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Ready-To-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville www.Breaking News English.com Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville “1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES Thousands more free lessons FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS” from Sean's other websites www.breakingnewsenglish.com/book.html www.freeeslmaterials.com/sean_banville_lessons.html Level 6 Newly-crowned Miss America suffers racist abuse 19th September, 2013 http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130919-miss-america.html Contents The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 14 Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 15 Before Reading / Listening 4 Spelling 16 While Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 17 Match The Sentences And Listen 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 18 Listening Gap Fill 7 Circle The Correct Word 19 Comprehension Questions 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 20 Multiple Choice - Quiz 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 21 Role Play 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 22 After Reading / Listening 11 Free Writing 23 Student Survey 12 Academic Writing 24 Discussion (20 Questions) 13 Homework 25 Answers 26 Please try Levels 4 and 5 (they are easier). Twitter twitter.com/SeanBanville Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/BreakingNewsEnglish/155625444452176 Google + plus.google.com/110990608764591804698/posts THE ARTICLE From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1309/130919-miss-america.html America's newly-crowned beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the subject of a torrent of racist abuse. She is the first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America, but was greeted with a deluge of insults after she won the pageant on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter questioning why a "non-American" had become Miss America. Many tweeters misidentified her as an Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was raised following the Hindu faith. The media in India has been full of stories on the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had barely been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy had just emerged when racist taunts erupted on social media, marring the moment of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian origin." Ms Davuluri brushed aside the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a minority of people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America." Sources: http://news.sky.com/story/1142271/miss-america-faces-abuse-over-indian-descent http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24122018 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/1st-america-indian-descent-slammed-arab-article- 1.1457133#ixzz2f8cugIm4 Level 6 Newly-crowned Miss America suffers racist abuse – 19th September, 2013 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2013 2 WARM-UPS 1. BEAUTY QUEENS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about beauty queens. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring. beauty queen / racist abuse / of Indian descent / insults / terrorist / grew up / Hindu / media / shocking / tears / joy / social media / triumph / minority / American / diversity Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. JUDGES: Imagine you are the judge of a beauty contest? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote. Ask your partner(s) the questions in a beauty contest role play. Topic The questions you would ask Why? Peace Marriage Honesty Charity The Internet Beauty 4. A THING OF THE PAST: Students A strongly believe beauty contests belong to the past and are irrelevant today; Students B strongly believe beauty contests are important today. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. BEAUTY: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most beautiful at the top at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings. • figure • eyes • hair • hands • smile • teeth • legs • skin 6. RACIST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "racist". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. Level 6 Newly-crowned Miss America suffers racist abuse – 19th September, 2013 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2013 3 BEFORE READING / LISTENING From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1309/130919-miss-america.html 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). a. Beauty queens racially abused the new Miss America at a pageant. T / F b. The new Miss America was born in Mumbay, India. T / F c. On Twitter, people asked why a foreigner was now Miss America. T / F d. Ms Davuluri grew up practicing the Islamic religion. T / F e. The Indian press published many stories about the abuse. T / F f. A newspaper said the abuse began before the winner's tears had dried. T / F g. Ms Davuluri took the negative comments to heart. T / F h. Ms Davuluri is happy kids get to see a different kind of Miss America. T / F 2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article. 1. torrent a. spoiling 2 descent b. appalling 3. pageant c. origin 4. picked d. broke out 5. following e. flood 6. shocking f. welcomed 7. barely g. chose 8. erupted h. practising 9. marring i. hardly 10. embraced j. contest 3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) 1. the subject of a torrent a. placed on her head 2 is the first woman b. of people thought 3. greeted with a deluge of c. of racist abuse 4. tweeters misidentified d. of Indian descent 5. She was raised following e. of triumph 6. The tiara had barely been f. her as an Arab 7. the customary tears g. diversity 8. marring the moment h. the Hindu faith 9. not bothered what a minority i. of joy 10. embraced j. insults Level 6 Newly-crowned Miss America suffers racist abuse – 19th September, 2013 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2013 4 GAP FILL From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1309/130919-miss-america.html America's newly-(1) ____________ beauty queen Nina Davuluri questioning has been the subject of a (2) ____________ of racist abuse. She raised is the first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America, torrent but was greeted with a deluge of (3) ____________ after she faith won the pageant on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter (4) ____________ why a "non-American" had become crowned Miss America. Many tweeters (5) ____________ her as an Arab, misidentified while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: insults "Well they just (6) ____________ a Muslim for Miss America. picked That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was (7) ____________ following the Hindu (8) ____________. The (9) ____________ in India has been full of stories on the minority "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had foremost (10) ____________ been placed on her head and the customary brushed tears of joy had just (11) ____________ when racist taunts barely erupted on social media, marring the moment of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian origin." Ms Davuluri relate (12) ____________ aside the negative comments and said she media was not bothered what a (13) ____________ of people thought. emerged She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as embraced first and (14) ____________ American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has (15) ____________ diversity." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally (16) ____________ to a new Miss America." Level 6 Newly-crowned Miss America suffers racist abuse – 19th September, 2013 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2013 5 LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1309/130919-miss-america.html 1) beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the subject of a ______ a. torrent of racist abuses b. torrent of racist abuses c. torrent of racist abuse d. torrent of racist abusive 2) She is the first woman of Indian descent to be ______ a. crowned Miss America b. crown Miss America c. crowns Miss America d. crowning Miss America 3) greeted with ______ after she won the pageant on Sunday night a. a refuge of insults b. a deluge of insults c. a delude of insults d. a refute of insults 4) Many people left messages on Twitter questioning why ______ a. a "no-American" b. a "not-American" c. a "non-American" d. a "known-American" 5) She was raised following ______ a. the Hindu faiths b. the Hindu faith c. the Hindu faithful d. the Hindu faithless 6) The media in India has been full of stories on ______ a. the "shocking tweets" b. the "shocker tweets" c. the "shock in tweets" d. the "shock king tweets" 7) The tiara had barely been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy ______ a.
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