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Activity 2

• Provide students with different
types of texts. Have examples
of plays and essays ready
beforehand. You can also
include short stories, novels
and poems.
• Let students explore the texts
and ask them to classify them
according to their genre.
• Discuss what we can find in
each genre. Their answers
should be something similar
to, “Plays, short stories and
novels are works of fiction and
there are characters. Poems are
written in verse, and they are
usually shorter than narrative
texts. Essays are works of
nonfiction, they do not normally
have characters and the topics
are varied.”
• Ask them to do the activity and
check their answers.
• Have them focus on the
statements and reflect on a
general definition for essays.
Activity 3

• Present students with an
example of a comparative chart.
• Explain that they are going to make a comparative chart to participate in a discussion at the end of the
practice. The comparative chart will help them remember the main points of the discussion and organize
their ideas.
• Elicit the steps involved in making a comparative chart, what they need to do, the materials they are going
to use, etc. Involve students in the planning of the product.
• Have students read the essay and answer any questions they may have. Bring some pictures of a British tea
set and make some tea following Orwell’s recipe, so students can try it.

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