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The Easy Classics told by Carlo Scataglini
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 15x21cm
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9788859020455
Publication date: 01/01/2020
Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11), Lower secondary 2nd level (ages 12-13)
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The diary of Anne Frank, a classic of children’s literature, is rewritten in a simplified version, facilitated for reading, understanding, and even listening as an audiobook.
I am part of the pain of millions of people, yet when I look at the sky, I think everything will turn to good.
In her diary, thoughts of fear, discouragement, irony, the will to live and hope are told by Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl. It has become one of the most widely read and loved books in the world, as well as an important testimony of the Second World War. It is a personal and profound story that makes you think about the atrocity of the war.
Told by Carlo Scataglini, the greatest simplified teaching expert in Italy
Literary classics accessible to all lower secondary school students (11-14 years of age), especially those with learning difficulties.
THE SERIES
The series Easy Classics told by Carlo Scataglini opens up to lower secondary school, offering classics of children's literature in a simplified version, to be read, understood and even listened to as an audiobook.
Aimed especially at children with learning difficulties, the Easy Classics series offers the most famous stories in order to make reading as independent and meaningful as possible for young readers. Complete with explanatory images, the books that make up the series are characterized by:
in each chapter, indicated by a symbol, further cognitive organizers and facilitators for reading:
What happens next...: a synopsis of what will happen at the beginning of each chapter
Difficult words: less common words indicated in blue and defined in the final glossary
Expressions and sayings: particular phrases indicated in brown and explained in the final glossary
Audio QR-code: the QR-codes to scan with a smartphone or tablet to gain access to an audio reading of each chapter.
THE VOLUMES IN THE SERIES
Discover the books included in the series Easy Classics for lower secondary school! New simplified versions of children's literature masterpieces will be available soon.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Illustrations by Arianna Bellucci
Will we have the courage to continue our undertaking?
Jules Verne's famous novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth, is presented in a simplified version accessible to all children. Each chapter includes important cognitive organizers and facilitators, useful for following the reading without too much effort and understanding the meaning of the text. Furthermore, readers have the opportunity to listen to (and follow) the text of the story told by a narrator via the QR-codes at the beginning of each chapter.
The betrothed
Illustrations by Marco Bonatti
Now well, this marriage is not to be done, neither tomorrow nor ever.
The troubled story of Renzo and Lucia's love is set against the historical background of Lombardy in the 1600s, revised and re-proposed in a simplified version for lower secondary school, with facilitations for being read, explored and even listened to as an audiobook.
The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Illustrations by Camilla Zaza
The fact is that you see but do not observe; here is the difference!
The most mysterious cases of the famous investigator Sherlock Holmes, born from the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle, re-proposed in a simplified version, with facilities for reading, to investigate and even listen to as an audiobook: The adventure of the Red Hair League, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The diadem of beryls, The Adventure of Copper Beeches.
THE ODYSSEY
Illustrations by Flavia Sorrentino
Speak, memory of the cunning hero, The wanderer, blown off course time and again After he plundered Troy's sacred heights
The Odyssey, Ulysse's return voyage towards his beloved island of Ithica after the Trojan War, revised and proposed in a simplified version, with facilitations for reading, to be read and understood and even listened to as an audio book.
THE ILIAD
Illustrations by Alessandra Vitelli
Sing, O Goddess, the wrath of Achilles Pelide, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans, …
The story of a long war between Achaean and Trojan heroes, Achilles' wrath, Hector's humanity, Ulysses’ cunning, Patroclus' affection, Andromache's sweetness, Helen’s beauty: these are some of the famous themes narrated in Homer's poem.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Illustrations by Giulia Dragone
I am part of the pain of millions of people, yet when I look at the sky, I think everything will turn to good.
In her diary, thoughts, fear, discouragement, but also irony, the will to live and hope are told with sincerity and extraordinary maturity by Anne Frank, a very young Jewish girl. It has become one of the most loved and read books in the world.
Leaf through some selected pages from the 1st volume in the series, The Diary of Anne Frank, that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation and that will show you the main characteristics of the series
THE AUTHOR
Carlo Scataglini is a specialised teacher and trainer in remediation and support. With Erickson he has published a number of books and CD-ROMs for remediation and support, amongst which the series Easy reading and the books Easy History, Easy geography, Easy Science and Easy Information Technology. He is also the author of various children’s stories, amongst which Even ogres are afraid (2008), The strange mystery of Cartoonville and other stories (2003), Magigum and the flight of emotions (2005), Magigum and the secret of Belacrì (2006), Ants are stronger than earthquakes (2009), The story of Marilù and the 5 senses (2010) and Gigantino and the tasty war (2014).
