More Tales of Mystery and Imagination By Edgar Allan Poe

Compass Publishing brings its second volume of selected Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories to its line of Compass Classic Readers. English language learners of all ages will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency as they read The Oval Painting, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and the terrifying The Pit and the Pendulum, among others. Students and teachers alike will be spellbound with these adaptations of the master of suspense and the macabre. Compass Classic Readers provide beginning and intermediate English language learners accessible adaptations of the greatest works of literature. Carefully designed to retell the stories using vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate for one of six different grade levels, each reader includes: discussion questions before and after each chapter, a glossary of key vocabulary words, a short playlet for classroom performance, an MP3 CD. Other key features of the Compass Classic Readers series: a companion workbook for each title, online teachers’ tips.