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THE ARTICLEIraqi shoe-thrower trial postponedThe trial of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush has been postponed. Muntazer Al-Zaidi was due to appear in court on December 31st but his lawyers have appealed against his charges. Mr Al-Zaidi was originally charged with assault against a foreign head of state. This charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. His lawyers are appealing for the lesser charge of insulting a head of state, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail. Al-Zaidi's lawyer, Dhiaa al-Saadi, ridiculed the idea that throwing shoes put George Bush in any danger. He asked: "Have you ever heard of anyone being killed by a shoe?" He also added that: "In Europe, they throw eggs and rotten tomatoes to insult. In Iraq, throwing a shoe is a symbol of disrespect."
Muntazer Al-Zaidi has been hailed as a hero all over the Middle East. His shoe throwing has also led to a number of online games in which points are scored for every shoe that hits the U.S. president. The maker of the shoes has seen his business soar overnight. He has had to employ dozens of extra workers to meet the demand for tens of thousands of pairs of the shoes. They are now sold as the ‘Bye-bye Bush’ shoes. The incident will become one of the most memorable images of George W. Bush’s term as president. His wife Laura was less than happy at the media coverage of the event. She told American TV reporters that Mr Al-Zaidi assaulted her husband. She said he only avoided injury because of his athleticism and sporting ability as he ducked to avoid the size-ten projectiles.
WARM-UPS1. SHOES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about shoes. 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. INSULTS: Complete the table below about insults in your country. Share what you wrote with other students. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. ASSAULT: Students A strongly believe the Iraqi shoe thrower should go to prison for 15 years for assaulting George W Bush; Students B strongly believe the Iraqi shoe thrower is a hero and should be free. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. MEMORABLE IMAGES: What are your memorable images of 2009? Talk about these things with your partner(s). Change partners and talk again.
6. HEAD OF STATE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the term ‘head of state’. 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.The trial of the Iraqi journalist ____________________ at President Bush has been postponed. Muntazer Al-Zaidi was ____________________ court on December 31st but his lawyers have appealed against his charges. Mr Al-Zaidi was originally ____________________ against a foreign head of state. This charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. His lawyers are appealing ____________________ of insulting a head of state, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail. Al-Zaidi's lawyer, Dhiaa al-Saadi, ____________________ that throwing shoes put George Bush in any danger. He asked: "Have you ever heard of anyone being killed by a shoe?" He also added that: "In Europe, they throw eggs and rotten tomatoes to insult. In Iraq, throwing a shoe is a ____________________." Muntazer Al-Zaidi has been ____________________ all over the Middle East. His shoe throwing has also led to a number of online games in which points are scored for every shoe that hits the U.S. president. The maker of the shoes has seen his ____________________. He has had to employ dozens of extra workers to ____________________ for tens of thousands of pairs of the shoes. They are now sold as the ‘Bye-bye Bush’ shoes. The incident will become one of the ______________________ of George W. Bush’s term as president. His wife Laura was less than happy at the media _____________________. She told American TV reporters that Mr Al-Zaidi assaulted her husband. She said he only avoided injury because of his athleticism and sporting ability as he ____________________ the size-ten projectiles. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘appear’ and ‘court’.
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 SHOE THROWER SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about the Iraqi shoe thrower 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.
IRAQI SHOE THROWER DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEThe trial of the Iraqi journalist who (1) ____ his shoes at President Bush has been postponed. Muntazer Al-Zaidi was due to appear in court on December 31st but his lawyers have appealed against his charges. Mr Al-Zaidi was (2) ____ charged with assault against a foreign head of state. This charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years (3) ____ prison. His lawyers are appealing for the lesser charge of insulting a head of state, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail. Al-Zaidi's lawyer, Dhiaa al-Saadi, (4) ____ the idea that throwing shoes put George Bush in any danger. He asked: "Have you ever (5) ____ of anyone being killed by a shoe?" He also added that: "In Europe, they throw eggs and rotten tomatoes to insult. In Iraq, throwing a shoe is a (6) ____ of disrespect." Muntazer Al-Zaidi has been hailed as a hero (7) ____ over the Middle East. His shoe throwing has also led to a number of online games in which points are scored for every shoe that hits the U.S. president. The maker of the shoes has seen his business (8) ____ overnight. He has had to employ dozens of extra workers to (9) ____ the demand for tens of thousands of pairs of the shoes. They are now sold (10) ____ the ‘Bye-bye Bush’ shoes. The incident will become one of the most memorable images of George W. Bush’s term as president. His wife Laura was less than (11) ____ at the media coverage of the event. She told American TV reporters that Mr Al-Zaidi assaulted her husband. She said he only avoided injury because of his athleticism and sporting ability as he (12) ____ to avoid the size-ten projectiles. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about shoes 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 Muntazer Al-Zaidi. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. INSULTS: Make a poster about the different things people are insulted by around the world. What are the cultural reasons behind these insults? Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. HERO?: Write a magazine article about Muntazer Al-Zaidi. Include imaginary interviews with both him and George W. Bush. 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. DIALOGUE: Write an imaginary conversation between Muntazer Al-Zaidi and George W. Bush. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). Role play your conversation in front of the class. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to Muntazer Al-Zaidi. Ask him three questions about his shoe-throwing. Give him three suggestions on what he can do to make his feelings known without throwing shoes. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Iraqi shoe-thrower trial postponedThe trial of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush has been postponed. Muntazer Al-Zaidi was due to appear in court on December 31st but his lawyers have appealed against his charges. Mr Al-Zaidi was originally charged with assault against a foreign head of state. This charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. His lawyers are appealing for the lesser charge of insulting a head of state, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail. Al-Zaidi's lawyer, Dhiaa al-Saadi, ridiculed the idea that throwing shoes put George Bush in any danger. He asked: "Have you ever heard of anyone being killed by a shoe?" He also added that: "In Europe, they throw eggs and rotten tomatoes to insult. In Iraq, throwing a shoe is a symbol of disrespect." Muntazer Al-Zaidi has been hailed as a hero all over the Middle East. His shoe throwing has also led to a number of online games in which points are scored for every shoe that hits the U.S. president. The maker of the shoes has seen his business soar overnight. He has had to employ dozens of extra workers to meet the demand for tens of thousands of pairs of the shoes. They are now sold as the ‘Bye-bye Bush’ shoes. The incident will become one of the most memorable images of George W. Bush’s term as president. His wife Laura was less than happy at the media coverage of the event. She told American TV reporters that Mr Al-Zaidi assaulted her husband. She said he only avoided injury because of his athleticism and sporting ability as he ducked to avoid the size-ten projectiles. LANGUAGE WORK
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