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	BritLit Each BritLit resource kit contains a text and downloadable materials to help teachers using literature in the English language classroom. Find out more about the BritLit project. WorldWords includes interviews with writers talking about their work.

BritLit

Each BritLit resource kit contains a text and downloadable materials to help teachers using literature in the English language classroom. Find out more about the BritLit project.

WorldWords includes interviews with writers talking about their work.

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4.08108	Billy Elliot ‘Billy Elliot’ is the story of a boy from a coal mining family who decides to be a ballet dancer.
4.51724	The Mystery of the Stolen FA Cup Medal David loves football, but his mum can’t afford to take him to see his beloved United play. One day he sees something over the garden fence that doesn’t look right. What should he do?
3.95302	Pink Bow Tie A fourteen year old finds himself in trouble with the school Principal – again. This time, however, he has a genuine excuse, but is he likely to be believed?
3.83051	Orange Juice Children’s laureate Michael Rosen has a way of presenting vexing questions in verse.
3.56604	Journey to Jo'burg The background of the story is South Africa during the apartheid years. Two young children are travelling alone to Jo’burg to try to find their mother who is needed back in the family village.

Primary


4.037035	Walking through the Jungle Walking through the Jungle takes children on a whirlwind tour around the habitats of the world, through the jungle to the ocean, up the mountains to the river and the Arctic.

Walking through the Jungle

Walking through the Jungle takes children on a whirlwind tour around the habitats of the world, through the jungle to the ocean, up the mountains to the river and the Arctic.

Younger teens


3.98148	The Copy This kit is based on a story by Paul Jennings, the third of his stories subjected to the BritLit treatment. Like most of Jennings' tales it centres on a hapless school student who, in this case, tries to find an ingenious way to shake off the bully who has been tormenting him and, at the same time, keep his girlfriend.
3.982145	Emergency landing 'Emergency Landing' is a very short story by Louise Cooper, from her collection of very short stories called 'Short and Scary'.
4.076925	Ex Poser 'Ex Poser' is the second in a series of short stories selected for 13 and 14 year old learners of English. It is based on another authentic short story by popular Australian children's writer Paul Jennings, the first having proved so popular.

This kit is based on a story by Paul Jennings, the third of his stories subjected to the BritLit treatment. Like most of Jennings' tales it centres on a hapless school student who, in this case, tries to find an ingenious way to shake off the bully who has been tormenting him and, at the same time, keep his girlfriend.

Emergency landing

'Emergency Landing' is a very short story by Louise Cooper, from her collection of very short stories called 'Short and Scary'.

Ex Poser

'Ex Poser' is the second in a series of short stories selected for 13 and 14 year old learners of English. It is based on another authentic short story by popular Australian children's writer Paul Jennings, the first having proved so popular.

Secondary


3.56604	Journey to Jo'burg The background of the story is South Africa during the apartheid years. Two young children are travelling alone to Jo’burg to try to find their mother who is needed back in the family village.
4	Whose Face Do You See? There are two voices in this story, set around a coma patient's bed in a hospital. One is perplexed and the other is full of concern.
3.68421	Fish Swimming This is a short teaching resource kit based on the Moniza Ali poem 'Fish Swimming'.
4.18182	The Return of the Moon Man A space ship crash lands in the field of a bad tempered, technology hating Welsh farmer. His long suffering wife and bewildered family wonder what will happen next. 'The Return of the Moon Man', based on the short story by E.L. Malpass, is an appealing mixture of retro sci fi and moralistic folk story, and is the latest revised kit in the BritLit family.
4.07143	Coming Home This BritLit kit is the first of an experimental kind in which video, audio and text are all used to create the full narrative; in fact, all three media need to be used for the story to be told.

Tertiary


4.333335	My Daughter, The Fox Jackie Kay's story My Daughter, The Fox gives the reader an unusual view of the mother/child relationship. As the title suggests, the narrator's daughter isn't human, but the feelings generated between mother and daughter are universal and so the scene is set for the paradox to be played out. To find out more about the Britlit writing team in Russia and watch an interview with the team, click here or follow the link below: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit/britlit-russia-meet-team

My Daughter, The Fox

Jackie Kay's story My Daughter, The Fox gives the reader an unusual view of the mother/child relationship. As the title suggests, the narrator's daughter isn't human, but the feelings generated between mother and daughter are universal and so the scene is set for the paradox to be played out.

To find out more about the Britlit writing team in Russia and watch an interview with the team, click here or follow the link below:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit/britlit-russia-meet-team

WorldWords


5	King Rat China Mieville's text is taken from the Prologue of his book called 'King Rat', and is the description of an ambitious rat setting off on a mission.
4.5	Lament Gillian Clarke's poem, Lament, is an elegy, an expression of grief. It can be a sad, military tune played on a bugle.
5	Stone Cradle This extract from Louise Doughty's novel, Stone Cradle, concerns the tragedy of infant mortality, particularly in vulnerable communities where the poorest members don't have the means to bury their
5	The Chain This extract is taken from Keith Gray's novel, The Chain. The extract deals with a young girl who gets engrossed in reading from a book to her father, who is dying in hospital.
5	The Same Earth This extract from Kei Miller's novel, The Same Earth, tells the story of Jonathon and his supposed drowning in the river.

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A - Z of content


A Handful of Poems by Tony Mitton
A House in the Country
Bend it like Beckham
Billy Elliot
Britlit Russia: Meet the team
Carapace
Celebr8 by Levi Tafari
Chain Reaction
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
Coming Home
Down by the Cool of the Pool
Emergency landing
Ex Poser
Fish Swimming
Francesca Beard: Chinese Whispers
Genie-us
Hay Festival Segovia kits
Jack and the Beanstalk
Journey to Jo'burg
Little Red Riding Hood