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FIFA suspends Spain coach over unwanted kiss (28th August 2023)

The Reading / Listening - Women's World Cup - Level 6

Shockwaves are reverberating around Spanish and world football in the wake of a kiss during the medal awards ceremony at the Women's World Cup. Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales shocked global television audiences when he grabbed Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso's head and firmly kissed her on the lips. Rubiales has refused to resign, despite many calls for him to do so. Ms Hermoso said: "I believe no person, in any work, sport or social setting should be a victim of this type of non-consensual behaviour. I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, out-of-place act, without any consent on my part." She added: "Quite simply, I was not respected."

Mr Rubiales maintains he did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a spur-of-the-moment reaction due to being caught up in the emotion of Spain's World Cup success. He apologized for the kiss in a press statement on Monday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the apology was 'not enough'". Other ministers called for Rubiales to resign. The Spanish football federation are backing Rubiales. They are taking legal action against Ms Hermoso over her "lies". On Saturday, Spain's entire coaching staff, except for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned over the row. Football's world governing body FIFA have provisionally suspended Rubiales for 90 days pending an investigation into the kiss.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Women's World Cup - Level 4 or Women's World Cup - Level 5

Sources

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66629505
https://sports.yahoo.com/luis-rubiales-suspended-by-fifa-for-90-days-pending-full-investigation-for-actions-at-world-cup-124910626.html
https://www.goal.com/en/news/david-de-gea-iker-casillas-hector-bellerin-spain-luis-rubiales-jenni-hermoso-world-cup/bltad02e6b0e2087d0b

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about women's football. 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?
shockwaves / world football / kiss / medal / shocked / resign / sport / social setting /
reaction / emotion / apology / legal action / lies / coaching / staff / investigation
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. SEXISM: Students A strongly believe sexism will never disappear; Students B strongly believe it will. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. ~ISMS: How bad are these ~isms in your country? How can we fix the problems? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	How Bad	Fixes
Sexism
Racism
Ageism
Egoism
Narcissism
Classism

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5. KISS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "kiss". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. SPORT: Rank these with your partner. Put the best sport at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Soccer
Tennis
Basketball
Skiing
Hockey
Athletics
Sailing
Cycling

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	reverberating	a.	The people who watch or listen to a television or radio programme.
2.	in the wake of	b.	Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
3.	audience	c.	Having continuing and serious effects.
4.	setting	d.	Following someone or something, especially as a consequence.
5.	consensual	e.	The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
6.	vulnerable	f.	Relating to or involving agreement.
7.	impulse	g.	A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.

Paragraph 2

8.	maintain	h.	All; whole.
9.	spur-of-the-moment	i.	State something strongly to be true.
10.	caught up in	j.	Support.
11.	backing	k.	A serious dispute.
12.	entire	l.	Done without planning in advance.
13.	row	m.	Of a sentence imposed but not enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period.
14.	suspended	n.	Was involved in something that one had not intended to become involved in.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

Aftershocks were felt at the end of the Women's World Cup. T / F
Luis Rubiales shocked people looking at a stream on the Internet. T / F
Jenni Hermoso called the kiss non-consensual behaviour. T / F
Jenni Hermoso said she was not respected. T / F
Mr Rubiales said the kiss was a compulsive response to Spain's victory. T / F
Rubiales apologized for the kiss. T / F
The Spanish football federation has decided to sue Jenni Hermoso. T / F
FIFA has suspended Mr Rubiales for a month. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

reverberating
grabbed
resign
victim
consent
maintains
emotion
lies
entire
pending

falsehoods
protests
agreement
until
stand down
echoing
whole
injured party
passion
seized

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

shockwaves are reverberating around
in the wake
global television
an impulse-driven, sexist,
without any consent
Rubiales maintains he
a spur-of-the-
due to being caught up
They are taking legal
pending

moment reaction
out-of-place act
did nothing wrong
in the emotion
action
Spanish and world football
an investigation
of a kiss
audiences
on my part

