Reading corner

British Library. Public domain

This section is your new reading corner.  I am open to suggestions, so, please, send your comments.

What can I find here?

• Recommended graded readers and unabridged books (en versión original) 
• Projects on books and short stories with a link to a free audiobook.
• Examples of reviews by native speakers and students

 

Graded readers

Macmillan readers
Level test: Are you thinking of reading a book? Try this reading level test first. It will take you a few seconds.....

Click on Title Resources and choose a level (starter, beginner, elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate) 

Projects on books and short stories

Level: B1
Resource by: Lola la Torre

 Matilda. Penguin Books: Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out, because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget......

Matilda is a children's book (for children and adults, of course!) written by Roald Dalh in 1988.

Before you read the book: visit this link and learn about Roald Dahl 

Resource: Click on this link to download reading, speaking and writing activities.

Level: B2, C1
Resource by: Lola la Torre

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Penguin. Modern Classics: Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse.....

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald first published in Colliers Magazine in 1922.


Before you read the story: read this post to learn about the author and the setting of the story.

Resource: Click on this link to download reading, speaking and writing activities.
Audiobook: You can download a free copy of the story from Librovox. 
Benjamin Button (the film): read this post to learn about the director, the cast and more.


Level: B2, C1
Resource by: Lola la Torre

The Great Gatsby: Penguin. Modern Classics. "There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars"

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The main character, Jay Gatsby, is a mysterious millionaire who lives in the fictional town of West Egg (Long Island, New York). His neighbour, Nick Carraway, is fascinated by Gatsby's wealth and all his parties. But is Gatsby really happy?


Before you read: read this post to learn about the author and the setting of the story.
Resource: Click on this link to download reading, speaking and writing activities.
The Great Gatsby (the film): read this post to learn about the director, the cast and more.