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Canada Leader Eats Raw Seal HeartThe British Queen’s representative in Canada has caused a scandal by eating the heart of a seal. Canada's governor-general, Michaelle Jean, helped to kill the seal to show support for seal hunters. She used a traditional Inuit knife to help cut the animal up and then ate a slice of its heart raw. Ms Jean was visiting Arctic villages in Canada’s far north. She joined hundreds of Inuit for a community feast. She asked one of her hosts: "Could I try the heart?" The governor-general told reporters from Canada TV that it was “absolutely delicious” and that it “tasted like sushi”. She added: “And it's very rich in protein.” Canada’s Inuit leaders praised Ms Jean’s gesture. They said it showed the world that their food culture was important.
The governor-general’s seal-heart snack has deeply upset animal rights groups and the European Union. An EU spokeswoman called Jean’s actions “bizarre”. The Inuit people say seal hunting is a vital part of their culture and economy. Many Arctic economies rely on hunting and the selling of seal fur. The government allows the killing of 300,000 seals a year. The EU recently voted to ban Canadian seal products because they say hunting methods are cruel. Ms Jean explained she feared many Inuit communities would die out because of the EU ban. An Inuit spokesperson Paul Kaludjak said the seal hunt was not a controversial issue among Inuit. "We don't really care about how the outside world thinks," he said.
WARM-UPS1. HUNTING: Walk around the class and talk to other students about hunting. Change partners often. Sit with your first 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. ANIMAL RIGHTS: What rights should animals have? Complete this table with your partner(s). Talk about what you wrote to your partner. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. SEALING: Students A strongly believe traditional Inuit peoples should be able to continue their traditional culture of hunting seals; Students B strongly believe hunting seals is totally wrong. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. STRANGE FOOD?: What’s the strangest food you’ve eaten? Rate these and share your ratings with your partner: 10 = would love to try; 1 = absolutely no way. Change partners and share your ratings again.
6. HEART: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘heart’. 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 gaps.The British Queen’s representative in Canada has caused ___________________ the heart of a seal. Canada's governor-general, Michaelle Jean, helped to kill the seal ___________________ seal hunters. She used a traditional Inuit knife to help cut the animal up and then ate a ___________________ raw. Ms Jean was visiting Arctic villages in Canada’s far north. She joined hundreds of Inuit for a community feast. She asked ___________________: "Could I try the heart?" The governor-general told reporters from Canada TV that it was “absolutely delicious” and that it “tasted like sushi”. She added: “And it's ________________.” Canada’s Inuit leaders praised Ms Jean’s gesture. They said it showed the world ___________________ was important. The governor-general’s seal-heart snack __________________ animal rights groups and the European Union. An EU spokeswoman called Jean’s actions “bizarre”. The Inuit people say seal hunting ___________________ culture and economy. Many Arctic economies rely on hunting ___________________ seal fur. The government allows the killing of 300,000 seals a year. The EU recently voted to ban Canadian seal products because they say hunting ___________________. Ms Jean explained she feared many Inuit communities ____________________ of the EU ban. An Inuit spokesperson Paul Kaludjak said the seal hunt was not a controversial issue among Inuit. "We don't really care about ___________________ thinks," he said. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘raw’ and ‘seal’.
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 HUNTING SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about hunting 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.
HUNTING DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEThe British Queen’s representative in Canada has (1) ____ a scandal by eating the heart of a seal. Canada's governor-general, Michaelle Jean, helped to kill the seal to show (2) ____ for seal hunters. She used a traditional Inuit knife to help cut the animal (3) ____ and then ate a slice of its heart raw. Ms Jean was visiting Arctic villages in Canada’s far north. She joined hundreds of Inuit (4) ____ a community feast. She asked one of her hosts: "Could I try the heart?" The governor-general told reporters from Canada TV that it was “absolutely (5) ____” and that it “tasted like sushi”. She added: “And it's very rich in protein.” Canada’s Inuit leaders praised Ms Jean’s gesture. They said it showed the world that (6) ____ food culture was important. The governor-general’s seal-heart snack has (7) ____ upset animal rights groups and the European Union. An EU spokeswoman called Jean’s actions “bizarre”. The Inuit people say seal hunting is a (8) ____ part of their culture and economy. Many Arctic economies rely (9) ____ hunting and the selling of seal fur. The government allows the killing of 300,000 seals a year. The EU recently voted to ban Canadian seal products because they say hunting (10) ____ are cruel. Ms Jean explained she (11) ____ many Inuit communities would die out because of the EU ban. An Inuit spokesperson Paul Kaludjak said the seal hunt was not a controversial issue (12) ____ Inuit. "We don't really care about how the outside world thinks," he said. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about hunting 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 seal hunting. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. ANIMAL RIGHTS: Make a poster about animal rights. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. SEALING: Write a magazine article about sealing. Include imaginary interviews with a seal and a hunter. 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 an Inuit leader. Ask him/her three questions about sealing. Give him/her three reasons why the Inuit should (not) continue sealing. 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: Canada leader eats raw seal heartThe British Queen’s representative in Canada has caused a scandal by eating the heart of a seal. Canada's governor-general, Michaelle Jean, helped to kill the seal to show support for seal hunters. She used a traditional Inuit knife to help cut the animal up and then ate a slice of its heart raw. Ms Jean was visiting Arctic villages in Canada’s far north. She joined hundreds of Inuit for a community feast. She asked one of her hosts: "Could I try the heart?" The governor-general told reporters from Canada TV that it was “absolutely delicious” and that it “tasted like sushi”. She added: “And it's very rich in protein.” Canada’s Inuit leaders praised Ms Jean’s gesture. They said it showed the world that their food culture was important. The governor-general’s seal-heart snack has deeply upset animal rights groups and the European Union. An EU spokeswoman called Jean’s actions “bizarre”. The Inuit people say seal hunting is a vital part of their culture and economy. Many Arctic economies rely on hunting and the selling of seal fur. The government allows the killing of 300,000 seals a year. The EU recently voted to ban Canadian seal products because they say hunting methods are cruel. Ms Jean explained she feared many Inuit communities would die out because of the EU ban. An Inuit spokesperson Paul Kaludjak said the seal hunt was not a controversial issue among Inuit. "We don't really care about how the outside world thinks," he said. LANGUAGE WORK
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