The Table, the Ass and the Stick - Teacher's Book

The main characters in this amusing fairy tale are a carpenter, his three sons and a naughty goat that has difficulty telling the truth. This causes big problems for the carpenter’s sons, who are thrown out of the house. Their adventures in the world until they are eventually reconciled with their father make a very entertaining story.

Graded Readers provide learners from Beginner to Upper-Intermediate level with enjoyable reading material, while helping them to develop a variety of language skills. Delightful characters and exciting adventures provide the inspiration for our classic and contemporary stories.

The stories have been carefully graded for each level according to vocabulary, grammatical structures, sentence length and plot complexity so as to ensure that the students’ understanding of the story is not impeded. Each story consists of 10- 13 chapters. Wonderful full-colour illustrations, closely integrated with the text, stimulate learners and facilitate understanding.

The Teacher’s Book consists of the Student’s Book, the Activity Book with overprinted answers and a section with Teacher’s Notes. In this section, background information is provided, as well as detailed lesson plans. A stepby-step approach is given, containing a list of pre- and post-reading activities, general, specific and prediction questions, ideas for projects, posters and games, etc., to encourage class participation and discussions. Revision Tests and a detailed marking scheme are also included.

• A1.1 - A1.2 (CEFR)
• Headwords: 400-500