The Reading / Listening - Revenge Quitting - Level 6

The workplace phenomenon of "revenge quitting" is growing worldwide, fuelled by social media. Revenge quitting is when an employee purposely causes disruption in or attacks the reputation of an employer. It is on the rise in Gen Z workers, who are making it a viral trend. Disgruntled employees are posting details of their resignations online. Other posts show workers suddenly walking off the job, viral resignation messages, or venting frustrations with rants against former bosses. Other vengeful acts include causing problems for former co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data and files, not helping with the handover of duties, and exposing sensitive information.

The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a wave of revenge quitting" because of rising dissatisfaction among employees. The UK recruitment company Reed surveyed 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" their jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more likely to engage in revenge quitting. Their survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had done so, compared with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A survey in Japan conducted by management consulting firm Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan had been troubled by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase in workloads.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Revenge Quitting - Level 4  or  Revenge Quitting - Level 5

Sources
  • https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250911/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
  • https://moneywise.com/employment/gen-z-workers-championing-revenge-quitting-are-just-a-symptom-of-a-larger-crisis-now-plaguing-us-workplaces
  • https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/03/meet-the-revenge-quitters-why-people-are-ditching-their-jobs-and-refusing-to-go-quietly


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. QUITTING JOBS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about quitting jobs. 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?
       workplace / revenge / quitting / revenge quitting / reputation / employer / duties /
       dissatisfaction / employees / employers / jobs / survey / management / workloads
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. REVENGE: Students A strongly believe revenge is a bad thing; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. QUITTING: How easy or difficult is it to quit these things? Why? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

How Easy/Difficult

Why

A job

 

 

Drinking/Smoking

 

 

Social media

 

 

A relationship

 

 

Studying English

 

 

A hobby

 

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

  • Low pay
  • Working hours
  • Boring tasks
  • No job security
  • Bad managers
  • Unfair treatment
  • Too few holidays
  • Coworkers

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

1. phenomenon a. Long, loud talks about something that makes someone angry.
2. disruption b. When something is stopped or disturbed.
3. reputation c. Spreading very fast, especially on the internet.
4. viral d. Something that happens and can be seen or noticed.
5. venting e. Showing something that was hidden.
6. rants f. What people think about a person or thing.
7. exposing g. Letting out strong feelings, like anger or stress.

    Paragraph 2

      8. wave h. Led or carried out an activity.
      9. recruitment i. Asked questions to find out people’s opinions.
      10. surveyed j. A company or business.
      11. conducted k. A sudden occurrence of or increase in a happening, feeling, or emotion.
      12. consulting l. Finding and hiring new people for jobs.
      13. firm m. The amount of work someone has to do.
      14. workload n. Giving advice in a professional way.

 

Before reading / listening

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

  1. More and more people are quitting getting revenge in offices worldwide.  T / F
  2. Revenge quitting is increasing with Generation Z.     T / F
  3. Revenge quitters often put details of their resignation message online.     T / F
  4. Revenge quitters do their best not to make life difficult for coworkers.     T / F
  5. An employer-rating site mentioned employee dissatisfaction.     T / F
  6. A recruitment company said 15% of UK workers had "revenge quit".     T / F
  7. Around 18% of the over-45s have engaged in revenge quitting.     T / F
  8. A consulting firm in Japan said 10% or workers want to quit.     T / F

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

  1. phenomenon
  2. fuelled
  3. reputation
  4. disgruntled
  5. sensitive
  6. wave
  7. engage
  8. conducted
  9. firm
  10. sudden
  1. participate
  2. dissatisfied
  3. unexpected
  4. whipped up
  5. company
  6. image
  7. carried out
  8. occurrence
  9. classified
  10. flood

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

  1. The workplace phenomenon of
  2. attacks the reputation
  3. venting
  4. rants
  5. sensitive
  6. rising dissatisfaction
  7. recruitment
  8. Gen Z workers were more
  9. troubled
  10. a sudden increase
  1. by revenge quitters
  2. frustrations
  3. among employees
  4. in workloads
  5. "revenge quitting"
  6. likely to
  7. information
  8. against former bosses
  9. company
  10. of an employer

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
details
former
sensitive
fuelled
deleting
rise
purposely
viral

