The Reading / Listening - Ozempic 2.0 - Level 6

The next generation of weight-loss drugs could be launched next year, and they could be game-changing. The treatment, being dubbed "Ozempic 2.0," is a pill version of the already widely-used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form, said its initial clinical trials revealed that Ozempic 2.0 "lowered weight by an average of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly is also working on a pill. Its executive vice president, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving with urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needs of patients." The drugs are currently awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.

The game-changing medicines could make life much easier for those hoping to shed weight, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said: "For the majority of patients, this could be the main medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their obesity." Currently, the drug is administered in the form of a once-weekly injection via an injectable pen. The pen has to be refrigerated. Mr Custer told reporters: "If approved, we are ready to offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can be scaled globally, removing barriers and redefining how obesity is treated around the world." It is also likely that the new treatment will be cheaper.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

    Ozempic 2.0 - Level 4  or  Ozempic 2.0 - Level 5

Sources
  • https://www.ladbible.com/news/health/carb-fence-weight-loss-gel-benefit-ozempic-mounjaro-152666-20251014
  • https://nypost.com/2025/11/28/health/next-level-ozempic-is-coming-inside-the-new-era-of-weight-loss-drugs/
  • https://www.ctinsider.com/health/article/ozempic-daily-weight-loss-pills-2026-21212462.php


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. WEIGHT: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about weight. 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?
       next generation / weight-loss drugs / pill / pharmaceutical / urgency / drugs / patients
       game-changing / shed weight / diabetes / obesity / injection / refrigerated / barriers
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. DIET: Students A strongly believe people should lose weight via dieting rather than drugs; Students B strongly believe weight-loss drugs are ok. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. WEIGHT LOSS: How effective are these things when trying to lose weight? Why? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Effectiveness

Why?

No processed foods

 

 

Weight-loss drugs

 

 

More exercise

 

 

Eating more vegetables

 

 

No juice and alcohol

 

 

Gastric surgery

 

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

  • Weight-loss pills
  • Anti-ageing pills
  • Multi-vitamin pills
  • Headache pills
  • Sleeping pills
  • Anti-malaria pills
  • Travel sickness pills
  • Contraceptive pills

 

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1. generation a. Connected with doctors, hospitals or medical tests.
      2. dubbed b. Official agreement or permission.
      3. pharmaceutical c. A group of people or things born or made at the same time.
      4. clinical d. Related to medicine or drugs.
      5. urgency e. Given a name or nickname.
      6. regulatory f. Something needing quick action.
      7. approval g. Related to rules or laws.

    Paragraph 2

      8. shed (verb) h. A disease where the body has trouble dealing with sugar.
      9. diabetes i. Being very overweight.
      10. obesity j. Made bigger or smaller in size or number when compared with something.
      11. administered k. Get rid of or lose something.
      12. injection l. Giving a new meaning or way of thinking about something.
      13. scaled m. Putting medicine into the body with a needle.
      14. redefining n. When a medicine is given to someone.

 

Before reading / listening

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

  1. New weight-loss drugs were launched at the weekend.     T / F
  2. The new weight-loss drugs are in pill rather than injection form.     T / F
  3. The new drugs mean people will lose an average of 20% of their weight. T / F
  4. The drugs were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.     T / F
  5. The new drugs will help people with obesity and type 2 diabetes.     T / F
  6. The drug Ozempic is given via an injectable pen.     T / F
  7. The new pills will need to be refrigerated.     T / F
  8. The new pills will be more expensive than the injections.     T / F

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

  1. generation
  2. dubbed
  3. trials
  4. needs
  5. approval
  6. shed
  7. majority
  8. administered
  9. convenient
  10. treatment
  1. bulk
  2. tests
  3. requirements
  4. trouble-free
  5. batch
  6. given
  7. named
  8. medication
  9. acceptance
  10. remove

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

  1. a pill version of the already widely-
  2. its initial clinical
  3. We are moving
  4. meet the needs
  5. The drugs are currently awaiting
  6. easier for those hoping to shed
  7. they need to control
  8. The pen has to be
  9. removing
  10. redefining how obesity is treated
  1. weight
  2. of patients
  3. around the world
  4. their type 2 diabetes
  5. with urgency
  6. barriers
  7. trials revealed that
  8. approval
  9. used Ozempic
  10. refrigerated

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
initial
potentially
average
version
launched
approval
treatment
urgency

The next generation of weight-loss drugs could be (1) _________________________________ next year, and they could be game-changing. The (2) _________________________________, being dubbed "Ozempic 2.0," is a pill (3) _________________________________ of the already widely-used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form, said its (4) _________________________________ clinical trials revealed that Ozempic 2.0 "lowered weight by an (5) _________________________________ of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly is also working on a pill. Its executive vice president, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving with (6) _________________________________ toward global regulatory submissions to (7) _________________________________ meet the needs of patients." The drugs are currently awaiting (8) _________________________________ from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.
offer
shed
main
barriers
likely
refrigerated
majority
administered

