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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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Exercises on SKY BURIAL by Xinran
Xinran�s novel SKY BURIAL should be assigned. These are mostly comprehension questions about the novel, although some exercises are also included. The questions can be used for a variety of activities, e.g., dictation, students ask and answer the questions in pairs, students write answers to the questions, and so on.
See http://en.wikipedia.org...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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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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TITANIC! Penguin Reader 4.
TITANIC! Penguin Reader 4. Assign TITANIC! to the students to read. Also, assign the movie. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions equally among students in each pair/group. Students will ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of the class, the teacher will call on individual students to answer the ques...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
Type:
Downloads: 7
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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
Type:
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER Penguin Reader Level 1 Begineer comprehension questions
Comprehension questions students should ask and answer in class in groups
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Penguin Reader, Level 2, questions
These are questions about Penguin Graded Reader ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll, a Level 2 story. For classwork, students are told to read the story and watch a film version of the story. In class, questions can be selected and dictated to the students. Students can also be given the questions before class and told to write answers. In class,...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
Downloads: 6
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PENGUIN LEVEL 2 GRADED READER: The Mummy Returns
PENGUIN LEVEL 2 GRADED READER: The Mummy Returns
These questions are based on the graded reader. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the students and tell them to ask and answer the questions. When the students have finished, ask them to look at the book and answer the questions they were unable to ...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Billy Elliot (graded reader) - comprehension questions
These comprehension questions should be given to students in pairs for them to ask and answer. It helps them recycle the vocabulary and ideas in the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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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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