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One Direction's movie premieres in London (22nd August, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	thousands of	a.	three days to see the band
2.	fans camped in London for	b.	carpet
3.	tickets on the red	c.	all over the world
4.	asked many fans to watch	d.	fans
5.	being streamed live	e.	from their own homes
6.	get the best views	f.	the premiere at home

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	the craziness of the	a.	by fans everywhere
2.	probably something	b.	number one in the US
3.	He said that it was the	c.	was growing
4.	the band are chased	d.	Beatles in the 1960s
5.	the band's popularity	e.	similar to Beatlemania
6.	have a debut single get to	f.	same worldwide

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

The U.K. band One Direction (1) ___________________ created excitement in London when (2) ___________________ went to see the premiere of their first movie. Some fans camped in London (3) ___________________ see the band. The first 200 got tickets (4) ___________________. Organisers asked (5) ___________________ the premiere at home because it was "being streamed live all over the world, (6) ___________________ views from their own homes".

London looked (7) ___________________ the Beatles in the 1960s. The movie's director said it was (8) ___________________ to Beatlemania. He said that it was the same worldwide and that the (9) __________________ everywhere. Over 5,000 (10) ___________________ their hotel in Mexico. He said the band's (11) ___________________. The band became the first UK group to have a debut single (12) ___________________ in the US.

BOY BANDS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about boy bands 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.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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FREE WRITING

Write about boy bands for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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