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H.G. Wells
Considered the father of science fiction, his novels examine important questions about mankind, society and the universe.
Edgar Allan Poe
George Orwell
One of the key writers of the 20th century, Orwell voices social criticism, strong antitotalitarian and socialist beliefs. He remains influential today and the terms he invented for his novels have become part of the English language.
One Planet, One Goal
The stories in this collection, from five very different writers, all have a connecting theme: our planet. Man’s impact on Earth and the animal kingdom, and the need to do better are extremely important issues. While not directly addressing these problems, echoes can be found in the stories. Wells suggests the need to find food has forced his strange creatures into new territories, Poe celebrates the power of Mother Nature, Orwell and Jewett reflect on hunting and killing animals and Woolf shows the power of kindness.
Poet and writer, he is one of the earliest American shortstory writers and an important figure in American literature. He is credited as the inventor of detective stories and best known for his poetry and horror stories.
Wells - Poe - Orwell - Jewett - Woolf
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Sarah Orne Jewett
Known for her ‘local colour works’, her descriptions of the places and people in the small rural communities in her home of Maine are beautiful, gentle and realistic.
Virginia Woolf
A very famous 20th-century feminist and modernist, she developed a new style of writing called stream of consciousness.
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The Greenwich Meridian is the imaginary line that is exactly at 0° longitude: every place on Earth is measured from this line, known as the Prime Meridian. Here, east and west meet. Just as the Greenwich Meridian is the meeting place between space and time, the eliGreenwich series is the meeting place of all those readers who immerse themselves in different times and spaces in these pages, discovering characters, stories, and real or imaginary worlds. It is a journey that crosses civilizations, seas, and known or unexplored lands, on its ideal route from the North Pole to the South Pole. A journey that is an adventure: the adventure of reading, of losing yourself in the pages of a book.
Welcome to One Planet, One Goal Information about the author, the story and the historical period.
The text with cultural details, brief summaries and glossary.
Brief descriptions of the main characters.
A wide variety of activities covering Cambridge Exam Certificates, State exams, 21st Century Skills and 2030 Agenda topics. Pre-reading activities.
A final test to check what you remember.
A transcript of one of the most important scenes from the story to act out together in class.
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One Planet, One Goal
Retold by Alex Peet
Anthology Selection Silvia Rizzi
Illustrated by Daniela Costa
Legenda
FIRST
Drama
INVALSI
Glossario
Esame di Stato
Agenda 2030
Costituzione e Cittadinanza
21st Century Skills
Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost D.H. Wells, G. Orwell, E.A. Poe, S.O. Jewett, V. Woolf One Planet, One Goal Mary Shelley Frankenstein Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of the Four E. Gaskell, K. Chopin, K. Mansfield, V. Woolf, E.Wharton Portraits of Women Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
Retold and Activities Alex Peet Anthology Selection Silvia Rizzi Series Editors Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani Art Director Daniele Garbuglia Graphic Design Emilia Coari Production Manager Francesco Capitano Photo Credits Shutterstock © 2022 ELi, Gruppo editoriale ELi
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Characters Dossier 1 H. G. Wells Pre-reading Activities H.G. Wells The Sea Raiders part 1 Activities H.G. Wells The Sea Raiders part 2 Activities Dossier 2 Edgar Allan Poe Pre-reading Activities Edgar Allan Poe A Descent into the Maelstrom part 1 Activities Edgar Allan Poe A Descent into the Maelstrom part 2 Activities Dossier 3 George Orwell Pre-reading Activities George Orwell Shooting an Elephant Activities Dossier 4 Sarah Orne Jewett Pre-reading Activities Sarah Orne Jewett A White Heron part 1 Activities Sarah Orne Jewett A White Heron part 2 Activities Dossier 5 Virginia Woolf Pre-reading Activities Virginia Woolf The Widow and the Parrot part 1 Activities Virginia Woolf The Widow and the Parrot part 2 Activities Final Test Drama My Book
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H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
“Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.”
H.G. Wells was a British writer and social thinker. He is most famous for his science fiction novels and is considered the father of this genre of writing. However, he also wrote humorous novels, short stories and non-fiction books about his views on society. He was an influential figure.
Although cricket dates back further, the first recorded match was in 1646. The first so-called professionals appeared in the same century. By the 18th century it had become a national sport.
