1. DONALD TRUMP: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Donald Trump. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
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university / political party / tycoon / leader / golf / tourism / controversy / degree / reacted / angrily / appreciate / political correctness / ambassador / election / values |
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. TYCOONS: What do you know about these tycoons and what would you advise them? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
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What I know |
Advice I have for them |
Donald Trump |
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Warren Buffet |
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Bill Gates |
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Martha Stewart |
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Oprah Winfrey |
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Adriana Huffington |
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4. STRIPPED: Students A strongly believe it was right to strip Donald Trump of his titles; Students B strongly believe it was wrong to strip Donald Trump of his titles. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
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5. BUSINESS: Rank these with your partner. Put the best business to be a business person in at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• Tourism
• IT
• Pharmaceuticals
• Mining |
• Movies
• Soft drinks
• Air transportation
• Gaming |
6. DEGREE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "degree". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. |
The article says two universities have stripped Donald Trump of titles. |
T / F |
b. |
Donald Trump is leading the race to be the next U.S. President. |
T / F |
c. |
One of Donald Trump's parents comes from Scotland. |
T / F |
d. |
A university took away a degree it gave Donald Trump last year. |
T / F |
e. |
Mr Trump said a political leader didn't appreciate him. |
T / F |
f. |
Mr Trump said there wasn't enough political correctness. |
T / F |
g. |
A political leader said Mr Trump was unfit to be an ambassador. |
T / F |
h. |
A university said Trump's remarks were incompatible with its values. |
T / F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
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main |
a. |
responded |
2. |
previously |
b. |
to a great extent |
3. |
currently |
c. |
consequently |
4. |
heavily |
d. |
comments |
5. |
revoked |
e. |
formerly |
6. |
reacted |
f. |
giving in to |
7. |
pandering to |
g. |
completely |
8. |
remarks |
h. |
principal |
9. |
wholly |
i. |
canceled |
10. |
therefore |
j. |
presently |
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
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Scotland's main political |
a. |
angrily |
2. |
titles they had previously |
b. |
controversy |
3. |
the Republican Party's contender |
c. |
correctness |
4. |
created considerable |
d. |
appreciate his greatness |
5. |
an honorary doctoral |
e. |
party |
6. |
Donald Trump has reacted |
f. |
with |
7. |
failing to |
g. |
given him |
8. |
pandering to political |
h. |
degree |
9. |
wholly incompatible |
i. |
the honorary degree |
10. |
revoke its award of |
j. |
for USA president |
A Scottish university and the leader of Scotland's (1) ____________ political party have stripped Donald Trump of titles they had (2) ____________ given him. Billionaire tycoon Mr Trump is currently the leader of the (3) ____________ to become the Republican Party's contender for USA president in November 2016. Trump's mother is Scottish and the business mogul has invested (4) ____________ in golf and tourism projects in Scotland. However, his (5) ____________ call for all Muslims to be barred from entering the USA has created considerable (6) ____________. The Scottish National Party (SNP) took away his title of "Global Scot" (7) ____________, and Scotland's Robert Gordon University revoked an honorary doctoral degree it (8) ____________ him in 2010.
