Short stories for EFL learners. Short stories. A game of Scrabble has serious consequences. - Length: 4 pages - Age Rating: PG - Genre: Crime, Humor A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger. - Length: 7 pages - Genre: Fiction, Humor He looked into her eyes.
Stories, Literacy, Key Stage 1 - Interactive Whiteboard Resources. Tiger's House This story book is a fun activity in which pages can be turned onscreen.
Choose to read or hear the story. It can help you to be safe at home. There are two levels so it is suitable for 4 - 7 year olds Jack and the Beanstalk Listen to or read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The Lucky Seed A delightful, animated story about a seed which grows up to become a tree. Dotty and Boo Cat in The Stinky Wood An animated story where children watch and then answer questions at the end. The Bad Puppy A short animated story with repetitive text and high fequency words. Monster Shopping Trip A brilliantly animated story with text about Hairy Henry's birthday with monster characters. The Three Little Pigs A well animated story with text of the traditional tale 'The Three Little Pigs'.
Black History Month. February is Black History Month, a time when communities and schools give special attention to learning about the contributions and history of African Americans.
We've gathered some great resources you can share with students in February — and throughout the year. Writers, illustrators, and storytellers Video interviews with children's book authors and illustrators Watch Reading Rockets' interviews with celebrated African American children's book authors and illustrators, and children's literature historian, Leonard Marcus, who talks about the history of multicultural children's books in the U.S. from the 1960s onward. Watch the full interviews with these award-winning authors and illustrators: Celebrating Black History Month with Poetry On her Poetry for Children website, Sylvia Vardell showcases wonderful poetry created by African American poets who write for young people, including Marilyn Nelson, Nikki Giovanni, Carole Boston Weatherford, Nikki Grimes, Ashley Bryan, Charles R. Interactive Story Books online.
Free Audiobooks and eBooks - Librophile. Little Red Riding Hood –[Multimedia-English videos] CBeebies. Summary Watch and listen as the CBeebies presenters tell a story.
Often retelling traditional stories and fairytales, the presenters read aloud from a picture book. Children can sit back and listen as well as follow the pictures on screen. Enjoying being read to, talking about books, reading stories and becoming familiar with them creates enthusiasm and interest that is likely to stay with children. It will then make them want to recreate the pleasure and fun for themselves. Educational Benefits CBeebies Stories helps children to: Learn how to follow a narrative and recognise different characters.Find out about different cultures beyond their own.Learn to identify with different characters and experience different emotions. Website benefits and summary Watch the videos of the presenters telling the stories and print out bookmarks to use at home.
Stories & Props. Folk Tales and Fables. Come play again later!
Come play again tomorrow! Children's short stories. Peter was tired.
After 10 years of holding together the paperwork for “Johnson, A.P. – SSN 555-66-33xx,” his tensile strength was fading; he could feel his molecules beginning to degrade. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: U People told tales of long, long ago, when they used to enjoy Halloween, dressing up, knocking on doors showing off their fine costumes, playing something called Trick or Treat and, it used to be fun, but not anymore. - Length: 7 pages Was this a riddle? Becca laughed and smiled at her brother ruefully. . - Length: 6 pages Hoover had been the runt of his mother’s fourth litter. . - Length: 5 pages It was the fifth day at her new school and ten-year-old Buseje hung her head as she settled down into her desk. She returns to the kitchen and stops in her tracks. Mysteries. VOCABULARY AROUND THE GENRE - Definitions: matching exercises - Drag and drop exercises on Criminals - Crosswords: Crime by Pascal Lapierre , ac-nantes LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, Roald Dahl SILENT NIGHT, Mary Higgins Clark - Bac 2003: Written Comprehension - Barbara Dubois case worksheet (word format) -Suicide Sonata: Written comprehension test for grades 9 and over; adapted from www.mysterynet.com - Roald DAHL : Lamb to the Slaughter (full and abridged versions) - Mysterynet.com: everything about mysteries, famous suspense writers and a new mystery each week for you to solve.... - A web site devoted to short-stories QUIZZES: Mystery Queen: Who was Agatha Christie LINKS FOR TEACHERS OR CURIOUS STUDENTS - Links about mysteries (for younger children) - The roundtable game: A classroom activity: one student is the detective, another the murderer, and the other students play the role of the witnesses.
Children's short stories.