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APRIL IN MOSCOW (by Stephen Rabley). Penguin Reader, Level 1. 200 words.
APRIL IN MOSCOW (by Stephen Rabley). Penguin Reader, Level 1. 200 words. Ask students to read the story. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the pairs or students in small groups. Students ask and answer the questions. The teacher calls on individual students to answer the questions at the end of cla...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
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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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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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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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Bike (A Chinese boy�s father sells enough rice to buy a bike for his son)
A boy�s father carries two big bags of rice to a distant market every day to sell to pay of debts. Then he puts six bags on a cart and pulls it to market, not using the family�s water buffalo because it would make the animal too tired. In the end, the boy�s father buys his son a new red bike, which he learns to ride.
Suggestions for teacher: ask...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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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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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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BLACKY--The Runaway Water Buffalo
Written by the same student who wrote ESCAPE, this story describes the family�s water buffalo and her eventual return, but not before the family consults the writer�s deceased grandmother.
Students should prepare the text before class and then ask and answer questions in class in pairs.
My second year English majors had a lot to say about t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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BROWN EYES - comprehensin questions
Comprehension questions for students learning the elementary graded reader BROWN EYES.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
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CHINA�S DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
The Dragon Boat Festival is important in China. The teacher first dictates the words at the bottom of the exercise. Students write these words. The teacher then gives the students the paper with the words they just read and asks them what words they do not understand after ensuring they can pronounce them correctly. Next, the teacher gives the stud...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
Type:
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