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Ullswater

'Ullswater' is based on the short story by Romesh Gunesekera. It is about the relationship between two very different brothers and how various factors have caused them to grow apart. One brother describes their relationship to his nephew who wants to know more about who his father really was and why he committed suicide.

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• Short story 27k pdf Complete text of Ullswater
• Introduction for teachers 95k pdf
• Characterisation 355k pdf Character based activities
• Context 792k pdf Background information and exercises
• Word Work 204k pdf Language activities
• After reading exercises 414k pdf Follow-up and consolidation
• Answer key 206k pdf Teacher's notes for activities.
• Seneka MP3 (833Kb)
• Daffodils MP3 (480Kb)
• Nightmare MP3 Read by the poet(1.45Mb)
• Yacht MP3 Read by the poet (1.58Mb)
• Final MP3 Read by the author (11.46Mb)

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