Celebr8

By Levi Tafari

‘Celebr8' is a poem about integration and diversity. It is by the Liverpool based poet Levi Tafari, himself of Jamaican origin. This short kit has been produced to support the newly launched British Council project ‘Integration and Diversity in Education' (INDIE) which encourages young future leaders from a variety of backgrounds to take the initiative in promoting diversity in the own schools.
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Celebr8 Kit >> 500k - Tasks and activities for exploiting the poem
Celebr8 Key >> 44k - Teachers' notes and answer key
Text of poem >> 48k
Poem audio
Poem audio >> 3.8Mb Mp3
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Key 91k >> Teacher's notes and answers
Context 324K >> Background information
Word work 82k >> Vocabulary building activities
Pre-reading 99k >> Language activities
Text 15k >> The complete text of the story
Audio of the author reading the text >>1.15Mb

Genie-us

By Louise Cooper

Louise 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……This kit is part of a new section from BritLit, and is in response to teachers’ enquiries. It seems some teachers wanted short and sweet kits – something that could be done in just one or two lessons.

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Key 91k >> Teacher's notes and answers
Context 324K >> Background information
Word work 82k >> Vocabulary building activities
Pre-reading 99k >> Language activities
Flashcards 328k >> Visual support
Text 15k >> The complete text of the story
Audio of the author reading the text >>3.15Mb

Ullswater

'Ullswater' is based on the short story by Romesh Gunesekera. It is about the relationship between two very different brothers and how various factors have caused them to grow apart. One brother describes their relationship to his nephew who wants to know more about who his father really was and why he committed suicide.

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Short story 27k pdf >> Complete text of Ullswater
Introduction for teachers 95k pdf >>
Characterisation 355k pdf >> Character based activities
Context 792k pdf >> Background information and exercises
Word Work 204k pdf >> Language activities
After reading exercises 414k pdf >> Follow-up and consolidation
Answer key 206k pdf >> Teacher's notes for activities.
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Nightmare MP3>> Read by the author (1.45Mb)
Yacht MP3>> Read by the author (1.58Mb)
Final MP3>> Read by the author (11.46Mb)