The Reading / Listening - Carnivore Diet - Level 3

The Internet is full of diets we can follow to be healthy. A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and ended up in hospital. The woman is a social media influencer. She lives in Dallas, Texas. She explained in a TikTok video how the high-protein diet gave her kidney stones. These are small stones made up of chemicals in the urine. They cause pain when peeing. They are caused by eating too many processed foods and high-protein foods. The woman said she ate only animal-based food during her final year of college. She had two or three eggs and a steak every day. She was horrified after she passed blood in her urine.

The carnivore diet has been growing in popularity on social media. Many influencers and content creators are promoting its benefits. Some people say a protein-only diet raises your energy levels and encourages positive thinking. However, most health experts warn that eating too much meat, fish and dairy products is bad for your health. The Mayo Clinic said there is not enough fibre in the diet. This can lead to problems like constipation and headaches, and increase the risk of heart disease. The woman advised her followers not to eat too much protein. She said: "Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about one in ten people worldwide. They can be broken down using lasers and medicine.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Carnivore Diet - Level 0,  Carnivore Diet - Level 1   or  Carnivore Diet - Level 2

Sources
  • https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/23-year-old-influencer-rushed-to-hospital-with-kidney-stones-after-following-viral-carnivore-diet/ar-AA1B0YeU
  • https://www.aol.com/followed-trendy-carnivore-diet-ended-144918921.html
  • https://www.ladbible.com/news/health/woman-carnivore-tiktok-warning-kidney-stones-532864-20250314


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. A CARNIVORE DIET: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about a carnivore diet. 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?
       Internet / diet / healthy / carnivore / hospital / social media influencer / eggs / steak /
       popularity / benefits / protein / energy levels / meat / dairy products / kidneys / laser
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. VEGETARIANISM: Students A strongly believe all of us should become vegetarians; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. DIETS: What do you know about these diets? How beneficial are they? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

What I Know

How Beneficial

Carnivore diet

 

 

Plant-based diet

 

 

Raw food diet

 

 

Low-fat diet

 

 

Mediterranean diet

 

 

Low-carb diet

 

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

  • Vegetables
  • No stress
  • Exercise
  • Protein
  • Medicine
  • No smoking
  • Sleep
  • The countryside

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. carnivore a. Things made from different substances, used in science and everyday life.
      2. ended up b. The yellow liquid that comes out of your body when you go to the toilet.
      3. influencer c. An animal or person that eats only meat.
      4. chemicals d. Very shocked or scared by something bad.
      5. urine e. To be in a place or situation that you did not plan to be in.
      6. peeing f. A person on social media who many people listen to and follow.
      7. horrified g. The action of passing urine from your body.

    Paragraph 2

      8. popularity h. Something you take to help you feel better when you are sick.
      9. benefits i. When many people like something.
      10. encourage j. Good things that happen because of something.
      11. dairy k. A part of food that helps your stomach work well.
      12. fibre l. Food made from milk, like cheese and yogurt.
      13. neglect m. To make someone feel like they can do something.
      14. medicine n. To not take care of something.

 

Before reading / listening

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

  1. A 23-year-old woman became a carnivore to get rid of kidney stones.     T / F
  2. The woman works as a nutritionist in Dallas, Texas.     T / F
  3. Kidney stones are made of chemicals that form in the urine.     T / F
  4. The woman stuck to the carnivore diet for a year.     T / F
  5. People on social media say the carnivore diet raises our energy levels.     T / F
  6. A clinic warned that the carnivore diet lacks sufficient fibre.     T / F
  7. The article says the carnivore diet can lead to problems like diarrhoea.    T / F
  8. Lasers can help to break down kidney stones.     T / F

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

  1. healthy
  2. ended up
  3. explained
  4. final
  5. horrified
  6. growing
  7. benefits
  8. experts
  9. risk
  10. medicine
  1. possibility
  2. described
  3. shocked
  4. advantages
  5. last
  6. specialists
  7. in good shape
  8. drugs
  9. finished
  10. increasing

