CBC GRADE 8

A Guide to Understanding Bridges Without Rivers and Other Stories

A child who reads makes an adult who thinks. This guide to the anthology of Short Stories Bridges Without Rivers and Other Stories has been specially prepared to help the youngsters’ seamless navigation through the early stages of the tantalising literary world. The guide provides a background to literary appreciation, comprehension and textual analysis skills for beginners, aimed at spurring the broader goal of literature of self-expression, transmission of knowledge and entertainment. The varied sentence structures, levelled vocabulary and diverse language expressions used in this book have been clinically woven with a Grade Eight learner in mind. Great leaders are great readers.