Homework Help: English

Posted by swen on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 10:36am.

Hello!
Can you recommend me any poem or a short story ( really short) which I can do with my class? ( 19 year olds, learning English as a foreign language)I need to have one pre-reading activity, one while-reading and one post-reading activity.
Thank you

English - GuruBlue, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:09am
Check these sites:

http://esl.about.com/od/readinglessonplans/a/l_readcontext.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/readinglessonplans/a/l_readtypes.htm

This site has a number of very short short stories:

http://www.eslfast.com/
English - swen, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:17am
O I forgot to mention! These short stories or poems have to be written by some famous writers!
I'll check these sites
English - GuruBlue, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:22am
Gobs of short stories by famous writers here. Just pick a writer.

http://www.classicreader.com/browse/6/
English - GuruBlue, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:28am
I am partial to O'Henry, check out these.

http://www.readbookonline.net/books/Henry/108/

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