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

setting
ceremony
firmly
reverberating
consent
audiences
victim
refused

Shockwaves are (1) _____________________ around Spanish and world football in the wake of a kiss during the medal awards (2) _____________________ at the Women's World Cup. Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales shocked global television (3) _____________________ when he grabbed Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso's head and (4) _____________________ kissed her on the lips. Rubiales has (5) _____________________ to resign, despite many calls for him to do so. Ms Hermoso said: "I believe no person, in any work, sport or social (6) _____________________ should be a victim of this type of non-consensual behaviour. I felt vulnerable and a (7) _____________________ of an impulse-driven, sexist, out-of-place act, without any (8) _____________________ on my part." She added: "Quite simply, I was not respected."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

legal
press
maintains
suspended
reaction
ministers
except
apology

Mr Rubiales (9) _____________________ he did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a spur-of-the-moment (10) _____________________ due to being caught up in the emotion of Spain's World Cup success. He apologized for the kiss in a (11) _____________________ statement on Monday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the (12) _____________________ was 'not enough'". Other (13) _____________________ called for Rubiales to resign. The Spanish football federation are backing Rubiales. They are taking (14) _____________________ action against Ms Hermoso over her "lies". On Saturday, Spain's entire coaching staff, (15) _____________________ for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned over the row. Football's world governing body FIFA have provisionally (16) _____________________ Rubiales for 90 days pending an investigation into the kiss.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) Shockwaves are reverberating around Spanish and world football in the wake ______
     a. off a kiss
     b. cough a kiss
     c. of a kiss
     d. offer kiss
2) Luis Rubiales shocked global television audiences when he ______
     a. grabbed Spanish backward
     b. grabbed Spanish forwards
     c. grabbed Spanish four word
     d. grabbed Spanish forward
3) Jenni Hermoso's head and firmly kissed her ______
     a. on the lips
     b. in the lips
     c. at the lips
     d. by the lips
4) I believe no person, in any work, sport or social setting should be a victim ______
     a. of this hype
     b. off this type
     c. of this tape
   d. of this typed
5) I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, ______
     a. out-of-place pact
     b. out-of-place act
     c. out-of-place tact
     d. out-of-place fact

6) he did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a spur-of-______
     a. the-moment reactive
     b. the-moment reaction
     c. the-moment react shun
     d. the-moment re-action
7) The Spanish football federation ______
     a. are forwarding Rubiales
     b. are siding Rubiales
     c. are fronting Rubiales
     d. are backing Rubiales
8) They are taking legal action against Ms Hermoso ______
     a. over her "eyes"
     b. over her "pies"
     c. over her "lies"
     d. over her "prize"
9) Spain's entire coaching staff, except for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned ______
     a. over the low
     b. over the row
     c. under the brow
     d. under the bough
10) Football's world governing body FIFA have ______
     a. provisionally suspension Rubiales
     b. provisionally suspended Rubiales
     c. provisionally suspending Rubiales
     d. provisionally suspender Rubiales

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Shockwaves are reverberating around Spanish and world football in the (1) ____________________ kiss during the medal awards ceremony at the Women's World Cup. Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales shocked (2) ____________________ when he grabbed Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso's (3) ____________________ kissed her on the lips. Rubiales has refused to resign, despite many calls for him to do so. Ms Hermoso said: "I believe no person, in any work, (4) ____________________ setting should be a victim of this type of non-consensual behaviour. (5) ____________________ and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, out-of-place act, without (6) ____________________ my part." She added: "Quite simply, I was not respected."

Mr Rubiales maintains he did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a spur-of-the-moment (7) ____________________ being caught up in the emotion of Spain's World Cup success. He apologized for the kiss in (8) ____________________ on Monday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said (9) ____________________ 'not enough'". Other ministers called for Rubiales to resign. The Spanish football federation are backing Rubiales. They are (10) ____________________ against Ms Hermoso over her "lies". On Saturday, Spain's (11) ____________________, except for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned over the row. Football's world governing body FIFA have provisionally suspended Rubiales for 90 (12) ____________________ investigation into the kiss.

Comprehension questions

What does the article say is reverberating around world football?
Who did Luis Rubiales shock?
What has Rubiales refused to do?
What did Jenni Hermoso call Rubiales' behaviour?
What did Jenni Hermoso say Rubiales did not do?
What kind of reaction did Rubiales call the kiss?
What did Rubiales say he was caught up in?
Who is suing Jenni Hermoso?
Who resigned over this incident (except for the manager)?
For how long has Luis Rubiales been suspended by FIFA?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What does the article say is reverberating around world football?
a) statements
b) echoes
c) shockwaves
d) booming laughter
2) Who did Luis Rubiales shock?
a) global television audiences
b) his wife
c) his teammates
d) the male football team
3) What has Rubiales refused to do?
a) meet Jenni Hermoso
b) resign
c) take a demotion
d) take a pay cut
4) What did Jenni Hermoso call Rubiales' behaviour?
a) unexpected
b) rude
c) understandable
d) non-consensual
5) What did Jenni Hermoso say Rubiales did not do?
a) act out of place
b) be sexist
c) respect her
d) play football