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heavily
main
controversy
race
awarded
recent
previously
ambassador
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Donald Trump has reacted (9) ____________ to his titles being taken away from him. He accused SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon "of failing to (10) ____________ his greatness". He said: "Politicians should be thanking me instead of (11) ____________ to political correctness. I have done so much for Scotland." Ms Sturgeon said Mr Trump's "recent (12) ____________ have shown he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland". A spokesman for the Robert Gordon University stated: "In the (13) ____________ of the current US election campaign, Mr Trump has made a (14) ____________ of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and (15) ____________ of the university. The university has (16) ____________ decided to revoke its award of the honorary degree." |
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remarks
angrily
number
pandering
therefore
appreciate
values
course |
1) |
stripped Donald Trump of titles they had ______ |
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a. previous given him
b. previously gave him
c. previously given him
d. previously giving him |
2) |
Mr Trump is currently the leader of the race to become the Republican ______ |
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a. Party's contention
b. Party's contender
c. Party's container
d. Party's contented |
3) |
the business mogul has invested heavily in golf and tourism ______ |
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a. projectors in Scotland
b. projects in Scotland
c. project sin Scotland
d. projectors sin Scotland |
4) |
his recent call for all Muslims to be barred from entering the USA has created ______ |
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a. considerably controversy
b. considerable controversial
c. considerable controversies
d. considerable controversy |
5) |
Scotland's Robert Gordon University revoked an honorary doctoral degree ______ |
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a. it awarded it him
b. it awarded to him
c. it awarded for him
d. it awarded him |
6) |
Donald Trump has reacted angrily to his titles ______ from him |
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a. been taken away
b. being taken away
c. bring taken away
d. bringing taken away |
7) |
Politicians should be thanking me instead of pandering to ______ |
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a. politically correctness
b. politics correctness
c. political correct mess
d. political correctness |
8) |
Mr Trump's recent remarks have shown he is no longer fit to be ______ |
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a. a business ambassador
b. a businesses ambassadorial
c. a business ambassadors
d. a businesses ambassador |
9) |
wholly incompatible with the ethos and values ______ |
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a. for the university
b. of the university
c. to the university
d. from the university |
10) |
The university has therefore decided to revoke its award of the ______ |
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a. honorary degree
b. honored degree
c. honestly degree
d. owner rarity degree |
A Scottish university and the leader of Scotland's (1) __________________ have stripped Donald Trump of titles they had (2) ___________________. Billionaire tycoon Mr Trump is currently (3) ___________________ race to become the Republican Party's contender for USA president in November 2016. Trump's mother is Scottish and the business mogul has invested (4) ___________________ and tourism projects in Scotland. However, his recent call for all Muslims (5) ___________________ entering the USA has created considerable controversy. The Scottish National Party (SNP) took away his title of "Global Scot" ambassador, and Scotland's Robert Gordon University revoked an honorary doctoral degree (6) ___________________ in 2010.
Donald Trump has reacted angrily (7) ___________________ taken away from him. He accused SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon "of failing to appreciate his greatness". He said: "Politicians should be (8) ___________________ of pandering to political correctness. I have (9) ___________________ Scotland." Ms Sturgeon said Mr Trump's "recent remarks have shown he is no (10) ___________________ business ambassador for Scotland". A spokesman for the Robert Gordon University stated: "In the course of the current US election campaign, Mr Trump has (11) ___________________ statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university. The university has therefore decided (12) __________________ of the honorary degree."
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What kind of educational institution took a title away from Mr Trump? |
2. |
What is Mr Trump a leading contender in? |
3. |
What projects has Mr Trump invested heavily in? |
4. |
What have Mr Trump's comments created? |
5. |
When did the Robert Gordon University give Mr Trump a degree? |
6. |
What party is Nicola Sturgeon the leader of? |
7. |
What does Mr Trump think politicians should be doing to him? |
8. |
What did Ms Sturgeon say Mr Trump was no longer fit to be? |
9. |
In the course of what did Mr Trump make a number of statements? |
10. |
What did the university say Trump's comments were incompatible with? |
1. |
What kind of educational institution took a title away from Mr Trump? |
6. |
What party is Nicola Sturgeon the leader of? |
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a) a high school
b) a college
c) a university
d) a postgraduate school |
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a) PNS
b) SNP
c) NPS
d) SPN |
2. |
What is Mr Trump a leading contender in? |
7. |
What does Mr Trump think politicians should be doing to him? |
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a) the race to be Republican leader
b) an opinion poll
c) the US election
d) the world's richest person |
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a) thanking him
b) joining him
c) competing against him
d) paying him |
3. |
What projects has Mr Trump invested heavily in? |
8. |
What did Ms Sturgeon say Mr Trump was no longer fit to be? |
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a) golf and tourism
b) oil and gas
c) IT and gaming
d) retail and online shopping |
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a) an American
b) a politician
c) an ambassador
d) a tycoon |
4. |
What have Mr Trump's comments created? |
9. |
In the course of what did Mr Trump make a number of statements? |
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a) a mess
b) controversy
c) a debate
d) a new party |
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a) a lunch date
b) a TV debate
c) a game of golf
d) the US election |
5. |
When did the Robert Gordon University give Mr Trump a degree? |
10. |
What did the university say Trump's comments were incompatible with? |
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a) 2007
b) 2008
c) 2009
d) 2010 |
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a) the university's ethos and values
b) American society
c) world peace
d) the American dream |
Role A – Tourism
You think tourism is the best business to be in for the future. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their businesses aren't so good. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): mining, soft drinks or gaming. |
Role B – Mining
You think mining is the best business to be in for the future. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their businesses aren't so good. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): tourism, soft drinks or gaming. |
Role C – Soft drinks
You think soft drinks is the best business to be in for the future. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their businesses aren't so good. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): mining, tourism or gaming. |
Role D – Gaming
You think gaming is the best business to be in for the future. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their businesses aren't so good. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): mining, soft drinks or tourism. |
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'title' and 'award'.
