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Cranford
Penguin Readers, Level 3
This is the story of a small town in the north west of England during the 1840s and of kindness and friendliness between neighbours, but most of all, it is about the ladies of Cranford. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
This is the story of a small town in the north west of England during the 1840s and of kindness and friendliness between neighbours, but most of all, it is about the ladies of Cranford. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
41 pages, Paperback
First published March 29, 2000
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March 8, 2016
Cranford is a special place. It is very different from any other place. Instead of the men being in control of the rules like most places, in Cranford, the women are in control. Nobody in Cranford talked about being poor, at least until Captain Brown and his daughters came along. Captain talked about how he was poor freely, and the women were frightened of why he would do that. Captains oldest daughter Mary, was always in bad health and look much older than she was. The younger daughter, Jessie, was always taking care of Mary, and was "twenty times prettier" than Mary. When Captain and Mary both die, the women of Cranford take Jessie in. Jessie got married to a man she had known for a while, and moved away to Scotland. Many years later, Jessie comes back to find that the women who took her in had passed away. She finds that the sister of one of those women is now in control. Miss Matty as they call her, is not as good at running the town as her sister was. She has a hard time doing everything that she is supposed to do. When Jessie returns, she finds out that Miss Matty has a man that she rejected to marry in order to stay in Cranford. This man has come back, but to Miss Matty's surprise, he does not want to marry Matty anymore. Later in the book you find out he was just kidding, and the man and Miss Matty get married and run the town together. Two things I like about this book are that it is short and that it has pictures. One thing I don't like about this book is that since it is short, it doesn't go into a lot of explanation of what is going on. I recommend this book to anyone who likes short books, and good stories.
September 14, 2010
Oh this was a lovely walk through a lovely town with some lovely people.
I should say it was a rather long walk.
There were parts that I loved and others I skimmed. Just a nice rambling read and interesting characters to learn. I loved that it was about independent women, in a time when that was not common. I loved their bond and felt a kinship in their quirkiness.
I should say it was a rather long walk.
There were parts that I loved and others I skimmed. Just a nice rambling read and interesting characters to learn. I loved that it was about independent women, in a time when that was not common. I loved their bond and felt a kinship in their quirkiness.
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