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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. |
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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. |
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Fish SwimmingThis is a short teaching resource kit based on the Moniza Ali poem 'Fish Swimming'. |
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The Return of the Moon ManA 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. |
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Coming HomeThis 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. |
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Chain ReactionAll seems to be going well on the cruise ship when suddenly there is a most unusual disruption. |
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A Handful of Poems by Tony MittonThe four poems in this collection are all by Tony Mitton, and the materials are the first to be designed by BritLit for the age range 9 – 11 year olds. Each collection includes text and audio of the poem as well as learning activities, teachers' notes and visual support. |
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Down by the Cool of the Pool“Down by the Cool of the Pool” is a rhyming text written by Tony Mitton. Join Frog and his farmyard friends as they dance around the pool. |
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Jack and the BeanstalkThis BritLit Primary Kit has been designed for use with any version of the tale. The kit integrates a range of mixed-ability cross-curricular materials within the context of the tale in order to actively engage children and develop their cognitive, linguistic and social skills. |
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Little Red Riding HoodAll around the world children love listening to and reading fairy tales in their mother tongue. Whatever the reason, fairy tales provide both children and teachers with a familiar starting point from which to explore stories in a second language. |
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Old MacDonald Had a FarmThe kit includes ideas to engage the children in the tale in addition to a host of activities to exploit the story and to extend the topic of farms and farm animals. |
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Pink Bow TieA 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? |
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Orange JuiceChildren’s laureate Michael Rosen has a way of presenting vexing questions in verse. |
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Chain ReactionAll seems to be going well on the cruise ship when suddenly there is a most unusual disruption. |
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The Wolf's TaleThe traditional story of Little Red Riding Hood receives a curious twist in this offering by Louise Cooper. |
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Genie-usLouise Cooper’s stories usually have a twist in the tale, and this is no different. It starts off ordinarily enough with a king, a crying princess and a poor suitor for the princess’s hand. So, what happens to cheer the princess up? Probably not what you think… |
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Bend it like Beckham'Bend it like Beckham' is better known as a film, but Nharinder Dhami's book of the same name follows the film faithfully, even reproducing some of the dialogue. The materials in this kit are based on the pivotal Chapter 7 of the book, and also make reference to the film. |
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Clap Hands, Here Comes CharlieBeryl Bainbridge's black comedy takes as its setting a noisy, argumentative working class family in Liverpool, getting ready to see a pantomime based on Peter Pan. |
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Weekend'Weekend' is a short story by the author Fay Weldon, and published by Penguin in 'Modern British Short Stories'. It originally appeared in 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in 1978. This version of the BritLit kit was significantly revised in 2009. |
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Moses's Little BrotherThe story ‘Moses's Little Brother’ was writter by Ron Butlin, who is from Scotland. The activities that go with it are suitable for secondary age students. |
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The Hand that Feeds Me'The Hand that Feeds Me' is a story by the American born writer Michael Z. Lewin, who lives in Bath in England. The narrator has a different view of the city from most people. This kit was written by a group of teachers from Italy, Spain and Portugal who attended the NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education) course in Norwich in August 2008. |
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My Daughter, The FoxJackie 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 |
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Baby ScorpionFrancesca Beard's poem, Baby Scorpion, deals with transformation and consequence. A baby scorpion crawls from a burning log in front of a couple who are keeping warm by the fire. |
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Be Near MeThis extract from Andrew O’Hagan’s novel, Be Near Me, is centred around a boat trip that the narrator – a priest – is taking with two of his young parishioners. |
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Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All StarsInua Ellam's poem, Candy Coated Unicorns And Converse All Stars, is a dark look at the plight of individuals set against violence, both of a domestic and of a general nature. |
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Double CrossThis extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities. |
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GeneticsSinéad Morrissey's poem, Genetics, gives us a wistful recollection of the poet as a celebration of the coming together of her parents. |
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susanaferreiro
Spain
It's incredible, hahaha... I couldn't imagine an end like this... You should read this short...
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AnnaSmith782
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
This is really amazing. My 3 years daughter is not so perfect in english but considering her age...
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