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Literary Shorts: Anthology


Key stage: Key Stage 3

No. of pages 160

Published: 2014

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Great for age 11-18 years

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Covers several areas of the new KS3 National Curriculum: seminal world literature, pre-1914 and contemporary English literature. Something for everyone, from Rudyard Kipling to Isabel Allende, Katherine Mansfield to John Updike, Roald Dahl to Alice Walker.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 160 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2014 by English & Media Centre .

This book has the following chapters: A full list of the stories: 'The Diamond Necklace', by Guy de Maupassant (1884) 'A Matter of Fact', by Rudyard Kipling (1893) 'Subha', by Rabindranath Tagore (1898) 'The Open Window', by Saki (1914) 'A Cup of Tea', by Katharine Mansfield (1922) 'Old Mrs Chundle', by Thomas Hardy (1929) 'One of These Days', by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1962) 'The Return', by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (1965) 'The White Trousers', by Yasar Kemal (1968) 'The Flowers', by Alice Walker (1973) 'Mrs Silly', by William Trevor (1975) 'I Used to Live Here Once', by Jean Rhys (1976) 'The Hitch-Hiker', by Roald Dahl (1977) 'Two Words', by Isabel Allende (1989) 'Oliver's Evolution', by John Updike (1998) 'Dog, Cat, and Baby', by Joe R. Lansdale (1999) 'The Gulf', by Geraldine McCaughrean (1999) 'The Paradise Carpet', by Jamila Gavin (2002) 'Resigned', by Meg Rosoff (2011) 'Happily Ever After', by Barbara Bleiman (2011) 'The Third-floor Bedroom', by Kate Dicamillo (2011)

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