Bar 4: Witches Secrets And Lies

Description: Genre: Fiction Level: Easy Words: 900-1,300 Headwords It's the 1690s, in Salem, Massachusetts - where the superstitious local population believe in the power of the devil. When bad things start to happen, they believe it's due to witchcarft. Suspicion falls on local girls following secret meetings in the forest to chant and dance around a fire. Sentenced withces will be hanged, or burnt at the stake. At a time when anybody can accuse another of witchcraft, a climate of fear falls on the town. Sarah Smith, 16, has become the enemy of the malicious Abigail Finch, a girl without conscience or morals who is jealous of Sarah. It's a very dangerious situation. 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