Bar 4: Villains

Description:
Genre: Biography
Level: Medium
Words: 900-1,300 Headwords
Meet three famous villains. In 19th-century Russia, Rasputin influences the Russian court after his strange powers heal the sick son of the Tsar. In 16th-century France, Queen Catherine de Medici poisons her enemies and is called "Madame Serpent". Sweeney Todd, and 18th-century English barber, runs a sinister business. His customers are disappearing. His neighbour is famous for her delicious meat pies. But what is the secret ingredient in them?

The prestigious Burlington Activity Readers Series, now with 102 titles, offers an exciting range of classic adaptations, original stories and non-fiction.

This full-colour series offers the following key features:


Grammatical structures and vocabulary are carefully controlled, ensuring each reader corresponds perfectly to the levels and syllabus of the Spanish school system.
Multilingual introduction and glossary of difficult words translated into Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician in every reader.
Vocabulary and comprehension activities integrated after every two chapters in ESO and after every three chapters in Bachillerato, to consolidate students’ understanding and develop their ability to use textual and visual information.
Did You Know? boxes with interesting information related to the content of the reader.
Cross-curricular pages at the end of each reader, to enrich students’ general knowledge by expanding upon a theme from the story.
Student’s website materials with MP3 recordings, comprehension activities, vocabulary games, book report tasks and a progress report (ESO), and web-based activities (Bachillerato), available in the Student’s Zone.

Teacher’s materials are available from the Teacher’s Zone. They include all the student’s website resources, plus:
Plot summary
Background information
Before and after reading activities
Final tests in editable format
Answers to all the reader activities
General series information leaflet