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THE GIFT OF THE MAGI and other stories
These questions are for pair/group work. They are based on THE GIFT OF THE MAGI AND OTHER STORIES,a graded reader at the beginner level.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
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OXFORD READ AND DISCOVER 1: EYES
OXFORD READ AND DISCOVER 1: EYES
Assign this book to students and ask them to read and listen to it. In class, put the students in pairs or small groups and ask them to ask and answer the questions. At the end of class, call on students individually to answer these questions.
1 How do you see?
2 What animals have many eyes?
3 What color are...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
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APRIL IN MOSCOW (by Stephen Rabley). Penguin Reader, Level 1. 200 words.
APRIL IN MOSCOW (by Stephen Rabley). Penguin Reader, Level 1. 200 words. Ask students to read the story. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the pairs or students in small groups. Students ask and answer the questions. The teacher calls on individual students to answer the questions at the end of cla...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
Downloads: 4
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TREASURE ISLAND Penguin Reader Level Two
TREASURE ISLAND Penguin Reader Level Two. Assign the story to the students. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the students. The students ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of class, call on individual students to answer the questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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BLACKY--The Runaway Water Buffalo
Written by the same student who wrote ESCAPE, this story describes the family�s water buffalo and her eventual return, but not before the family consults the writer�s deceased grandmother.
Students should prepare the text before class and then ask and answer questions in class in pairs.
My second year English majors had a lot to say about t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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ALONE (a short story by Li Yiyun): Questions
Li Yiyun is an important Chinese-American writer, especially for foreigners teaching English in China who are challenged in locating English-language materials that students can understand culturally--without having to decode unfamiliar cultural references about the West. Li Yiyun thus provides short stories about China that students will understan...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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THE UMBREALLA MAN: questions about the short story by Roald Dahl
Questions about THE UMBRELLA MAN by Roald Dahl. It compliments the material on this site that can be found using the link below.
http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=395350#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Billy and Sammy
I took the well-known Shirley Jackson short story CHARLES and simplified and changed it to produce this story. Suggestions teaching: Ask students to read the story outside class. In class, pair the students and ask them retell the story. Then repair the students and give them the questions. After ten minutes, repair the students again, and ask them...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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PASSIONS AND COLORED SLEEVES (A Novel from Northwestern China)
PASSIONS AND COLORED SLEEVES is an open access novel about northwestern China that follows one extended family from about 1899 to one hundred years later.
This novel may be accessed below:
http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Passions+and+Colored+Sleeves
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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China�s Tu (Monguor) Minority
The Tu are one of China�s fifty-six officially recognized ethnic groups. China�s total Tu or Monguor population is about 240,000. Most Tu live in Qinghai Province and in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province. Most Tu are farmers and also have a few livestock. Today, many Monguor leave their homes to work in cities to do construction wor...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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