Dr JEKYLL AND MR HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson

What can a person do when he is pulled between the good and the bad inside him? Dr Jekyll, a scientist, uses chemistry to divide himself into two different bodies: good Dr Jekyll and evil Mr Hyde. But this does not make his life any simpler. Instead the conflict between the two parts becomes more and more violent. Which part will win?


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde




Worksheets to print: 14 th December

             


Test:     16th December

THE SWAN AND THE HITCH-HIKER by Roald Dahl

"The Swan" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It tells the story of Ernie, a teenager who receives a rifle for his birthday, and his friend Raymond. Ernie and Raymond go hunting in the countryside with the new gun. There they encounter Peter Watson, a 13-year-old whom the two boys often bully in school. Ernie and Raymond want to kill a swan sitting on her nest. Peter defends the bird and ...

In "The hitch-hiker", the narrator is driving a brand new BMW car, when he picks up a hitch-hiker. The hitch-hiker says that he is going to Epsom for the races because it is Derby Day. The hitch-hiker does not reveal why he was going there but says that he is not going to bet on horses.

Here is the audio material of the reading book:
The Swan and the Hitch-hiker


Worksheets to print:  12th December

               

Test:     15th December


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Roald Dahl was born on 13th September, 1916 in Llandaff, South Wales. Dahl's parents were Norwegian. His father died while Roald was still a child.

THE MYSTERY OF THE TOMB by Marisa McGreevy

Jack, Tom and Danny have to write a scary story for their teacher, but they don't know what to write about. So one night, they decide to go looking for ghosts in the cemetery. They find their "ghost", but they also find much more than they expected.


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
The mystery of the tomb


Worksheets to print : 9th December


Test : 16th December

THE GHOST TEACHER by Julie Hart

West Hill School is just an ordinary school, but one day a new teacher arrives and some very strange things start to happen. The teacher comes to work in a car that has no driver. He carries a newspaper dating from 1935. And he always seems to punish the same boy. What is going on?


Here is the audio material of the reading book:
The ghost teacher



Worksheets to print : 13th December


Test : 15th December