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3.8 Million Kenyans in Need of Food AidMany parts of Kenya are experiencing severe drought, putting at risk the lives of millions. The World Food Programme (WFP) says 3.8 million Kenyans are in need of food assistance. The U.N. agency warns it does not have enough food or money to feed those who need it. WFP spokesperson Josette Sheeran told reporters the organization only had funds to feed around 400,000 people. This means 3.5 million Kenyans could starve. Sheeran said: “The funding shortfall is so severe that we will have to start reducing the size of rations [in October]. The hardship people are facing is going from bad to worse". There are fears a humanitarian crisis will hit Kenya and thousands will starve to death or die of thirst.
The Secretary General of Kenya’s Red Cross Society Abbas Gullet said there are serious food shortages throughout his country. Many food prices have gone up by as much as 80 per cent. Another factor raising the alarm for aid agencies is the number of livestock dying. There is not enough food or grazing land for farmers to keep their animals alive. Local communities are fighting each other for access to the little water they can find. Mr. Gullet said: “Farmers cannot sit and watch their livestock die and their livelihoods disappear. So they will fight for every drop of water and metre of grass available.” There is such a crisis that Masai farmers are herding their cows in the suburbs of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
WARM-UPS1. FOOD AID: Walk around the class and talk to other students about food aid. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. HELPING KENYA: What can we do to help Kenya? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share your ideas. Change again and share what you heard. Vote as a class on who has the best ideas.
4. NEVER AGAIN: Students A strongly believe one day the world will never again let people in Africa die because of a lack of food; Students B strongly believe governments will never do enough to help. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. CAUSES OF DEATH: Match the words for these ways of dying in the two columns on the left with those in the other two columns. Talk about them with your partner(s). Do they happen in your country?
6. AID: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘aid’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING Listen and fill in the gapsMany parts of Kenya are experiencing severe drought, _________________ lives of millions. The World Food Programme (WFP) says 3.8 million Kenyans ___________________ assistance. The U.N. agency warns it does not have enough food or money to feed those who need it. WFP spokesperson Josette Sheeran told reporters the organization ___________________ feed around 400,000 people. This means 3.5 million Kenyans could starve. Sheeran said: “The funding shortfall ___________________ we will have to start reducing the size of rations [in October]. The hardship people ___________________ from bad to worse". There are fears a humanitarian crisis will hit Kenya and thousands will starve to ___________________. The Secretary General of Kenya’s Red Cross Society Abbas Gullet said there _________________ shortages throughout his country. Many food prices have gone up by as much as 80 per cent. Another _________________ alarm for aid agencies is the number of livestock dying. There is not enough food or grazing land for farmers _________________ animals alive. Local communities are fighting each other for ___________________ water they can find. Mr. Gullet said: “Farmers cannot sit and watch their livestock die and their _________________. So they will fight for every drop of water and metre of grass available.” There is such a crisis that Masai farmers are herding their cows _________________ the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘food’ and ‘aid’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT KENYA FOOD AID SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about food aid for Kenya in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
FOOD AID DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE MULTIPLE CHOICEMany parts of Kenya are experiencing (1) ____ drought, putting at risk the lives of millions. The World Food Programme (WFP) says 3.8 million Kenyans are in (2) ____ of food assistance. The U.N. agency warns it does not have enough food or money to feed those who need it. WFP spokesperson Josette Sheeran told reporters the organization only had funds (3) ____ feed around 400,000 people. This means 3.5 million Kenyans could (4) ____. Sheeran said: “The funding shortfall is so severe that we will have to start reducing the size of rations [in October]. The (5) ____ people are facing is going from bad to worse". There are fears a humanitarian crisis will hit Kenya and thousands will starve to death or die of (6) ____. The Secretary General of Kenya’s Red Cross Society Abbas Gullet said there are serious food (7) ____ throughout his country. Many food prices have gone up by as (8) ____ as 80 per cent. Another factor raising the alarm for aid agencies is the number of livestock dying. There is not enough food or grazing land for farmers to keep their animals (9) ____. Local communities are fighting each other for access to the (10) ____ water they can find. Mr. Gullet said: “Farmers cannot sit and watch their livestock die and their livelihoods disappear. So they will fight (11) ____ every drop of water and metre of grass available.” There is (12) ____ a crisis that Masai farmers are herding their cows in the suburbs of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about Kenya’s crisis for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. 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: Search the Internet and find out more about food aid. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. DROUGHT: Make a poster about drought. Include some history and how we can reduce the effects of drought. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. HARDSHIP: Write a magazine article about a Kenyan experiencing severe hardship. Include imaginary interviews with that person and a billionaire. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the Secretary General of Kenya’s Red Cross Society Abbas Gullet. Ask him three questions about food aid in his country. Give him three suggestions on how he could get more help from the international community. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: 3.8 million Kenyans in need of food aidMany parts of Kenya are experiencing severe drought, putting at risk the lives of millions. The World Food Programme (WFP) says 3.8 million Kenyans are in need of food assistance. The U.N. agency warns it does not have enough food or money to feed those who need it. WFP spokesperson Josette Sheeran told reporters the organization only had funds to feed around 400,000 people. This means 3.5 million Kenyans could starve. Sheeran said: “The funding shortfall is so severe that we will have to start reducing the size of rations [in October]. The hardship people are facing is going from bad to worse". There are fears a humanitarian crisis will hit Kenya and thousands will starve to death or die of thirst. The Secretary General of Kenya’s Red Cross Society Abbas Gullet said there are serious food shortages throughout his country. Many food prices have gone up by as much as 80 per cent. Another factor raising the alarm for aid agencies is the number of livestock dying. There is not enough food or grazing land for farmers to keep their animals alive. Local communities are fighting each other for access to the little water they can find. Mr. Gullet said: “Farmers cannot sit and watch their livestock die and their livelihoods disappear. So they will fight for every drop of water and metre of grass available.” There is such a crisis that Masai farmers are herding their cows in the suburbs of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. LANGUAGE WORK
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