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Series CoversTalking Points     Level 2: Unit 12

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Time: 20–25 minutes
Activity type: News story activity
Preparation: Click here to download the Talking point activity.
Make one copy of Talking point 12 for every student.

  1. Have students form pairs. Give each student a handout.
  2. Go over any challenging vocabulary from the news stories before students begin.
  3. Explain the activity. Students should work together to put the parts of each news story in the correct order. Tell them they should number the parts in the boxes provided.
  4. When students finish, go over the answers with the class and ask for volunteers to read each news story aloud.
  5. Have pairs work together to create an original headline for each news story and then share their headlines with the class. You can have the class vote on the funniest headline, the most creative, etc.

 

(Answers, from top to bottom, A: 3, 1, 4, 2; B: 4, 3, 1, 2; C: 5, 3, 2, 4, 1)