Stories for Schools: Sewing Day by Sevim Ak

Stories for Schools is a British Council Turkey project to provide students with high-quality English language short stories.

Sewing Day is a short story written by Sevim Ak, a popular Turkish writer of novels and short stories for children.

Set in an unknown Turkish city, the story tells about a girl encounters the mysterious world of adults during a normal day at the hairdresser’s. Read from a child’s perspective how a single letter changes the lives of everyone in the story.

Level: A2-B1

Age: 14-17 (but activities included which may appeal to younger learners)

This ‘kit’ was designed by Turkish materials writers.

The kit below includes activities for you to print and copy, the complete text, and teachers' notes. The kit needs to be used selectively as each contains activities likely to appeal to different age groups.

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Copyright - please read

All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org

Downloads

Sewing Day - Introduction465.44 KB

Sewing Day - Story151.61 KB

Sewing Day - Pre Reading Activity Kit277.74 KB

Sewing Day - While Reading Activity Kit 257.63 KB

Sewing Day - Post Reading Activity Kit524.28 KB

Sewing Day - Glossary204.42 KB

Sewing Day - Answer Key and Ts Notes356.4 KB

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