Touching the Void

Touching the Void : (Scholastic ELT Readers Study Guide)

Extensive reading is essential for improving fluency
and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary
graded material that will instantly appeal to students

Based on the internationally acclaimed book by Joe Simpson, Touching
the Void is the compelling true story of a mountaineering
expedition which goes dreadfully wrong.

LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 4

BOOK ONLY

Perfect also for native English speaking children who are struggling
with their reading

Full colour photos and film stills bring story
to life and aid comprehension

Fact File section explores the making of the film, climbing Everest
and other related topics

People and Places section provides clear visual
and geographical context before students start reading

Self-study activities enable students to check their progress
as they read

Series Information

Popcorn ELT Readers is
a series of low-level graded readers aimed at younger
students who are beginning to learn English as a Foreign Language.

The series covers three levels from Level 1 (Early Beginner)
to Level 3 (High Beginner) and is aimed at students aged eight to
eleven years.

Each reader is available in Book Only or Book and CD formats.

The CD features an audio recording of the story for reading along.

There are also online resource sheets providing step-by-step
lesson plans, extra activities and downloadable flashcards.

  • Format: Paperback | 64 pages
  • Dimensions: 148 x 204 x 4mm | 100g
  • Publication date: 03 Sep 2007
  • Publisher: Scholastic
  • Imprint: Mary Glasgow Magazines
  • Publication City/Country: Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN10: 1905775083
  • ISBN13: 9781905775088
  • Bestsellers rank: 14,067

More Books:

Touching the Void
Language: en
Pages: 346
Authors: Joe Simpson
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-12 - Publisher: Direct Authors

The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the
Touching the Void
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Joe Simpson
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-02-03 - Publisher: Harper Collins

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the ver
Touching the Void
Language: en
Pages: 125
Authors: David Greig
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-27 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

In 1928 a journalist asked George Mallory why he wanted to climb Everest. Mallory said, 'Because it's there.' Joe Simpson's memoir Touching the Void, internatio
Salinger
Language: en
Pages: 720
Authors: David Shields
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-09 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

"The official book of the acclaimed documentary film"--Jacket.
The Beckoning Silence
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Joe Simpson
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

Brash and colorful, Simpson has never been more entertaining.
Dark Shadows Falling
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Joe Simpson
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-07 - Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

* Concise, objective account of the 1996 Everest debacle * One of Simpson's most controversial and challenging books * Short listed for the 1997 Boardman Tasker
Touching Void
Language: en
Pages: 96
Authors: KARINA PANDYA
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-13 - Publisher: Notion Press

Touching Void… Surviving a Car Accident is the courageous real-life story of the author who had miraculously survived a horrific car accident as a child, and
Flame Of Adventure
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Simon Yates
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-04 - Publisher: Random House

Simon Yates, author of Against the Wall, takes us back to his early years as a climber - the escapades and excitement of a young life lived on the edge and for
This Game of Ghosts
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Joe Simpson
Categories: Mountaineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Random House

This is a sequel to 'Touching The Void', in which Simpson described a fall in the Himalayas which crippled and almost broke him.
Storms of Silence
Language: en
Pages: 318
Authors: Joe Simpson
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

Joe Simpson recounts his experiences as a mountain climber in the Himalayas, offering his insights into the perplexing nature of aggression and violence -- in h