- Share your findings with your partners.
- Make questions using the words you found.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
- Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
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:
- main
- currently
- golf
- recent
- global
- 2010
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- angrily
- failing
- instead
- fit
- number
- therefore
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Write five GOOD questions about Donald Trump 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.
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- Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
- Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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What did you think when you read the headline? |
2) |
What springs to mind when you hear Donald Trump's name? |
3) |
What do you think of Donald Trump? |
4) |
What do you think of Mr Trump being stripped of these titles? |
5) |
What controversial things has Donald Trump said? |
6) |
Why doesn't Trump speak out about other shootings in the USA? |
7) |
What would happen if Donald Trump became US president? |
8) |
Many British people want Mr Trump barred from Britain. What do you think of this? |
9) |
Mr Trump has been compared to Hitler. What do you think about this? |
10) |
What advice do you have for Donald Trump? |
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
11) |
Did you like reading this article? Why/not? |
12) |
What do you know about Donald Trump? |
13) |
What does your country's leader say about Donald Trump? |
14) |
What have you seen about Donald Trump on social media? |
15) |
Is what Mr Trump says un-American? Why? |
16) |
Why are other Republican party members attacking Mr Trump? |
17) |
Will people's image of America change because of Mr Trump? |
18) |
What three adjectives best describe Donald Trump? Why? |
19) |
What are newspapers in your country saying about Mr Trump? |
20) |
What questions would you like to ask Donald Trump? |
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) |
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2. |
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3. |
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) |
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A Scottish university and the leader of Scotland's (1) ____ political party have stripped Donald Trump of titles they had previously given him. Billionaire tycoon Mr Trump is (2) ____ the leader of the race to become the Republican Party's contender for USA president in November 2016. Trump's mother is Scottish and the business mogul has invested (3) ____ in golf and tourism projects in Scotland. However, his recent call for all Muslims to be (4) ____ from entering the USA has (5) ____ considerable controversy. The Scottish National Party (SNP) took away his title of "Global Scot" ambassador, and Scotland's Robert Gordon University (6) ____ an honorary doctoral degree it awarded him in 2010.
Donald Trump has (7) ____ angrily to his titles being taken away from him. He accused SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon "of failing to (8) ____ his greatness". He said: "Politicians should be thanking me instead of (9) ____ to political correctness. I have done so much for Scotland." Ms Sturgeon said Mr Trump's "recent remarks have shown he is no longer (10) ____ to be a business ambassador for Scotland". A spokesman for the Robert Gordon University stated: "In the (11) ____ of the current US election campaign, Mr Trump has made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the (12) ____ and values of the university. The university has therefore decided to revoke its award of the honorary degree."
