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Tension In Iran After ElectionThere is political uncertainty in Iran following the elections on June the 12th. Thousands of people have clashed with security forces in the capital Teheran. Police arrested up to 100 members of Iran’s opposition party. The rioters and those arrested claim the election was rigged. Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has cast doubts on the fairness of the presidential poll. Mr. Mousavi called the election results a “dangerous charade”. He called on his followers to resist a government he said was based on "lies and dictatorship". One of those arrested is Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of former president Mohammad Khatami. The street clashes are the largest seen in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is carrying on business as usual. He called the elections free and healthy. Official results show he was the winner with over 60 per cent of the vote. Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke to the nation live on television after his victory. He called on all Iranians to work hard to strengthen their country. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the nation to respect the election results. He warned his people the state would deal with any opposition. There were mixed reactions to Ahmadinejad’s victory from around the world. The leaders of Venezuela and Pakistan were among those to send their congratulations. Reports from the White House suggest President Obama still wants dialogue with Ahmadinejad.
WARM-UPS1. IRAN: Walk around the class and talk to other students about Iran. 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. ELECTIONS: What do you care about? Complete this table with your partner(s). Talk about what you wrote to your partner. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. RIGGED: Students A strongly believe all elections need to be monitored by a UN body; Students B strongly believe no country should interfere in another country’s election. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. TENSIONS: Does your country have a history of political tension? Talk about these phrases with your partner(s).
6. RIOT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘riot’. 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.There is political uncertainty in Iran following _________________ June the 12th. Thousands of people _________________ security forces in the capital Teheran. Police arrested up to 100 members of Iran’s opposition party. The rioters _________________ claim the election was rigged. Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has cast doubts on the fairness of the presidential poll. Mr. Mousavi called the election results a “dangerous charade”. He called on his _________________ a government he said was based on "lies and dictatorship". One of those arrested is Mohammad Reza Khatami, the _________________ president Mohammad Khatami. The street clashes are _________________ Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is carrying on _________________. He called the elections free and healthy. Official results show he was the winner with over 60 per cent of the vote. Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke _________________ on television after his victory. He called on all Iranians to work _________________ their country. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the nation to respect the election results. He warned his people the state _________________ any opposition. There were mixed reactions to Ahmadinejad’s victory from around the world. The leaders of Venezuela and Pakistan were _________________ send their congratulations. Reports from the White House suggest President Obama ___________________ with Ahmadinejad. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘security’ and ‘force’.
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 ELECTIONS SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about elections 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.
IRAN ELECTION DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEThere is (1) ____ uncertainty in Iran following the elections on June the 12th. Thousands of people have clashed with security forces in the capital Teheran. Police arrested (2) ____ to 100 members of Iran’s opposition party. The rioters and those arrested claim the election was rigged. Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has (3) ____ doubts on the fairness of the presidential poll. Mr. Mousavi called the election results a “dangerous charade”. He called (4) ____ his followers to resist a government he said was based on "lies and dictatorship". One of those arrested is Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of (5) ____ president Mohammad Khatami. The street clashes are the largest (6) ____ in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is carrying on business as (7) ____. He called the elections free and healthy. Official results show he was the winner with over 60 per cent of the vote. Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke to the nation (8) ____ on television after his victory. He called on all Iranians to work hard to (9) ____ their country. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the nation to respect the election results. He warned his people the state would (10) ____ with any opposition. There were mixed reactions to Ahmadinejad’s victory from around the world. The leaders of Venezuela and Pakistan were among (11) ____ to send their congratulations. Reports from the White House (12) ____ President Obama still wants dialogue with Ahmadinejad. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about Iran 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 Iran. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. ELECTION ISSUES: Make a poster about the election issues in your country. Highlight your policies. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. TENSIONS: Write a magazine article about the tensions in Iran. Include imaginary interviews with a supporter of Ahmadinejad and an opposition supporter. 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 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ask him three questions about his country. Give him three suggestions on how he should deal with other countries. 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: Tension in Iran after electionThere is political uncertainty in Iran following the elections on June the 12th. Thousands of people have clashed with security forces in the capital Teheran. Police arrested up to 100 members of Iran’s opposition party. The rioters and those arrested claim the election was rigged. Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has cast doubts on the fairness of the presidential poll. Mr. Mousavi called the election results a “dangerous charade”. He called on his followers to resist a government he said was based on "lies and dictatorship". One of those arrested is Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of former president Mohammad Khatami. The street clashes are the largest seen in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is carrying on business as usual. He called the elections free and healthy. Official results show he was the winner with over 60 per cent of the vote. Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke to the nation live on television after his victory. He called on all Iranians to work hard to strengthen their country. The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the nation to respect the election results. He warned his people the state would deal with any opposition. There were mixed reactions to Ahmadinejad’s victory from around the world. The leaders of Venezuela and Pakistan were among those to send their congratulations. Reports from the White House suggest President Obama still wants dialogue with Ahmadinejad. LANGUAGE WORK
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