Watched from the lamppost: a magazine article on clever crows
An article on crow intelligence shows how writers hook and hold readers. Students analyze techniques, then write about an underestimated animal.
C1Adults55 minArticle
About this lesson
A C1 writing lesson (article). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Article
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Animals
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- be dismissed as, scavenger, a growing body of research, scold, a feat, thrive on, hold a grudge, hotly debated
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Identify techniques that make a magazine article engaging
- Use collocations for reporting research in an accessible style
- Write a 220–260 word article for a general-interest magazine