The game-changing medicines could make life much easier for those hoping to (9) _________________________________ weight, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said: "For the (10) _________________________________ of patients, this could be the (11) _________________________________ medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their obesity." Currently, the drug is (12) _________________________________ in the form of a once-weekly injection via an injectable pen. The pen has to be (13) _________________________________. Mr Custer told reporters: "If approved, we are ready to (14) _________________________________ a convenient, once-daily pill that can be scaled globally, removing (15) _________________________________ and redefining how obesity is treated around the world." It is also (16) _________________________________ that the new treatment will be cheaper.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)  The next generation of weight-loss drugs could be ______
     a.  lunched next year
     b.  lurched next year
     c.  lauded next year
     d.  launched next year
2)  The treatment, being ______
     a.  daubed "Ozempic 2.0"
     b.  dabbed "Ozempic 2.0"
     c.  dobbed "Ozempic 2.0"
     d.  dubbed "Ozempic 2.0"
3)  its initial clinical trials revealed that Ozempic ______
     a.  2.0 lowered weights
     b.  2.0 lowered weighty
     c.  2.0 lowered weight
     d.  2.0 lowered waiting
4)  Rival company Eli Lilly is also working ______
     a.  on a pill
     b.  in a pill
     c.  inner pill
     d.  honour pill
5)  moving with urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the ____
     a.  needy of patients
     b.  needs of patients
     c.  needs off patients
     d.  need of patients

6)  game-changing medicines could make life much easier for those hoping ______
     a.  to shard weight
     b.  to shed weight
     c.  to shred weight
     d.  touché weight
7)  For the majority of patients, this could be ______
     a.  the mains medicine
     b.  the main medicine
     c.  the main medicinal
     d.  the man medicine
8)  the drug is administered in the form of a once-weekly injection via ______
     a.  an inflatable pen
     b.  an injectable pen
     c.  an intractable pen
     d.  an indelible pen
9)  we are ready to offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can ______
     a.  be scaled globally
     b.  be scales globally
     c.  be scaling globally
     d.  be scale globally
10)  removing barriers and redefining how ______
     a.  obesely is treated
     b.  obesity is treated
     c.  obesogenic is treated
     d.  obese is treated

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The (1) _______________________________________________ weight-loss drugs could be launched next year, and they could be game-changing. The (2) _______________________________________________ "Ozempic 2.0," is a pill version of the already widely-used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form, said (3) _______________________________________________ trials revealed that Ozempic 2.0 "(4) _______________________________________________ an average of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly is also working on a pill. Its executive vice president, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving (5) _______________________________________________ global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needs of patients." The drugs are currently (6) _______________________________________________ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.

The game-changing medicines could make life much easier for those hoping (7) _______________________________________________, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said: "For the (8) _______________________________________________, this could be the main medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well (9) _______________________________________________." Currently, the drug is administered in the form of a once-weekly injection via (10) _______________________________________________. The pen has to be refrigerated. Mr Custer told reporters: "(11) _______________________________________________ are ready to offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can (12) _______________________________________________, removing barriers and redefining how obesity is treated around the world." It is also likely that the new treatment will be cheaper.

Comprehension questions

  1. When might the Ozempic 2.0 drug be launched?
  2. In what form is the new drug?
  3. How much did clinical trials reveal people lost on average?
  4. What is the job title of Kenneth Custer?
  5. From whom are drug companies awaiting approval?
  6. Who might the new drugs help besides those who are obese?
  7. What is the job of Dan Skovronsky?
  8. How often are Ozempic injections administered?
  9. How often will people need to take the new weight-loss pill?
  10. How expensive will the new drugs be?

Multiple choice quiz

1) When might the Ozempic 2.0 drug be launched?
a) next week
b) next month
c) next year
d) the year after next
2) In what form is the new drug?
a) It's a pill.
b) in capsule form
c) It's a syrup.
d) It's an inhaler
3) How much did clinical trials reveal people lost on average?
a) 9%
b) 9.5%
c) 10%
d) 10.5%
4) What is the job title of Kenneth Custer?
a) chief vice president
b) executive vice president
c) executive scientific officer
d) clinical trial leader
5) From whom are drug companies awaiting approval?
a) the Diabetes Society
b) the Obesity Society
c) the Food and Drug Administration
d) the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

6) Who might the new drugs help besides those who are obese?
a) drug companies
b) people with type 2 diabetes
c) people who had bariatric surgery
d) people with type 1 diabetes
7) What is the job of Dan Skovronsky?
a) clinical trial leader
b) executive scientific officer
c) chief vice president
d) chief scientific officer
8) How often are Ozempic injections administered?
a) daily
b) weekly
c) monthly
d) twice weekly
9) How often will people need to take the new weight-loss pill?
a) daily
b) weekly
c) twice weekly
d) monthly
10) How expensive will the new drugs be?
a) No too expensive.
b) It'll be very expensive.
c) No one knows yet.
d) They'll be cheaper.

