Twelve Years a Slave is the extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York State who, in 1841, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. This simplified version condenses Northup’s memoirs for students of English and is interspersed with stills from the 2013 Oscar award winning film.
This range of Scholastic ELT readers reflects a world that teenagers will instantly recognise. It includes popular films and TV series and coming-of-age classics like Billy Elliot and Angela’s Ashes.
Inspiring full-colour graphics attract your students to reading. Images tie in with the media versions, and creative formats such as blogs, manga stories and comic strips generate instant appeal.
The People & Places spread at the start of each story sets the scene by introducing the key characters in a visually stimulating and accessible way.
The magazine-style Fact Files at the back of each reader include interviews, behind-the-scenes features, UK/US culture and themes developed in the reader.
The self-study section let students check comprehension as they progress through each story.
Free online teacher’s resource sheets provide more activities and follow-up project work.
Most readers are also accompanied by an audio recording of the story.