📻 The Radio That Played Tomorrow
In this engaging interactive storybook, A2-level teen readers follow Seb, a sixteen-year-old boy who discovers an old radio in his grandmother's attic. The radio plays tomorrow's news — and every prediction comes true. Seb uses it to save boats from a storm, prevent accidents, and ultimately evacuate families before a deadly landslide. But when lottery numbers tempt him, he must choose between selfishness and responsibility. Features 16 pages of rich A2-level narrative with embedded vocabulary tooltips, interactive flashcards, vocabulary matching, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and a 10-question comprehension quiz.
Lesson Plan
- Chapter 1: The Attic — Seb finds something that shouldn't exist
- Chapter 2: Tomorrow's News — the radio plays something impossible
- Chapter 3: The First Good Deed — Seb uses the radio to help someone
- Chapter 4: The Temptation — Seb faces a difficult choice
- Chapter 5: The Big Warning — the radio delivers its most important message
- Chapter 6: The Race Against Time — Seb and his grandmother fight to save lives
- Chapter 7: The Last Broadcast — the radio has one final message
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Past simple for completed actions: Seb found the radio in the attic.
- Conditional sentences: If he said 'I have a magic radio,' everyone would think he was crazy.
- Reported speech: The radio said a landslide would occur on Thursday.
- Past continuous for background: The wind was tearing through the harbour.
- Modal verbs for advice and obligation: He needed someone to believe him.
