HELBLING READERS RED SERIES - FICTION Original Stories
FICTION - Original Stories A series of original fiction specially written for young teenage students of English. Written by renowned EFL authors these stories combine easy-to-understand language with exciting plots to appeal to younger readers.
A New Home for Socks Antoinette Moses
Recording in British English
Students who read extensively also make gains in overall language proficiency.
When Penny moves from her home in the village to a new house in the city she has to leave her friends and pet dog behind. One day, after school, Penny finds a little puppy in the park. He is small and dirty and very frightened. Penny calls him Socks. But Penny’s new house is small and Socks can’t stay with her. Can Penny find a new home for Socks?
Prof. Richard Day Chairman of the Extensive Reading Foundation
Friendship | Human interest Au
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Level 1 - A1
72 pages ISBN 978-3-85272-291-7
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A New Home for Socks in the SChool 10
Penny goes back into her apartment and gets some food and a bowl• and a torch•. “The school is dark now,” she says to Socks. “There are no students in the school; they are all at home.” “Perhaps you can live in the school,” she tells the puppy. “I’m there every day. And we can play in the park together some days, too.” She gets on the bus and goes back to her school. The big door is locked•. Penny walks round the school; there are doors at the back. They are all locked. Then she sees a window. It is open. She climbs• inside. It is dark. Penny puts her torch on•. She walks along the corridors between the classrooms. She can’t put Socks inside a classroom.
Your school How many classrooms are in your school? Draw a map of the rooms and the corridors.
y Glossar • • • •
bowl: climbs: goes up locked: closed with a key puts her torch on: starts the light in her torch
• torch: small electric lamp you hold in your hand
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The texts and the illustrations inspire students to think about issues relating to their own lives.
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