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Date: Mar 16, 2008
THE ARTICLEPaul McCartney fights for kangaroosEx-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has joined the fight to stop the slaughter of 400-500 kangaroos in Australia. McCartney is a member of the animal rights group Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA). He says in a message on the VIVA website: "There is an urgent need for action to protect kangaroos from a barbaric industry which slaughters them for meat and leather. Please do all you can to help VIVA end this shameful massacre.” Protest leader Pat O’Brien, president of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia, said: "We are all determined to see that the kangaroos are not killed. There is a lot of anger in a lot of people about this.” He warned: “We will stand in between the kangaroo and the darts if necessary." About 70 protestors are on standby ready to act as human shields.
The Australian government says the cull is necessary because the kangaroos are ruining the habitat of rare lizards and insects. The native grassland these small creatures share with the kangaroos is disappearing fast. European settlers destroyed much of it when they sewed grass seeds imported from Britain to start the cattle and sheep industries. Government scientists say there is plenty of other land in Australia where kangaroos can live. They point out that kangaroos must stay off the threatened native grassland so other rare, indigenous species can survive. Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett told protestors the kangaroos would not suffer. He said professionals would put the animals to sleep with a painless dart and then give them lethal injections. WARM-UPS1. KANGAROOS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about kangaroos. 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. KILLING ANIMALS: With your partner(s), fill in this table about whether or not it’s OK to kill animals. Change partners and share your findings.
4. ANIMAL RIGHTS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the term ‘animal rights’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 5. QUICK ROLE PLAY: Students A strongly believe that humans should never kill animals, for any reason; Students B strongly believe it is OK to kill some animals to protect rare species. 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.Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has joined _____________________ slaughter of 400-500 kangaroos in Australia. McCartney _____________________ animal rights group Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA). He says in a message on the VIVA website: "There is _____________________ action to protect kangaroos from a barbaric industry which slaughters them for meat and leather. Please _____________________ VIVA end this shameful massacre.” Protest leader Pat O’Brien, president of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia, said: "We _____________________ see that the kangaroos are not killed. There is a lot of anger in a lot of people about this.” He warned: “We _____________________ kangaroo and the darts if necessary." About 70 protestors _____________________ to act as human shields. The Australian government _____________________ because the kangaroos are ruining the habitat of rare lizards and insects. The native grassland these _____________________ the kangaroos is disappearing fast. European settlers destroyed _____________________ sewed grass seeds imported from Britain to start the cattle and sheep industries. Government scientists _____________________ other land in Australia where kangaroos can live. They point out that kangaroos _____________________ threatened native grassland so other rare, indigenous species can survive. Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett told protestors the _____________________. He said professionals would put the animals to sleep with a painless dart _____________________ lethal injections. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘urgent’ and ‘need’.
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 KANGAROO SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about kangaroos 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. Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has joined the fight (1) ____ stop the slaughter of 400-500 kangaroos in Australia. McCartney is a member of the animal (2) ____ group Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA). He says in a message on the VIVA website: "There is an urgent need (3) ____ action to protect kangaroos from a barbaric industry which slaughters them for meat and (4) ____. Please do all you can to help VIVA end this shameful massacre.” Protest leader Pat O’Brien, president of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia, said: "We are all (5) ____ to see that the kangaroos are not killed. There is a lot of anger in a lot of people about this.” He warned: “We will stand in between the kangaroo and the darts if necessary." About 70 protestors are on standby ready to act as (6) ____ shields. The Australian government says the cull is necessary because the kangaroos are (7) ____ the habitat of rare lizards and insects. The native grassland these small creatures share with the kangaroos is disappearing fast. European (8) ____ destroyed much of it when they sewed grass seeds imported from Britain to start the cattle and sheep industries. Government scientists say there is plenty of other land in Australia where kangaroos can live. They (9) ____ out that kangaroos must stay off the threatened (10) ____ grassland so other rare, indigenous species can survive. Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett told protestors the kangaroos would not (11) ____. He said professionals would put the animals to (12) ____ with a painless dart and then give them lethal injections.
WRITING:Write about kangaroos 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 about Australia’s kangaroos. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. ENDANGERED: Make a poster about two endangered species. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. HUMAN SHIELDS: Write a magazine article about the protestors who want to act as human shields. Include imaginary interviews with them and with the kangaroos they want to protect. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett. Ask him three questions about his decision to cull the kangaroos. Give him three pieces of advice on what he should do instead of killing the kangaroos. 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: Paul McCartney fights for kangaroosEx-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has joined the fight to stop the slaughter of 400-500 kangaroos in Australia. McCartney is a member of the animal rights group Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA). He says in a message on the VIVA website: "There is an urgent need for action to protect kangaroos from a barbaric industry which slaughters them for meat and leather. Please do all you can to help VIVA end this shameful massacre.” Protest leader Pat O’Brien, president of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia, said: "We are all determined to see that the kangaroos are not killed. There is a lot of anger in a lot of people about this.” He warned: “We will stand in between the kangaroo and the darts if necessary." About 70 protestors are on standby ready to act as human shields. The Australian government says the cull is necessary because the kangaroos are ruining the habitat of rare lizards and insects. The native grassland these small creatures share with the kangaroos is disappearing fast. European settlers destroyed much of it when they sewed grass seeds imported from Britain to start the cattle and sheep industries. Government scientists say there is plenty of other land in Australia where kangaroos can live. They point out that kangaroos must stay off the threatened native grassland so other rare, indigenous species can survive. Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett told protestors the kangaroos would not suffer. He said professionals would put the animals to sleep with a painless dart and then give them lethal injections. LANGUAGE WORK
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