Beyonce releases a secret album

The Reading / Listening - Level 1

Beyonce's new album is only on iTunes. People can only download it from that site. It has 14 new songs and 17 videos. She wanted to do something that people would remember. She said was very excited when she first saw Michael Jackson's Thriller video. She wanted to do something similar. Her album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours. Millions of people tweeted about it. There were more than 1.2 million tweets in the first 12 hours.

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Sources

http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/beyonce-surprises-all-with-secret-album-release-1.1266796
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-beyonce-visual-album-celebrity-reactions-20131213,0,2572540.story
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/beyonces-surprise-itunes-album-receives-overwhelming-response-20131214-2zdmv.html#ixzz2nQuYE95P

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MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	Beyonce	a.	biggest secrets
2.	She released	b.	about her new record
3.	It is one of the	c.	for other singers
4.	She wanted to tell	d.	music and her fans
5.	She did not want her record	e.	surprised her fans
6.	It was also a surprise	f.	her fans herself
7.	get between her	g.	her new album
8.	she didn't want anybody to talk	h.	company to tell them

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Beyonce's new album is only	a.	download it from that site
2.	People can only	b.	first three hours
3.	She wanted to do something that	c.	something similar
4.	She said was very	d.	people tweeted about it
5.	She wanted to do	e.	on iTunes
6.	Her album sold 80,000 copies in the	f.	in the first 12 hours
7.	Millions of	g.	people would remember
8.	more than 1.2 million tweets	h.	excited

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

American singer Beyonce (1) ___________________. She released her new album (2) ___________________ or telling anyone. It is (3) ___________________ secrets in music history. She wanted to tell her fans herself. She did not want her record company to tell them. It (4) ___________________ for other singers. She didn't want anything (5) ___________________ her music and her fans. She said she didn't want anybody to talk about her new record (6) ___________________.

Beyonce's new album (7) ___________________. People can only download it from that site. It has 14 new songs and 17 videos. She wanted to do something that (8) ___________________. She said was very excited (9) ___________________ saw Michael Jackson's Thriller video. She wanted to (10) ___________________. Her album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours. Millions of people (11) ___________________. There were more than 1.2 million tweets (12) ___________________ hours.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

AmericansingerBeyoncesurprisedherfans.Shereleasedhernewalbumwi
thoutadvertisingitortellinganyone.Itisoneofthebiggestsecretsinmusichist
ory.Shewantedtotellherfansherself.Shedidnotwantherrecordcompanyto
tellthem.Itwasalsoasurpriseforothersingers.Shedidn'twantanythingtoget
betweenhermusicandherfans.Shesaidshedidn'twantanybodytotalkabou
thernewrecordbeforeshedid.Beyonce'snewalbumisonlyoniTunes.Peopl
ecanonlydownloaditfromthatsite.Ithas14newsongsand17videos.Shewa
ntedtodosomethingthatpeoplewouldremember.Shesaidwasveryexcited
whenshefirstsawMichaelJackson'sThrillervideo.Shewantedtodosomethi
ngsimilar.Heralbumsold80,000copiesinthefirstthreehours.Millionsofpeo
pletweetedaboutit.Thereweremorethan1.2milliontweetsinthefirst12hour
s.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

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

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

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WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

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

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

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

_____________________________________________________________________________

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