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Short Story Summary

March 9, 2016 by eslwriter

This mixed skills activity helps ESL students learn English summary writing.

learn to write a summary of a short text

about 20-40 minutes to complete a first draft

Divide class into pairs. Half the students get Story A. The other half get Story B. Provide students with these instructions.

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