Bar 2: Ring Of Bright Water, The

Description:
Genre: Biography
Level: Medium
Words: 400-600 Headwords
This is the true story of Gavin Maxwell, a writer who lives near the sea in the lonely Highlands of Scotland. After his beloved pet dog dies, Gavin visits Iraq. There he sees Arabs catching marsh otters and training them. Gavin decides an otter would make an ideal pet and soon finds himself on his way home with Mij, a young male otter. Will Gavin and Mij adjust to their new lives, and what chaos will this new pet cause?


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