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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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LOVE OF LIFE (Oxford Progressive Reader, Level 1): Questions
Questions about the story LOVE OF LIFE by Jack London in Oxford Progressive Reader Level 1.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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THE ONE THOUSAND DOZEN EGGS (Oxford Progressive Reader Level 1)
Questions that I made for this story from Book 1 of Oxford Progressive Readers.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 5
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OXFORD PROGRESSIVE READER (Book 1): To Build A Fire
Here are 20+ questions from the OXFORD PROGRESSIVE READER (Book 1) To Build a Fire. These questions may be dictated or given to students to write answers to. They can also be rearranged into odd and even questions and then the students arranged in pairs with one student receiving odd questions and the other pair member receiving the even questions....
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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Angie Chau: Quiet As They Come (a short story of Vietnamese-Americans)
Angie Chau is an important contemporary, Vietnamese-American writer. Her recent short story collection QUIET AS THEY COME contains one free downloadable story of the same name. This story may be downloaded here:
http://www.angiechau.com/Quiet20As20They20Come20Excerpt.pdf
from Chau�s official website.
My students in China responded positiv...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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A CHINESE CULTURAL VERSION OF �THE HORSEDEALER�S DAUGHTER�: text plus questions and exercises
I changed the story to reflect a Chinese setting and created questions and exercises. Students might be assigned the story as homework, discuss in pairs in class, and then ask and answer questions with a new partner. The length of the text allows various in-class exercises, e.g., dictation, and so on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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AUGUST HEAT IN XI�AN CITY, CHINA: text plus questions
I took the story AUGUST HEAT and rewrote it, making it relevant for Chinese college English majors. Suggestions: have students read it as homework, students retell in pairs in class, and then students are paired with new people and ask and answer the questions. Good for developing reading, listening, and speaking. The teacher can also dictate sente...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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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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THE PROPRIETRESS: Questions about the short story by Li Yiyun
The questions in this worksheet are for Li Yiyun�s short story THE PROPRIETRESS. A Shanghai reporter goes to Mrs. Jin�s (the main character) town to interview Susu, whose husband has been recently executed. Susu has sparked interest because, before her husband�s execution, she asked the court to allow her to have a child with her husband. Li explor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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THE EXPLODING WATERMELON: Dreaming in a Chinese University Dormitory
A former student wrote this story, reflecting what he had heard about the death of a student. I�ve used this story with more than 400 second year college English majors. Students had a lot to say about the story, especially the ending.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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