The Reading / Listening - Grapes and Eyesight - Level 3

Everybody knows that eating carrots is good for our eyesight. A new study suggests that grapes are also good for our eyes. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that eating just a few grapes a day can improve our vision. This is especially so for people who are older. Dr Eun Kim, the lead researcher, said: "Our study is the first to show that grape consumption beneficially impacts eye health in humans, which is very exciting, especially with a growing, ageing population." Dr Kim added that, "grapes are an easily accessible fruit that studies have shown can have a beneficial impact" on our eyesight. This is good news for people who don't really like carrots.

The study is published in the journal "Food & Function". Thirty-four adults took part in a series of experiments over 16 weeks. Half of the participants ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes per day; the other half ate a placebo snack. Dr Kim did not tell the participants or the researchers whether she was testing the grapes or the snack. She thought that not revealing this information would give better test results. She found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength around the retina. The retina passes information about light to the brain via electrical signals. It protects the eyes from damaging blue light. A lot of blue light comes from computer and smartphone screens, and from LED lights.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Grapes and Eyesight - Level 0,  Grapes and Eyesight - Level 1   or  Grapes and Eyesight - Level 2

Sources
  • https://nypost.com/2023/10/13/grapes-are-the-new-carrots-when-it-comes-to-good-vision-new-eye-health-research/
  • https://uk.style.yahoo.com/fruits-grapes-health-benefits-vision-ageing-111631308.html
  • https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1824216/eye-health-grapes-protect-eyesight


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. GRAPES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about grapes. 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?
       carrots / eyesight / grapes / vision / older people / researcher / health / humans /
       study / journal / experiment / snack / information / muscle / strength / blue / light
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. SCREEN TIME: Students A strongly believe we should all halve our screen time to protect our eyes; Students B strongly believe that is unnecessary. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. GOOD FOOD: What food can we eat that is good for the things below? Why is it good? How much of this do you eat? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Food

Why It's Good

You

Muscles

 

 

 

Hair

 

 

 

Skin

 

 

 

Stomach

 

 

 

Cold weather

 

 

 

Birthdays

 

 

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

  • Grapes
  • Apples
  • Bananas
  • Kiwis
  • Pineapples
  • Strawberries
  • Cherries
  • Blueberries

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. study a. The ability to see.
      2. suggest b. So we think about one person or thing over all others.
      3. improve c. A report full of research and discussion about a subject or situation.
      4. vision d. All of the people living in a town, city, country or the world.
      5. especially e. Say or write something to make people think it is true.
      6. consumption f. Make better.
      7. population g. The action of eating or drinking something.

    Paragraph 2

      8. journal h. Keep safe from harm or danger.
      9. series i. A newspaper or magazine that is about a particular subject or professional activity.
      10. participant j. A number of events, objects, or people of a similar kind coming one after another.
      11. placebo k. Making unknown or secret information known to others.
      12. revealing l. Something used in testing new drugs on people that has no benefits to the people.
      13. muscle m. A person who takes part in something.
      14. protect n. The fleshy parts of our body that make us strong.

 

Before reading / listening

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

  1. The article says most people know carrots are good for our eyesight.     T / F
  2. The researchers are from a university in Singapore.     T / F
  3. Researchers say 10 grapes a day will help our eyesight.     T / F
  4. The article says most people don't like carrots.     T / F
  5. Sixteen people took part in an experiment for 34 weeks.     T / F
  6. Test participants didn't know if a snack or grapes were being tested.    T / F
  7. People who ate grapes developed stronger muscles in their eyes.     T / F
  8. Damaging red light comes from computer screens.     T / F

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

  1. eyesight
  2. found
  3. especially
  4. benefit
  5. impact
  6. took part
  7. experiments
  8. revealing
  9. protects
  10. damaging
  1. effect
  2. showing
  3. advantage
  4. discovered
  5. tests
  6. vision
  7. safeguards
  8. particularly
  9. harmful
  10. participated

