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THE ARTICLEOprah Winfrey most powerful womanOprah Winfrey has been named the most powerful woman in entertainment. This is according to the entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. She jumped up from the number six spot, which she occupied in 2007. Her rise to the top may be due to the influence she had on the US Election in November 2008. Analysts reckon her support of Barack Obama brought him over one million votes. The Hollywood Reporter's chief editor Elizabeth Guider explained: "The decision to place Oprah at the top of the list was based on her dizzying array of Oprah-branded media and her immense cultural influence," she said. TIME magazine listed Winfrey as one of the 100 people of the twentieth century.
Oprah Winfrey is a household name in many parts of the world. Her rags-to-riches life is an incredible success story. She is a self-made woman who became the world’s first black billionaire in 2004. Winfrey owns her own production company Harpo (’Oprah’ spelt backwards), which made $345 million in profit in 2007. She is perhaps most famous for her chat shows. The "Oprah Winfrey Show" began in 1986 and has been one of the world’s most-watched programmes ever since. Winfrey's entertainment empire covers TV, magazines, book clubs and online shopping. She is also extremely well known for her charity work. She is set to launch her own TV channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), which will reach 70 million homes.
WARM-UPS1. POWER: Walk around the class and talk to other students about power. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. MY INFLUENCE: Would you like to have influence? What would you do if you had a lot of influence? Complete the table below. Share what you wrote with other students. Decide as a class who would best use their influence.
4. RAGS TO RICHES: Students A strongly believe we all have the ability to become billionaires; Students B strongly believe only a tiny, tiny proportion of us have the ability to make ourselves rich. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. WELL KNOWN: What would you like to be well known for? Write four things below. Talk about these things with your partner(s). Change partners and discuss what you talked about.
6. SUCCESS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘success’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the spaces.Oprah Winfrey has __________________ most powerful woman in entertainment. This is according to the entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. She __________________ number six spot, which she occupied in 2007. Her __________________ be due to the influence she had on the US Election in November 2008. Analysts __________________ of Barack Obama brought him over one million votes. The Hollywood Reporter's chief editor Elizabeth Guider explained: "The decision to place Oprah at the top of the list was based on __________________ of Oprah-branded media __________________ cultural influence," she said. TIME magazine listed Winfrey as one of the 100 people of the twentieth century. Oprah Winfrey is a __________________ many parts of the world. Her rags-to-riches life is an incredible success story. She is a self-made woman __________________ world’s first black billionaire in 2004. Winfrey owns her own production company Harpo (’Oprah’ __________________), which made $345 million in profit in 2007. She is perhaps most famous for her chat shows. The "Oprah Winfrey Show" began in 1986 __________________ the world’s most-watched programmes ever since. Winfrey's entertainment empire covers TV, magazines, book clubs and online shopping. She is also extremely __________________ charity work. She is set to launch her own TV channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), __________________ 70 million homes. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘success’ and ‘story’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT POWERFUL WOMEN SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about powerful women in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
OPRAH WINFREY DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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LANGUAGEOprah Winfrey has been named the most (1) ____ woman in entertainment. This is according to the entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. She (2) ____ up from the number six spot, which she occupied in 2007. Her rise to the top may be due (3) ____ the influence she had on the US Election in November 2008. Analysts reckon her support of Barack Obama brought him (4) ____ one million votes. The Hollywood Reporter's chief editor Elizabeth Guider explained: "The decision to (5) ____ Oprah at the top of the list was based on her dizzying array of Oprah-branded media and her immense cultural influence," she said. TIME magazine listed Winfrey (6) ____ one of the 100 people of the twentieth century. Oprah Winfrey is a household name in many parts of the world. Her rags-to-riches life is an incredible success story. She is a self-(7) ____ woman who became the world’s first black billionaire in 2004. Winfrey owns her (8) ____ production company Harpo (’Oprah’ spelt backwards), which made $345 million (9) ____ profit in 2007. She is perhaps most famous for her chat shows. The "Oprah Winfrey Show" began in 1986 and has been one of the world’s most-watched programmes (10) ____ since. Winfrey's entertainment empire covers TV, magazines, book clubs and online shopping. She is also (11) ____ well known for her charity work. She is (12) ____ to launch her own TV channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), which will reach 70 million homes. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about powerful women for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 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 out more about Oprah Winfrey. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. OPRAH WINFREY: Make a poster about the different areas of Oprah’s business empire. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. RAGS TO RICHES: Write a magazine article about a person who rose from rags to riches. Include imaginary interviews with that person. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Oprah. Ask her three questions about her successful life. Give her your three ideas on what she could do to expand her business empire. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. 6. DIARY / JOURNAL: You are a powerful person. Write a diary entry about one day in your life. How do you affect your culture? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Oprah Winfrey most powerful womanOprah Winfrey has been named the most powerful woman in entertainment. This is according to the entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. She jumped up from the number six spot, which she occupied in 2007. Her rise to the top may be due to the influence she had on the US Election in November 2008. Analysts reckon her support of Barack Obama brought him over one million votes. The Hollywood Reporter's chief editor Elizabeth Guider explained: "The decision to place Oprah at the top of the list was based on her dizzying array of Oprah-branded media and her immense cultural influence," she said. TIME magazine listed Winfrey as one of the 100 people of the twentieth century. Oprah Winfrey is a household name in many parts of the world. Her rags-to-riches life is an incredible success story. She is a self-made woman who became the world’s first black billionaire in 2004. Winfrey owns her own production company Harpo (’Oprah’ spelt backwards), which made $345 million in profit in 2007. She is perhaps most famous for her chat shows. The "Oprah Winfrey Show" began in 1986 and has been one of the world’s most-watched programmes ever since. Winfrey's entertainment empire covers TV, magazines, book clubs and online shopping. She is also extremely well known for her charity work. She is set to launch her own TV channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), which will reach 70 million homes. LANGUAGE WORK
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