ESL Jigsaws

These photocopiable group stories focus on vocabulary building along common themes and stimulate discussion through controversial questions in the areas of relationships and ethics. Thematic Jigsaws 1 and Thematic Jigsaws 2 contain the same stories, at different levels.  For each book's CLB levels, click here. Click here for how to order the book.

Themes addressed in both books include:

• family
• health (a skiing accident, a car accident)
• transportation (driving, taking a bus and taking a plane)
• immigration and the stages of adjustment
• shopping (buying a dress and later returning it)
• personal descriptions (including hair vocabulary: dyed, permed, trimmed)
• banking (exchanging money, cashier theft)
• housing (furnishing an apartment and a break-in)
• daily routines
• gender roles and housework (incuding adjectives of frequency)
• Christmas (the beloved story "The Gift of the Magi")

 Not sure which level is right for your class--Thematic 1 or 2? Click on the image below to get an idea of the difference in level between the two books. 

 Take a look at the illustrations below for the Sharing Housework jigsaw to see how well the text is visually supported to aid comprehension:

And here are some other materials from the same unit:







 







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