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

  1. A new study suggests
  2. just a few grapes
  3. This is especially so
  4. a growing, ageing
  5. good news for people who
  6. Thirty-four adults took part in a
  7. one-and-a-half
  8. the other half ate a
  9. improved muscle
  10. protects the eyes from
  1. for people who are older
  2. placebo snack
  3. series of experiments
  4. damaging blue light
  5. a day
  6. population
  7. strength
  8. that grapes are also good
  9. don't really like carrots
  10. cups of grapes per day

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
especially
suggests
accessible
carrots
news
beneficially
improve
ageing

Everybody knows that eating (1) _____________________ is good for our eyesight. A new study (2) _____________________ that grapes are also good for our eyes. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that eating just a few grapes a day can (3) _____________________ our vision. This is (4) _____________________ so for people who are older. Dr Eun Kim, the lead researcher, said: "Our study is the first to show that grape consumption (5) _____________________ impacts eye health in humans, which is very exciting, especially with a growing, (6) _____________________ population." Dr Kim added that, "grapes are an easily (7) _____________________ fruit that studies have shown can have a beneficial impact" on our eyesight. This is good (8) _____________________ for people who don't really like carrots.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
strength
placebo
screens
published
protects
testing
series
passes

The study is (9) _____________________ in the journal "Food & Function". Thirty-four adults took part in a (10) _____________________ of experiments over 16 weeks. Half of the participants ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes per day; the other half ate a (11) _____________________ snack. Dr Kim did not tell the participants or the researchers whether she was (12) _____________________ the grapes or the snack. She thought that not revealing this information would give better test results. She found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle (13) _____________________ around the retina. The retina (14) _____________________ information about light to the brain via electrical signals. It (15) _____________________ the eyes from damaging blue light. A lot of blue light comes from computer and smartphone (16) _____________________, and from LED lights.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) A new study suggests that grapes are also good ______
     a.  four our eyes
     b.  for our eye
     c.  for our eyes
     d.  four our eye
2)  eating just a few grapes a day can ______
     a.  improve our visor
     b.  improve fusion
     c.  improve television
     d.  improve our vision
3)  show that grape consumption beneficially impacts eye ______
     a.  health in humans
     b.  healthy in humans
     c.  health thin humans
     d.  hell thin humans
4)  which is very exciting, especially with a ______
     a.  growing, age in population
     b.  grow in, age in population
     c.  grow in, ageing population
     d.  growing, ageing population
5)  This is good news for people who don't ______
     a.  really like carrots
     b.  very like carrots
     c.  reality like carrots
     d.  such like carrots

6)  Thirty-four adults took part in a ______
     a.  services of experiments
     b.  series of experiments
     c.  series off experiments
     d.  serious of experiments
7)  Half of the participants ate one-and-a-half cups of ______
     a.  grapes per day
     b.  grapes par day
     c.  grapes purr day
     d.  grapes pore day
8)  She thought that not revealing this information would give ______
     a.  butter test results
     b.  better tests results
     c.  better test result
     d.  better test results
9)  She found that people who ate the grapes had ______
     a.  improve muscle strong
     b.  improves muscle strength
     c.  improved muscle strong
     d.  improved muscle strength
10)  light to the brain via electrical signals. It protects the eyes from ______
     a.  damaging glue light
     b.  damaging blue light
     c.  damaging brew light
     d.  damaging grew light

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Everybody (1) ____________________ carrots is good for our eyesight. A new study suggests that grapes are also good for our eyes. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that eating (2) ____________________ grapes a day can improve our vision. This is (3) ____________________ people who are older. Dr Eun Kim, the lead researcher, said: "Our study is the first to show that grape consumption (4) ____________________ health in humans, which is very exciting, especially with a growing, ageing population." Dr Kim added that, "grapes (5) ____________________ accessible fruit that studies have shown can have a beneficial impact" on our eyesight. This is (6) ____________________ people who don't really like carrots.

