This document outlines the plan for a weekly reading class, including warm-up exercises to list gendered jobs and determine which category certain jobs belong in. Students are instructed to look at photos and answer questions about what they see and if anything looks strange or shares commonalities. Exercises include reading film summaries about characters who break gender stereotypes and answering comprehension questions, as well as thinking creatively about why a character in one film might dislike ballet.
This document outlines the plan for a weekly reading class, including warm-up exercises to list gendered jobs and determine which category certain jobs belong in. Students are instructed to look at photos and answer questions about what they see and if anything looks strange or shares commonalities. Exercises include reading film summaries about characters who break gender stereotypes and answering comprehension questions, as well as thinking creatively about why a character in one film might dislike ballet.
This document outlines the plan for a weekly reading class, including warm-up exercises to list gendered jobs and determine which category certain jobs belong in. Students are instructed to look at photos and answer questions about what they see and if anything looks strange or shares commonalities. Exercises include reading film summaries about characters who break gender stereotypes and answering comprehension questions, as well as thinking creatively about why a character in one film might dislike ballet.
This document outlines the plan for a weekly reading class, including warm-up exercises to list gendered jobs and determine which category certain jobs belong in. Students are instructed to look at photos and answer questions about what they see and if anything looks strange or shares commonalities. Exercises include reading film summaries about characters who break gender stereotypes and answering comprehension questions, as well as thinking creatively about why a character in one film might dislike ballet.
(2) 5 jobs for Men READING WARM UP Teacher Decide which list to put these Ballet dancer jobs in. Chef Say Body guard 1 if you put it in Women’s list Barber 2 if you put it in Men’s list Pilot Tailor Police officer Librarian READING Books open – Think Level 3, p66 – 67. Exercise 1 & 2 Look at the photos and answer the questions: - What can you see? - Do any of the photos make you laugh? Why? - Do you think any of the photos are strange? Why? - Do you think the photos have anything in common? READING Exercise 3 - Read the questions and underline key words
- Read the text All the same on page 67 and
answer the questions
- Answer the questions in exercise 3 Suggested answers
A – Billy Elliot B – Bend it Like Beckham
1. Billy Elliot 1. Jess Bhamra
2. Doing ballet 2. Playing football 3. His father 3. Her parents 4. His ballet teacher, 4. Her friend, Jules & Goergia her coach, Joe 5. Billy becomes a 5. Jess goes to university professional ballet in California on a dancer soccer scholarship READING Exercise 5 Read the questions and underline key words; Listen to the audio while reading the film summaries on page 57; Answer the questions; Suggested answers
1. Billy’s dad doesn’t want him to do ballet because
he believes it’s something that girls do, not boys. 2. He changes his mind when he sees Billy dancing. 3. The money comes from other people in the town. 4. Jess’s parents don’t let her play football because she’s a girl. 5. He changes his mind halfway through Jess’s sister’s wedding. 6. She bends the ball around the other team’s players. TRAIN TO THINK
Think really imaginatively,
freely and creatively
Try to avoid obvious or
standard ideas TRAIN TO THINK - Exersice 6 & 7 Questions My “outside the box” ideas” 1. Why does Billy’s dad He hates the color white dislike Billy doing He was once attacked by ballet? a ballet dancer.
2. How could Billy dad get
money for Billy to go to ballet school? TRAIN TO THINK - Exersice 6 & 7 Questions My “outside the box” ideas” 1. What weighs more than it did had half a year ago? 2. What are things money can’t buy? 3. What can you do at school but not at home? SPEAKING Do you know any other films, books or true stories about someone who breaks a stereotype? Refer to the questions in Exercise 3 if necessary: 1. Who is the main character of the film? 2. What foes the main character really like doing? 3. Who makes things difficult for the main character? 4. Who (if anyone) helps the main character? 5. What happens at the end? VOCABULARY Search for phrasal verbs: 1. Carry on 2. Take up 3. Give up 4. End up 5. Get on 6. Show up 7. Set off 8. Find out VOCABULARY • Recall the meanings of the phrasal verbs in the word-search • Complete exercise 1, 2 & 3 on page 68 • Think of 3 phrasal verbs with look, come & get • Write 4 sentences using phrasal verbs 1. 1 Simple sentence 2. 1 Compound sentence 3. 1 complex sentence 4. 1 compound-complex sentence GRAMMAR • Make/let/ be allowed to • Complete the exercises on page 68