Frank Brennan (2)

It appears to me that students can reach B2 level by studying, but beyond that, many of them encounter an invisible ceiling that doesn't let them develop their language skills any further. So far, it seems to me that these are students who don't read in English. So I decided to make them read as early as possible. And this means not only the textbook readings, not only articles, but literature as well.

C1-level students tend to be bombarded with Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' when they have to show more learn how to write a proposal, and with Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' when they get a bit overconfident, but also to show that you don't have to know every word to understand a text. I can also bring them any piece of literature from the last two centuries, but I needed something for the lower-level students. And this is how I came to buy this book.

There are five short stories in this book, for intermediate (B1) students. All of them are excellent discussion starters. I felt the first two ('The Fruitcake Special' and 'The Real Aunt Molly') are more likely to be interesting for adult readers than the very young teens I teach at this level. I'm on the fence with the third one even, 'Brains', as these ethical questions might be too difficult to connect with for this age group. However, I'm quite confident about bringing 'The Book of Thoughts' and 'Finders Keepers' to class. The protagonists are still adults, in business and academic environments, but the magical items they acquire are exciting enough to engage a younger audience as well. I can't wait to try these texts with my students, I will definitely update the review with the experience. show less

This stoory devided five stories. Third story is 'Special Clay", Emilio Lopez is a boy who had problems. When he met the his favorite teacher,Mrs McFee,the boy feel fine. His life was saved thanks to his teacher.
I like the story of "Quick Man Tan" and especially "Special Clay". So I explain the story about it. I was very moved and I realized the importance of teacher's exditence. I remember I had been helped by them many times and have to thank them.

Emilio was a boy who had a mind problem.He couldn't stop his anger when there was something he couldn't understand.So he began to go to a special school and thanks to Mrs Mcfee,he began to change.But they faced a car accident and Mrs Mcfee lose consciousness.
There are five stories in this book,but I like the above story the best.I was moved by his change and her kindness.I think he is very happy because he could find out his job and he could overcome his problem.

There are three stories in this book.One is about email which makes
people buy a lot of things.Two is about a near-future society.
Three is about the distant future.But,it's a robotic world!
These stories were interesting. And they make me think about our future. I want our posterity to live in the distant future.