A collection of short stories with activities that invite students to explore how authors use language to: construct and develop plots; portray character; create setting and evoke atmosphere; and handle themes and abstract ideas.
Ways with Words Summary
Ways with Words by Mike Royston
Literature for life
Table of Contents
Handsel and Gristle - Michael Rosen Getting Dead - William F Nolan Many Happy Returns! - Barbara Griffiths A Straight Bat - Roger Holt The Trout - Sean O'Faolain The Flowers - Alice Walker The Empty Box - Johanna Hurwitz Do You Dance? - Laurence Staig Out of the Everywhere - Marilyn Watts The Breadwinner - Leslie Halward Fabric Crafts - Anne Fine Hobbyist - Fredric Brown A Price to Pay - Timothy Callendar The Wasteland - Alan Paton The Princess Who Stook on Her Own Two Feet - Jeanne Desy The Moonpath - Robert Swindells
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