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

  1. The Internet is full of diets we can
  2. ended up
  3. The woman is a social media
  4. These are small stones made up of
  5. She was horrified after she passed
  6. The carnivore diet has been growing
  7. a protein-only diet raises
  8. dairy
  9. This can lead to problems like
  10. They can be broken
  1. in popularity
  2. chemicals in the urine
  3. products
  4. down using lasers
  5. in hospital
  6. blood in her urine
  7. constipation
  8. follow to be healthy
  9. your energy levels
  10. influencer

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
influencer
urine
chemicals
full
steak
ended
processed
explained

The Internet is (1) ______________________________________________ of diets we can follow to be healthy. A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and (2) ______________________________________________ up in hospital. The woman is a social media (3) ______________________________________________. She lives in Dallas, Texas. She (4) ______________________________________________ in a TikTok video how the high-protein diet gave her kidney stones. These are small stones made up of (5) ______________________________________________ in the urine. They cause pain when peeing. They are caused by eating too many (6) ______________________________________________ foods and high-protein foods. The woman said she ate only animal-based food during her final year of college. She had two or three eggs and a (7) ______________________________________________ every day. She was horrified after she passed blood in her (8) ______________________________________________.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
energy
risk
popularity
one
fibre
medicine
warn
followers

The carnivore diet has been growing in (9) ______________________________________________ on social media. Many influencers and content creators are promoting its benefits. Some people say a protein-only diet raises your (10) ______________________________________________ levels and encourages positive thinking. However, most health experts (11) ______________________________________________ that eating too much meat, fish and dairy products is bad for your health. The Mayo Clinic said there is not enough (12) ______________________________________________ in the diet. This can lead to problems like constipation and headaches, and increase the (13) ______________________________________________ of heart disease. The woman advised her (14) ______________________________________________ not to eat too much protein. She said: "Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about (15) ______________________________________________ in ten people worldwide. They can be broken down using lasers and (16) ______________________________________________.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) The Internet is full of diets we can follow ______
     a.  to be healthily
     b.  to be health thy
     c.  to be hell thy
     d.  to be healthy
2)  A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and ended ______
     a.  down in hospital
     b.  up in hospital
     c.  over in hospital
     d.  at in hospital
3)  These are small stones made up of chemicals ______
     a.  in a urine
     b.  on the urine
     c.  in the urine
     d.  in the urinal
4)  They are caused by eating too many processed foods and ______
     a.  height-protein foods
     b.  hype-protein foods
     c.  high-protein foodies
     d.  high-protein foods
5)  She was horrified after ______
     a.  she pasted blood
     b.  she past blood
     c.  she passed blood
     d.  she parsed blood

6)  The carnivore diet has been growing in popularity ______
     a.  on social media
     b.  of social media
     c.  on social media
     d.  by social media
7)  Many influencers and content creators are ______
     a.  promotion its benefits
     b.  promoting its benefits
     c.  promote in its benefits
     d.  promote tin its benefits
8)  The Mayo Clinic said there is not enough fibre ______
     a.  on the diet
     b.  in the diet
     c.  in the dietary
     d.  in a diet
9)  The woman advised her followers not to eat ______
     a.  too mulch protein
     b.  too more protein
     c.  too many protein
     d.  too much protein
10)  Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about one ______
     a.  in ten people
     b.  on ten people
     c.  in tent people
     d.  intent people

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The Internet is (1) __________________________________________________ we can follow to be healthy. A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and                     (2) __________________________________________________ hospital. The woman is a social media influencer. She lives in Dallas, Texas. She explained in a TikTok video how the high-protein diet gave her kidney stones. These are small stones made                                             (3) __________________________________________________ in the urine. They cause pain when peeing. They are caused by eating too many                                             (4) __________________________________________________ high-protein foods. The woman said she ate only animal-based food during her (5) __________________________________________________ college. She had two or three eggs and a steak every day. She was horrified after she (6) __________________________________________________ her urine.

