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Date: Jan 16, 2008
THE ARTICLE‘Best party ever’ costs parents $20,000The parents of an Australian teenager may have a $20,000 bill to pay for damages caused at a party held by their son. Corey Delaney, 16, decided to throw a party in his house on Saturday night while his parents were on vacation. He posted an open invitation on the MySpace website, which resulted in 500 teenagers showing up at his Melbourne home. The youths got drunk and started damaging neighbouring properties. After complaints from neighbours, 30 police officers, police dogs and a backup helicopter went to break up the party. The young partygoers threw rocks and stones at the police and their cars. The state police commissioner Christine Nixon told a news conference that Corey "needs to learn a lesson, and one way or another we’ll be making sure that happens."
Corey seemed proud of his party when reporters interviewed him. Australia’s Nine Network TV news asked him what advice he had for other teenagers planning a party. His reply was: "Get me to do it for you!” He added that he had organized the "best party ever." Corey explained how the party grew to be so big: "It was just an open house party and a lot of people came and it overflowed onto the street….The cops came and told all the people to quiet down….There were people bottling cars and the whole streets were flooded with people," he said. His parents were furious at their son's actions: "We're absolutely disgusted that he could do this, not only to us but to our neighbourhood," his mother said. Corey was apologetic towards his neighbours, saying: "It was really unfair what happened to them." WARM-UPS1. PARTIES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about parties. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out. 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. FURIOUS PARENTS: Talk with your partner(s) about these situations. Which have you experienced? Which would make your parents really angry?
4. BEST PARTY EVER: Talk with your partner(s) about which of these things are needed for the best party ever. Change partners and share your ideas with others.
5. SON: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘son’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. QUICK ROLE PLAY: Student A strongly believes children should never, ever, ever disobey their parents; Student B strongly believes a little breaking the rules is OK. Change partners again and talk about your roles and conversations. 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 parents of an Australian teenager may have a $20,000 ______________ damages caused at a party ______________. Corey Delaney, 16, decided to ______________ his house on Saturday night while his parents were on vacation. He posted an open invitation on the MySpace website, which resulted in 500 teenagers ______________ Melbourne home. The youths got drunk and started damaging neighbouring properties. After complaints from neighbours, 30 police officers, police dogs ______________ helicopter went to break up the party. The young partygoers threw rocks and stones at the police and their cars. The state police commissioner Christine Nixon told a news conference that Corey "needs ______________, and one way or another ___________________ that happens." Corey seemed ______________ when reporters interviewed him. Australia’s Nine Network TV news asked him what advice ______________ teenagers planning a party. His reply was: "Get ______________ you!” He added that he had organized the "best party ever." Corey explained how the party grew to be so big: "It was ______________ party and a lot of people came and it overflowed onto the street….The cops came and told all the people to quiet down….There were people bottling cars and __________________ flooded with people," he said. His parents were furious at their son's actions: "We're absolutely disgusted that ______________, not only to us but to our neighbourhood," his mother said. Corey was apologetic towards his neighbours, saying: "It was really ____________________ to them." AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘bill’ and ‘pay’.
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 exactly how these were used in the text:
STUDENT PARTY SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about parties 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.
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGECORRECT WORD: Put the correct words from a–d below in the article. The parents of an Australian teenager may have a $20,000 (1) ____ to pay for damages caused at a party (2) ____ by their son. Corey Delaney, 16, decided to throw a party in his house on Saturday night while his parents were on vacation. He (3) ____ an open invitation on the MySpace website, which resulted in 500 teenagers showing (4) ____ at his Melbourne home. The youths got drunk and started damaging neighbouring properties. After complaints from neighbours, 30 police officers, police dogs and a backup helicopter went to break (5) ____ the party. The young partygoers threw rocks and stones at the police and their cars. The state police commissioner Christine Nixon told a news conference that Corey "needs to learn a lesson, and one way or another we’ll be (6) ____ sure that happens." Corey seemed proud (7) ____ his party when reporters interviewed him. Australia’s Nine Network TV news asked him what advice he had (8) ____ other teenagers planning a party. His reply was: "Get me to do it for you!” He added that he had organized the "best party ever." Corey explained how the party grew to be so big: "It was just an open house party and a lot of people came and it (9) ____ onto the street….The cops came and told all the people to quiet down….There were people (10) ____ cars and the whole streets were flooded with people," he said. His parents were furious (11) ____ their son's actions: "We're absolutely disgusted that he could do this, not only to us but to our neighbourhood," his mother said. Corey was apologetic towards his neighbours, saying: "It was really (12) ____ what happened to them."
WRITING:Write about parties 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 more information about parties that went wrong. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. BEST EVER PARTY: Make your own party invitation / poster. State why people should attend your party and why it’ll be the “best party ever”. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. NEIGHBOURS: Write a magazine article about the party and how it affected the neighbourhood. Include imaginary interviews with Corey, his parents and his neighbours. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Corey. Ask him three questions about the party. Give them three suggestions on what he should do to repair relations with his parents and neighbours. 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: ‘Best party ever’ costs parents $20,000The parents of an Australian teenager may have a $20,000 bill to pay for damages caused at a party held by their son. Corey Delaney, 16, decided to throw a party in his house on Saturday night while his parents were on vacation. He posted an open invitation on the MySpace website, which resulted in 500 teenagers showing up at his Melbourne home. The youths got drunk and started damaging neighbouring properties. After complaints from neighbours, 30 police officers, police dogs and a backup helicopter went to break up the party. The young partygoers threw rocks and stones at the police and their cars. The state police commissioner Christine Nixon told a news conference that Corey "needs to learn a lesson, and one way or another we’ll be making sure that happens." Corey seemed proud of his party when reporters interviewed him. Australia’s Nine Network TV news asked him what advice he had for other teenagers planning a party. His reply was: "Get me to do it for you!” He added that he had organized the "best party ever." Corey explained how the party grew to be so big: "It was just an open house party and a lot of people came and it overflowed onto the street….The cops came and told all the people to quiet down….There were people bottling cars and the whole streets were flooded with people," he said. His parents were furious at their son's actions: "We're absolutely disgusted that he could do this, not only to us but to our neighbourhood," his mother said. Corey was apologetic towards his neighbours, saying: "It was really unfair what happened to them." LANGUAGE WORK
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