The study (7) ____________________ the journal "Food & Function". Thirty-four adults took part in a series of experiments over 16 weeks. Half of the participants ate one-and-a-(8) ____________________ grapes per day; the other half ate a placebo snack. Dr Kim did not tell the participants or the researchers whether she was testing the grapes (9) ____________________. She thought that not revealing this information would give better test results. She found that people who ate the grapes (10) ____________________ strength around the retina. The retina passes information about light to the brain via electrical signals. It (11) ____________________ from damaging blue light. A (12) ____________________ light comes from computer and smartphone screens, and from LED lights.

Comprehension questions

  1. Who knows that eating carrots is good for our eyes?
  2. Which country is this research from?
  3. How many grapes a day can improve our vision?
  4. Who in particular can eating grapes help?
  5. What kind of impact did Dr Kim say grapes have on our eyesight?
  6. What's the name of the journal in which the research is published?
  7. For how long did test participants have to eat grapes every day?
  8. What did test participants eat besides grapes?
  9. What part of the eye passes information about light to the brain?
  10. Where does blue light come from besides computers and smartphones?

Multiple choice quiz

1) Who knows that eating carrots is good for our eyes?
a) grape growers
b) everyone
c) greengrocers
d) dentists
2) Which country is this research from?
a) Chile
b) Bulgaria
c) France
d) Singapore
3) How many grapes a day can improve our vision?
a) several
b) loads
c) a few
d) many
4) Who in particular can eating grapes help?
a) older people
b) wine drinkers
c) children
d) doctors
5) What kind of impact did Dr Kim say grapes have on our eyesight?
a) a small impact
b) a beneficial impact
c) no impact
d) a hard impact

6) What's the name of the journal in which the research is published?
a) Food and Function
b) Function & Food
c) Grapes & Eyes
d) Fruit & Health
7) For how long did test participants have to eat grapes every day?
a) 12 weeks
b) 14 weeks
c) 16 weeks
d) 18 weeks
8) What did test participants eat besides grapes?
a) a placebo snack
b) hamburgers
c) cherries
d) rice
9) What part of the eye passes information about light to the brain?
a) the eyelid
b) eyelashes
c) the pupil
d) the retina
10) Where does blue light come from besides computers and smartphones?
a) flashlights
b) street lights
c) LED lights
d) car lights

Role play

Role  A – Grapes
You think grapes are the best fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty and useful of these (and why): apples, bananas or blueberries.

Role  B – Apples
You think apples are the best fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty and useful of these (and why): grapes, bananas or blueberries.

Role  C – Bananas
You think bananas are the best fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty and useful of these (and why): apples, grapes or blueberries.

Role  D – Blueberries
You think blueberries are the best fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the least tasty and useful of these (and why): apples, bananas or grapes.

After reading / listening

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

'grape'

  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________

    • and 'eyesight'.

  • ________________
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  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________
  • ________________

    • • 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:

    • also
    • few
    • older
    • first
    • growing
    • shown
    • part
    • cups
    • testing
    • results
    • brain
    • lot

    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 - Grapes and Eyesight

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

    1. What did you think when you read the headline?
    2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'grape'?
    3. How healthy are carrots?
    4. What can we do to take care of our eyes?
    5. What's your eyesight like?
    6. Will you now eat more grapes?
    7. What other food is good for our eyes?
    8. What do you think of grapes?
    9. What is your favourite fruit and why?
    10. What happens to our eyes as we age?

