News by Levels · Level 2 · For teachers
Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Separate creative roles, production location and availability.
Other Worlds Will Explore an Earlier Stranger Things Era
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
Who will direct the first three episodes?
Correct answer: C — Joe Wright
Why: The second paragraph names Joe Wright as director of the first three episodes; Trefry will lead the production.
Clue in the story: Its story takes place in the 1950s, before the original Stranger Things series. Kate Trefry will lead the production, and Joe Wright will direct the first three episodes.
Which statement correctly describes New Mexico?
Correct answer: A — It is the planned production location.
Why: The final paragraph says production is planned in New Mexico and explicitly rejects current streaming availability.
Clue in the story: Production is planned in New Mexico. Netflix has given a release year rather than a specific date. These are plans for a future series, not news that completed episodes are already streaming.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Explain why someone cannot use this announcement as evidence that the new episodes are already available.
One possible answer: The series is planned for 2028 and production is planned in New Mexico. Netflix has announced a release year, not said that completed episodes are already streaming.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.
Grammar to discuss
Planned describes an intention, not completion
Production is planned in New Mexico.
Is planned states where production is intended to happen. It does not establish that filming has begun or finished.