WORDS IN THE NEWS Teacher s pack

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1 WORDS IN TH NWS Teacher s pack

2 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra - 20 July 2005 (story link: Teacher s pack table of contents Lesson Plan: Core Materials...3 Lesson Plan: Supplementary Materials...8 Worksheet A: Specific information Questions...9 Worksheet B: Vocabulary Building...10 Worksheet C: Multi-word verbs...12 Answer Key

3 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra Intermediate Reading Skills Core materials Lesson Plan Activity time in mins Teacher Boardwork p R R A D I N G T X T Warm-up/ stimulate students' interest in text Pre-teach essential vocab Generate interest about today s topic by asking students to call out the names of words associated with classical music. Write their suggestions on the board. (xpected responses: violin, conductor, piano, symphony, trumpet, musician, etc.). licit/present key vocabulary that students need either to understand the key points of the text or to understand and/or answer any questions that you'll set them later in the lesson. The vocabulary is from Words in the News (so you can elicit the vocabulary by using the explanations provided). Further examples are also provided for some of the vocabulary, which you might find useful. Or you could use the vocabulary building activity from further down this lesson plan at this stage instead. Have students working in small groups together and ask them to try to match the vocabulary with the definitions. ncourage them to work with the other groups to pool their knowledge. When they have done as much as they can, if they have dictionaries, ask them to look up the words to check their answers and to find out the definitions of any words they were not sure of. If not, check their answers and give them help with any words they aren't sure of. For example: violin conductor piano symphony trumpet musician 3

4 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra Intermediate Reading Skills Core materials Lesson Plan Activity time in mins Teacher Boardwork Whichever method you use to elicit/present the vocabulary, you should then model it (say it clearly, highlighting the word stress) and get them to repeat the words after you. a maestro usually a title given to a famous musician but it can also be used for a conductor or a musical director a male preserve something that only men do or have to work under someone to be a member of someone's staff or to be in a lower position in work than someone else to break through to do something that other people haven't managed to do before overwhelmingly here, nearly 100%; very strongly to affirm a selection to state that someone has got a job (usually after some opposition or disagreement) 4

5 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra Intermediate Reading Skills Core materials Lesson Plan Activity time in mins Teacher Boardwork to receive (the) news in silence to hear about something and say nothing saying nothing suggests that the person or people are not happy with the news a maestro (n) a male preserve to sit on a search committee to be a member of a committee or formal group of people looking for something to take up (v) to start to work under someone (v) to break through (v) to affirm a selection Written record to step down (v) to stop doing a job Write the words on the board, eliciting spelling as you write. licit and show the word stress of each item and word class, if necessary. Give students some time to copy your boardwork into their notebooks. to receive (the) news in silence to sit on a search committee 5 to take up (v) to step down (v) overwhelmingly (adv) 5

6 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra Intermediate Reading Skills Core materials Lesson Plan Activity time in mins Teacher Boardwork W H I L Set skimming question. Students read text the first time 5 Tell the students they are going to read a text about a new female musical director of an orchestra in America. Give them a time limit (1-2 minutes) to read the text quickly to find the answer to the question on the board: How many of our words on the board are mentioned in the text? It's not important that the students predict every way that's mentioned in the text (it's unlikely that they could). The point of this task is to get them interested in the text by predicting what they are going to read about and to get them to skim the whole text. For example: violin conductor piano symphony trumpet musician R A D I N G T X T Check answers Set specific information questions. 1 2 licit answers from students (and mark the correct answers on the board). Paragraph 1 mentions orchestra, Paragraph 2 mentions musicians Paragraph 4 mentions symphony Use worksheet A/online quiz to help students understand the text in more detail. Give students a time limit (5-6 minutes) to read the text again in more detail now and to answer the questions. violin conductor piano symphony trumpet musician 6

7 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra Intermediate Reading Skills Core materials Lesson Plan Activity time in mins Teacher Boardwork P O S T R A D I N G Total Time Check answers 1 Building vocabulary Check answers licit answers True or False. Direct attention to a particular paragraph if an answer is wrong, to try to elicit correct answer (see worksheet A and answer key). Before the lesson, make enough copies of worksheet B so that there is 1 worksheet for every 4 5 students. Cut up the vocabulary and 5-10 explanations. In class, tell students to match the correct word with the right definition. 2 licit answers. If an answer is wrong, ask other students to try to elicit correct answer (see worksheet B and answer key). 45 7

