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Dear Granny Smith - TEFL lesson plan

A lesson plan adapted from the first chapter of the highly recommended book Dear Granny Smith: A Letter from your Postman about strikes, privatisation, and unions at Royal Mail.

Submitted by Angry Language… on July 5, 2014
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See attached for the text of the first chapter of Dear Granny Smith and corresponding activities.

Lesson plan should last an hour to an hour and a half based on class discussion.

If you find any typos, please let us know so they can be amended.

A spoken word excerpt of Dear Granny Smith can be heard here:

[youtube]ggik3BZz0Xo[/youtube]

Granny Smith Chap 1.pdf (391.91 KB)
Dear Granny Smith - activity.pdf (590.72 KB)
  • strikes
  • privatisation
  • United Kingdom
  • Royal Mail
  • CWU
  • post strikes 2009
  • Roy Mayall
  • TEFL
  • Angry Language Brigade
  • TEFL lessons - advanced
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