Op-ed: should our holidays tell the whole story?
Writing · Article · C2 · 50 min. A model op-ed arguing that Thanksgiving should remember the wartime proclamation of 1863 as well as the harvest of 1621, with questions on its argument, a match of rhetorical techniques, concession frames to complete and a plan for students' own op-ed on a holiday or tradition.
About this worksheet
A model op-ed arguing that Thanksgiving should remember the wartime proclamation of 1863 as well as the harvest of 1621, with questions on its argument, a match of rhetorical techniques, concession frames to complete and a plan for students' own op-ed on a holiday or tradition.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Article
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
- Access
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On the sheet
- Reading text: Read the op-ed.
- Multiple choice: Choose the best answer.
- Matching: Match each technique to its example in the op-ed.
- Gap-fill: Complete the concession frames with the words from the box.
- Speaking / writing task: Plan and write an op-ed (220–260 words) for a newspaper or a school we
- Writing lines: Write your op-ed here.