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

    1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
    2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'eyesight'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. What do you think of grapes?
    5. Would you like to read the journal article?
    6. Can you eat one-and-a-half cups of grapes a day?
    7. What do you know about the human eye?
    8. What do you know about blue light?
    9. Should we limit our screentime?
    10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

    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)

    Everybody knows (1) ____ eating carrots is good for our eyesight. A new study suggests that grapes are also good for our (2) ____. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that eating (3) ____ a few grapes a day can improve our vision. This is especially so for people who are older. Dr Eun Kim, the lead researcher, said: "Our study is the first to show that grape consumption beneficially impacts eye health (4) ____ humans, which is very exciting, especially with a growing, ageing population." Dr Kim added that, "grapes are an (5) ____ accessible fruit that studies have shown can have a beneficial impact" on our eyesight. This is good news for people who don't (6) ____ like carrots.

    The study is published (7) ____ the journal "Food & Function". Thirty-four adults took part in a series of experiments over 16 weeks. Half of the participants ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes (8) ____ day; the other half ate a placebo snack. Dr Kim did not tell the participants or the researchers (9) ____ she was testing the grapes or the snack. She thought that not revealing (10) ____ information would give better test results. She found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength around the retina. The retina (11) ____ information about light to the brain via electrical signals. It protects the eyes from (12) ____ blue light. A lot of blue light comes from computer and smartphone screens, and from LED lights.

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     what     (b)     then     (c)     that     (d)     so    
    2. (a)     eyes     (b)     eye     (c)     eyelashes     (d)     eyebrows    
    3. (a)     just     (b)     adjust     (c)     justly     (d)     justice    
    4. (a)     in     (b)     by     (c)     of     (d)     to    
    5. (a)     easy     (b)     eases     (c)     ease     (d)     easily    
    6. (a)     such     (b)     so     (c)     very     (d)     really    
    7. (a)     in     (b)     at     (c)     by     (d)     to    
    8. (a)     pore     (b)     purr     (c)     par     (d)     per    
    9. (a)     whether     (b)     any     (c)     like     (d)     moreover    
    10. (a)     for     (b)     this     (c)     top-secret     (d)     these    
    11. (a)     throws     (b)     passes     (c)     chucks     (d)     hands    
    12. (a)     damaging     (b)     damages     (c)     damaged     (d)     damage

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    2. rpmoive our vision
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    Paragraph 2

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    Put the text back together

    (...)   just a few grapes a day can improve our vision. This is especially so for people who are
    (...)   light. A lot of blue light comes from computer and smartphone screens, and from LED lights.
    (...)   also good for our eyes. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that eating
    (...)   testing the grapes or the snack. She thought that not revealing this information would give better test
    (...)   experiments over 16 weeks. Half of the participants ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes per
    (...)   have a beneficial impact" on our eyesight. This is good news for people who don't really like carrots.
    (...)   older. Dr Eun Kim, the lead researcher, said: "Our study is the first to show that grape consumption beneficially
    (...)   retina. The retina passes information about light to the brain via electrical signals. It protects the eyes from damaging blue
    (...)   population." Dr Kim added that, "grapes are an easily accessible fruit that studies have shown can
    (...)   impacts eye health in humans, which is very exciting, especially with a growing, aging
    (...)   day; the other half ate a placebo snack. Dr Kim did not tell the participants or the researchers whether she was
    (  1  )   Everybody knows that eating carrots is good for our eyesight. A new study suggests that grapes are
    (...)   results. She found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength around the
    (...)   The study is published in the journal "Food & Function". Thirty-four adults took part in a series of

    Put the words in the right order

    1. Eating   for   our   good   carrots   is   eyesight   .
    2. grapes   that   suggests   good   .   study   are   A   also
    3. few   just   Eating   grapes   a   day   .   a
    4. who   older   .   so   Especially   people   for   are
    5. Good   don't   news   who   people   for   like   carrots   .
    6. Thirty-four   in   series   participated   experiments   .   adults   a   of
    7. would   Not   revealing   give   this   test   results   .   better
    8. improved   They   around   the   strength   had   muscle   retina   .
    9. protects   damaging   eyes   It   from   the   blue   light   .
    10. of   A   light   blue   lot   comes   from   computers   .

