Friday, 9 December 2016
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Monday, 14 November 2016
2NA - Lesson plan Trump wins US election
Trump wins US election
Warm-up
Did you expect Trump to win the US election? Why/why not?
Keywords
Match the verbs on the left to the definitions on the right:
Warm-up
Did you expect Trump to win the US election? Why/why not?
Keywords
Match the verbs on the left to the definitions on the right:
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defeat (somebody)
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gain (something)
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announce (something)
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struggle
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vote
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offend (somebody)
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investigate (somebody)
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clear (somebody)
a. to try hard to do something that is difficult
b. to win against someone in a contest or fight
c. to examine something or someone to find the truth
d. to get something that is positive
e. to make someone feel hurt or angry
f. to say that someone is not guilty of something
g. to show what your opinion is by putting a mark on paper h. to tell people about something in public
b. to win against someone in a contest or fight
c. to examine something or someone to find the truth
d. to get something that is positive
e. to make someone feel hurt or angry
f. to say that someone is not guilty of something
g. to show what your opinion is by putting a mark on paper h. to tell people about something in public
Reading
Read the article below. Put true (T) or false (F) next to each statement. Say why the false statements
are false.
Read the article below. Put true (T) or false (F) next to each statement. Say why the false statements
are false.
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The result of the election did not affect global financial markets.
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Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to thank Hillary Clinton for her what she has done for
America.
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Mrs Clinton congratulated Mr Trump on his victory by telephone.
- Trump plans to build a wall between the US and Canada.
1 Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the
United States after he defeated Hillary Clinton.
2 The shock result caused global markets to fall, as
a Clinton win was expected. Trump gained
victories in the key states of Florida, Ohio and
North Carolina, and with victory in Wisconsin he
got the 270 out of 538 votes that he needed to
become president.
3 At his victory celebration in New York Trump said:
"I just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She
congratulated us on our victory." He also said that
Hillary Clinton had worked very hard and for a very
long time for America, and that his supporters
should thank her for this.
4 Mrs Clinton, 69, did not arrive for what was going
to be her victory celebration in Manhattan. The
mood was dark at the election night party as
supporters cried and left early.
5 Trump, who announced that he wanted to be
president in June last year, said that his victory
had been "tough". The real estate billionaire and
former reality TV star is new to the world of
politics. He was laughed at across the globe when
he said he wanted to be president, but in the
election he won many of the key states.
6 When campaigning he offended many people with
his comments about women, Muslims and his plans to stop immigrants getting into the US from
Mexico by building a wall along the border.
7 Trump's proposals are popular with white
working-class Americans as they are angry at the
people in power and feel that they are struggling in
today's economy.
8 When it was time for voting, men were much
more likely to vote for Mr Trump, while women
mainly voted for Mrs Clinton. Nearly nine in 10
black voters and two-thirds of Latinos voted for
the Democrat, but more than half of white voters
supported the Republican.
9 The result of the election was very surprising
because Mrs Clinton was ahead by four points in
many polls. However, the FBI investigated Mrs
Clinton because of her use of a private email
server when she had a high government position.
She was cleared for a second time last Sunday of
doing anything illegal, but experts thinks the event
probably hurt her chances in the election.
10 Even though Trump won more votes, he has
divided American society. During the last hours of
voting, Canada's main immigration website
crashed. Visitors got a "this page isn't working"
error message.
Source: BBC News, The Independent, The
Guardian
- Find a word or phrase in the article which means ...
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very unexpected (noun used as adj., P2):
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when somebody wins something (noun, P3):
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difficult to do (adj., P5):
-
a person who has made a lot of money from selling homes (noun phrase, P5):
-
organising events to get people to vote for you (verb -ing, P6):
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wanted someone to win (verb -ed, P8):
- stopped working (a computer system ) (past verb, P10):
-
very unexpected (noun used as adj., P2):
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Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right.
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be
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hurt
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win
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become
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leave
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receive
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gain
a. a call
b. a victory
c. ahead
d. an election
e. early
f. president
g. your chances
Now, make up a sentence for each collocation.
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be
five examples of each verb where necessary. Students can work alone and check in pairs.
1. b
2. d
3. h
4. a
5. g
6. e
7. c
8. f
F - It caused the stock market to fall very quickly.
T
T
F -He wants to build a wall between the US and Mexico
T
T
F -He wants to build a wall between the US and Mexico
shock
a victory
tough
a real estate billionaire campaigning supported
crashed
a victory
tough
a real estate billionaire campaigning supported
crashed
1. c
2. g
3. d
4. f
5. e
6. a
7. b
Friday, 11 November 2016
Sunday, 6 November 2016
Remember, Remember, the 5th of November - Guy Fawk's Night
"Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot..."
And here is the story...
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Halloween - Trick or treat?
Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening),[5] also known as Allhalloween,[6] All Hallows' Eve,[7] or All Saints' Eve,[8] is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide,[9] the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.[10][11]
It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from Celtic harvest festivals which may have pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, and that this festival was Christianized as Halloween.[1][7][12][13][14][15] Some academics, however, support the view that Halloween began independently as a solely Christian holiday.[1][16][17][18][19]
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising), attending Halloween costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing and divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular,[20][21][22] although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration.[23][24][25] Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve,[26][27] a tradition reflected in the eating of certain foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes and soul cakes.[27][28][29]
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