The Bicycle Thief — a short story for English reading
davidbuckleyThe Bicycle Thief
a short story English lesson plan for reading and speaking.
Mabby leaves her bike unattended for two seconds but that is all it needs for a thief to take off with it.
She needs her bike to get to work, to do so many things.
How can she get through the day now?
This is a great short story lesson plan ideal for any English or ESL class.
It comes complete and ready to use in PDF format. Each exercise starts on a new page.
The lesson plan consists of:
- some introductory questions
- The Bicycle Thief - a short story of around 1000 words
- a page of reading comprehension questions
- a table of essential vocabulary and exercise
- a page of discussion questions
- a role play
- a debate
- a writing exercise
You can use this immediately for your class today. The story and exercises are engaging and designed to help your students speak out in class.
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a 13-page complete lesson plan in PDF format