The carnivore diet has been growing (7) _________________________________________________ social media. Many influencers and content creators are promoting its benefits. Some people say a protein-only diet (8) __________________________________________________ levels and encourages positive thinking. However, most health experts warn that eating too much meat, fish and (9) __________________________________________________ bad for your health. The Mayo Clinic said there is not enough fibre in the diet. This can lead to problems (10) __________________________________________________ headaches, and increase the risk of heart disease. The woman advised her followers (11) __________________________________________________ too much protein. She said: "Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about one in ten people worldwide. They can be broken down using (12) __________________________________________________.

Comprehension questions

  1. Where did the 23-year-old woman end up?
  2. What did the woman use to tell people about her experiences?
  3. What are kidney stones made up of?
  4. What can cause kidney stones besides high-protein foods?
  5. What did the woman eat at college every day besides steak?
  6. Where has the carnivore diet been growing in popularity?
  7. What do some people say the carnivore diet can encourage?
  8. What did a clinic say the carnivore diet can increase the risk of?
  9. What did the woman advise people not to neglect?
  10. What can help to break down kidney stones?

Multiple choice quiz

1) Where did the 23-year-old woman end up?
a) in a health charity
b) in hospital
c) in a fitness club
d) working at a social media company
2) What did the woman use to tell people about her experiences?
a) YouTube
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) TikTok
3) What are kidney stones made up of?
a) chemicals
b) proteins
c) fats
d) carbohydrates
4) What can cause kidney stones besides high-protein foods?
a) lack of exercise
b) low-calorie food
c) processed food
d) frozen food
5) What did the woman eat at college every day besides steak?
a) lamb and pork
b) two or three eggs
c) lots of cheese
d) protein shakes

6) Where has the carnivore diet been growing in popularity?
a) in poorer countries
b) in gyms
c) on social media
d) in hospitals
7) What do some people say the carnivore diet can encourage?
a) discipline
b) muscle building
c) better eating
d) positive thinking
8) What did a clinic say the carnivore diet can increase the risk of?
a) heart disease
b) stroke
c) obesity
d) tiredness
9) What did the woman advise people not to neglect?
a) fibre intake
b) sleep
c) eggs
d) steak
10) What can help to break down kidney stones?
a) exercise
b) lasers and medicine
c) sleep
d) steak and eggs

Role play

Role  A – Eating Vegetables
You think eating vegetables is the best thing for your health. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these for your health of these (and why): exercise, sleep or the countryside.

Role  B – Exercise
You think exercise is the best thing for your health. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these for your health of these (and why): eating vegetables, sleep or the countryside.

Role  C – Sleep
You think sleep is the best thing for your health. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these for your health of these (and why): exercise, eating vegetables or the countryside.

Role  D – The Countryside
You think the countryside is the best thing for your health. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least effective of these for your health of these (and why): exercise, sleep or eating vegetables.

After reading / listening

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

'kidney'

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    • and 'stone'.

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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:

    • full
    • ended
    • explained
    • pain
    • ate
    • steak
    • growing
    • raises
    • fish
    • problems
    • neglect
    • lasers

    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 - Carnivore Diet

    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 'carnivore'?
    3. What do you think of the carnivore diet?
    4. What is your diet like?
    5. Have you ever been on a diet?
    6. What do you think of social media influencers?
    7. What do you know about kidney stones?
    8. How important is it to have a high-protein diet?
    9. Would you like to eat steak and eggs every day?
    10. What is the best kind of diet?

    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 'diet'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. What do you think of diets?
    5. What do you think of a high-protein diet?
    6. What do you do to raise your energy levels?
    7. What do you do to think positively?
    8. Why is fibre important for our body?
    9. How often do you take medicine?
    10. What questions would you like to ask a kidney doctor?

