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= Compulsory readings 2015-2014 = "The Moment" by Douglas Kennedy "Goodnight Children Everywhere", edited by Pam Schweitzer. = Real Life Reding = Queen Mary University undergraduate prospectus.Read what to expect if you are going to study in one of London's most prestigious universities. Click here. = Books we have read in previous years =

War Horse


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"Never Let Me Go" by Katsuo Ishiguro


Questions to prepare the recuperation test:



This is the working schedule we are going to follow:



Reading club [|questions]

What the critics[| say]

What the author says:

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Watch an interview with [|the actors]

"Slam" by Nick Hornby


Read the author's introduction to "Speaking with the Angel"
 * Before reading **


 * Working schedule **

Nick Hornby talks about "Slam" in this video.
 * After reading **

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Listen to the characters of the book talking about the story



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**After reading** To read the author's biography and critical perspective click [|here].

If you have problems with the vocabulary, here you are a version with notes Prepare these discussion questions Visit the author's website: www.jonathancoewriter.com To unravel some of the mysteries of this book, read this story: " Diary of an obsession" included in the book "9th &13".

This is the poster of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Through they eyes of love
Siobhan Galvin visited the EOI Fuengirola to read some of her stories in February 2009. Read the review of this visit in our school magazine. Click here

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
To read the first chapter click [|here]

To visit the author's website click [|here]

Author's biography An interview with the author Discussion questions Listen to Khaled Hosseini at the BBC World Book Club media type="file" key="wbc_Khaled Hosseini.mp3" width="240" height="20" Interview with the BBC: click [|here]

What happened to Hassan's son is based on a true story. Watch the documentary [|The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan] = More recommended Books =

My favourite books
Here you are a list of my favourite books so that you can carry on reading in English when you have finished school. = Newspaper articles with comprehension questions =

= CAE reading practice =

= Reading units = = September 11: Ten Years Later = What were you doing when you heard about the attacks? How has the attack on the towers affected our world in the last ten years? Read this article from "The New York Times" Useful information: [|State Abbreviations for the United States] If you want to read more about September 11, click [|here] Film review of one of the best films about 9/11

I'm glad my mum did whatever she wanted
Here you are a word version of the article that your classmate Soluna Salles has sent me:

It's a wiki wiki world
Could you survive 72 hours without the internet? Click [|here] What does the wikipedia say about the internet? Click [|here] Internet 101. The most popular guide to de internet. Click [|here] Internet statistics. Click [|here] Reading comprehension: Steve Jobs

Natural disasters: The Tsunami in Japan
[|What went wrong at Fukushima?] = Newspaper articles =

Picture Pluperfect by Nathan Jurgenson
Nathan Jurgenson is a social media theorist. His research is driven most fundamentally by the understanding that we increasingly live in an “augmented reality,” a perspective that views the digital and physical as enmeshed, opposed to viewing them as distinct (what he calls "digital dualism"). Picture perfect

You say you want a devolution? by Kurt Andersen
For most of the last century, America’s cultural landscape—its fashion, art, music, design, entertainment—changed dramatically every 20 years or so. But these days, even as technological and scientific leaps have continued to revolutionize life, popular style has been stuck on repeat, consuming the past instead of creating the new. You say you want a devolution?

Night
In this article historian Tony Judt talks about what it is like to live with a motor neuron disorder. Click [|here]

Inventions and inventors
Who was the first?

Our Own Worst Enemies
Read this article from the New York Times. For screen villains, the black-and white, "us versus them" era is over. Welcome to the uneasy age of us versus then. Click [|here]

By 2040 you will be able to upload your brain
Click [|here]

War Photographers
Photographers have to be near the action. Sometimes too near. Click [|here] Interview with Restrepo co-directors Sebastian Faulkner and Tim Hetherington. Click [|here] = Webquests =

Charlie Chaplin webquest


= Interactive material =

Lunar Mission.
The Independent: "By 2040 you will be able to upload your brain..." Click [|here] = Blogs =

Writings in the Raw:Julia Halprin Jackson's impression on Barack Obama's Inauguration.
I would like to recommend you Julia Halprin Jackson's blog. She is a wonderful writer and friend from California. Miss Julia was in Washington on President Barack Obama Inauguration Day. To read about her impressions click on the image.

Remembering in London: NIck Cave, Montserrat Roig and the Lost Puppet
What do you think of my memory blog? My friend Brenda told me that the best way to really learn a language is to write a blog. Click on the image to read about Nick Cave and lost memories.

Discovering Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier was a nanny who spent her free time walking around Chicago camera in hand. The world only recognised she was a genius after her death. Click [|here]

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