Opinion pieces: don't let Christmas swallow Thanksgiving
Reading · Opinion pieces · B2 · 40 min. Read a newspaper column about "Christmas creep" and the holiday squeezed between Halloween and December, follow the writer's argument and her fair points for the other side, practice phrases for balancing an opinion, then discuss and write a letter to the editor.
About this worksheet
Read a newspaper column about "Christmas creep" and the holiday squeezed between Halloween and December, follow the writer's argument and her fair points for the other side, practice phrases for balancing an opinion, then discuss and write a letter to the editor.
- Level
- B2
- Category
- Reading
- Topic
- Opinion pieces
- Time
- About 40 minutes
- Exercises
- Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
- Answer key
- Included
- Access
- Free
On the sheet
- Speaking / writing task: Before you read, discuss these questions as a class.
- Reading text: Read the column by Rosa Delgado. It has six paragraphs.
- Multiple choice: Read again. Choose the best answer: a, b, c or d.
- Gap-fill: Complete the sentences with the phrases from the box. The writer uses
- Speaking / writing task: Discuss in small groups. Then tell the class whether your group mostly
- Speaking / writing task: Write a letter to the editor in reply to Rosa Delgado's column (150–18