    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

    Everybody knows that eating carrots is well / good for our eyesight. A new study suggests that grapes are also good for our eyes / eye. Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that eating just a phew / few grapes a day can improve our visions / vision. This is especially so for people who are older / olden. Dr Eun Kim, the lead researcher, said: "Our study is the first to show that grape consumption benefits / beneficially impacts eye health in humans, which is very exciting / excitement, especially with a growing, ageing population." Dr Kim added that, "grapes are an easily accessible / access fruit that studies have shown can have a beneficial impact" in / on our eyesight. This is good news for people who don't really like / liked carrots.

    The study is published in / on the journal "Food & Function". Thirty-four adults took part in / on a series of experiments over 16 weeks. Half of the participants ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes for / per day; the other half ate a placebo snack / snacks. Dr Kim did not tell the participates / participants or the researchers whether she was testing the grapes or the snack. She thought that not reveal / revealing this information would give better test results. She found that / what people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength around a / the retina. The retina passes information about light to the brain via / viral electrical signals. It protects the eyes from damaging blue light. A lot of blue light comes from computer and / of smartphone screens, and from LED lights.

    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

    everybody knows that eating carrots is good for our eyesight a new study suggests that grapes are also good for our eyes researchers from the national university of singapore have found that eating just a few grapes a day can improve our vision this is especially so for people who are older dr eun kim the lead researcher said our study is the first to show that grape consumption beneficially impacts eye health in humans which is very exciting especially with a growing ageing population dr kim added that grapes are an easily accessible fruit that studies have shown can have a beneficial impact on our eyesight this is good news for people who dont really like carrots

    the study is published in the journal food  function thirtyfour adults took part in a series of experiments over 16 weeks half of the participants ate oneandahalf cups of grapes per day the other half ate a placebo snack dr kim did not tell the participants or the researchers whether she was testing the grapes or the snack she thought that not revealing this information would give better test results she found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength around the retina the retina passes information about light to the brain via electrical signals it protects the eyes from damaging blue light a lot of blue light comes from computer and smartphone screens and from led lights

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    Everybodyknowsthateatingcarrotsisgoodforoureyesight.Anewstud
    ysuggeststhatgrapesarealsogoodforoureyes.ResearchersfromtheN
    ationalUniversityofSingaporehavefoundthateatingjustafewgrapesa
    daycanimproveourvision.Thisisespeciallysoforpeoplewhoareolder.
    DrEunKim,theleadresearcher,said:"Ourstudyisthefirsttoshowthatgr
    apeconsumptionbeneficiallyimpactseyehealthinhumans,whichisver
    yexciting,especiallywithagrowing,ageingpopulation."DrKimaddedt
    hat,"grapesareaneasilyaccessiblefruitthatstudieshaveshowncanha
    veabeneficialimpact"onoureyesight.Thisisgoodnewsforpeoplewhod
    on'treallylikecarrots.Thestudyispublishedinthejournal"Food&Functi
    on".Thirty-fouradultstookpartinaseriesofexperimentsover16week
    s.Halfoftheparticipantsateone-and-a-halfcupsofgrapesperday;theo
    therhalfateaplacebosnack.DrKimdidnottelltheparticipantsortherese
    archerswhethershewastestingthegrapesorthesnack.Shethoughttha
    tnotrevealingthisinformationwouldgivebettertestresults.Shefoundt
    hatpeoplewhoatethegrapeshadimprovedmusclestrengtharoundthe
    retina.Theretinapassesinformationaboutlighttothebrainviaelectrical
    signals.Itprotectstheeyesfromdamagingbluelight.Alotofbluelightco
    mesfromcomputerandsmartphonescreens,andfromLEDlights.

    Free writing

    Write about grapes and eyesight for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    We should all eat grapes or carrots every day. Discuss.

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    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. GRAPES: Make a poster about grapes. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. SCREEN TIME: Write a magazine article about all of us halving our screen time to protect our eyes. 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 eyesight. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how we can protect our eyesight. 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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