'The Storm'
A Very Short Story by Louise Cooper
As the storm threatens, parents desperately gather
their children around them to protect them.  But can
they do it in time, and is everything as it first seems?

Louise Cooper's little story, 'The Storm' is suitable for
use with students aged 13+, and the materials
provide for up to 3 hours of classroom activity.

The files are in PDF,  mp3 and ppt format.  If you
wish to receive the PDF files as Word documents
(.doc or .odt) then please contact us.

Pre-reading Activities (pdf)
Essential preparation activities before
the reading starts.  Miss this bit and
you've lost the plot!

Pre-reading supplement( ppt)
A power point presentation to
supplement pre-reading activities

Text of Story (pdf)
Complete story ready for photocopying


Audio of Story (mp3)
Read by the author, Louise Cooper

After Reading (pdf)
Two activities looking at the effects of
storms on ordinary people

Word Work (pdf)
Vocabulary and grammar related
activities drawn from the story -
if you must!

Key and Teacher's Notes (pdf)
Advice, help and guidance - plus
all the answers.
"For as long as I can remember, my two greatest
dreams were to be a teller of stories, and to live in
Cornwall.I achieved the first of those ambitions at
the age of 20, when my first fantasy novel, The Book
of Paradox, was published in the USA and Britain.
I've since published more than sixty novels, and the
ideas are still flowing as strongly as ever. Then in of
Paradox, was published in the USA and Britain. of
Paradox, was published in the USA and Britain. I've
since published more than sixty novels, and the I've
since published more than sixty novels, and the
ideas are still flowing as strongly as ever. Then in
ideas are still flowing as strongly as ever. Then in
1998, I finally fulfilled my second dream, when I
1998, I finally fulfilled my second dream, when I
moved with my artist partner, Cas Sandall, to the
north Cornish coast."

For more information on Louise and her writing,
access her website www.louisecooper.com