    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)

    The Internet is full of diets we can (1) ____ to be healthy. A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and ended (2) ____ in hospital. The woman is a social media influencer. She lives in Dallas, Texas. She explained (3) ____ a TikTok video how the high-protein diet gave her kidney stones. These are small stones (4) ____ up of chemicals in the urine. They cause pain when peeing. They are caused by eating too many processed foods and high-protein foods. The woman said she ate only animal-based food (5) ____ her final year of college. She had two or three eggs and a steak every day. She was horrified after she (6) ____ blood in her urine.

    The carnivore diet has been growing (7) ____ popularity on social media. Many influencers and content creators are promoting its benefits. Some people say a protein-only diet (8) ____ your energy levels and encourages positive thinking. However, most health experts warn that eating too much meat, fish and (9) ____ products is bad for your health. The Mayo Clinic said there is not enough fibre in the diet. This can lead (10) ____ problems like constipation and headaches, and increase the risk of heart disease. The woman (11) ____ her followers not to eat too much protein. She said: "Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about one in ten people worldwide. They can be (12) ____ down using lasers and medicine.

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    (a)     eat     (b)     stalk     (c)     chase     (d)     follow    
    (a)     down     (b)     over     (c)     on     (d)     up    
    (a)     at     (b)     in     (c)     of     (d)     by    
    (a)     given     (b)     eaten     (c)     made     (d)     dieted    
    (a)     among     (b)     for     (c)     during     (d)     while    
    (a)     passed     (b)     past     (c)     parsed     (d)     pasted    
    (a)     at     (b)     in     (c)     on     (d)     by    
    (a)     raises     (b)     rises     (c)     arises     (d)     risen    
    (a)     daily     (b)     dairy     (c)     diary     (d)     dreary    
    (a)     up     (b)     over     (c)     to     (d)     from    
    (a)     advisory     (b)     advice     (c)     advised     (d)     advise    
    (a)     break     (b)     breaks     (c)     breaking     (d)     broken

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    Paragraph 2

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    Put the text back together

    (    )    based food during her final year of college. She had two or three eggs and a steak every
    (    )    creators are promoting its benefits. Some people say a protein-only diet raises your energy levels and encourages positive
    (    )    day. She was horrified after she passed blood in her urine.
    (    )    explained in a TikTok video how the high-protein diet gave her kidney stones. These are small stones made up
    (    )    in ten people worldwide. They can be broken down using lasers and medicine.
    (    )    of chemicals in the urine. They cause pain when peeing. They are caused by eating
    (    )    products is bad for your health. The Mayo Clinic said there is not enough fibre in the diet. This can lead
    (    )    The carnivore diet has been growing in popularity on social media. Many influencers and content
    (  1  )         The Internet is full of diets we can follow to be healthy. A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and ended
    (    )    thinking. However, most health experts warn that eating too much meat, fish and dairy
    (    )     to eat too much protein. She said: "Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about one
    (    )    to problems like constipation and headaches, and increase the risk of heart disease. The woman advised her followers not
    (    )    too many processed foods and high-protein foods. The woman said she ate only animal-
    (    )    up in hospital. The woman is a social media influencer. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

    Put the words in the right order

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    2. The   media   social   a   influencer   is   woman   .
    3. The   diet   high-protein   her   stones   kidney   gave   .
    4. These   made   up   of   are   small   chemicals   stones   .
    5. She   horrified   blood   passed   she   after   was   .
    6. The   diet   popularity   in   growing   been   has   carnivore   .
    7. A   diet-only   raises   energy   protein   your   levels   .
    8. There   in   fibre   enough   not   diet   the   is   .
    9. This   like   to   can   problems   lead   constipation   .
    10. They   down   broken   lasers   using   be   can   .

