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Issue 8512 July 2008

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Hurray! Summer is here! No more lessons, no more study! With all this wet weather, let's see what you can do at home with English Campus this summer.

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If it’s too hot or rainy outside, why not stay indoors and play some fun and educational online games. There are many new and interesting games at Play. Check out For Fun, Hangman, Word Search , Grammar, Crossword Puzzles and Music & Songs to see what’s new.

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After playing games, it’s time to sit down and read some books at Library.

An International Soccer Star
'My players never give up. Their team spirit is unbelievable. You can talk about tactics all you like but team spirit won us this match.'
Manager Alex Ferguson coached Manchester United to success in the 1999 European Cup final. Find out what it takes to be the best and play for a top soccer team in this revealing book.

A Basketball All-Star
'Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts'
John Wooden coached his UCLA team to a record 99 consecutive victories during his long career. Find out what it takes to play championship level basketball in this enlightening book.

 

Fifty Strong: Fifty poems chosen by teenagers for teenagers
Published in association with Royal Festival Hall Education, Fifty Strong is an inspiring and wide-ranging collection of poems. Selected by teenagers, the poems reflect the experiences, hopes and dramas of young people today, with something to inspire everyone.

 

 

Six Shakespeare Stories
Shakespeare's plays tell some of the best stories in the English language. In Six Shakespeare Stories, Leon Garfield has turned them into short readable tables bringing the plays to life in an ideal introduction to Shakespeare.

 

 

The Snake's Pyjamas
Poems for guided reading
A lively poetry collection featuring:
- Poems based on observation and the senses, and a range of shape poems
- Oral and performance poems from different cultures
- Humorous poetry and poems that play with language


 

Create

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Do the books above stimulate your imagination? Are your creative juices flowing under the hot summer sun? Submit your short stories, essays, poetry or other forms of writing to us. Feel free to give feedback on others' work too.

Ask Graham

Our Native English Teacher, Graham, is here all summer to answer questions on English language. Read Questions 240-243 about the meaning of 'part company' and 'leave with your head held high'. Find out the difference between ‘Chinese’ and ‘China’s’. If you have some questions, please feel free to ask Graham!

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