Fiction

A resource (often a comprehension task) that includes a fiction text.
Note that poems are catalogued separately.

Adult reading and phonics practice for Entry 1 learners. Bill is a baker who really likes Betty but he’s afraid of her big boyfriend and his big boxer dog, Ben! A story plus linked spelling, vocabulary and punctuation work.

Level
Entry Level 1
English
Fiction
AL Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
Ww/E1.3

Based on a short story, Highland Fling by Maureen Brannigan, from “Sexy Shorts for the Beach” edited by Victoria Kirwan-Taylor (Accent Press). However some of the writing and poetry extension activities could be used without reading the short story. Not just for romantics – the writing assignment might also cause great hilarity! Covers all Level 2 writing elements and many Level 2 reading elements (main points, research, summarise information, etc.).

Level
Level 2
English
Fiction
Poetry
Adult literacy: reading comprehension (Rt)
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)

An exciting short story specifically written for a school PEP group (post 16, entry level programme) and designed to be fun and interesting (especially for boys) and short enough to be completed in a one hour session (although the extension dictionary/sentence exercises could go on longer). With 9 questions and extension dictionary and sentence activities.

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Fiction
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.4
Rt/E3.7
Rt/E3.8
Rw/E3.4
Rw/E3.3

Wheelbarrow Boy – Entry 3 comprehension is a wonderful short story specifically written for a school PEP group (post 16, entry level programme) and designed to be fun and interesting (especially for boys) and short enough to be completed in a one hour session (although the extension dictionary/sentence exercises could go on longer). With 10 questions and extension activities.

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Fiction
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.4
Rt/E3.7
Rt/E3.8
Rw/E3.4
Rw/E3.3

An amusing short story specifically written for a school PEP group (post 16, entry level programme) and designed to be fun and interesting (especially for boys) and short enough to be completed in a one hour session (although the extension dictionary/sentence exercises could go on longer). With 10 questions and extension dictionary and sentence activities.

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Fiction
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.4
Rt/E3.7
Rt/E3.8

An intriguing short story specifically written for a school PEP group (post 16, entry level programme) and designed to be fun and interesting (especially for boys) and short enough to be completed in a one hour session. With 13 questions.

Level
Entry Level 3
English
Fiction
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.4
Rt/E3.7
Rt/E3.8

Myths and legends is a set of three worksheets designed to encourage students to explore the language used in three English legends (Matilda’s Bracelet, The Abandoned Children of Wailing Wood, The Ghost Hound of Lyme Regis). Stories can all be listened to on the wonderful http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/ site (printable versions are also available). Questions also cover general comprehension and dictionary work.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Fiction
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
AL Rt/L1.1 Understand continuous texts
Rt/L2.1 Trace and understand the main events of continuous descriptive, explanatory and persuasive texts
Rw/E3.3
Rw/L1.1

Inheritance is another wonderful, illustrated story from Tracy Richardson, Level 2 Literacy learner at Henley College, Coventry. The story is arranged in 13 chapters and is followed by comprehension questions, vocabulary and dictionary work, and a word search.

Contact through Robert Holt, who suggests using this story with Entry 3 – Level 2 learners for reading comprehension work.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Rt/L2.1 Trace and understand the main events of continuous descriptive, explanatory and persuasive texts
AL Rt/L1.1 Understand continuous texts
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Fiction

A wonderful, illustrated story written by Tracy Richardson, when she was a Level 1 Literacy learner at Henley College, Coventry.

Submitted by her tutor, Robert Holt, who suggests using this story with Entry 2-3 learners for reading comprehension / reading in detail, recognising high frequency words, adjectives, phonics & decoding (especially consonant clusters).

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
Fiction
AL Rt/E2.1 Follow main points of short texts
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
Rt/E3.8
Rw/E3.5
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
Rw/E2.1
Adult Lit Ws/E2.2 Use Adjectives