New superheroes

The leading American comic book publisher, Marvel Comics, is starting a new comic book, which it hopes will become as popular as its classics, "Spiderman", "Superman" and "The Incredible Hulk". But in this comic book the heroes will be ordinary New York police, firefighters and paramedics.

Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

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Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

  • Pre listening/reading discussion and vocabulary questions
  • Complete text
  • Comprehension and discussion questions
  • Vocabulary matching exercise

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Audio - the complete text
Note: The audio is not essential for the lesson but you may like to use it in class as an optional element.

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