The workplace phenomenon of "revenge quitting" is growing worldwide, (1) _________________________________ by social media. Revenge quitting is when an employee (2) _________________________________ causes disruption in or attacks the reputation of an employer. It is on the                         (3) _________________________________ in Gen Z workers, who are making it a viral trend. Disgruntled employees are posting (4) _________________________________ of their resignations online. Other posts show workers suddenly walking off the job, (5) _________________________________ resignation messages, or venting frustrations with rants against (6) _________________________________ bosses. Other vengeful acts include causing problems for former co-workers. Examples of this are (7) _________________________________ data and files, not helping with the handover of duties, and exposing                   (8) _________________________________ information.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
employees
compared
consulting
wave
troubled
engage
sudden
survey

The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a (9) _________________________________ of revenge quitting" because of rising dissatisfaction among (10) _________________________________. The UK recruitment company Reed surveyed 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" their jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more likely to (11) _________________________________ in revenge quitting. Their survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had done so, (12) _________________________________ with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A (13) _________________________________ in Japan conducted by management (14) _________________________________ firm Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan had been (15) _________________________________ by revenge quitters because of a (16) _________________________________ increase in workloads.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  The workplace phenomenon of "revenge quitting" ______
     a.  is grown worldwide
     b.  is grow in worldwide
     c.  is grow wing worldwide
     d.  is growing worldwide
2)  It is on the rise in Gen Z workers, who are making it ______
     a.  a rival trend
     b.  a viral trend
     c.  a revel trend
     d.  a rebel trend
3)  suddenly walking off the job, viral resignation messages, or venting ______
     a.  frustrations with grants
     b.  frustrations with tyrants
     c.  frustrations with migrants
     d.  frustrations with rants
4)  Other vengeful acts include causing problems ______
     a.  for firmer co-workers
     b.  for farmer co-workers
     c.  for former co-workers
     d.  forth former co-workers
5)  not helping with the handover of duties, and ______
     a.  expose in sensitive information
     b.  expose thing sensitive information
     c.  exposing sensitive information
     d.  expose sing sensitive information

6)  a wave of revenge quitting because of rising ______
     a.  dissatisfaction among employs
     b.  dissatisfaction among employee
     c.  dissatisfaction among employees
     d.  dissatisfaction among employers
7)  found that 15 per cent of British employees had revenge ______
     a.  quit them jobs
     b.  quit their jobs
     c.  quite their jobs
     d.  quit they jobs
8)  Their survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds ______
     a.  had done so
     b.  had done though
     c.  had done sew
     d.  had done sow
9)  A survey in Japan conducted by ______
     a.  management consult in firm
     b.  management consulting firm
     c.  management consult tin firm
     d.  management consulting firmed
10)  troubled by revenge quitters because of a sudden ______
     a.  increasing workloads
     b.  increase on work leads
     c.  increase in workloads
     d.  increase in work leads

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The workplace phenomenon of "revenge quitting" (1) _______________________________________________, fuelled by social media. Revenge quitting is when an employee purposely causes disruption in or (2) _______________________________________________ of an employer. It is on the rise in Gen Z workers, who are making it (3) _______________________________________________. Disgruntled employees are posting details of their resignations online. Other posts show workers suddenly walking off the job, (4) _______________________________________________, or venting frustrations with (5) _______________________________________________ bosses. Other vengeful acts include causing problems for former co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data and files, not helping with the (6) _______________________________________________, and exposing sensitive information.

The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a (7) _______________________________________________ quitting" because of rising (8) _______________________________________________. The UK recruitment company Reed surveyed 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" their jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more (9) _______________________________________________ in revenge quitting. Their survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had (10) _______________________________________________ with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A survey in Japan conducted by management consulting firm Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan had (11) _______________________________________________ revenge quitters because of a sudden (12) _______________________________________________.

Comprehension questions

  1. What is the increase in revenge quitting being fuelled by?
  2. What do revenge quitters attack?
  3. What do revenge quitters post details of online?
  4. Who do revenge quitters rant against?
  5. What does the article say revenge quitters expose?
  6. What did a website called Glassdoor warn of?
  7. How many workers did a recruitment agency survey?
  8. How many workers in Britain have engaged in revenge quitting?
  9. What percentage of workers aged 45 and older had quit in revenge?
  10. What suddenly increased because of revenge quitting in Japan?