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. |
(a) |
mains |
(b) |
mainly |
(c) |
maintain |
(d) |
main |
2. |
(a) |
currency |
(b) |
currently |
(c) |
present |
(d) |
nowadays |
3. |
(a) |
weighty |
(b) |
heavily |
(c) |
laden |
(d) |
plentiful |
4. |
(a) |
disbarred |
(b) |
bared |
(c) |
barred |
(d) |
bartered |
5. |
(a) |
forayed |
(b) |
delved |
(c) |
created |
(d) |
instituted |
6. |
(a) |
revoked |
(b) |
debunked |
(c) |
invoked |
(d) |
convoluted |
7. |
(a) |
searched |
(b) |
reacted |
(c) |
posited |
(d) |
thought |
8. |
(a) |
appreciate |
(b) |
depreciate |
(c) |
deprecate |
(d) |
recreate |
9. |
(a) |
pondering |
(b) |
pandering |
(c) |
imploring |
(d) |
prancing |
10. |
(a) |
healthy |
(b) |
trim |
(c) |
fit |
(d) |
slim |
11. |
(a) |
coarse |
(b) |
curse |
(c) |
course |
(d) |
crease |
12. |
(a) |
pathetic |
(b) |
ethical |
(c) |
pathos |
(d) |
ethos |
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contender for USA president in November 2016. Trump's mother is Scottish and the business mogul has invested |
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correctness. I have done so much for Scotland." Ms Sturgeon said Mr Trump's "recent |
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Donald Trump has reacted angrily to his titles being taken away from him. He accused SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon of "failing |
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previously given him. Billionaire tycoon Mr Trump is currently the leader of the race to become the Republican Party's |
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remarks have shown he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland". A spokesman |
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A Scottish university and the leader of Scotland's mains / main political party have stripped Donald Trump of titles they had previous / previously given him. Billionaire tycoon Mr Trump is currently / current the leader of the race to become the Republican Party's contender / contend for USA president in November 2016. Trump's mother is Scottish and the business moguls / mogul has invested heavily in / at golf and tourism projects in Scotland. However, his recent call for / of all Muslims to be barred / bared from entering the USA has created considerable controversy. The Scottish National Party (SNP) took away his entitle / title of "Global Scot" ambassador, and Scotland's Robert Gordon University revoked an honorary doctoral degree it awards / awarded him in 2010.
Donald Trump has reacted angry / angrily to his titles being taken away from him. He accused SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon of "failing of / to appreciate his greatness". He said: "Politicians should be thanking me instead of pandering / pondering to political correctness / correctly. I have done so much for Scotland." Ms Sturgeon said Mr Trump's "recent remarks have shown he is no / not longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland". A spokesman for the Robert Gordon University stated: "In the coarse / course of the current US election campaign, Mr Trump has made / spoken a number of statements that are holy / wholly incompatible with the ethos and values / value of the university. The university has therefore decided to revoke / invoke its award of the honorary degree."
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.
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D_n_ld Tr_mp h_s r__ct_d _ngr_ly t_ h_s t_tl_s b__ng t_k_n _w_y fr_m h_m. H_ _cc_s_d SNP l__d_r N_c_l_ St_rg__n _f "f__l_ng t_ _ppr_c__t_ h_s gr__tn_ss". H_ s__d: "P_l_t_c__ns sh__ld b_ th_nk_ng m_ _nst__d _f p_nd_r_ng t_ p_l_t_c_l c_rr_ctn_ss. _ h_v_ d_n_ s_ m_ch f_r Sc_tl_nd." Ms St_rg__n s__d Mr Tr_mp's "r_c_nt r_m_rks h_v_ sh_wn h_ _s n_ l_ng_r f_t t_ b_ _ b_s_n_ss _mb_ss_d_r f_r Sc_tl_nd". _ sp_k_sm_n f_r th_ R_b_rt G_rd_n _n_v_rs_ty st_t_d: "_n th_ c__rs_ _f th_ c_rr_nt _S _l_ct__n c_mp__gn, Mr Tr_mp h_s m_d_ _ n_mb_r _f st_t_m_nts th_t _r_ wh_lly _nc_mp_t_bl_ w_th th_ _th_s _nd v_l__s _f th_ _n_v_rs_ty. Th_ _n_v_rs_ty h_s th_r_f_r_ d_c_d_d t_ r_v_k_ _ts _w_rd _f th_ h_n_r_ry d_gr__."
