Is a stress-free life possible?

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ARTICLE: https://eslbrains.com/crc048

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LESSON OVERVIEW

In this Critical Reading Club lesson, students discuss different tips for dealing with stress. They also learn some useful vocabulary to talk about the topic.

B1 / Intermediate30 minCritical Reading ClubUnlimited Plan
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This is a Critical Reading Club worksheet. With this format, students need to read an online article at home and do the exercises in the classroom. Learn more about how to use such worksheets and their benefits in our post.

ACTIVITIES

At the beginning of the lesson, students discuss stress in general: what causes it and what helps to manage it. Then, they look at some phrases and their synonyms from the article. Their task is to complete them by adding the missing letters. Next, they read a dialogue in which two people share their problems and give some advice for dealing with stress. Students need to complete the dialogue with the words and phrases they worked with earlier. You can also ask them to role-play the dialogue when they complete it. Finally, students discuss the dialogue, agree or disagree with the advice provided and share their tips for managing stress. 

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https://eslbrains.com/crc048

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  1. Aleks D. Hannutoglu

    Great article and lesson plan! Thanks a lot! All my students loved it!

    1. Olia

      It’s great to hear it, thank you 🙂

  2. Andrew Green

    The article and exercises generated a lot of interesting discussion in the lesson – thank you very much.

    1. Olia

      Thanks for sharing your feedback 🙂

  3. Sandhya

    Hello,
    I wanted to use this lesson, but the link to read the article seems to be dead! Could you repost it? Thanks

    1. Justa

      Hi there! The link works fine on our side, please try again.

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