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Date: May 5, 2005 Level: Easier (Try the harder lesson.) Downloads: This Lesson (Word Doc) | Class Handout (Word Doc) | Class Handout (PDF) Listening (2:09 - 252.2 KB - 16kbps) THE ARTICLEKenya’s First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, has been making newspaper headlines these past few days. Her recent terrible behaviour has shocked many Kenyans, who believe she has brought shame on their country. Ms Kibaki lost her self control and ran amok in Nairobi on May 1. She shouted and screamed at journalists and diplomats to respect her family. Her first victim was Kenya’s World Bank director Makhtar Diop. She stormed into his home at midnight and demanded he turn his music down. She also shouted insults at his mother. Her own two children, guests at the party, were unable to pacify her anger. The negative reports she received in the Kenyan press the next day increased her fury. She accused the nation’s media of being “nasty mainstream press”. She hurried to the pressroom of the Nation newspaper and for five hours she furiously scolded news reporters. She demanded one be arrested for writing lies about her and slapped a cameraman in the face. The first lady has become a joke in the media and with Kenyans. The Standard newspaper used five pages reporting her escapades. Its editorial stated: “We wish to express our profound disgust at the conduct of the First Lady.” It also suggested she seek psychiatric help. WARM UPS1. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics look most interesting: terrible behaviour / good manners / self control / being very angry / slapping someone in the face / psychiatric help / embarrassing family members / First Ladies / the mainstream press Have a chat about the ones you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently. 2. FIRST LADY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with first ladies. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them. 3. EMBARRASSING: Do you have any embarrassing family members? Is anyone in your family a little (or very) strange? Talk with your partner about these relatives, their personalities, and the embarrassing or shocking things they have done or still do. 4. BAD BEHAVIOUR: Look at the following list of bad behaviour. With a partner, look in a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you do not know. (1) In pairs / groups, talk about whether you or a family member has acted in such badly behaved fashion:
(2) Ask your partner what he/she would think if anyone he/she knew was badly behaved (e.g. grandmother / boss / best friend / yourself / brother or sister / mother / father etc). An example question: What would you think if your grandmother slapped someone in the face? 5. FIRST LADY OPINIONS: Ask your partner if he/she agrees or disagrees with these opinions about Kenya’s First Lady Kibaki and first ladies in general. Does your partner strongly agree/disagree?
PRE-READING IDEAS1. WORD SEARCH: Use your dictionary / computer to find word partners (collocates), other meanings, synonyms or more information on the words ‘first’ and ‘lady’. 2. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
3. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
4. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING ACTIVITIES1. SYNONYM FILL: There are six gaps in the article. There are six groups of synonyms below the article. Place the number of the synonym group in the correct gap. It is not important to guess a correct word - any of the synonyms from each group could be put into the relevant gap. Kenya’s First Lady runs amokKenya’s First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, has been making newspaper headlines these past few days. Her recent terrible behaviour has shocked many Kenyans, who believe she has brought ________ on their country. Ms Kibaki lost her self control and ________ in Nairobi on May 1. She shouted and screamed at journalists and diplomats to respect her family. Her first victim was Kenya’s World Bank director Makhtar Diop. She stormed into his home at midnight and demanded he turn his music down. She also shouted insults at his mother. Her own two children, guests at the party, were unable to ________ her anger. The negative reports she received in the Kenyan press the next day increased her ________. She accused the nation’s media of being “________ mainstream press”. She hurried to the pressroom of the Nation newspaper and for five hours she furiously scolded news reporters. She demanded one be arrested for writing lies about her and slapped a cameraman in the face. The first lady has become a joke in the media and with Kenyans. The Standard newspaper used five pages reporting her escapades. Its editorial stated: “We wish to express our profound disgust at the ________ of the First Lady.” It also suggested she seek psychiatric help.
2. TRUE/FALSE: Check your answers to the T/F exercise. 3. SYNONYM MATCH: Check your answers to this exercise. 4. PHRASE MATCH: Check your answers to this exercise. 5. QUESTIONS: Make notes for questions you would like to ask the class about the article. 6. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. POST READING IDEAS1. SYNONYM FILL: Check your answers to this exercise. Talk about which of the synonyms you like the sound of. 2. QUESTIONS: Ask the discussion questions you thought of above to your partner / group / class. Pool the questions for everyone to share. 3. VOCABULARY: As a class, go over the vocabulary students circled above. 4. STUDENT FIRST LADY SURVEY: In pairs/groups write down questions about first ladies or premiere’s wives. Ask other classmates your questions and report back to your original partner/ group to compare your findings. 5. ‘FIRST’ / ‘LADY’: Make questions based on your findings from pre-reading activity #1. Ask your partner / group your questions. 6. DISCUSSION:
7. BAD BEHAVIOUR: In pairs / groups, (1) Ask each other about whether you know or have met anyone who has very bad behaviour? (2) Role play a counselor / psychiatrist and a patient who behaves badly. For example -
HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find information on the Lucy Kibaki story. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson. 3. MY WORST: Write a story about the worst example of you behaving badly. Share it with your classmates in your next lesson to see what they think. 4. KENYAN CITIZEN: Imagine you are a Kenyan citizen. Write a letter to Lucy Kibaki telling her how you feel about her behaviour and reminding her of how she should behave in public. Show your classmates what you wrote in your next lesson. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
SYNONYM FILL: Kenya’s First Lady runs amokKenya’s First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, has been making newspaper headlines these past few days. Her recent terrible behaviour has shocked many Kenyans, who believe she has brought ----5---- on their country. Ms Kibaki lost her self control and ----3---- in Nairobi on May 1. She shouted and screamed at journalists and diplomats to respect her family. Her first victim was Kenya’s World Bank director Makhtar Diop. She stormed into his home at midnight and demanded he turn his music down. She also shouted insults at his mother. Her own two children, guests at the party, were unable to ----6---- her anger. The negative reports she received in the Kenyan press the next day increased her ----1----. She accused the nation’s media of being “----4---- mainstream press”. She hurried to the pressroom of the Nation newspaper and for five hours she furiously scolded news reporters. She demanded one be arrested for writing lies about her and slapped a cameraman in the face. The first lady has become a joke in the media and with Kenyans. The Standard newspaper used five pages reporting her escapades. Its editorial stated: “We wish to express our profound disgust at the ----2---- of the First Lady.” It also suggested she seek psychiatric help. Help Support This Web Site
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