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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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ACHY, BREAKY CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENT HEARTS
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: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Students� Bad Habits
Put the students in pairs and ask them to ask and answer the questions. This should be done after they have had time to read and digest the text.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 5
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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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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:
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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PRISON (a short story): Questions
Li Yiyun is an important Chinese-American writer, especially for foreigners teaching English in China. One of many challenges for English teachers in China is 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...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Electricity Comes to a Village in China--Power Changes
An intermediate level reading particularly appropriate for Chinese learners of English. Ask students to read the text, then put the students in pairs, and give them the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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Discussion questions for THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt.
Discussion questions for THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt. Students are assigned to read a summary of this book at https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/ and, if possible, the introduction to the book itself. In class, the instructor divides the students into pairs or small groups and gives students an equal number of questions. Stud...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 10
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Vase Chase - A Timed Reading - A Valuable Painting is Stolen in China...
Vase Chase - A Timed Reading - A Valuable Painting is Stolen in China...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 16
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