‘Hello! You down there!’
The signalman was standing at the door of his box, directly below me. I was sure he could hear my voice but he did not look up. Instead, he looked in the opposite direction down the railway line.
Learning Activity: Before Reading
- Before Reading/Listening Vocabulary Worksheet Label this illustration
- Writing Worksheet: What is a Signalman?
- Read the adapted opening of this classic ghost story.
- Presentation: complete story told through audio clips, images & text.
- Complete adapted version: Part One – Part Two
- The Signalman by Charles Dickens (complete original text)
- Video: Classic BBC TV version (35 minutes)
- Staplehurst Rail Disaster – Dickens miraculous survival (audio worksheet)
- A Halloween Ghost Story
- What is Halloween? Is it a religious festival?
- The Listeners by Walter de la Mare
- What happened on the Mary Celeste?
- The Long Black Veil
More classic stories for English language learners here.