Role play

Role  A – Weight-loss Pills
You think weight-loss pills are the most useful pills. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their pills aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): anti-ageing pills, sleeping pills or travel sickness pills.

Role  B – Anti-ageing Pills
You think anti-ageing pills are the most useful pills. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their pills aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): weight-loss pills, sleeping pills or travel sickness pills.

Role  C – Sleeping Pills
You think sleeping pills are the most useful pills. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their pills aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): anti-ageing pills, weight-loss pills or travel sickness pills.

Role  D – Travel Sickness Pills
You think travel sickness pills are the most useful pills. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their pills aren't as useful. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): anti-ageing pills, sleeping pills or weight-loss pills.

After reading / listening

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

'weight'

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

    • and 'diet'.

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

    • • 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:

    • launched
    • version
    • initial
    • working
    • moving
    • USA
    • life
    • main
    • control
    • via
    • ready
    • likely

    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 - Ozempic 2.0

    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 'weight'?
    3. What do you think of weight-loss drugs?
    4. How healthy is your diet?
    5. What do you think of modern medicines?
    6. What do you think of pharmaceutical companies?
    7. How can we avoid being tempted by high-calorie food?
    8. Do people take too many kinds of medicine?
    9. Should weight loss be achieved through means other than drugs?
    10. Why are more and more people becoming obese?

    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's the best way to lose weight?
    5. Do you get enough exercise?
    6. What do you know about diabetes?
    7. Should high-calorie food be heavily taxed?
    8. What do you think of injections?
    9. What do you think of the price of medicine?
    10. What questions would you like to ask the drug's makers?

    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 next generation of weight-loss drugs could be launched next year, and they could (1) ____ game-changing. The treatment, being (2) ____ "Ozempic 2.0," is a pill version of the already (3) ____-used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form, said its initial clinical trials (4) ____ that Ozempic 2.0 "lowered weight by an average of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly is also working (5) ____ a pill. Its executive vice president, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving with urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needs of patients." The drugs are currently (6) ____ approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.

    The game-changing medicines could make life much easier for those hoping to (7) ____ weight, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said: "For the majority of patients, this could be the (8) ____ medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their obesity." Currently, the drug is administered in the form of a once-weekly injection (9) ____ an injectable pen. The pen has to be refrigerated. Mr Custer told reporters: "If (10) ____, we are ready to offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can be (11) ____ globally, removing barriers and (12) ____ how obesity is treated around the world." It is also likely that the new treatment will be cheaper.

    Which of these words go in the above text?

    1. (a)     do     (b)     have     (c)     be     (d)     take    
    2. (a)     dubbed     (b)     dabbed     (c)     dobbed     (d)     daubed    
    3. (a)     widely     (b)     width     (c)     widen     (d)     wide    
    4. (a)     revealed     (b)     revealing     (c)     revelation     (d)     revel    
    5. (a)     at     (b)     on     (c)     in     (d)     up    
    6. (a)     waiting     (b)     waited     (c)     wait     (d)     awaiting    
    7. (a)     cabin     (b)     shack     (c)     shed     (d)     hut    
    8. (a)     mainly     (b)     mains     (c)     main     (d)     maintain    
    9. (a)     via     (b)     viva     (c)     duo     (d)     intra    
    10. (a)     approval     (b)     approved     (c)     approving     (d)     approves    
    11. (a)     climbed     (b)     scaled     (c)     inclined     (d)     drained    
    12. (a)     reclining     (b)     divining     (c)     redefining     (d)     lining

    Spelling

    Paragraph 1

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    Paragraph 2

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    Put the text back together

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    (    )   currently awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.
    (    )   injectable pen. The pen has to be refrigerated. Mr Custer told reporters: "If approved, we are ready to
    (    )   obesity." Currently, the drug is administered in the form of a once-weekly injection via an
    (    )   of patients, this could be the main medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their
    (    )   offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can be scaled globally, removing barriers and redefining how obesity is
    (    )   on a pill. Its executive vice president, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving with
    (    )   The game-changing medicines could make life much easier for those hoping to shed
    (  1  )   The next generation of weight-loss drugs could be launched next year, and they could be game-
    (    )   treated around the world." It is also likely that the new treatment will be cheaper.
    (    )   trials revealed that Ozempic 2.0 "lowered weight by an average of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly is also working
    (    )   urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needs of patients." The drugs are
    (    )   used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form, said its initial clinical
    (    )   weight, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said: "For the majority