8 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra Intermediate Reading Skills Supplementary materials Lesson Plan Activity Grammar focus: time in mins 5-10 Teacher Use worksheet C to focus on multi-word verbs. Tell students to complete the table matching the verbs with their definitions. Boardwork Check answers 3 If an answer is wrong, ask other students to try to elicit correct answer (see worksheet C and answer key). Total Time Follow-up activity speaking Feedback Write one or two controversial statements about men's and women's roles on the board. Ask students to call out some more statements of their own to add to the list. Tell them they are going to discuss some of these topics for 4 minutes in pairs. ach student has to talk for 2 minutes on each topic. Give them 3-4 minutes to prepare what they are going to say and make some notes, if they want to. When they begin a new topic, students take it in turn to choose who is for the topic and who is against it. While they are speaking, move around the room listening to them unobtrusively. Makes a note of any errors you hear. Give praise for content (for example, who sounded convincing; who had the most original ideas). Give praise for correct examples you read. Give feedback on incorrect examples you read. licit corrections. xample topics: Men should do half the housework in every family. No-one should be allowed more than one husband or wife. All jobs should be open to both sexes. Boxing should be open to men and women as an Olympic sport. xamples: I'll do the washing if you look after the car. Men and women were born equally. 8

9 Words in the News Worksheet A First woman leads Baltimore orchestra 20 July 2005 Are the following questions true of false? Read the text again and circle the correct answer: 1. Usually famous orchestra directors are men. T/F 2. Marin Alsop was a very popular choice with all the orchestra musicians. 3. A few musicians wanted the orchestra's managers and directors to continue looking for a new musical director. T/F T/F 4. Marin Alsop is a popular choice with more than 50% of the orchestra's board of Directors. T/F 5. When the orchestra heard that Marin was the new musical director they were very happy. T/F 6. Marin will work with Yuri Temirkanov in Baltimore after T/F This quiz is available online. Go to: At the bottom of the page (Words in the News), follow the link Do a comprehension test about this story 9

10 Words in the News Worksheet B - Vocabulary First woman leads Baltimore orchestra 20 July 2005 Cut up the following vocabulary items. Ask students to match them correctly with the definitions. 1. a maestro 2. a male preserve 3. to work under someone 4. to receive (the) news in silence 5. overwhelmingly 6. to affirm a selection 7. to break through 8. to step down 9. to take up 10. to sit on a search committee 10

11 Words in the News Worksheet B - Definitions First woman leads Baltimore orchestra 20 July 2005 Cut up the following definitions. Ask students to match them correctly with the vocabulary items. a. to be a member of someone's staff or to be in a lower position in work than someone else b. to hear about something and say nothing saying nothing suggests that the person or people are not happy with the news c. something that only men do or have d. to start e. here, nearly 100%; very strongly f. to be a member of a committee or formal group of people looking for something g. usually a title given to a famous musician but it can also be used for a conductor or a musical director h. to stop doing a job i. to state that someone has got a job (usually after some opposition or disagreement) j. to do something that other people haven't managed to do before 11

12 Words in the News Worksheet C First woman leads Baltimore orchestra 20 July 2005 Multi-word verbs and phrasal verbs These verbs combine a verb with one or two particles (usually a preposition in, on, at but sometimes an adverb down, up). Sometimes the meaning of the verb doesn't change with the added particle(s) - for example, She dropped the letter then picked it up and it is called a multi-word verb. But if the meaning changes with the added particle(s) for example She picked up bad habits from him - then we call it a phrasal verb. Match the verbs below (some from today's text) with their definitions. The first one has been done for you: verb definition 1. head up a. stop doing a job or stop being in a post 2. break through b. have an official position on a committee or board 3. work under someone c. lead 4. go on d. receive 5. agree upon e. succeed at last 6. run through f. start 7. take in g. rehearse 8. sat on h. be in a lower position than someone at work 9. take up i. affirm 10. step down j. continue Answers: 1. c

13 Words in the News First woman leads Baltimore orchestra 20 July 2005 Answers Worksheet A 1. True - Paragraph 1 says 'The role of maestro in the world's top orchestras has traditionally been a male preserve.' 2. False Paragraph 1 says 'Marin Alsop not without opposition from some of those who will be working under her.' 3. False Paragraph 2 says 'a statement from the musicians said a "vast majority" wanted the search to continue.' 4. True Paragraph 2 says 'the board of directors overwhelmingly affirmed her selection.' 5. False Paragraph 3 says 'The orchestra was rehearsing at the time and received the news in silence, according to one musician. 6. False Paragraph 4 says 'She will take up her new role in Baltimore when Yuri Temirkanov steps down at the end of the season.' Worksheet B 1. g 2. c 3. j 4. a 5. e 6. i 7. b 8. f 9. k 10. d 11. h Worksheet C 1. c 6. g 2. e 7. d 3. h 8. b 4. j 9. f 5. i 10. a 13