6) What kind of reaction did Rubiales call the kiss?
a) a quick reaction
b) a spur-of-the-moment reaction
c) an allergic reaction
d) a chemical reaction
7) What did Rubiales say he was caught up in?
a) traffic
b) a scandal
c) a messy business
d) the emotion
8) Who is suing Jenni Hermoso?
a) Luis Rubiales
b) Spain's football federation
c) Spain's football team
d) Spain's Prime Minister
9) Who resigned over this incident (except for the manager)?
a) the players
b) Spain's entire coaching staff
c) Luis Rubiales' team
d) the head of FIFA
10) For how long has Luis Rubiales been suspended by FIFA?
a) 90 days
b) 80 days
c) 70 days
d) 60 days

Role play

Role A – Soccer
You think soccer is the best sport. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sport. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): tennis, athletics or skiing.

Role B – Tennis
You think tennis is the best sport. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sport. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): soccer, athletics or skiing.

Role C – Athletics
You think athletics is the best sport. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sport. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): tennis, soccer or skiing.

Role D – Skiing
You think skiing is the best sport. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their sport. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): tennis, athletics or soccer.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'coach'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'kiss'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• 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:

wake

global

firmly

calls

type

act

wrong

caught

press

enough

entire

90

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic 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.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Women's World Cup

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'sexism'?
What do you think of Luis Rubiales' actions?
What do you think of women's football?
When will sexism disappear from society?
How can there be more equality in football?
What would you say to Luis Rubiales?
Should Luis Rubiales be fired?
How big is this news in your country?
What advice do you have for Jenni Hermoso?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'football'?
What do you think about what you read?
Is the kiss OK if it was in the spur of the moment?
Is it enough that Luis Rubiales apologized for the kiss?
Should all the Spanish players refuse to play until Rubiales resigns?
What do you think FIFA will decide?
What should FIFA do?
What three adjectives best describe this story?
What questions would you like to ask Luis Rubiales?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

Shockwaves are reverberating (1) ____ Spanish and world football in the (2) ____ of a kiss during the medal awards ceremony at the Women's World Cup. Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales shocked global television (3) ____ when he grabbed Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso's head and (4) ____ kissed her on the lips. Rubiales has refused to resign, despite many calls for him to do so. Ms Hermoso said: "I believe no person, in any work, sport or social (5) ____ should be a victim of this type of non-consensual behaviour. I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, out-of-place act, without any (6) ____ on my part." She added: "Quite simply, I was not respected."

Mr Rubiales maintains he did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a (7) ____-of-the-moment reaction due to being caught (8) ____ in the emotion of Spain's World Cup success. He apologized for the kiss in a (9) ____ statement on Monday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the apology was 'not enough'". Other ministers called for Rubiales to resign. The Spanish football federation are (10) ____ Rubiales. They are taking legal action against Ms Hermoso over her "lies". On Saturday, Spain's entire coaching staff, except for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned (11) ____ the row. Football's world governing body FIFA have provisionally suspended Rubiales for 90 days (12) ____ an investigation into the kiss.

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) up (b) on (c) around (d) surround
(a) wake (b) woke (c) wick (d) wreck
(a) audiences (b) audios (c) audience (d) audacity
(a) firmly (b) shakily (c) handily (d) necessarily
(a) letting (b) setting (c) betting (d) vetting
(a) contents (b) present (c) concert (d) consent
(a) sour (b) spar (c) spur (d) sure
(a) through (b) over (c) up (d) up
(a) press (b) push (c) shove (d) iron
(a) backing (b) fronting (c) forwarding (d) siding
(a) under (b) over (c) because (d) due
(a) pending (b) sensing (c) pending (d) sending

Spelling

Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(...)   'not enough'". Other ministers called for Rubiales to resign. The Spanish football federation are
(...)   calls for him to do so. Ms Hermoso said: "I believe no person, in any work, sport or social setting should be a victim
(...)   of this type of non-consensual behaviour. I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, out-of-place act,
(...)   Mr Rubiales maintains he did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a spur-of-the-
(...)   body FIFA have provisionally suspended Rubiales for 90 days pending an investigation into the kiss.
(...)   president Luis Rubiales shocked global television audiences when he grabbed Spanish
( 1 )   Shockwaves are reverberating around Spanish and world football in the wake of a kiss during
(...)   without any consent on my part." She added: "Quite simply, I was not respected."
(...)   backing Rubiales. They are taking legal action against Ms Hermoso over her "lies". On Saturday, Spain's entire coaching
(...)   in a press statement on Monday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the apology was
(...)   forward Jenni Hermoso's head and firmly kissed her on the lips. Rubiales has refused to resign, despite many
(...)   moment reaction due to being caught up in the emotion of Spain's World Cup success. He apologized for the kiss
(...)   staff, except for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned over the row. Football's world governing
(...)   the medal awards ceremony at the Women's World Cup. Spanish football federation

Put the words in the right order

Spanish reverberating around and are Shockwaves world football .
awards during A kiss the medal ceremony .
do to so . many him Despite calls for
A non-consensual this type of behaviour . of victim
without consent An any act my on part .
did maintains he Rubiales nothing wrong . Mr
the Due caught in emotion . to being up
for the apologized He kiss a statement . in
Ms are legal Hermoso . action against They taking
provisionally 90 have suspended FIFA for Rubiales days .

Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

Shockwaves are revving / reverberating around Spanish and world football in the take / wake of a kiss during the medal awards ceremony at the Women's World Cup. Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales shocked global / globally television audiences when he grubbed / grabbed Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso's head and firmly kissed her on / in the lips. Rubiales has refused / refusal to resign, despite many calls for him to be / do so. Ms Hermoso said: "I believe no person, in any work, sport or socially / social setting should be a victim of this type of non-consensual behaviour. I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexism / sexist, out-of-place act, without any content / consent on my part." She added: "Quite simply, I was not respected."

Mr Rubiales maintains he had / did nothing wrong. He said the kiss was simply a spur-of-the-moment reaction dew / due to being caught up in / on the emotion of Spain's World Cup success. He apologized at / for the kiss in a pressed / press statement on Monday. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the apology was 'not enough'". Other ministers called by / for Rubiales to resign. The Spanish football federation are backing / bucking Rubiales. They are making / taking legal action against Ms Hermoso over her "lies". On Saturday, Spain's all / entire coaching staff, except for manager Jorge Vilda, resigned over the row. Football's world governing body FIFA have provisionally suspended Rubiales for 90 days pending / spending an investigation into the kiss.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

shockwaves are reverberating around spanish and world football in the wake of a kiss during the medal awards ceremony at the womens world cup spanish football federation president luis rubiales shocked global television audiences when he grabbed spanish forward jenni hermosos head and firmly kissed her on the lips rubiales has refused to resign despite many calls for him to do so ms hermoso said i believe no person in any work sport or social setting should be a victim of this type of nonconsensual behaviour i felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulsedriven sexist outofplace act without any consent on my part she added quite simply i was not respected

mr rubiales maintains he did nothing wrong he said the kiss was simply a spurofthemoment reaction due to being caught up in the emotion of spains world cup success he apologized for the kiss in a press statement on monday spains prime minister pedro sanchez said the apology was not enough other ministers called for rubiales to resign the spanish football federation are backing rubiales they are taking legal action against ms hermoso over her lies on saturday spains entire coaching staff except for manager jorge vilda resigned over the row footballs world governing body fifa have provisionally suspended rubiales for 90 days pending an investigation into the kiss

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ShockwavesarereverberatingaroundSpanishandworldfootballinthe
wakeofakissduringthemedalawardsceremonyattheWomen'sWorldC
up.SpanishfootballfederationpresidentLuisRubialesshockedglobalte
levisionaudienceswhenhegrabbedSpanishforwardJenniHermoso'sh
eadandfirmlykissedheronthelips.Rubialeshasrefusedtoresign,despi
temanycallsforhimtodoso.MsHermososaid:"Ibelievenoperson,inan
ywork,sportorsocialsettingshouldbeavictimofthistypeofnon-consen
sualbehaviour.Ifeltvulnerableandavictimofanimpulse-driven,sexis
t,out-of-placeact,withoutanyconsentonmypart."Sheadded:"Quite
simply,Iwasnotrespected."MrRubialesmaintainshedidnothingwrong
.Hesaidthekisswassimplyaspur-of-the-momentreactionduetobein
gcaughtupintheemotionofSpain'sWorldCupsuccess.Heapologizedfo
rthekissinapressstatementonMonday.Spain'sPrimeMinisterPedroSa
nchezsaidtheapologywas'notenough'".OtherministerscalledforRubi
alestoresign.TheSpanishfootballfederationarebackingRubiales.The
yaretakinglegalactionagainstMsHermosooverher"lies".OnSaturday,
Spain'sentirecoachingstaff,exceptformanagerJorgeVilda,resigned
vertherow.Football'sworldgoverningbodyFIFAhaveprovisionallysus
pendedRubialesfor90dayspendinganinvestigationintothekiss.

Free writing

Write about the women's World Cup for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Academic writing

Sexist behaviour will never disappear. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Homework

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 this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: Make a poster about women's football. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. RESIGN: Write a magazine article about Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales resigning. 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 an expert on women's football. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

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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