Scholastic ELT Readers: Level 3
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.
Amazing Grace
The story of William Wilberforce, the eighteenth-century British government minister, and the campaign to abolish the slave trade.
Angela's Ashes
A simplified adaptation of Frank McCourt’s moving and humorous memoirs about growing up in 1930’s Ireland. A simplified adaptation of Frank McCourt’s moving and humorous memoirs about growing up in 1930’s Ireland.
Batman: The Dark Knight
Batman, Lieutenant Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent join forces to deal with the chaos unleashed on the terrified citizens of Gotham City
Black Gold
Based on a remarkable documentary film, Black Gold tells the story of one man’s mission to save his 74,000 Ethiopian coffee farmers from Western exploitation. It exposes the truth behind every cappuccino we drink and asks: is it right that the producers of our coffee often can’t afford clean water or an education for their children?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I Robot, You Jane
Willow finds love on the Internet with ‘Malcolm’. But why are Buffy and Xander worried about her choice? She discovers that Malcolm is no ordinary boy… and suddenly her life is in danger.
Catwoman
Patience Philips uncovers a company secret and her life changes for ever. She may be dead but Catwoman is very much alive – and ready to face her enemies!
Dreamgirls
The story of The Dreams and the ambitions of their lead singer Deener as they become the most successful girl group of the 1960s.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
After the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth I incurs the wrath of Philip of Spain, and prepares to face the onslaught of the Spanish Armada.
Fast Food Nation
A marketing executive from a US burger chain investigates what goes in to the burgers they sell. What he discovers proves to be more shocking than he could ever have imagined.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones is back, on an adventure to Nazca in Peru and to the ‘lost city’ of Akator. Will they survive the terrible dangers in the kingdom of the crystal skull?
Iraq in Fragments
Based on James Longley’s award-winning documentary, Iraq in Fragments provides a fascinating glimpse of modern-day Iraq the mass media never shows us.
Michael Jackson Biography
Michael Jackson was one of the world’s most famous pop stars and his unexpected death in 2009 made news headlines everywhere. This compelling biography traces his journey from child star in The Jackson 5 to global fame as the ‘King of Pop’.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen’s well-known classic story of love and marriage in Regency England, illustrated with full-colour stills from the recent film starring Keira Knightley.
Spiderman 3
Spiderman’s efforts are finally being appreciated, but everything starts to change when a strange black goo takes over Spiderman’s suit – and his mind…
Superman Returns
Superman finally returns to Earth to find the woman he loves, has moved on and his old enemy has plans to destroy him and the city of Metropolis. Can Superman save the earth?
The Lost Chronicles: Part 1
Forty-eight people have survived an air crash on an island in the Pacific. Each day the survivors discover more about the island and themselves…
The Lost Chronicles: Part 2
The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 are finding life on the island difficult and dangerous. And every day there are new mysteries…
The OC: The Gamble
Ryan’s back with the Cohens’ again, but for how long? Based on a selection of episodes from the first series of the hit US TV show.
The OC: The Misfits
Marissa and Ryan are finally together … but will the path of true love run smoothly this time? Based on a selection of episodes from the first series of the hit US TV show…
The Queen
When the news of the tragic death of Princess Diana rocks the country, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction and finds herself with difficult personal and professional decisions to make.
Touching the Void
In 1985 two mountaineers went climbing in the Andes. After a series of accidents, one was forced to cut the rope which held them together, believing he was sending his friend to his death…
Vanity Fair
Follow the fortunes of Becky Sharp, one of English literature’s most colourful heroines, as she uses her wit, charm and ruthless ambition in an attempt to forge a place for herself in high society.
X-Men 3
Magneto has a special weapon for his war between humans and mutants. Will the X-Men be able to stop these terrible forces?