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Monday January 3, 2005 THE ARTICLEVOA: More than 50,000 people have marched through Ethiopia's capital, protesting government plans to solve its border dispute with Eritrea. Opposition activists and lawmakers called for the rally in Addis Ababa today, accusing the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of bowing to Eritrea's demands. A former government official, Gebru Asrat, criticized Mr. Meles for drafting a plan that would give land to Eritrea. In November, Ethiopia's government said it had accepted "in principle" an independent commission's ruling that Ethiopia hand over disputed land to Eritrea. Ethiopia also called for new talks with Eritrea in an effort to end the dispute, which sparked a two-year war. Eritrea's government has rejected the meetings, saying Ethiopia must fully comply with the commission's ruling. Professor Kinfe Abraham heads the Ethiopian International Institute of Peace and Development in Addis Ababa. He told VOA reporter William Eagle that the protests are an opportunity for opposition groups to try to make Prime Minister Meles weak ahead of upcoming elections. He says the opposition claims that head of state’s plan to negotiate territory with Eritrea has not been put to voters. Professor Kinfe disagrees saying that the parliament approved of Mr. Meles’ plans. POSSIBLE WARM UPS / COOL DOWNS1. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about Ethiopia / Eritrea / borders / border disputes / land / … 2. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BRAINSTORM: Brainstorm any words students associate with Ethiopia / Eritrea and write them on the board. In pairs students have to put them into categories (of their own choosing), swap partners and then explain their categories. Ask each other questions about the words. 3. MY COUNTRY’S BORDERS: Talk about how the borders were formed / have changed in your country. In multi-cultural classes let different nationalities pair up and teach each other a little history of their countries. 4. BORDER DISPUTES: Students sit in pairs and discuss what they know of other world border disputes and discuss possible solutions: PRE-READING IDEAS1. WORD SEARCH: Students look in their dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … of the words ‘march’, and ‘protest’. 2. HEADLINE: Put the article headline on the board for students to talk about / predict / speculate. Pairs / groups formulate and present their own guesses as to the contents of the report. 3. TRUE / FALSE: Students look at the headline and predict whether they believe the following statements are true or false: (a) More than 50,000 people have through Ethiopia's capital. T / F 4. SYNONYM MATCH: Students match the following synonyms from the article:
5. PHRASE MATCH: Students match the following phrases based on the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING ACTIVITIES1. GAP-FILL: Put the missing words under each paragraph into the gaps. Ethiopians Demonstrate Against Eritrea Peace Plans
2. TRUE/FALSE: Students check their answers to the T/F exercise. 3. SYNONYMS: Students check their answers to the synonym exercise. 4. PHRASE MATCH: Students check their answers to the phrase match exercise. 5. QUESTIONS: Students make notes for questions they would like to ask the class about the article. 6. VOCABULARY: Students circle any words they do not understand. In groups pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find the meanings. POST READING IDEAS1. ‘MARCH’/ ‘PROTEST’: Students make questions based on their findings from pre-reading activity #1. 2. GAP-FILL: Check the answers to the gap-fill exercise. 3. QUESTIONS: Students ask the discussion questions they thought of above to their partner / group / class. Pool the questions for all students to share. 4. VOCABULARY: As a class, go over the vocabulary students circled above. 5. STUDENT-GENERATED ETHIOPIA / ERITREA SURVEY: Pairs/Groups write down 3 questions based on the article. Conduct their surveys alone. Report back to partners to compare answers. Report to other groups / the whole class. Back in pairs students discuss their findings. 6. ETHIOPIA / ERITREA DISCUSSION: Students ask each other the following questions based on the article: (a) What do / did you think of each country's position / actions? HOMEWORK1. VOCAB EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or the Google search field to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on Ethiopia. Share your findings with your class next lesson. 3. ETHIOPIA / ERITREA: Create a poster on Ethiopia and Eritrea. 4. LETTER TO KOFI: Write a letter to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan asking him to help in finding a fast and permanent solution to the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE: (a) More than 50,000 people have through Ethiopia's capital. T SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Ethiopians Demonstrate Against Eritrea Peace PlansVOA: More than 50,000 people have marched through Ethiopia's capital, protesting government plans to solve its border dispute with Eritrea. Opposition activists and lawmakers called for the rally in Addis Ababa today, accusing the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of bowing to Eritrea's demands. A former government official, Gebru Asrat, criticized Mr. Meles for drafting a plan that would give land to Eritrea. Help Support This Web Site
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