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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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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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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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Hit-and-Run Tragedy in China
Have students read the text outside class. In class, take text from students, pair the students, and then ask them to retell the text. After about 10 minutes, re-pair the students, and give the questions. Allow plenty of time for students� comments. My second year English majors had plenty to say about the topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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THE TROUBADOUR level 1 Penguin Reader: 97 questions
Here are 97 questions for the Penguin level 1 short story THE TROUBADOUR. These questions can be given to students as homework. During class, they can be dictated. They can also be divided into parts, and students ask and answer.
This story is in the reader THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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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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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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2011 Chinese New Year Gala (with 26 questions; from GLOBAL TIMES)
This reading worked well with my students in China. They are second year, university English majors. All had watched the 2011 New Year Gala. I paired the students and asked them to ask and answer the questions. Toward the end, we stood in a group and students shared more general comments about the New Year performances. For shy classes, this could ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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MacMillan Starter Level: SARA SAYS NO
MacMillan Starter Level: SARA SAYS NO
Comprehension questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Ben�s Song - Oxford Story lines 400 word vocabulary _ about 100 questions
I have prepared about 100 questions about BEN�S SONG, for those learning English at the beginning level, or for people with a bit more English who need some speaking and listening practice.
Suggestions: Tell students to read this story and write answers before class. At the beginning of the class, pronounce some words, e.g., ransom, studio, etc...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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