    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

    The Internet is full of diets we can allow / follow to be healthy. A 23-year-old woman followed the carnivore diet and ended up / down in hospital. The woman is a social media influencer / influence. She lives in Dallas, Texas. She explained in / on a TikTok video how the high-protein diet made / gave her kidney stones. These are small stones made up of chemicals in the urinal / urine. They cause pain when peeing. They are caused by / at eating too many processed foods and high-protein foods. The woman said she ate only animal-based / basted food during her final year of college. She had two or three eggs and a stake / steak every day. She was horrified after she past / passed blood in her urine.

    The carnivore diet has been grown / growing in popularity on social media. Many influencers and content creators are promoting its benefits / beneficial. Some people say a protein-only diet raises your energy levels and encourages positive thinking. However, must / most health experts warn that eating too many / much meat, fish and dairy products is bad for / by your health. The Mayo Clinic said there is not plenty / enough fibre in the diet. This can lead to problems like / such constipation and headaches, and increase the risk of heart disease. The woman advised / advice her followers not to eat too much protein. She said: "Don't neglect your fibre intake." Kidney stones affect about one on / in ten people worldwide. They can be broken down uses / using lasers and medicine.

    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

    the internet is full of diets we can follow to be healthy a 23yearold woman followed the carnivore diet and ended up in hospital the woman is a social media influencer she lives in dallas texas she explained in a tiktok video how the highprotein diet gave her kidney stones these are small stones made up of chemicals in the urine they cause pain when peeing they are caused by eating too many processed foods and highprotein foods the woman said she ate only animalbased food during her final year of college she had two or three eggs and a steak every day she was horrified after she passed blood in her urine

    the carnivore diet has been growing in popularity on social media many influencers and content creators are promoting its benefits some people say a proteinonly diet raises your energy levels and encourages positive thinking however most health experts warn that eating too much meat fish and dairy products is bad for your health the mayo clinic said there is not enough fibre in the diet this can lead to problems like constipation and headaches and increase the risk of heart disease the woman advised her followers not to eat too much protein she said dont neglect your fibre intake kidney stones affect about one in ten people worldwide they can be broken down using lasers and medicine

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    TheInternetisfullofdietswecanfollowtobehealthy.A23-year-oldwom
    anfollowedthecarnivoredietandendedupinhospital.Thewomanisaso
    cialmediainfluencer.ShelivesinDallas,Texas.SheexplainedinaTikTok
    videohowthehigh-proteindietgaveherkidneystones.Thesearesmal
    lstonesmadeupofchemicalsintheurine.Theycausepainwhenpeeing.T
    heyarecausedbyeatingtoomanyprocessedfoodsandhigh-proteinfoo
    ds.Thewomansaidsheateonlyanimal-basedfoodduringherfinalyearo
    fcollege.Shehadtwoorthreeeggsandasteakeveryday.Shewashorrifie
    daftershepassedbloodinherurine.Thecarnivorediethasbeengrowingi
    npopularityonsocialmedia.Manyinfluencersandcontentcreatorsarep
    romotingitsbenefits.Somepeoplesayaprotein-onlydietraisesyouren
    ergylevelsandencouragespositivethinking.However,mosthealthexp
    ertswarnthateatingtoomuchmeat,fishanddairyproductsisbadforyou
    rhealth.TheMayoClinicsaidthereisnotenoughfibreinthediet.Thiscanl
    eadtoproblemslikeconstipationandheadaches,andincreasetheriskof
    heartdisease.Thewomanadvisedherfollowersnottoeattoomuchprote
    in.Shesaid:"Don'tneglectyourfibreintake."Kidneystonesaffectabout
    oneintenpeopleworldwide.Theycanbebrokendownusinglasersandm
    edicine.

    Free writing

    Write about carnivore diet for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    We should all reduce the amount of meat and dairy products we eat. 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. A CARNIVORE DIET: Make a poster about a carnivore diet. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. VEGETARIAN: Write a magazine article about all of us becoming vegetarians. 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 a carnivore diet. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on vegetarianism. 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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