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THE ARTICLEBeyonce wants Wonder Woman roleSinging superstar Beyonce has revealed she wants to play the role of Wonder Woman in a future superhero movie. Wonder Woman is one of the only superhero characters never made into a movie. Beyonce told the Los Angeles Times blog: “I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman?” She added: “It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It’s time for that, right?” It would indeed be a bold move by the movie makers to have a black Wonder Woman as all previous Hollywood superheroes have been white. It would follow on the heels of Barack Obama’s recent election success. Obama is, of course, America’s first black president.
Taking on the role of Wonder Woman would be Beyonce’s latest movie role. The former Destiny’s Child singer has already appeared in Austin Powers and Pink Panther movies. In 2006, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Dreamgirls. She will soon be in theatres playing the singer Etta James in the movie Cadillac Records. She also has a major role in the new thriller Obsessed. Beyonce said: “After doing these roles, that were so emotional, I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, I need to be a superhero.’” Beyonce decided she wanted to play Wonder Woman after she saw the costume Lynda Carter wore in the 1970s television series based on the superhero. Beyonce said it would be “handy” to be able “to make everybody tell the truth,” like Wonder Woman.
WARM-UPS1. HEROES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about heroes. 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. SUPERHEROES: Who would be the best people to take on these superhero roles? Complete the table below. Share what you wrote with your partner(s).
4. MY HERO: Students A strongly believe we don’t need heroes; Students B strongly believe heroes in our life are a positive force for good. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. NEW CHARACTERS: With your partner(s), discuss what kind of superhero characters these people might have. Share your ideas with other students.
6. SUPERSTAR: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘superstar’. 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.Singing superstar Beyonce has revealed she ___________________ role of Wonder Woman in a future superhero movie. Wonder Woman is one of the only superhero characters ___________________ movie. Beyonce told the Los Angeles Times blog: “I want to do a superhero movie _______________ better than Wonder Woman?” She added: “It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. ___________________, right?” It would indeed be a bold move by the movie ___________________ black Wonder Woman as all previous Hollywood superheroes have been white. It would ___________________ of Barack Obama’s recent election success. Obama is, of course, America’s first black president. Taking ___________________ Wonder Woman would be Beyonce’s latest movie role. The former Destiny’s Child singer ___________________ in Austin Powers and Pink Panther movies. In 2006, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Dreamgirls. ___________________ theatres playing the singer Etta James in the movie Cadillac Records. She also has a major role in the new thriller Obsessed. Beyonce said: “After doing these roles, that ___________________, I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, I need to be a superhero.’” Beyonce decided she wanted to play Wonder Woman ___________________ Lynda Carter wore in the 1970s television series based on the superhero. Beyonce said ___________________ to be able “to make everybody tell the truth,” like Wonder Woman. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘super’ and ‘hero’.
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 SUPERHERO SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about superheroes 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.
SUPERHERO DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGESinging superstar Beyonce has (1) ____ she wants to play the role of Wonder Woman in a future superhero movie. Wonder Woman is one of the only superhero characters never (2) ____ into a movie. Beyonce told the Los Angeles Times blog: “I want to (3) ____ a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman?” She added: “It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a (4) ____ thing. It’s time for that, right?” It would indeed be a bold move by the movie makers to have a black Wonder Woman as all (5) ____ Hollywood superheroes have been white. It would follow on the heels (6) ____ Barack Obama’s recent election success. Obama is, of course, America’s first black president. Taking (7) ____ the role of Wonder Woman would be Beyonce’s latest movie role. The former Destiny’s Child singer has already appeared in Austin Powers and Pink Panther movies. In 2006, she was (8) ____ for a Golden Globe for her role in Dreamgirls. She will soon be in theatres (9) ____ the singer Etta James in the movie Cadillac Records. She also has a major role in the new thriller Obsessed. Beyonce said: “After doing these roles, that were so (10) ____, I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, I need to be a superhero.’” Beyonce decided she wanted to play Wonder Woman after she saw the costume Lynda Carter (11) ____ in the 1970s television series based on the superhero. Beyonce said it would be “(12) ____” to be able “to make everybody tell the truth,” like Wonder Woman. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about heroes 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 Wonder Woman. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. MY HERO: Make a poster about your superhero. Include his/her powers and who he/she fights against. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. WONDER WOMAN: Write a magazine article about Wonder Woman and Superman. Include imaginary interviews with the two superheroes. 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 Wonder Woman. Ask her three questions about her life. Give her your three ideas on what she should do to save the world. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. 6. DIARY / JOURNAL: You are a superhero. Write a diary entry about an average day in your life. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Beyonce wants Wonder Woman roleSinging superstar Beyonce has revealed she wants to play the role of Wonder Woman in a future superhero movie. Wonder Woman is one of the only superhero characters never made into a movie. Beyonce told the Los Angeles Times blog: “I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman?” She added: “It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It’s time for that, right?” It would indeed be a bold move by the movie makers to have a black Wonder Woman as all previous Hollywood superheroes have been white. It would follow on the heels of Barack Obama’s recent election success. Obama is, of course, America’s first black president. Taking on the role of Wonder Woman would be Beyonce’s latest movie role. The former Destiny’s Child singer has already appeared in Austin Powers and Pink Panther movies. In 2006, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Dreamgirls. She will soon be in theatres playing the singer Etta James in the movie Cadillac Records. She also has a major role in the new thriller Obsessed. Beyonce said: “After doing these roles, that were so emotional, I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, I need to be a superhero.’” Beyonce decided she wanted to play Wonder Woman after she saw the costume Lynda Carter wore in the 1970s television series based on the superhero. Beyonce said it would be “handy” to be able “to make everybody tell the truth,” like Wonder Woman. LANGUAGE WORK
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