Luis Trujillo

Age: Young Adults

Level: B2

Topic: Gender inequality

Time: 15 min

Pre-task (Content)
Task Type: Brainstorming
Procedure: The teacher introduces the topic. Students are divided into two teams. The
students write the characteristics of men and women on big pieces of paper, then
exchange and discuss if they agree. The teacher asks if they think that men and
women are treated differently.
Aim: To activate background knowledge of the different treatment men and women
receive
Outcome: Lists of the characteristic of men and women
Skills: Speaking, writing
Learning Styles: Visual, kinesthetic
Multiple Intelligences: Interpersonal, intrapersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, verbal linguistic
Interaction: Groups
Material: Pieces of paper, markers
Time: 4 minutes

While-task
Task Type: Reading for details
Procedure: Students are given the text and together choose the sentence that best describes
the main idea find the main idea and the supporting ideas. In pairs, they find the
main idea and the supporting ideas. The students share what they think the main
idea is.
Aim: To identify the main idea and the supporting ideas of a text
Outcome: Completed chart with the main idea and the supporting ideas
Skills: Reading, Speaking, Writing
Learning Styles: Visual, read/write
Multiple Intelligences: Verbal Linguistic, Visual spatial, Interpersonal
Interaction: Pairs
Material: Reading text, chart for main and supporting ideas
Time: 7 min
Post-task
Task Type: Personalizing
Procedure: Te teacher asks what else we should change about the way we treat men and
women and the students write down their ideas in pairs. Change pairs and
exchange ideas.
Aim: To personalize the information and propose solutions to social problems
Outcome: List of ways to improve the treatment of men and women
Skills: Speaking, Writing
Learning Styles: Auditory
Multiple Intelligences: Verbal Linguistic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal
Interaction: Pairs
Material: Notebooks
Time: 4 min
Girl’s allowance
It's no secret that women in America make 79 cents for every dollar earned by men. The
gender pay gap is real, and Mashable reports that it's something girls experience long
before they ever enter the workforce. A recent survey from Halifax (the bank, not the city)
found that when it comes to pocket money, girls in the UK receive 12 percent less than
their male peers.
The survey looked at 1200 kids and 575 parents in the UK to see how much allowance the
typical child was given last year. While boys received an average of £6.93 (around $10.07)
a week, girls were only given £6.16 ($8.95) to spend.
What's even more troubling about the statistic is that things only seem to be getting worse.
The same survey released last year showed the difference in boys' and girls' allowance to
be just 2 percent—10 percent less than what was found in the most recent report. Despite
the gap, boys are still more likely to feel that they deserve more money. The survey found
that 44 percent of boys felt they should be receiving more money than they were
compared to just 39 percent of girls. A similar trend can be seen in the working world
where female employees often ask for less money than their male colleagues.
There's at least one positive takeaway from the survey: The average allowance in the UK.
is the highest it's been in over nine years (which bodes well for the economy). But until
girls are making just as much pocket money as the boys in their class, there's not much
worth celebrating.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/81052/girls-are-given-less-allowance-their-male-peers

Which of the following sentences best describes the author’s opinion?

a) Boys should receive more allowance.
b) The UK should make more money.
c) Girls deserve more allowance.
d) The gender gap is getting bigger.
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SUPPORTING IDEAS