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READ
Smoking is a terrible thing. There’s nothing good about it. I don’t know how cigarette companies can advertise their products. Cigarettes kill people. Smoking is not cool. Last century, cigarette companies tried to make people think it was. They even told people that cigarettes were good for your health. How ridiculous. Everyone today knows that smoking is one of the least cool things you can do. Unfortunately, cigarette companies are doing a good job of selling their products to children. Smoking is on the increase in countries like China and pretty much all over Africa. This is sad. Once people get enough information about the dangers of smoking, perhaps millions will quit this terrible habit.
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THE ACTIVITIES
LISTENING GAP FILL
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CORRECT THE SPELLING
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about smoking. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE:Write a magazine article about smoking. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. SMOKING POSTERMake a poster about smoking. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.
5. MY SMOKING LESSON:Make your own English lesson on smoking. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING:Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on smoking. Share your findings with the class.
ANSWERS
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