Lesson plan: Reading

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Predict the
content
Exercise 2
Discuss the questions with the

partner:
What is a “Soap opera”? Do

you know any examples?

Have you ever watched it? If

yes, did you like it?

Exercise 3
Read the text and answer the following
questions:
Were your suggestions right?
Have you ever heard of such TV shows?

.
Exercise 4
Read the statements and choose whether they are true or

false.

1. Usually soap operas have a clear protagonist

2. The soap operas were broadcasted in evenings, when the

whole family was at home

3. Soap operas are named in such a way due to the fact that

such radio dramas were often interrupted by soap

commercials.
4. Santa-Barbara is the longest soap opera ever made
5. In the 21st century many soap operas have gotten reboot

comebacks.
Exercise 5
Fill-in the gaps:
1. The term itself was … way back in the 1950s, when such radio dramas were often

interrupted by soap commercials. The soap operas were usually broadcasted in the

middle of the day.

2. The target audience of the genre would be middle-aged … who needed some sort of

spice in their life to make their daily chores more bearable.

3. The world’s longest-running soap opera of our time is The Archers: starting in 1951, it’s

still well alive nowadays, and … more than 19,000 episodes as of July 2020.
4. Set as ‘a contemporary drama in a … setting’, this radio drama has won its lead actor

Norman Painting a Guinness World Record Award as the longest-serving actor in a

single soap opera.

5. In the 21st century the soap genre has seen a revival with some of the famous series

making a moderately successful …comebacks, and with other series borrowing some

of the more distinct soap opera traits for their own use.
Exercise 6
Work in pairs/groups of three. Discuss the

following questions:
1. What is your attitude towards soap

operas?
2. Do you or your relatives/friends watch

any of them?