Multiple choice quiz

1)  What is the increase in revenge quitting being fuelled by?
a) low wages
b) social media
c) globalization
d) AI
2)  What do revenge quitters attack?
a) former coworkers
b) computers
c) each other
d) the reputation of employers
3) What do revenge quitters post details of online?
a) their resignations
b) company secrets
c) coworker performance
d) the performance of their ex-boss
4) Who do revenge quitters rant against?
a) governments
b) society
c) their former bosses
d) the super-rich
5) What does the article say revenge quitters expose?
a) addresses
b) sensitive information
c) private details of ex-coworkers
d) workplace malpractices

6) What did a website called Glassdoor warn of?
a) a wave of revenge quitting
b) bankruptcies
c) lower wages
d) AI
7) How many workers did a recruitment agency survey?
a) 2,006
b) 2,007
c) 2,008
d) 2,009
8) How many workers in Britain have engaged in revenge quitting?
a) 15 per cent
b) 5 per cent
c) 35 per cent
d) 25 per cent
9) What percentage of workers aged 45 and older had quit in revenge?
a) 8 per cent
b) 7 per cent
c) 6 per cent
d) 5 per cent
10) What suddenly increased because of revenge quitting in Japan?
a) the use of AI
b) job vacancies
c) profits
d) workloads

Role play

Role  A – Low Pay
You think low pay is the biggest reason for job dissatisfaction. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the least dissatisfying of these (and why): working hours, unfair treatment or coworkers.

Role  B – Working Hours
You think working hours is the biggest reason for job dissatisfaction. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the least dissatisfying of these (and why): low pay, unfair treatment or coworkers.

Role  C – Unfair Treatment
You think unfair treatment is the biggest reason for job dissatisfaction. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the least dissatisfying of these (and why): working hours, low pay or coworkers.

Role  D – Coworkers
You think coworkers are the biggest reason for job dissatisfaction. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the least dissatisfying of these (and why): working hours, unfair treatment or low pay.

After reading / listening

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

'revenge'

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

    • and 'quit'.

  • ________________
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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:

    • fuelled
    • attacks
    • rise
    • show
    • acts
    • examples
    • warned
    • 15
    • 26
    • 8
    • survey
    • sudden

    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 - Revenge Quitting

    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 'revenge'?
    3. What do you think of the phenomenon of revenge quitting?
    4. Have you ever quit a job?
    5. When was the last time you wanted revenge?
    6. How important is social media?
    7. How can companies protect themselves against revenge quitting?
    8. What can workers do instead of revenge quitting?
    9. When was the last time you had a rant about something?
    10. How good an employee are you?

    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 'quitting'?
    3. What do you think about what you read?
    4. Why are employees dissatisfied with their jobs?
    5. What does a good boss do?
    6. What can companies do to keep workers happier?
    7. Have you worked with people you did not like?
    8. What is your ideal job?
    9. What kind of boss would you be?
    10. What questions would you like to ask a revenge quitter?

    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 workplace phenomenon of "revenge quitting" is (1) ____ worldwide, fuelled by social media. Revenge quitting is when an employee (2) ____ causes disruption in or attacks the reputation of an employer. It is on the (3) ____ in Gen Z workers, who are making it a viral trend. Disgruntled employees are posting details of their resignations online. The posts show workers suddenly walking off the job, (4) ____ resignation messages, or venting frustrations with (5) ____ against former bosses. Other vengeful acts include causing problems for former co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data and files, not helping with the handover (6) ____ duties, and exposing sensitive information.

    The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a (7) ____ of revenge quitting" because of rising dissatisfaction among employees. The UK recruitment company Reed (8) ____ 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" their jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more (9) ____ to engage in revenge quitting. Their survey found that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had done (10) ____, compared with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A survey in Japan conducted by management consulting (11) ____ Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan had been troubled by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase (12) ____ workloads.

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     grown     (b)     growth     (c)     growing     (d)     growers    
    2. (a)     purposely     (b)     purposeful     (c)     purpose     (d)     porpoise    
    3. (a)     rise     (b)     arise     (c)     rising     (d)     arise    
    4. (a)     viral     (b)     rebel     (c)     rival     (d)     revel    
    5. (a)     pants     (b)     currants     (c)     errant     (d)     rants    
    6. (a)     at     (b)     on     (c)     to     (d)     of    
    7. (a)     wave     (b)     shake     (c)     gesture     (d)     stir    
    8. (a)     beheld     (b)     valued     (c)     viewed     (d)     surveyed    
    9. (a)     likely     (b)     liked     (c)     likeable     (d)     likes    
    10. (a)     to     (b)     so     (c)     do     (d)     go    
    11. (a)     steady     (b)     firm     (c)     enterprise     (d)     entity    
    12. (a)     in     (b)     on     (c)     at     (d)     by

