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Penguin Reader, Level 2. BLACK BEAUTY.
Penguin Reader, Level 2. BLACK BEAUTY. After students read this story, divide them into pairs or small groups. For example, if there are four students in a group, divide the questions into four parts and have them ask and answer.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
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Marcel and the White Star -- PENGUIN LEVEL 1 -- 50 comprehension questions
50 questions over this story - MARCEL AND THE WHITE STAR. Divide the students in pairs. Give one student the even questions and the other student the odd questions. They should ask and answer. Good supplemental exercise to the downloadable activity worksheets available here https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uac...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Reading, listening, speaking exercises about the New Yorker story THATAWAY
Discussion questions for pair or small group work about Thomas Francis McGuane III�s short story THATAWAY, first published in 2024 in THE NEW YORKER. Students should be divided into small groups or pairs and asked to discuss answers to these questions. The story references US culture and historical personalities the teacher can consider introduci...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
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PYRAMID SCHEMES IN CHINA
I took a text from Wikipedia and short texts from the Chinese media. I edited them all and then wrote questions. The topic is �pyramid schemes�. I became interested in this topic after several of my former students got hoodwinked into joining such schemes.
Students should read the texts outside class. In class, the students should ask and answe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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Go West! Chinese College Grads! and Young Chinese Grads Do Business
This worked well with my second year college English majors. Ask students to prepare before class; pick up the text in class at the beginning of class; pair students and give them 10 minutes to retell/ repeat the contents of the passage; pair students with a new partner and give them the questions--one person gets the odd questions and one person g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 8
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APRIL IN MOSCOW -- comprehension questions
Put students in pairs. Give questions. Ask and answer.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type:
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THE UMBRELLA - MACMILLAN STARTER LEVEL - EXERCISES
Comprehension exercises for this story, including reading and listening. Can also be used for dictation.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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THE LAST PHOTO. Questions.
THE LAST PHOTO. Penguin Reader Level 1. Comprehension questions. Students are assigned to read this story. In class, students are placed in pairs or small groups. Questions are divided so each student has the same number of different questions. Students ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of class, the teacher calls on students to answer t...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
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WOMAN, FROG, DEVIL, short story by Olga Tokarczuk: Comprehension questions
WOMAN, FROG, AND DEVIL. New Yorker short story. Find and read this story. Assign it to your students. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Give each student in the pair/group different questions and ask students to read and discuss answers to the questions. Toward the end of class, call on students individually to answer the qu...
Level: advanced
Age: 7-100
Type:
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ESCAPE: CHRONICLES OF MODERN CHINESE CHILDHOOD
ESCAPE was written by one of my students as part of a large autobiographical exercise. It is at a lower intermediate level and should be good material for students anywhere in the world. The questions at the end are designed to encourage oral fluency (students should be put in pairs). There are questions specific to the story and also questions abo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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