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      Little Dorrit
      Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 3 January, 2012 - 10:33

      This lesson for high intermediate level students and above illustrates the relevance of Dickens in today's economic climate. It involves vocabulary input followed by reading for gist and reading for detail. Students then do an information gap speaking activity.

      Level: B2+

      Age group: Older teens/adults

      Timing: 90 minutes

      Aims:

      • To develop students’ ability to read a text for gist and detail.
      • To give students practice in a set of vocabulary concerned with fraud.


      Plan components

      Lesson plan: download

      Worksheets: download worksheet 01/download worksheet 02/download worksheet 03/download worksheet 04

      Answers: download answers worksheet 01/download answers worksheet 04

      By Richard Lunt

      The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format - right click on the attachment and save it on your computer.

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