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Childhood and studies Herbert George Wells was born on 21st September 1866 in Bromley, Kent. He was the youngest of four children. His mother, Sarah, had been a servant and his father, Joseph, had been a gardener before becoming a shopkeeper and professional cricket player. When Wells was seven years old, he broke his leg. His father brought him books from the library to pass the time and this was the beginning of his love of reading. Unfortunately, in 1877, an injury meant the end of Joseph Wells’ career as a cricket player and increased the family’s financial difficulties. The two older sons had to leave school and go to work and Sarah became a servant again. In 1880, at the age of fourteen,
Grammar schools are selective schools and entry is through an exam.
Herbert also left school. After two brief jobs, he worked for a draper* in Southsea for two years. His life there was hard and very unhappy. In 1883, he obtained a place at Midhurst Grammar School as a pupil-teacher, teaching the younger children while continuing his own education. Wells was very interested in science. At the age of eighteen, Wells won a scholarship* to study biology at the Royal College of Science in London. One of his teachers there was T.H. Huxley, a famous scientist, friend and follower of Charles Darwin. Wells enjoyed his time studying with Huxley more than any other. Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection influenced Wells’ ideas and can be seen in his writing. While at the college, Wells explored his interest in art, literature, and socialist politics. In fact, he spent so much time on these interests instead of studying that he left university in 1887 without a degree.
Wells returned to teaching, taking a job as a teacher at a private school in Wales. Unfortunately, he was injured during a football match there and was ill for several months. He had serious breathing problems which returned several times over the next ten years. The following year, Wells got a teaching position at a school in London and, in 1890, he finished his studies, obtaining a first-class degree in biology and second-class in geology. After this he taught at a college, preparing students to pass biology exams.
draper (n.) man who produces and sells textiles for clothes scholarship (n.) prize for school or university so that you pay less or nothing
The grade system for degrees in the UK is: first class, second class (divided into 2:1 and 2:2), third and ordinary.
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“If we don’t end war, war will end us.”
Regent’s Park is one of eight Royal Parks in London and was named after the Prince Regent who later become King George IV.
Love and marriage In 1891 Wells married his cousin, Isabel Mary Wells. However, the marriage was not a success, and, in 1894, Wells left and went to live with Amy Catherine Robbin, who had been one of his students. They married the following year and had two sons, George and Frank. Although they remained married, Wells was not a faithful* husband. He had a series of relationships with other women, most of whom
were writers and moved in the same circles* as him. He even had other children. After his wife died in 1927, Wells spent a period dividing his time between London and the South of France, where he had built a house with the Dutch writer and journalist Odette Kuen, before returning to live in London. He died in his home near Regent’s Park on 13th August 1946, just before his eightieth birthday.
The writer and thinker Although Wells’ first published work was a biology textbook, he is most famous for his science fiction novels. The range of themes he wrote about show his imagination and vision and are still at the heart of this type of literature and films today: time travel; alien life; wars between planets and the evolution* of humans and other forms of life. The Time Machine, published in 1895, was an immediate success. It was soon followed by The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898), The First Men in the Moon (1901). In these novels Wells expressed a pessimistic view of the future of humanity. He also made some remarkable predictions in his science fiction. In A World Set Free (1914) he predicted nuclear weapons and in The Shape of Things to Come (1933) he predicted another World War.
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faithful (adj) remaining loyal to your husband or wife move in the same circles (exp.) socialise with the same people evolution (n.) development over time of a race or animal species
Wells did not want to be considered just a science fiction writer, so he turned to writing humorous novels: Love and Mr. Lewisham (1900); Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul (1905); and The History of Mr. Polly (1910). He was able to describe the lives of the lower classes so well that he was compared to Charles Dickens. Wells also wrote non-fiction.
His first bestselling non-fiction was Anticipations (1901) in which he explained his ideas for the future, many of which came true: for example, people would be able to travel further for work because of the increase in transport, there would be a European Union. He was regarded as a leading thinker on social progress.
In 1940 he wrote a book called The Rights of Man and believed in an international agreement on it. He was on the committee that wrote The Declaration of Human Rights and was one of the most active members.
Charles Dickens (18121870) is one of Britain’s most celebrated writers whose novels include Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol.
Online Research Many of H.G. Wells’ books were made into films. Some, several times. Go online and find out about one of them. Complete the chart. Name of film: ______________________________________ Year released: ______ Director: ___________________ Main actor(s): ______________________________ Plot _____________________________________________________________________ 11
PRE-READING ACTIVITIES
Online Research 1
The Sea Raiders is set in Sidmouth. Search online and find the answers to the following questions: - Where is it? (country, region) - What sort of place is it? - Why was it / is it popular with tourists?
