Roommates

by Sue Leather, Julian Thomlinson

As a new student at Brenton College, Bobby Harris has many things to worry about-but his biggest problem is his new roommate, Ash! Because of Ash, Bobby can't sleep, study, or work properly. The problem is, how does he tell Ash without losing a roommate and a friend?

48 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2010

About the author

Sue Leather has been in the ELT field for thirty years. Originally from the north west of England, between 1985 and 2000, she worked as a teacher, teacher trainer and educational manager in Spain, UK and the Netherlands. She has an MA in Education from the Institute of Education, University of London. She has written a number of articles for ELT journals and magazines, and is a frequent presenter at international conferences. In 2000, she set up her own consultancy group, Sue Leather Associates, and works on educational projects all over the world. Her main interests within ELT are materials development, teacher training and trainer training.

Sue has been writing original learner fiction since 1990, and has written some thirty readers . Her Dead Cold , published by Cambridge University Press, won the Extensive Reading Foundation award in 2005. Sue is currently Co-Series Editor for Page Turners, a series of original fiction for National Geographic/Cengage Learning. She now lives on the beautiful west coast of Canada, where she gains inspiration for her work.

Reviews

[Walaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is really funny , happy ending

[Miki Ichikawa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Publisher; Page Turners
Genre; Human Interest
Lv.1
Time;40mins
7words summary; New, College, Bad impression, Trouble, Bad day, Talk, Friends
Discussion Questions;
1. When you have some troubles with your friends, how will you solve it?
→ I would like to solve it by talking like Bobby did.
2. If you were Bobby, do you think you could refuse when Ash asked going to party?
→ Maybe I wouldn't be able to do it. But I have to do so.

I didn't check the level when I chose it, just judging by its title so actually it was too easy. But the story wasn't so bad so I could still enjoy reading it. Although, next week, I'll try some more difficult one.

[Inaba Rina · Rating 4 out of 5]

-Page turners level.1
-Time:7/12=50 minutes;7/13=20 minutes(other book);;Total=70 minutes
-7 words summary:leave-roommate-bad-talk-accident-angry-good
-Discussion question:
1.If you live yourself, which do you like living alone or with roommates?
"Now I live alone and I am free to spend the time. I want to live with roommates but I like living alone better than living with roommates."

I live alone now but I sometimes feel lonly but since I live alone, I can cook!! So I recommend living alone because we can get a chance to charange new things.

[Chihiro Ushida · Rating 3 out of 5]

*HEINLE cengage learning level.1
*9/27=15min 9/29=15min 9/30=40min
*colleage, anxious, friends, terrible, bad, courage, happy
*What did you worry about before you enterd this university?
I really worried about classmates and friends. I had to enter new surroundong, so I worried about it.
*What ptivents from your studying?
In my case, it is myself, because I am lenient on myself. I know I should change myself but it is not easy for me....

[Sayaka Kiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

time; 60minutes
7 words; colleage roommates friend problem bad feeling happy
Question1. Have you ever met friend who have some trouble?
= NO, everyone are good people.
Question2. If you were Bobby, can you do like him?
= I cannot. I　may think at least iritating.