EXTENSIVE READING IN ENGLISH

Level 3Here are some suggestions:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn, a boy who is against the injustice of the world, escapes his difficult life dominated by a selfish father. He goes into a boat on the Mississippi River with Jim, a slave on the run but whose goal is to avoid being sold. Together, the two great friends begin a journey of great adventure.

Mark TwainPenguin Readers

3 Pre-IntermediateAna Catarina, No.1 , 9thA , 12/03/09

Love StoryErich Segal

Oxford Bookworms Stage 3

Love Story is a romance between Oliver Barrett and Jennifer Cavilleri.

He’s clever, rich, good with girls and plays hockey at Harvard University.

She’s poor, beautiful, plays music, she's from Radcliff University and thinks big Harvard

sportsmen are stupid.They meet, argue, fight and fall in love.

Oliver loves Jennifer but his father is against their love, so he refuses money from him.

They get married, work hard to support a home, enjoy life and make plans for the future, but then they find out that they don't have much time left.

Inês AfonsoNo.159thB

14th April 2009

The story talks about a man, called Frankenstein. Dr Frankenstein creates a monster and he asks Frankenstein to create a woman for him, but Frankenstein doesn’t do that… What will the monster do?

Mary Shelley

Level 3

Express Publishing

Valériya Zaruba – No.27 – 7thB – March 2009

Romeo and

Juliet

The story has the city of Verona as a background. Two powerful families are mortal enemies: the Montecchio family and the Capulets. They live in constant conflicts which disturb the order and the peace of the city. Such events cause the anger of the Prince who determines severe punishments to the ones involved in the conflicts: they would be punished with death. Romeo, a young Montecchio,  is enchanted by a young and beautiful woman that he discovers to be Juliet Capulet. They fall in love and something really terrible happens.

William ShakespearePenguin Readers

Level 3

Carla Tavares, No.5 9th AMarch 2009

Penguin Readers

NICHOLAS EVANS

Level: 3 – Pre-Intermediate

In one cold winter morning, Grace and

Judith, two teenagers go on a

horse back ride and they have an

accident. Grace and Pilgrim, her horse, get badly hurt and

they want to sacrifice him, but Grace’s mom, a famous fashion editor, doesn’t accept so she

drives Pilgrim and her daughter to a horse specialist

hoping that he can get better.

Meanwhile Grace’s mother falls in love with the specialist

Will Grace’s much-loving horse

survive?

Tasha Almeida

9th A NO.22

“Time in the tower”

Catarina Aleixo

Level 3

•The book that I read is interesting.

• It is useful for those who want to learn more about

the culture of London.

Mariana SoaresNo. 207th AMarch 2009

The Return of Sherlock HolmesThe six Napoleons

Mara Cuevas No.16

9thA

12/3/2009

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Longman

Dectective Holmes arrived to the office when I got a new case. I thought about givng it to inspector Lestrade because it was an easy one and Dectective Holmes doesn’t like that kind of cases. For my surprise he wanted to solve the little case. At the same time Mr Lestrarde showed up and offered to help us.

A man apears dead with a broken bust of Napoleon by his side. Who killed him? Why? Can detective Holmes find out who did it and solve this fantastic case?

Level 3

The Time Machine Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley

Express PublishingLevel 3

Inês Garcez, No. 14, 7th A

March 2009

The Young King…

Title : The Young KingAuthor : Oscar Wilde

Editor/Publisher : Penguin ReadersEnglish Level : 3 Pre-Intermediate

Summary : It was the night before the coronation, and the young king was sitting alone in his beautiful

bedroom. Soon he fell asleep and as he slept he dreamed a dream, and then another, and still another one. These dreams filled him with terror, so the next

morning when it came time to put on his robe of gold, the crown and the sceptre, he ...

Read to find out more!

Ruben, No. 20 9th A – March 2009