Dominoes, New Edition Level 3: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Other Stories

by Clare West

What happens when a man lives his life backwards, or a family owns a diamond as big as the Ritz Hotel? How can a boring girl become more popular, a careless young woman become more sensible, or a cut-glass bowl destroy a married woman's life? What does a young man do to save the girl that he likes from an evil ghost, or to forget old feelings for a woman when she marries another man? Read this collection of short stories by one of America's finest storytellers to find out. If you need lively supplementary reading material, take a look at Oxford Dominoes - the readers series with integrated activities, ideal for individual study or for reading practice in class. The activities in Dominoes keep students engaged in the stories and help to reinforce their understanding of the key language. They can be completed at home or in class. The project activities in Dominoes build on the themes from the story and encourage students to draw on their own experiences. Activities include note-taking and language tasks, leading to extended writing, poster-making, and class presentations. They are ideal for group work in class or individual assignments.

83 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2011

About the author

Clare West has over twenty years' TEFL classroom experience in the UK and overseas, and has led workshops for teachers in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Greece, and Argentina. For most of her teaching career she was involved with long-stay students on Cambridge examination courses, and engaged in the development of strategies to improve students' reading and writing skills.

She is now a freelance author, with a special interest in the literary and cultural aspects of language learning. Current writing projects include contributing to the Oxford Bookworms Library and Dominoes series, writing supplementary materials such as grammar workbooks, as well as being the Series Editor for the Oxford Bookworms Playscripts series.

Reviews

[⁴⁴⁴ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lo acabé porque era una lectura obligatoria para inglés, pero es muy aburrido y, al ser adaptaciones, las historias se quedan muy cortas.

[Çetineus · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's boring

[vicky · Rating 2 out of 5]

no.

[Alhanouf · Rating 1 out of 5]

قرأتها كتدريب لكن القصص غريبة بشكل غبي صراحة

[Adriana Estany · Rating 1 out of 5]

libro de instituto no me he enterado de nada y me parece horrible que esta sea mi primera lectura del año

[Ariadna Lucila · Rating 1 out of 5]

Una tortura

[Camila · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

Estuvo entretenido porque es de fácil lectura, pero al ser adaptaciones cortas para adecuarse al nivel de ingles hay cosas que se nota que le faltan a las historias.