently lost their spouses.
The activities in the back are quite inspiring. I'll try them on other short stories.

[Sora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really loved to read different types of stories, and the activities are entertaining. Nevertheless, I think it just entertain me and nothing else.

[Ikhlas]

it will be fire i'm waiting

[Andrea Paez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy those little bites you can have of the stories. You have a great content in only one book, and as a bonus they teach you how to have a reading circle.

[Ibrahim]

it is great

[Marc]

LOL