The wrong Tuesday: a short story about dates and times
Daniel arrives for his job interview on the wrong day, with a surprise ending; students study story structure and write a story about time.
A2Adults35 minStory
About this lesson
An A2 writing lesson (story). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- A2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Story
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 35 minutes
- Topic
- Days, dates & time
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- job interview, iron, set an alarm, on time, reception, go red, turn to leave
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand the structure of a short story with a twist
- Use in, on, at and time linkers (Then, Just then, Two weeks later)
- Write a short story about an important day