Reading and Vocabulary

Worksheet C can either be done after Worksheet B in class, or can be used as a homework assignment.

1. What’s the missing word: The missing words have been filled in for you in the text below.

John Grisham, the modern legal thriller 1) WRITER, is usually associated with books such as The Firm, The Pelican Brief or The Client, which most of us have either read or 2) SEEN in the film version.

He was born in Arkansas in 1955 and as a child 3) DREAMED OF being a professional baseball player. When he grew up he chose to study and practice law, 4) SPECIALISING in criminal defence and working 60-70 hours a week.

When he started writing novels it was just a hobby. However, after he 5) SOLD the film rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600, 000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among publishers and a hobby became a full time 6) JOB.

In 1996 he took time off writing to return to the courtroom to represent the family of a railroad brakeman who had been 7) KILLED in an accident. Grisham successfully argued his clients’ case.

Skipping Christmas is a very 8) DIFFERENT book from Time to Kill, The Street Lawyer or The Testament. It is a 9) MOVING, yet hilariously told Christmas tale about friendship, family values and the chaos and frenzy that are part of our Christmas tradition.

Grisham 10) LIVES with his wife Renee and their two children. When he's not writing, he devotes his time to charitable causes and working with his church group.

2 & 3. Follow the text with some vocabulary work in exercise 2 and then again with the comprehension check questions in exercise 3, which will help you make sure that students are not only able to concentrate on portions of text and do vocabulary tasks but also understand the text as a whole.

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