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RUDYARD KIPLING

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.


Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), which I am sure you have heard of, Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King"and Just So Stories, which we will be reading this month.

Just So Stories is a collection of stories written for children about animals and how they have acquired certain characteristics, with titles like  "How the Leopard Got his Spots" or "How the Camel Got is Hump"

Click on the book to read Just So Stories





Now lets talk about one of the stories, The Elephant's Child? 
 Can you answer these questions?

 

1.     What does ‘satiable curtiosity mean?

2.     Where does the Elephant's Child live?

3.     Name some of his relatives. Are they nice to him? Why?

4.     What did the Elephant do all the time on his way to see the Crocodile?

5.     What did the Crocodile say to the Elephant's Child?

6.     What happens then?

7.     What does Elephant’s new nose enable him to do that he couldn’t do before?

8.     What do you think the story is really about?

 

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

How about a little game to help you revise? (Units 1&2)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

You have been reading Alice in Wonderland for your Spanish class. Why not read one or two chapters in English now?



 


Read the chapter on line:  A MAD TEA PARTY

Download chapter here


“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” 

What is your favourite quote from Alice in Wonderland?


How many characters from Alice in Wonderland could you name? Who is your favourite?
Read a list of characters here.

MALALA YOUSAFZAI, YOUNGEST EVER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER

Malala Yousafzai, 17, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her defense of children's  right to education.






 



Here is some interesting information about her.







Malala spoke at the United nations in 2013.