    Put the words in the right order

    1. next   The   of   generation   could   drugs   launched   be   .
    2. A   version   pill   the   of   widely-used   already   Ozempic   .
    3. lowered   It   by   weight   average   an   10.5 per cent   .
    4. We're  with  moving  toward  urgency  regulatory  global  submissions  .
    5. are   Drugs   awaiting   currently   from   approval   FDA   the   .
    6. The   medicines   game-changing   make   could   much   life   easier   .
    7. could   This   the   be   medicine   main   need   they   .
    8. Administered   the   in   of   form   once-weekly   a   injection   .
    9. how   Redefining   is   obesity   around   treated   world   the   .
    10. Likely   the   that   treatment   new   be   will   cheaper   .

    Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

    The next generational / generation of weight-loss drugs could be launched next year, and they could been / be game-changing. The treatment, being daubed / dubbed "Ozempic 2.0," is a pill aversion / version of the already widely-used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form, said its initial / initially clinical trials revealed that Ozempic 2.0 "slowed / lowered weight by an average of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly is also working in / on a pill. Its executive vice president, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving with / for urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needy / needs of patients." The drugs are currently awaiting approval / approve from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.

    The game-changing medicines could make life much easier for them / those hoping to shed / shade weight, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly Chief Scientific Officer Dan Skovronsky said: "For the majority of / in patients, this could be the main / mainly medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their obesity." Currently, the drug is admonished / administered in the form / frame of a once-weekly injection via an injectable pen. The pen has to be refrigerating / refrigerated. Mr Custer told reporters: "If approved / approval, we are ready to offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can be scales / scaled globally, removing barriers and redefining how obesity is treated around the world." It is also likelihood / likely that the new treatment will be cheaper.

    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 next generation of weightloss drugs could be launched next year and they could be gamechanging the treatment being dubbed ozempic 20 is a pill version of the already widelyused ozempic novo nordisk the pharmaceutical company developing the new tablet form said its initial clinical trials revealed that ozempic 20 lowered weight by an average of 105 per cent rival company eli lilly is also working on a pill its executive vice president kenneth custer said we are moving with urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needs of patients the drugs are currently awaiting approval from the food and drug administration fda in the usa

    the gamechanging medicines could make life much easier for those hoping to shed weight and for people with diabetes eli lilly chief scientific officer dan skovronsky said for the majority of patients this could be the main medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their obesity currently the drug is administered in the form of a onceweekly injection via an injectable pen the pen has to be refrigerated mr custer told reporters if approved we are ready to offer a convenient oncedaily pill that can be scaled globally removing barriers and redefining how obesity is treated around the world it is also likely that the new treatment will be cheaper

    Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

    Thenextgenerationofweight-lossdrugscouldbelaunchednextyear,an
    dtheycouldbegame-changing.Thetreatment,beingdubbed"Ozempi
    c2.0,"isapillversionofthealreadywidely-usedOzempic.NovoNordisk,
    thepharmaceuticalcompanydevelopingthenewtabletform,saiditsinit
    ialclinicaltrialsrevealedthatOzempic2.0"loweredweightbyanaverag
    eof10.5percent".RivalcompanyEliLillyisalsoworkingonapill.Itsexecu
    tivevicepresident,KennethCuster,said:"Wearemovingwithurgencyt
    owardglobalregulatorysubmissionstopotentiallymeettheneedsofpat
    ients."ThedrugsarecurrentlyawaitingapprovalfromtheFoodandDrug
    Administration(FDA)intheUSA.Thegame-changingmedicinescoul
    dmakelifemucheasierforthosehopingtoshedweight,andforpeoplewit
    hdiabetes.EliLillyChiefScientificOfficerDanSkovronskysaid:"Forthe
    majorityofpatients,thiscouldbethemainmedicinethattheyneedtocon
    troltheirtype2diabetesaswellastheirobesity."Currently,thedrugisad
    ministeredintheformofaonce-weeklyinjectionviaaninjectablepen.T
    hepenhastoberefrigerated.MrCustertoldreporters:"Ifapproved,wea
    rereadytoofferaconvenient,once-dailypillthatcanbescaledglobally,r
    emovingbarriersandredefininghowobesityistreatedaroundtheworld.
    "Itisalsolikelythatthenewtreatmentwillbecheaper.

    Free writing

    Write about weight-loss drugs for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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    Academic writing

    We should lose weight by exercising and not by using weight-loss drugs. 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. WEIGHT: Make a poster about weight. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
    4. HIGH-CALORIE FOOD: Write a magazine article about taxing high-calorie food more to encourage healthier eating. 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 weight. Ask him/her three questions about weight. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to lose weight. 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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