Serena Williams: 23 Titles and Counting the Doubts

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 2 of 6 · Outline

Aims

Public courts, a coach who was her father, and one of the longest careers in tennis. A factual look at a champion for B1 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 170-word news story: From public courts in California to 23 Grand Slam titles

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    6 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The empty court at dawn

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Family and pressure

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Coming back

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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