Brainstorm ideas about the title of the story The Long Journey Home. What do you think will

happen during the story?

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Activity 1

Work in pairs. Read the story quickly to find the answer to the questions.

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Activity 2

Read this paragraph from the story and write your guesses about what happens next in the story.

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Activity 3

He turned away, and walked sadly towards the square. A ragged beggar sat on

a bench. Mehmet felt sorry for him, and wished he could give him some

money. He reached into his bag for the apple he had kept for the journey

home. He would give that to the old man. He looked across the tracks. The

beggar reached down and touched a black bag, then glanced from side to side

in a way that reminded Mehmet of a cat, hunting. Mehmet watched from the

shadows. He felt as if the beggar was waiting for somethingOr for someone.

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Work in pairs. Scan the text and answer the first and second questions. After you have read the

story, answer the third question.

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Activity 4

Scan the story and complete the graphic representation of it.

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Activity 5

Think about a real or an imaginary journey and write a blog post about it. Use the questions as clues.

Put your blog posts on the board / wall. Read the others posts and

make comments on at least two posts

draw a heart on the posts you liked.

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Activity 6

Have a look at the wordle1 below and brainstorm ideas about the story you are going to read. Take

notes and then discuss in pairs / groups.

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