After discussing the students’ answers, hand out the worksheet with the extract and ask the students to
read it. Explain that you’ve removed the topic sentences. They have to read the text and find the right
paragraph for them.
Write the following questions on the board or use a projector. Ask the students to read the text again and
find the answers.
1. What advice did Serena's parents give her when she was little?
2. Why wasn't it easy for Serena to follow her parents' advice?
3. What does it mean to "Raise your children to dance to the beat of their own drum"?
4. Why is to important "to be yourself"?
5. What could help us when a situation doesn't turn out as we've expected?
Discuss the new vocabulary in the text. Possible new words could be:
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