Green Apple 2: Million Dollar Theft In San Francisco+cd(A2-B1

Description: Two years have passed since Susan, Brian and Jim solved a baffling mystery in San Francisco. This time they have to solve a million dollar mystery: Mark Twain’s secret diary has just been discovered and publishers all over the world want to get their hands on it… but it suddenly disappears without a clue! Susan, Brian and Jim are determined to find it. Dossiers: Mark Twain in the Gold Country San Francisco and the Gold Rush Alcatraz Island The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into three levels - Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 - according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as by choice of subject matter. Features: • introduction about the author and his/her times • wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams • informative and fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities • extensive vocabulary footnotes, often illustrated • exit tests (usually in Cambridge ESOL exam format) • guided internet projects An answer key and an additional exit test for each reader are available online as a PDF file at the Black Cat website. Further info on grading can be found in the 'The Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers'