Summary: The Hodder Reading Project Level 3-4 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 3 to Level 4. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 1, Level 3, In Your Own Words edited by Anna Murphy. Twenty-five strange-but-true real-life stories which originally appeared in the Sunday Telegraph Magazine column 'In Your Own Words'. The personal accounts, which are no more than 600 words long, narrate events in the writers' lives when the ordinary has turned into the extraordinary. These personal narratives feature childhood memories, encounters with animals, travelling tales, experiences of parenthood, and brushes with death.
Table of Contents: Part 1 - Childhood MemoriesPart 2 - Animal InstinctsPart 3 - Travellers' TalesPart 4 - ParenthoodPart 5 - In the Line of DutyPart 6 - Beyond the GravePart 7 - Christmas
About the Author(s): Anna Murphy is the editor of the Sunday Telegraph Magazine and the creator of the 'In Your Own Words' column.