A Christmas Carol

Retold by Sheila Lyne and Ken Methold Series Editor: Ken Methold Global ELT brings Charles Dicken’s timeless morality tale to its series of Global Compass Graded Readers. English language learners of all ages will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency as they read about the miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge and his disdain for the Christmas holiday season, until he meets the ghost of his dead business partner Jacob Marley on one fateful evening. Students and teachers alike will be enchanted with this delightful adaptation of this enduring holiday classic. Global Compass Graded Readers provide beginning and intermediate English language learners accessible adaptations of the greatest works of literature. They are carefully designed to retell the stories using vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate for one of six different grade levels. Each reader includes: • discussion questions before (preview) and after (review) each chapter • a glossary of key vocabulary words • a short Playlet for classroom performance • an MP3 CD with the recordings in British English • a Workbook with Reading Comprehension questions, Vocabulary exercises and a Reading Journal • Extra: online teachers’ tips