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The NEW Penguin Teacher Support Programme We’ve created a fantastic range of materials which is readily available – and free – on the Penguin Readers website. 3 To help you with lesson planning, every title has its own activity worksheet – extra background information, photocopiable activities, teacher’s notes and answer keys 3 New for 2008 – progress tests for every title, designed to help your students with their understanding of the story
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Titles for 2008 Level 1 Daniel Radcliffe
Stephen Rabley
Vicky Shipton
Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with her mother and father. One evening she sees two men in a museum. They are taking a very famous picture…“Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring.” What can Kate do?
We all know Daniel Radcliffe’s face from the Harry Potter films. But how did he get the job? Did he always want to be an actor? And what did he do before Harry Potter? This is the story of Daniel’s young life.
Jane, a 20-year-old writer falls in love with Tom Lefroy who studies law. Jane’s romance inspired her to write Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Read the story of Jane Austen and how she became one of the greatest writers of English literature.
Level 3 Pirates of the Caribbean
Level 3 Othello
Level 3 The Darling Buds of May
Dead Man’s Chest
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Level 22 Level Becoming Jane
Easystarts The Pearl Girl
Jack Sparrow, captain of the Black Pearl, is back in a new adventure. This time he, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Commodore Norrington are all looking for a chest that belongs to the terrible Captain Davy Jones. But Davy Jones has other plans for Jack Sparrow...
Level 4 Tears of the Giraffe
William Shakespeare Othello is a popular soldier who is in love with his beautiful new wife. He also has good friends – like Iago, another soldier. So when Iago tells him terrible stories about his wife, Desdemona, who should Othello believe? Will jealousy destroy all their lives? This is one of William Shakespeare’s greatest plays.
H. E. Bates Meet the Larkin family! They enjoy a wonderful country life, never worrying about money, work – or the law. But then, one day, a man arrives from the tax office. Is the taxman going to change the Larkin’s lives? Or is his life going to change forever?
Level 4 Doctor Faustus
Alexander McCall Smith
Christopher Marlowe
The second exciting story from The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. Precious Ramotswe is now known as Botswana's first and only lady detective and has many cases. She’s looking for a young American who disappeared ten years ago. Will she finally marry Mr J.L. B Matekoni?
Doctor Faustus is a clever man who is greedy for knowledge and power. After he signs an agreement with the Devil, in his own blood, his new skills are admired around the world. But there are two sides to an agreement with the Devil. There is a price to pay...
Level 5 Death on the Nile
Level 6 North and South
Agatha Christie
Elizabeth Gaskell
Linnet Ridgeway is rich, beautiful and clever. She appears to have everything. But Linnet also has enemies. When she is shot dead on a passenger boat in Egypt, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot is also on the trip. But even for the great Belgian detective, this is not a simple case.
Life changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately. But the mill owner falls passionately in love with her. Then his workers strike. Against a background of industrial drama and personal tragedy, is there any hope for Mr Thornton’s dream?
The Pearl Girl Book 978 1 405 86783 2 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88553 9
Becoming Jane Book 978 1 405 86767 2 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88545 4
Othello Book 978 1 405 86771 9 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88547 8
Tears of the Giraffe Book 978 1 405 86777 1 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88550 8
Death on the Nile Book 978 1 405 86779 5 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88551 5
Daniel Radcliffe Book 978 1 405 86765 8 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88544 7
Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest Book 978 1 405 86773 3 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88548 5
The Darling Buds of May Book 978 1 405 86769 6 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88546 1
Doctor Faustus Book 978 1 405 86775 7 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88549 2
North and South Book 978 1 405 86781 8 Audio CD Pack 978 1 405 88552 2
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