Long reads: the seventeen-year campaign for Thanksgiving
Reading · Long reads · C1 · 45 min. A long read on how the editor Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned for seventeen years until Lincoln made Thanksgiving national, with true/false, inference questions, phrases in context, a discussion and a short biography to write.
About this worksheet
A long read on how the editor Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned for seventeen years until Lincoln made Thanksgiving national, with true/false, inference questions, phrases in context, a discussion and a short biography to write.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Reading
- Topic
- Long reads
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, True / False, Multiple choice, Matching, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
- Access
- Free
On the sheet
- Reading text: Read the article.
- True / False: Read again. Write T (true) or F (false).
- Multiple choice: Choose the best answer. Most answers are implied rather than stated di
- Matching: Match each word or phrase from the article to its meaning in context.
- Speaking / writing task: Discuss in small groups. Then share your best idea with the class.
- Speaking / writing task: Write a short biography (180–220 words).
- Writing lines: Write here.