a scottish university and the leader of scotland's main political party have stripped donald trump of titles they had previously given him billionaire tycoon mr trump is currently the leader of the race to become the republican party's contender for usa president in november 2016 trump's mother is scottish and the business mogul has invested heavily in golf and tourism projects in scotland however his recent call for all muslims to be barred from entering the usa has created considerable controversy the scottish national party (snp) took away his title of "global scot" ambassador and scotland's robert gordon university revoked an honorary doctoral degree it awarded him in 2010
donald trump has reacted angrily to his titles being taken away from him he accused snp leader nicola sturgeon of failing to appreciate his greatness he said "politicians should be thanking me instead of pandering to political correctness i have done so much for scotland" ms sturgeon said mr trump's "recent remarks have shown he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for scotland" a spokesman for the robert gordon university stated "in the course of the current us election campaign mr trump has made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university the university has therefore decided to revoke its award of the honorary degree"
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estrippedDonaldTrumpoftitlestheyhadpreviouslygivenhim.Billionair
etycoonMrTrumpiscurrentlytheleaderoftheracetobecometheRepubl
icanParty'scontenderforUSApresidentinNovember2016.Trump'smo
therisScottishandthebusinessmogulhasinvestedheavilyingolfandto
urismprojectsinScotland.However,hisrecentcallforallMuslimstobeb
arredfromenteringtheUSAhascreatedconsiderablecontroversy.The
ScottishNationalParty(SNP)tookawayhistitleof"GlobalScot"ambass
ador,andScotland'sRobertGordonUniversityrevokedanhonorarydoc
toraldegreeitawardedhimin2010.DonaldTrumphasreactedangrilyto
histitlesbeingtakenawayfromhim.HeaccusedSNPleaderNicolaSturg
eonof"failingtoappreciatehisgreatness".Hesaid:"Politiciansshouldbet
hankingmeinsteadofpanderingtopoliticalcorrectness.Ihavedoneso
muchforScotland."MsSturgeonsaidMrTrump's"recentremarkshaves
hownheisnolongerfittobeabusinessambassadorforScotland".Aspok
esmanfortheRobertGordonUniversitystated:"Inthecourseofthecurr
entUSelectioncampaign,MrTrumphasmadeanumberofstatementsth
atarewhollyincompatiblewiththeethosandvaluesoftheuniversity.Th
euniversityhasthereforedecidedtorevokeitsawardofthehonorarydeg
ree."
Write about Donald Trump for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.
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Scotland was right to strip titles from Donald Trump. Discuss.
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1. 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 Donald Trump. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. DONALD TRUMP: Make a poster about Donald Trump and the comments he has made. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. TITLES: Write a magazine article about the political party and university removing titles from Donald Trump. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
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. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to Donald Trump. Ask him/her three questions about his comments. Give him/her three pieces of advice. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.
Get students to role play different characters from this news story.
Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.
Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.
Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.
Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.
Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.
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TRUE / FALSE (p.4)
a |
F |
b |
F |
c |
T |
d |
F |
e |
T |
f |
F |
g |
T |
h |
T |
SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)
1. |
main |
a. |
principal |
2 |
previously |
b. |
formerly |
3. |
currently |
c. |
presently |
4. |
heavily |
d. |
to a great extent |
5. |
revoked |
e. |
canceled |
6. |
reacted |
f. |
responded |
7. |
pandering to |
g. |
giving in to |
8. |
remarks |
h. |
comments |
9. |
wholly |
i. |
completely |
10. |
therefore |
j. |
consequently |
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)
1. |
A university |
2. |
Republican Party leader |
3. |
Golf and tourism |
4. |
Controversy |
5. |
2010 |
6. |
The Scottish National Party (SNP) |
7. |
Thanking him |
8. |
A business ambassador for Scotland |
9. |
The US election campaign |
10. |
The ethos and values of the university |
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)
1. |
c |
2. |
a |
3. |
a |
4. |
b |
5. |
d |
6. |
b |
7. |
a |
8. |
c |
9. |
d |
10. |
a |
ALL OTHER EXERCISES
Please check for yourself by looking at the Article on page 2.
(It's good for your English ;-)