Vocabulary 2a Match the words to the pictures below. Use a dictionary for any you don’t know. boulder
pool shore
seaweed tide cliff rudder
oar
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Reading – Gap-fill 2b Now use the words to complete the text (you may need to change the form of the words). You do not need all of them. There is something special for me about the coast in England. It reminds me of my childhood. In some places, you can walk for miles on the (1)__________________, looking down at the beaches below or at the sea. In other places the beach is suddenly there, at the end of a road lined with shops selling buckets, balls, swimming costumes and sun cream. When the (2)__________________ goes out, the beaches become very wide, and the (3)__________________ can be some distance away. Walking towards it, you can feel the cool, wet sand under your feet and the formation of tiny waves left in it by the sea. Children run in and out of the cold water, build sand castles on the beach, play in the (4)__________________ of water left behind by the tide, collect shells in a bucket, or climb the rocks and (5)__________________ looking for hidden treasure. You can also see people in small boats with their (6) __________________ moving in and out of the water.
Speaking – Pair Work 3
What reminds you of your childhood? Did you have a favourite place or activity? Discuss in pairs.
Listening 2
4a Raiders are people who quickly attack, rob and destroy. These can be soldiers, pirates, angry protesters, etc. Listen to the first section of the story. Who or what do you think are the raiders H.G. Wells has written about in his story? 4b Now read The Sea Raiders and see if you are right.
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The Sea Raiders part 1 2 The cliffs along the south Devon coast are famous for being red because of the sandstone they are made of. The sand on many beaches is also red.
Fison set out from the guesthouse and walked along the high, red cliffs of Sidmouth. It was a pleasant afternoon in May, and he planned to stroll* to Ladram Bay further down the coast. As he walked near a sort of staircase down to the beach, he heard the excited calls and screeches* of a number of birds. They were circling something far below and out by the water’s edge. The sun was shining onto the sea, and this made it difficult for him to see. Perhaps they have found a dead fish, he thought. As his eyes adjusted to the light, he saw that what had caused the birds’ excitement was a large pinkish* object, partly hidden from view by rocks and seaweed. Fison was curious and, abandoning his planned walk, decided to find out what all the fuss* was about. He descended the staircase. Although closer now, he still could not understand what he saw. There seemed to be seven round bodies, either separate or connected to each other. The birds, of different kinds and size, Fison sees birds circling something in the water.
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stroll (v.) take a relaxed gentle walk screech (v. and n.) a loud high sound made in fear or anger, of person, bird or animal pinkish (adj.) sort of pink fuss (n.) great excitement, activity
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remained overhead*, afraid to get too near. Fison decided to investigate further. He took off his walking boots, rolled up his trouser legs and carefully climbed over the rocks, which the low tide had revealed. He went towards the shore and the strange object. Standing on top of a large boulder near where the birds were circling, he was able to observe the scene. He was filled with horror. The pinkish object he had seen from the cliff top was the body of a person. It had been partly eaten and Fison was unable to tell if it had once been a man or a woman. The creatures surrounding the body were like huge octopuses* with long tentacles*, leathery* skin and large, intelligent overhead (adj.) above octopuses (n. pl) leathery (adj.) like leather
part 1
Fison discovers the object is a dead body and comes face to face with the octopuses.
tentacle (n.)
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Fison asks two workmen for help.
eyes. Interrupted by the arrival of Fison, they looked at him with evil interest but did not move. Meanwhile, two more of them climbed out of the sea. ‘Get away from here!’ Fison shouted angrily, picking up a stone and throwing it at the nearest one, but the stone had no effect. They all began to move towards him, slowly at first, communicating with each other with a soft sound like a whisper as they advanced. Fison sensed he was in danger. He shouted again and threw his boots in their direction. Then, he quickly climbed back over the boulder and set off up the beach. He thought the creatures were slow, but when he looked round, they were closer than he had expected. With a cry of fear, he started to run. He climbed over rocks, splashed through pools of water, and hurried as quickly as he could towards the staircase. The creatures were chasing him. He could hear them behind him and, in his terror, slipped and almost fell. High above on the cliff he could see two workmen, unaware of what was happening below. ‘Help!’ Fison cried to them and waved his arms to attract their attention. ‘Help!’ The workmen looked down in surprise. They saw the fear in Fison’s face and, although they did not know what was wrong, they understood he was in
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