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    Paragraph 2

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    Put the text back together

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    (    )   by social media. Revenge quitting is when an employee purposely causes disruption in or attacks the reputation
    (    )   consulting firm Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan
    (    )   dissatisfaction among employees. The UK recruitment company Reed surveyed 2,008 workers and
    (    )   done so, compared with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A survey in Japan conducted by management
    (    )   employees are posting details of their resignations online. Other posts show workers suddenly walking off the
    (    )   found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" their jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more
    (    )   had been troubled by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase in workloads.
    (    )   include causing problems for former co-workers. Examples of this are deleting data
    (    )   job, viral resignation messages, or venting frustrations with rants against former bosses. Other vengeful acts
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    (    )   of an employer. It is on the rise in Gen Z workers, who are making it a viral trend. Disgruntled
    (    )   The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a wave of revenge quitting" because of rising
    (  1  )   The workplace phenomenon of "revenge quitting" is growing worldwide, fuelled

    Put the words in the right order

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    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

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    The employer-rating website Glassdoor has warned of "a tidal / wave of revenge quitting" because of rising / risen dissatisfaction among employees. The UK recruit / recruitment company Reed surveyed 2,008 workers and found that 15 per cent of British employees had "revenge quit" their / those jobs. Reed said Gen Z workers were more likely / liked to engage in revenge quitting. Their survey found what / that 26 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds had done then / so, compared with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older. A survey in Japan conducted as / by management consulting firm Scholar Consult Co. found that around 10 per cent of workers in Japan had been troubled / troubles by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase to / in workloads.

    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 workplace phenomenon of revenge quitting is growing worldwide fuelled by social media revenge quitting is when an employee purposely causes disruption in or attacks the reputation of an employer it is on the rise in gen z workers who are making it a viral trend disgruntled employees are posting details of their resignations online the posts show workers suddenly walking off the job viral resignation messages or venting frustrations with rants against former bosses other vengeful acts include causing problems for former coworkers examples of this are deleting data and files not helping with the handover of duties and exposing sensitive information

    the employer rating website glassdoor has warned of a wave of revenge quitting because of rising dissatisfaction among employees the uk recruitment company reed surveyed 2008 workers and found that 15 per cent of british employees had revenge quit their jobs reed said gen z workers were more likely to engage in revenge quitting their survey found that 26 per cent of 18 to 34yearolds had done so compared with 8 per cent of people aged 45 and older a survey in japan conducted by management consulting firm scholar consult co found that around 10 per cent of workers in japan had been troubled by revenge quitters because of a sudden increase in workloads

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    Theworkplacephenomenonof"revengequitting"isgrowingworldwide
    ,fuelledbysocialmedia.Revengequittingiswhenanemployeepurposel
    ycausesdisruptioninorattacksthereputationofanemployer.Itisonthe
    riseinGenZworkers,whoaremakingitaviraltrend.Disgruntledemploy
    eesarepostingdetailsoftheirresignationsonline.Otherpostsshowwor
    kerssuddenlywalkingoffthejob,viralresignationmessages,orventing
    frustrationswithrantsagainstformerbosses.Othervengefulactsinclud
    ecausingproblemsforformerco-workers.Examplesofthisaredeletin
    gdataandfiles,nothelpingwiththehandoverofduties,andexposingsen
    sitiveinformation.Theemployer-ratingwebsiteGlassdoorhaswarne
    dof"awaveofrevengequitting"becauseofrisingdissatisfactionamong
    employees.TheUKrecruitmentcompanyReedsurveyed2,008workers
    andfoundthat15percentofBritishemployeeshad"revengequit"theirjo
    bs.ReedsaidGenZworkersweremorelikelytoengageinrevengequittin
    g.Theirsurveyfoundthat26percentof18-to34-year-oldshaddoneso,
    comparedwith8percentofpeopleaged45andolder.AsurveyinJapanco
    nductedbymanagementconsultingfirmScholarConsultCo.foundthat
    around10percentofworkersinJapanhadbeentroubledbyrevengequitt
    ersbecauseofasuddenincreaseinworkloads.

    Free writing

    Write about revenge quitting for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    Anyone who quits should do so very respectfully. 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. REVENGE: Make a poster about revenge. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. REVENGE QUITTING: Write a magazine article about making quitting illegal. 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 quitting jobs. Ask him/her three questions about quitting jobs. Give him/her three of your ideas. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

    A Few Additional Activities for Students

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    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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